Talk:in splendor

• 1771, Marc Antoine Porny, The Elements of Heraldry:

  SPLENDOR, s. The Sun is said to be in its Splendor when it is represented with the lineaments of a human face, and environed with raies; see Plate v. Fig. 20. [...] SUN, s. The name of the Luminary that makes the Day, which, when used in Heraldry with the lineaments of a human face, environed with raies, is called a Sun in its Glory or in its Splendor; see p. 134, Exam. I, and p. 58, Exam. 20.

• 1898, Edward Singleton Holden, A Primer of Heraldry for Americans, page 42:

  The sun usually appears "in his splendor," i. e., front face, or with rays […]

• 1908, Arthur Francis Pimbley, Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry, page 60:

  When represented as giving light, it is blazoned a sun radiant; when depicted with a human face, it is a sun in splendor, or a sun in his splendor. Louis XIV used it as his cognizance.