Kevin Larkin

Azure, a castle triple-towered per pale Argent and Or, masoned Sable, port and windows Azure, between in chief two bars wavy Argent, in base two bars wavy Argent. Motto: «Fortificado por el Sol».

Escudo de azur, un castillo partido de plata y oro, mazonado de sable, aclarado de azur, acompañado en jefe de dos fajas ondadas de plata, y en en punta de dos fajas ondadas de plata. Lema: «Fortificado por el Sol».

Coat of arms devised by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a leather finishing.

The arms of Kevin Larkin from Ireland and Spain, designed and emblazoned by me. In heraldry, the rule of tinctures states «no color on color, no metal on metal». This means a castle metal Argent cannot bear a castel metal Or as a charge. However, in this design, the castle is divided party per pale, vertically, into Argent and Or. This division allows both metals to coexist, as each metal occupies one side of the charge without violating the tincture rule. Similarly, in a party field, both quarters can be of the same type, either color or metal, making this design heraldically correct.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, One, Two, Castle, Triple-towered, Party per pale, Masoned, Port and windows, Between, In chief, Bar, Wavy, In base and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.

Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Larkin, Kevin.

Azure, a castle triple-towered per pale Argent and Or, masoned Sable, port and windows Azure, between in chief two bars wavy Argent, in base two bars wavy Argent. Motto: «Fortificado por el Sol».

Heraldic device designed by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a sealed finishing.

The arms of Kevin Larkin from Ireland and Spain, designed, emblazoned, and sealed by me.

Design rationale

The creation of these arms has been guided by Kevin Larkin's life journey, connecting Ballinasloe, Dublin, London, and Alicante. Drawing inspiration from the heraldry of Ballinasloe, the armiger's hometown, and Alicante, his current residence, the design reflects significant elements from both places. Ballinasloe's arms feature a triple-towered castle, symbolizing the O Ceallaigh's historic stronghold and the area's legal traditions. Similarly, Alicante's arms prominently display a triple-towered castle, making it a natural unifying element for the design. The wavy lines represent the River Suck and River Shannon in Ireland above, and the Mediterranean Sea below. Adopting a traditional Spanish style for the arms aligns with Mr. Larkin's life in Spain, embracing its rich heraldic heritage and distinctive artistic symbolism.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, One, Two, Castle, Triple-towered, Party per pale, Masoned, Port and windows, Between, In chief, Bar, Wavy, In base and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Sealed.

Classification: Personal, Created, Design rationale, Boa, Sealed arms and Heraldic document.

Bearer: Larkin, Kevin.

Pere Costa i Cases, «Nobiliario catalán», Library of Catalonia, call number Ms. 513 (153/1 and 153/2), manuscript, illustrated, Volume I: 443 pages; Volume II: 153 pages, Barcelona, 1701-1800.

A search process

This manuscript armorial, likely an autograph by Pere Costa i Cases, contains a compilation of lineages from the Crown of Aragon and other kingdoms. It features hand-painted coats of arms in color. Volume I includes an alphabetical index of families starting on folio 218 (modern pencil numbering), noting that the family names are in the Catalan language. The manuscript is a significant piece of 18^th-century heraldry, combining political, religious, and family armorials.

I reviewed it digitally for the first time while performing the search described below.

I was asked to find and document a Roca coat of arms corresponding to «azure, three chess rocks argent», which are canting arms.

Below is a summary of the search process illustrated with images from the «Memòria Digital de Catalunya» available under «Creative Commons» licenses.

I found online that it could refer to «...the Lords of the castle of Roca del Vallès. Year 1038. [P. Costa, ms]...».

The manuscript armorial created by Pere Costa i Cases during the 18^th century is sometimes cited as «[P. Costa, ms]».

As mentioned, this armorial is available online at the «Memòria Digital de Catalunya», MDC, «Library of Catalonia», where I searched for it.

This armorial contains political, religious, and family coats of arms, as seen in the previous image.

This armorial consists of 2 volumes; the first volume has more pages. To find Roca, I started with the first one, searching the Family Index located at the end of the first volume (the second volume has the index at the beginning). One must be careful because the pencil numbering on each page jumps backward upon reaching the index: from the last page with painted shields, numbered 430, to the first page of the index immediately following, numbered 218.

Under the letter R, I found 'Roca del Valles,' which refers to page 33, coat of arms number 69 of this armorial.

There it was, 'de la Roca,' from the castle of Roca del Valles, depicted as an «azure shield, three chess rocks argent».

I checked the following page for more information; there was another shield with three chess rocks, but it was not what I was looking for. I sent all this information to the person who requested it. This type of research can take hours, days, weeks, months, or even years, and most do not reach a conclusion; that is why I try to avoid them, though in this case, it only took a few hours.

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Bibliographical reference of century XVIII.

Classification: Manuscript, Armorial roll, Castilian language and In color.

The author is Costa i Cases, Pere.

The following articles cite this bibliographic reference:

• Balaguer, municipality of
• Ermengol IX of Urgell

External resources:

• Library of Catalonia, Volume I.
• Library of Catalonia, Volume II.

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Categories: Identification, Bibliography, Manuscript, Armorial roll, Castilian language, In color and Century XVIII.

External resources:

• Library of Catalonia, Volume I.
• Library of Catalonia, Volume II.

Azure, two lions passant, guardant, winged, each holding in its paws an open book Argent, with the inscription «Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus» Sable distributed on their four pages.

Escudo de azur, dos leopardos alados, teniendo cada uno en sus garras un libro abierto todo de plata, con la inscripción «Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus» de sable distribuida en sus cuatro páginas.

Arms designed by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finish.

Coat of arms of Deacon Mark Eschenlauer designed by him, Fr. Yannick Beuvelet and me, and emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Sable, Two, One, Four, Leopard, Winged, Grasping, Paw, Closed book, Book, Inscribed, Page and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.

Classification: Religious, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Eschenlauer, Marc.

Azure, two lions passant, guardant, winged, each holding in its paws an open book Argent, with the inscription «Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus» Sable distributed on their four pages. Motto: «Evangelium Annutiata».

Escudo de azur, dos leopardos alados, teniendo cada uno en sus garras un libro abierto todo de plata, con la inscripción «Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus» de sable distribuida en sus cuatro páginas. Lema: «Evangelium Annutiata».

Coat of arms designed by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finishing.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Sable, Two, One, Four, Leopard, Winged, Grasping, Paw, Closed book, Book, Inscribed, Page and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.

Classification: Religious, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Eschenlauer, Marc.

Argent, an apple tree, the base of its trunk forming a cross crosslet Azure, fructed Gules.

Arms interpreted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finishing.

The coat of arms of Heikki Halkosaari, Finland, emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Gules, One, Apple tree, Base, Trunk, Cross, Crosslet, Cross couped and Fructed.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Halkosaari, Heikki.

Argent, an apple tree, the base of its trunk forming a cross crosslet Azure, fructed Gules.

Escudo de plata, un manzano con la punta del tronco en forma de cruz recrucetada de Azur, frutado de gules.

Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a iridescent finishing.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Gules, One, Apple tree, Base, Trunk, Cross, Crosslet, Cross couped and Fructed.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Iridescent.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Halkosaari, Heikki.

Antonio Salmerón Cabañas, «Interpretation of Six Family Coats of Arms from the Southern Indies Granted between 1538 and 1540», with the original coats of arms from the armorial grants, illustrated shields and step-by-step explanations of the interpretation process following the rules of heraldry, published by Ediciones aContracorriente, aFondo Collection, legal deposit M-23997-2024, ISBN 978-84-941511-7-0, Madrid, 2024.

Contents

• Prologue: Six coats of arms, page 9.
• Peru: New Castile, page 11.
• Geometry: Classical, page 13.
• Blazon i: Alonso Sánchez, conquistador in the province of Peru, coat of arms granted in 1538, page 19.
• Blazon ii: Juan de Argüello, alderman of Popayán and conquistador in Quito, coat of arms granted in 1538, page 29.
• Blazon iii: Juan Barbarán, commander and lieutenant of Pizarro, coat of arms granted in 1539, page 41.
• Blazon iv: Cristóbal Bernal, for his services aiding Pizarro, coat of arms granted in 1539, page 49.
• Blazon v: Diego Rodríguez de Figueroa, conquistador and pacifier of Cuzco, coat of arms granted in 1540, page 57.
• Blazon vi: Baltasar García, pacifier of Puerto Viejo in Peru, coat of arms granted in 1540, page 65.
• Appendix i: Bibliography, page 77.
• Appendix ii: Illustrations, page 83.
• Appendix iii: Vocabulary, page 93.

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Bibliographical reference of century XXI.

Classification: Armorial roll, In color and Castilian language.

Author: Salmerón Cabañas, Antonio.

The following article cites this bibliographic reference:

• Ireland's Genealogical Gazette, volume 20, number 1, page 4

Internal resources: IndiasCyA.20241108.pdf PDF Format and Physical book on paper.

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