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((Short description|Symbolic form used in heraldry))
((Use dmy dates|date=December 2021))
[[Image:Héraldique meuble Soleil avec visage.svg|thumb|The sun as a [[Charge (heraldry)|charge]]]]
[[File:Sol de Mayo-Bandera de Argentina.svg|thumb| [[Sun of May]] as depicted on the flag of [[Argentina]]]]
[[File:Risa3.jpg|thumb|Great Seal of [[Richard I of England]] (1198). Richard is depicted as seated between a [[crescent]] and a "Sun full radiant"<ref>English heraldic tradition of the early modern period associates the [[star and crescent]] design with Richard, with his victory over [[Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus]] in 1192, and with the arms of [[Portsmouth]] (Francis Wise ''A Letter to Dr Mead Concerning Some Antiquities in Berkshire'', 1738, [https://books.google.com/books?id=cFAGAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA18 p. 18]). Heraldic tradition also attributes a star-and-crescent [[:File:Complete Guide to Heraldry Fig680.png|badge]] to Richard (Charles Fox-Davies, ''A Complete Guide to Heraldry'', 1909, p. 468).</ref>]]

A representation of the '''[[sun]]''' is used as a [[heraldry|heraldic]] [[Charge (heraldry)|charge]].  The most usual form, often called '''sun in splendour''' or '''in his glory''', consists of a round disc with the features of a human face surrounded by twelve or sixteen rays alternating wavy and straight.<ref>[http://www.heraldsnet.org/saitou/parker/Jpglosss.htm#Sun James Parker, ''A glossary of terms used in heraldry''].  Accessed 13 December 2009</ref><ref name="vexillology">[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/Flags/vxt-dvs6.html#suninspendour Dictionary of Vexillology].  Accessed 13 December 2009</ref> The alternating straight and wavy rays are often said to represent the light and heat of the sun respectively.<ref>Fox-Davies, A.C., (1969) ''A complete guide to heraldry.'' Aylesbury: Thomas Nelson and Sons. p. 222.</ref>

It was used as a badge by [[Edward II of England]], and was later adopted by [[Edward IV]] following the appearance of a [[parhelion]] or "sun dog" before his victory at the [[Battle of Mortimer's Cross]] in 1461.<ref name="vexillology"/><ref>[http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/7057128/Edward-IV-and-the-Alchemists Encyclopædia Britannica: Edward IV and the Alchemists]. Accessed 13 December 2009</ref>
It also had significance in [[alchemy]], and may be a symbol of the [[Roman mythology|Roman deity]] ''[[Sol Invictus]]'' (Unconquered Sun).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010630033912/http://www.kickback.btinternet.co.uk/History.and.Archaeology/Banbury/Faith/Trail.html Banbury Faith Trail].  Accessed 13 December 2009</ref>

It is a common charge in the heraldry of many countries, regions and cities: ''e.g.'' the bearings of [http://archive.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=1030 Armstrong], Canada; the Sun in Splendour appears superimposed on the Cross of St. George and behind the White Rose of York on the flag of West Riding of Yorkshire; and on the arms of [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/thames_valley_chilterns.html#banbury%20tc Banbury Town Council], England.
It also often appears as a rising sun as in the arms of [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/cornwall_wessex.html#east%20devon%20dc East Devon District Council] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120205725/http://civicheraldry.co.uk/cornwall_wessex.html#east%20devon%20dc |date=20 November 2016 )), England, and as a demi sun as in the coat of [http://archive.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=114&ShowAll=1 Aitchison], Canada.

According to historian [[Diego Abad de Santillán]], the Sun of May represents [[Inti]], the [[Inca mythology|Incan god]] of the sun, and thereby Inca culture.<ref>((cite book| last = Abad de Santillán| first = Diego
|author-link= Diego Abad de Santillán| title = [[Historia Argentina]]| year = 1965| publisher = Buenos Aires: TEA (Tipográfica Editora Argentina)))</ref>  It appears as a heraldic sun in the [[national flag]]s of [[flag of Argentina|Argentina]] (1818) and [[flag of Uruguay|Uruguay]] (1828), in the flags and shields of the [[Peru–Bolivian Confederation]] (1836–1839) and its component the [[Republic of South Peru]], in the [[List of flags of Peru|flag of Peru]] of 1822–1825, and in the current [[List of flags of Peru#Military|flag of the Peruvian Navy]] (1821).

==Examples==
((More citations needed section|date=January 2009))
;Sun in splendour, with face
<gallery>
Image:Blason famille fr Amelot.svg|((center|Arms of Amelot family))
Image:Flag_of_Argentina.svg|((center|[[Flag of Argentina]]))
Image:Blason Arraincourt 57.svg|((center|Arms of [[Arraincourt]]))
Image:Blason ville fr Auzeville-Tolosane (Haute-Garonne).svg|((center|Arms of [[Auzeville-Tolosane]]))
Image:Basse terre blason.png|((center|Arms of [[Basse-Terre]]))
Image:Blason ville-fr Bassurels (Lozère).svg|((center|Arms of [[Bassurels]]))
Image:Blason Creisset.svg|((center|Arms of [[Beynes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence|Creisset]]))
Image:CUB-cuba.png|((center|Arms of [[Cuba Municipality|Cuba]] (Portugal)))
Image:Blason ville fr Dole (Jura).svg|((center|Arms of [[Dole (Jura)]]))
Image:Escudo de Ecija.svg|((center|Arms of [[Écija]]))
Image:CHE Ennetburgen COA.svg|((center|Arms of [[Ennetbürgen]]))
Image:Blason ville fr Fontaines-Saint-Martin (Rhône).svg|((center|Arms of [[Fontaines-Saint-Martin]]))
Image:Wappen Kaenerkinden.png|((center|Arms of [[Känerkinden]]))
Image:Kampod_r.gif|((center|Arms of [[Kamianets-Podilsky]]))
Image:Coat_of_Arms_of_Khmelnytskyi_Oblast.svg|((center|Arms of [[Khmelnytskyi Oblast]]))
Image:Loukov znak.png|((center|Arms of [[Loukov (Kroměříž District)|Loukov]]))
Image:Blason Mende.svg|((center|Arms of [[Mende, Lozère|Mende]]))
File:Flag of Peru (1822).svg|((center|[[Flag of Peru#Flag of March 1822|1822 Flag of Peru]]))
File:Philippines flag original.png|((center|[[Flag of the Philippines]] (1899-1901)))
Image:Wappen at st gilgen.png|((center|Arms of [[Sankt Gilgen]]))
Image:Escut del Soleràs.svg|((center|Arms of [[:es:El Soleràs|El Soleràs]]))
Image:POL województwo tarnopolskie II RP COA.svg|((center|Arms of [[Tarnopol Voivodeship]]))
Image:Flag_of_Uruguay.svg|((center|[[Flag of Uruguay]]))
Image:Vedomice znak.jpg|((center|Arms of [[Vědomice]]))
Image:Věžky PR znak.png|((center|Arms of [[Věžky (Přerov District)|Věžky]]))
Image:Coat_of_Arms_of_Vinnytsa_Oblast.svg|((center|Arms of [[Vinnytsia Oblast]]))
Image:Coat_of_Arms_of_Zhytomyr_Oblast.svg|((center|Arms of [[Zhytomyr Oblast]]))
</gallery>

;Sun in splendour, without face
<gallery>
Image:Escudo de Archena.svg|((center|Arms of [[Archena]]))
Image:CH Arosa COA.svg|((center|Arms of [[Arosa]]))
Image:Blason ville fr Barbâtre (Vendée).svg|((center|Arms of [[Barbâtre]]))
Image:Blason ville fr La Baule-Escoublac (Loire-Atlantique).svg|((center|Arms of [[La Baule-Escoublac]]))
File:Flag of Colorado Party (Uruguay).svg|((center|Flag of the Colorado Party, in the [[Uruguayan Civil War]]))
</gallery>
;Straight rays ([[mullet (heraldry)|mullet]])
<gallery>
File:Escudo de Beriáin.svg|((center|Arms of [[Beriáin]]))
File:DEU Dobel COA.svg|((center|Arms of [[Dobel]]))
File:Escudo de Galar.svg|((center|Arms of [[Galar, Spain|Galar]]))
File:Flag of Greek Macedonia.svg|((center|[[Flag of Macedonia (Greece)]] ([[Vergina Sun]])))
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg|((center|Flag of the [[Taiwan|Republic of China (Taiwan)]]))
File:Flag of Tibet.svg|((center|[[Flag of Tibet]]))
</gallery>
;Wavy rays ([[estoile]])
<gallery>
Image:Göteborg stift vapen.svg|((center|Arms of the [[Diocese of Gothenburg]]))
Image:Escut Jekabpils rajonas.jpg|((center|Arms of [[Jēkabpils District]]))
Image:Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg|((center|[[Flag of Kazakhstan]]))
Image:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg|((center|[[Flag of Kyrgyzstan]]))
</gallery>
;Without rays ([[roundel]])
<gallery>
File:Australian Aboriginal Flag.svg|((center|[[Australian Aboriginal Flag]]))
Image:Flag_of_Japan.svg|((center|[[Flag of Japan]]))
Image:Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg|((center|[[Flag of Bangladesh]]))
</gallery>
;Other forms
<gallery>
File:Naval Ensign of Japan.svg|((center|[[Naval Ensign]] of Japan))
File:Coat of arms of Latvia.svg|((center|[[Coat of arms of Latvia]]))
File:Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg|((center|[[Flag of North Macedonia]]))
File:Flag_of_Philippines.svg|((center|Flag of the Philippines))
File:Naval Jack of the Philippines.svg|((center|[[Naval Jack of the Philippines]]))
Image:Seal of the First Philippine Republic.svg|((center|Emblem of the [[First Philippine Republic|Philippines]]))
File:Flag of Szekely Land.svg|((center|[[Flag of the Székelys|Flag]] of the [[Székelys]], depicting a ((lang|mg|napcsillag)) ('sun–star')))
Image:Armorial Bearings of British Airways.svg|((center|Coat of arms of [[British Airways]]))
</gallery>

==See also==
((Commons category|Sun in heraldry))
*[[Solar symbol]]
*[[Splendor Solis]]

==References==
((Reflist))

[[Category:Heraldic charges]]
[[Category:Sun]]
[[Category:Sol Invictus]]

[[fr:Liste des meubles héraldiques#Soleil]]

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