# symbols vector art

> Published symbols vectors in the MyLaserTools Art Library, including historical illustrations and generated artwork where available. Personal and commercial use is subject to each file's source terms.

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- **Collection listings:** 2,147
- **Across:** 34 collections
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## Collections holding this subject

- [Medieval](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval.md): Dragons, castles, knights and manuscript borders from medieval and heraldic sources.
- [Japanese](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/japanese.md): Waves, koi, cranes and family crests from Japanese pattern books and Hokusai's sketchbooks.
- [Botanical](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/botanical.md): Flowers, ferns, leaves and wreaths traced from nineteenth-century botanical plates.
- [Egyptian](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/egyptian.md): Ankhs, scarabs, lotus motifs and hieroglyphic borders from Egyptological plates.
- [Celestial](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celestial.md): Moon phases, constellations, zodiac figures and star charts from historical atlases.
- [Nautical](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical.md): Anchors, compass roses, whales, rigging and knots from maritime sources.
- [Anatomical](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/anatomical.md): Skulls, hearts, hands and skeletal studies from historical anatomical atlases.
- [Creatures](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures.md): Beasts, sea monsters, shells and insects from early natural history engravings.
- [Figures](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/figures.md): Silhouettes, costume plates, dancers and portrait studies of the human figure.
- [Archaeology](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/archaeology.md): Greek vases, carved reliefs, ruins and excavated artifacts from archaeological reports.
- [Dark Academia](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/dark-academia.md): Anatomy, moths, lettering and architecture drawn together into one studious, shadowed look.
- [Cottagecore](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/cottagecore.md): Wildflowers, songbirds, herbs and folk borders for a soft, rural, hand-made feel.
- [Gothic](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic.md): Tracery, crosses, ravens, skulls and pointed arches for high-contrast gothic work.
- [Art Nouveau](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/art-nouveau.md): Whiplash florals, monogram panels and sinuous borders in the Art Nouveau manner.
- [Whimsigoth](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/whimsigoth.md): Moons, stars, zodiac symbols, serpents and open hands for a mystical, witchy mood.
- [Chinoiserie](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/chinoiserie.md): Peonies, cranes, pagodas and fretwork in the European chinoiserie decorative style.
- [Transport](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/transport.md): Carriages, spoked wheels, ships, locomotives and bicycles from trade catalogues and engineering plates.
- [Architecture](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/architecture.md): Gothic windows, tracery, carved panels, columns and arches measured from real buildings.
- [Memento Mori](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death.md): Skulls, skeletons, hourglasses and tomb carving from the memento mori tradition.
- [Borders & Frames](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/borders.md): Borders, frames, corner pieces and cartouches to run around a sign, tag or panel.
- [Patterns & Ornaments](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/ornaments.md): Rosettes, knots, frets, scrolls and repeat patterns that stand on their own, from pattern books and needlework manuals.
- [Heraldry](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/heraldry.md): Crests, shields, coats of arms, badges and crowns from heraldic handbooks.
- [Ephemera](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/ephemera.md): Postage stamps, postmarks, apothecary labels, tickets and seals for collage and journalling.
- [Insects](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/insects.md): Butterflies, moths, beetles, dragonflies and bees from hand-engraved entomology plates.
- [Fungi](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/fungi.md): Mushrooms, toadstools, bracket fungi and lichens from mycological iconographies.
- [Birds](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/birds.md): Songbirds, owls and waterfowl, with the eggs, nests and feathers that go with them.
- [Mechanical](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/mechanical.md): Gears, cams, linkages, valves and whole engines, lifted from Victorian engineering plates where every part is drawn as clean line.
- [Tools & Instruments](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/tools.md): Compasses, calipers, theodolites, lancets and lathe work, engraved when an instrument was drawn as carefully as a portrait.
- [Steampunk](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/steampunk.md): Brass, cogs, boilers and airships. The machine age as it drew itself, pulled together from engineering, flight and clockwork plates.
- [Apothecary](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/apothecary.md): Herbals, retorts, phials and remedies. The old pharmacy, from Culpeper and Blackwell through to laboratory glass.
- [Art Deco](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/art-deco.md): Sunbursts, chevrons, fans and stepped geometry, from the 1925 Paris exposition and the pattern books that followed it.
- [Occult](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/occult.md): Sigils, seals and pentacles, alchemical emblems, zodiac figures and the reading of hands, engraved when magic was printed as carefully as botany.
- [Angels & Demons](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/angels-demons.md): Winged figures and horned ones. Dore's seraphim and the engraved imps of the Dictionnaire Infernal, from the century that illustrated both with equal care.
- [Objects & Furniture](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/objects.md): Chairs, clocks, keys, lamps and teapots, drawn from the pattern books cabinet-makers and silversmiths worked from, where every object is a clean measured elevation.

## Pieces tagged symbols

- [Stars and cross shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/stars-and-cross-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-6vnwaj)
- [Birds and beast shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/birds-and-beast-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1u8pbt8)
- [Serpent staff emblem - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/serpent-staff-emblem-handbook-of-ornament-1900-j0murd)
- [Foliate cross finial 01 - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/foliate-cross-finial-01-handbook-of-ornament-1900-1xhfqoa)
- [Quartered arms shield 04 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/quartered-arms-shield-04-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-gu26ar)
- [Saltire shield 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/saltire-shield-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-10oj3tg)
- [Quarterly shield outline 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/quarterly-shield-outline-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-166f7ih)
- [Cross shield 09 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-shield-09-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1z6ehp)
- [Saltire shield 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/saltire-shield-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-9glit5)
- [Patriarchal cross shield 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/patriarchal-cross-shield-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-ktpf9x)
- [Cross shield 08 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-shield-08-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-tx8u7q)
- [Maltese cross shield 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/maltese-cross-shield-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-19yanj2)
- [Maltese cross shield 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/maltese-cross-shield-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-15ta6kv)
- [Cross fleury shield 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-fleury-shield-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-156w391)
- [Fluted cross shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/fluted-cross-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1flrvfe)
- [Cross potent - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-potent-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-7ehyle)
- [Cross shield 06 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-shield-06-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-yyklz2)
- [Potent cross shield 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/potent-cross-shield-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-fivmtw)
- [Cross shield 03 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-shield-03-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-v5by4z)
- [Quartered cross shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/quartered-cross-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1sgdn3w)
- [Cross bottony shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-bottony-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-110rq0r)
- [Cross moline shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-moline-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1egj3ww)
- [Cross patonce shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-patonce-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-vvafj3)
- [Cross shield 05 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-shield-05-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-94iijt)
- [Cross fleury shield 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-fleury-shield-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1hcp5mt)
- [Cross shield 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-shield-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-didc6l)
- [Cross shield 04 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-shield-04-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-hmzsej)
- [Cross and thistles shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-and-thistles-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-gxo58v)
- [Cross shield 07 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-shield-07-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1obguea)
- [Cross engrailed shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-engrailed-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1q6l1f3)
- [Cross shield 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-shield-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1yr2vev)
- [Stars and bend shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/stars-and-bend-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-11om0ix)
- [Crescents and ermine shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crescents-and-ermine-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-5a5y5o)
- [Crosses and chevron shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crosses-and-chevron-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-wy0obd)
- [Quartered crescent shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/quartered-crescent-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-14r5ebq)
- [Knotted serpent shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/knotted-serpent-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-ke3xny)
- [Estoile shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/estoile-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1vqul0a)
- [Tree and stars shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/tree-and-stars-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1ktj5rp)
- [Pierced star shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/pierced-star-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-5tls8z)
- [Wheel shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/wheel-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-5c6k96)
- [Stars and bars shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/stars-and-bars-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1bjfucn)
- [Stars and crosses shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/stars-and-crosses-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-kwiyng)
- [Owls and crosses shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/owls-and-crosses-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-147jqbg)
- [Crescents shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crescents-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-4caov9)
- [Cross and crosslets shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-and-crosslets-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-m3rwus)
- [Hunting horn shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/hunting-horn-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1wn4gbu)
- [Cross and knot shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/cross-and-knot-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1ui70zb)
- [Pale shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/pale-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-d5sdu7)
- [Quartered arms shield 06 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/quartered-arms-shield-06-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1nkwltk)
- [Stars and chevron shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/stars-and-chevron-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-goiz31)
- [Quartered arms shield 14 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/quartered-arms-shield-14-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-bszsiu)
- [Garter star badge - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/garter-star-badge-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1xafjhp)
- [Star order badge - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/star-order-badge-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-9cd69b)
- [Quartered arms shield 09 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/quartered-arms-shield-09-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-ogr6zl)
- [Interlaced star medallion - Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra, Vol. 1 - 1842](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/interlaced-star-medallion-plans-elevations-sections-and-details-1pnh8l1)
- [Star burst medallion - Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra, Vol. 1 - 1842](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/star-burst-medallion-plans-elevations-sections-and-details-of-th-6aygoi)
- [Interlaced lattice pattern - Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra, Vol. 1 - 1842](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/interlaced-lattice-pattern-plans-elevations-sections-and-details-7ub0ua)
- [Star rosette pattern - Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra, Vol. 1 - 1842](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/star-rosette-pattern-plans-elevations-sections-and-details-of-th-1o91h7z)
- [Star lattice roundel 02 - Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra, Vol. 1 - 1842](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/star-lattice-roundel-02-plans-elevations-sections-and-details-of-1x4hwu)
- [Star lattice roundel 01 - Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra, Vol. 1 - 1842](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/star-lattice-roundel-01-plans-elevations-sections-and-details-of-ar1hrn)

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