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Or, four bell towers issuant from base Gules, windows Or.

Coat of arms of Alejandra Espeja Amieva designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and emblazoned by me. As shown in the image, the structure of this coat of arms is based on the arms «Or shield with four pallets Gules» of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, which are the arms of the Crown of Aragon. Regarding this coat of arms and my previous sentence, Joaquim Verde i Llorente tells me: «...or, four pallets gules, besides being the arms of the dynasty of the Counts of Barcelona (first found on a shield of Ramon Berenguer IV, although the proto-heraldic palleted design already appears on the Romanesque tombs of Ermesinda and Ramon Berenguer II), are those of the County of Barcelona / Principality of Catalonia and of the Crown of Aragon. But not of the Kingdom of Aragon, whose own kings considered that its ancient arms were the Cross of Íñigo Arista (senyal antich de rey d'Aragó ~ senyal antich d'Aragó ~ ancient emblem of the King of Aragon ~ ancient emblem of Aragon) and its modern arms the Cross of Alcoraz (armes d'Aragó ~ arms of Aragon). Although in the end, they ultimately became the quarterly shield of the Tree of Sobrarbe, the Cross of Íñigo Arista, the Cross of Alcoraz, and the Royal emblem (nostre senyal real ~ our royal emblem)...».

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Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Four, Pallet, Bell tower, Issuant from base and Port and windows.

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

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

Bearer: Espeja Amieva, Alejandra.

Escutcheon quarterly: 1 Azure, a god Garuda sejant Argent; 2 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, masoned Sable; 3 Argent, six pallets Gules; 4 Azure, five plates.

Heraldic device depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a leather finishing.

Heraldic badge of Rui J. Vaz's family, US, designed by him and emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Gules, Argent, Or, One, Six, Five, Escutcheon, Quarterly, Garuda, Sejant, Castle, Triple-towered, Masoned, Pallet and Plate.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Badge.

Bearer: Vaz, Rui J..

Quarterly: 1 per pale: 1 Argent, a madrone tree (Arbutus unedo) Vert, fructed Gules; 2 Azure, a tower Argent; 2 Vert, on a wall Or, masoned Sable, by five archers Argent in shooting stance; 3 barry wavy Azure and Argent, three caravels in pale Or, sails and pennons Argent charged with crosses Gules, between two flanches Vert; 4 Azure, a tower Argent, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable, between two lozenges Or, each charged with four pallets Gules, in chief four towers in fess Or, port and windows Gules, masoned Sable. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Vert, a bleeding heart Gules, debruised by a crown of thorns Or, tipped by a flame Or, fimbriated Gules, charged with a Latin cross Azure. Mantling: Vert doubled Argent. Motto: «Pro Deo et Patria». Supporters: Two knights in full plate armor Argent, lined Gules. Suspended from the shield the cross of Knight of the National Monarchist Brotherhood of Spain, the cross of Merit of the Noble Chapter of Ferdinand VI and the insignia of Honorary Lieutenant of the Duke of Braganza Regiment of the Legion of Frontiersmen.

It has been devised by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a texturized finish.

This photo shows a close-up of a giclée colour test for the coat of arms of Ilmo. Sr. D. Manuel Novo Dabrio, designed by him and me and emblazoned by me. Colour tests are printed at a reduced size to check the colours before the final giclée. They are printed on Hahnemühle Torchon paper, from a mill founded in 1584, 285 gsm, 100% cotton, using natural pigment inks. The final giclée is printed on DIN A3+ paper, slightly larger than DIN A3, sealed, dated, and signed by me.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Vert, Azure, Or, Gules, One, Five, Three, Four, Two, Quarterly, Party per pale, Madrone tree, Tree, Fructed, Tower, Masoned, On, Wall, Archer, In shooting stance, Barry, Wavy, Caravel, Ship, In pale, Sail, Charged, Cross, Between, Flanched, Port and windows, Lozenge, Pallet, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Vulned, Heart, Crown of thorns, Crown, Flame, Latin cross, Motto, Supporter (human form), Supporter, Knight, Full plate armor, Lined, Mantling, Doubled, Suspended and Decoration.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Diapered, Chinapieria and Ogee.

Classification: Personal, Created, Boa, Giclée, Pennon and Flag.

Bearer: Novo Dabrio, Manuel.

Quarterly: 1 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable [for Castile]; 2 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or [for Leon]; 3 Or, four pallets Gules [for Aragon]; 4 Gules, a chain orlewise, crosswise, and saltirewise Or, charged in the fess point with an emerald Vert [for Navarre]; enté en point Argent, a pomegranate proper, seeded Gules, slipped and leaved Vert [for Granada]; an inescutcheon Azure, three fleurs de lis Or, 2 and 1, a bordure Gules [for Bourbon]. Crest: A closed royal crown. Supporters: two columns Argent, capital and base Or, between in base waves Azure, in chief an imperial crown the dexter and a closed royal crown the sinister. Motto environing the columns and behind the shield: «Plus Ultra» Or over a scroll Gules.

Arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a iridescent finish.

Arms of the Kingdom of Spain emblazoned by me. On the arrangement of the crowns: a) Royal Decree 1511/1977, of 21 January, enacted during the so-called Transition and approving the Regulations on Flags and Standards, Guidons, Insignia and Distinctive Signs, states: «Rule No. 2. Coat of Arms of Spain… Accompanied by two columns Argent, with base and capital Or, set upon waves Azure or blue and Argent», «superado» «by an imperial crown on the dexter one and by a royal crown on the sinister one…». b) The subsequent Law 33/1981, of 5 October, regulating the current coat of arms of Spain, likewise states: «…Accompanied by two columns Argent, with base and capital Or, set upon waves Azure or blue and Argent», «superado» «by an imperial crown on the dexter one and by a royal crown on the sinister one». c) The term «superado» in the heraldic dictionaries in which it appears refers, as a synonym, to «surmontado». d) The definitions of «surmontado» include: «a charge which, at its upper part, has another above it but without touching it», «also said of superado», and «a figure that bears another above it, but without touching it». In light of a), b), c) and d), the two crowns should therefore be painted not touching the columns. However, in the illustrative drawing contained in Royal Decree 1511/1977 the crowns do touch the columns, contradicting its own wording, although in heraldry, when in doubt, the written blazon always prevails; and in most official representations the crowns do indeed touch the columns. Nevertheless, this personal interpretation of both the coat of arms of Spain and of the proper way to write its blazon, where the lateral crowns do not touch the columns, and then I decide that, following the same criterion, the central crown should not touch the shield either, so the result differs from the official version. The expression «waves Azure or blue and Argent», which appears both in the 1977 official definition and in the 1981 one, presents a double peculiarity: it combines the heraldic term «Azure» with the everyday term «blue», and it is also offered as an optional blazon, giving two alternatives, that the waves be only Azure, as I have painted them, or Azure and Argent; optional blazons are extremely rare and, in my view, perhaps not very advisable.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Purpure, Vert, Or, Argent, One, Two, Three, Four, Quarterly, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Crowned, Pallet, Chain, Orlewise, Crosswise, Saltirewise, Charged, In the fess point, Emerald, Enté en point, Pomegranate, Proper, Slipped, Leaved, Inescutcheon, Fleur de lis, Ordered, Bordure, Closed royal crown, Crown, Supporter (thing), Supporter, Column, Shafted, Between, In base, Wave, In chief, Imperial crown, Dexter, Sinister, Motto, Environed, Behind the shield and Scroll.

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

Classification: Civic, Kingdom of Spain, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Spain, Kingdom of.

Quarterly: 1 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable [for Castile]; 2 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or [for Leon]; 3 Or, four pallets Gules [for Aragon]; 4 Gules, a chain orlewise, crosswise, and saltirewise Or, charged in the fess point with an emerald Vert [for Navarre]; enté en point Argent, a pomegranate proper, seeded Gules, slipped and leaved Vert [for Granada]; an inescutcheon Azure, three fleurs de lis Or, 2 and 1, a bordure Gules [for Bourbon]; and the whole debruised by a label of three points Azure. Crest: A Crown of Prince. The shield is surrounded by the Golden Fleece.

Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a iridescent finish.

This is my interpretation of the coat of arms of Her Royal Highness Doña Leonor Princess of Asturias (as heiress to the Crown of Castile), Princess of Girona (as heiress to the Crown of Aragon), and Princess of Viana (as heiress to the Kingdom of Navarre), with the Collar of the Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece. Her coat of arms is that of her father, the King, charged with a label Azure and surmounted by the crown of a princess with four pearl diadems, three visible.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Purpure, Vert, Or, Argent, One, Three, Four, Quarterly, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Crowned, Pallet, Chain, Orlewise, Crosswise, Saltirewise, Charged, In the fess point, Emerald, Enté en point, Pomegranate, Proper, Slipped, Leaved, Inescutcheon, Fleur de lis, Ordered, Bordure, Cadency, Label of three points, Crown of Prince, Crown, Surrounded and Collar.

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

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

Bearer: Leonor Princess of Asturias.

Quarterly: 1 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable [for Castile]; 2 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or [for Leon]; 3 Or, four pallets Gules [for Aragon]; 4 Gules, a chain orlewise, crosswise, and saltirewise Or, charged in the fess point with an emerald Vert [for Navarre]; enté en point Argent, a pomegranate proper, seeded Gules, slipped and leaved Vert [for Granada]; an inescutcheon Azure, three fleurs de lis Or, 2 and 1, a bordure Gules [for Bourbon]. Crest: A closed royal crown.

Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a freehand finishing.

This is my interpretation of the coat of arms of His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain. In the execution of this coat of arms it was necessary to choose between different design alternatives, such as retaining the oval shape of the central inescutcheon as opposed to a Spanish form, which I prefer to describe as having a semicircular base, both shapes being compatible with the official blazon; from a strictly heraldic point of view, the most correct solution would be for the outer shape of the central inescutcheon to match that of the shield itself, meaning that in this case the inescutcheon should also end in a semicircular base, but the oval inescutcheon is so widely used in ministries, official buildings, and even within the Royal Household itself, that I decided to keep it oval; likewise, there is no fixed rule regarding the number of claws of the lion, as it is often depicted with three claws and at other times with four, the former perhaps being the more primitive convention and the latter the more naturalistic one, and I prefer to depict it with four, since with only three claws the lion appears to me to be less fierce.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Purpure, Vert, Or, Argent, One, Three, Four, Quarterly, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Crowned, Pallet, Chain, Orlewise, Crosswise, Saltirewise, Charged, In the fess point, Emerald, Enté en point, Pomegranate, Proper, Slipped, Leaved, Inescutcheon, Fleur de lis, Ordered, Bordure, Closed royal crown and Crown.

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

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

Bearer: Felipe VI of Spain.

Argent, a cross Gules; a bordure compony of fifteen sections: 1, 6, and 11 Argent, a pomegranate seeded, slipped and leaved proper; 2, 7, and 12 Or, an eagle displayed Sable; 3, 8, and 13 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Gules, masoned Sable; 4, 9, and 14 Argent, a lion rampant Gules, crowned Or; 5, 10, and 15 Or, four pallets Gules. Crest: A closed royal crown.

Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a metal beaten finishing.

Coat of arms of the city of Almeria, Andalusia, emblazoned by me. The island of Alboran is geographically part of Africa, but politically it belongs to the city of Almeria. As a result, Almeria is one of the few cities in the world that spans two continents: Europe and Africa.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Or, Sable, Vert, One, Four, Fifteen, Cross, Bordure, Compony, Pomegranate, Slipped, Leaved, Proper, Eagle, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Crowned, Pallet, Closed royal crown and Crown.

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

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

Bearer: Almeria, city of.

Gules, a lion rampant Or, charged with a pallet gemel chequey Argent and Sable. Motto: «Quem Timebo» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent.

Escudo de gules, un león rampante de oro, cargado de un palo gemelado ajedrezado de plata y sable. Lema: «Quem Timebo» de sable con iniciales de gules sobre una filacteria de plata.

Arms devised by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finish.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Sable, One, Lion, Rampant, Charged, Pallet, Gemel, Chequey and Motto.

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

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

Bearer: Pérez de Bartolome, Ignacio.

Party per chevron Azure and Or, in chief a fleur de lis Argent, in base four pallets Gules.

Escudo de azur, en jefe una flor de lis de plata, mantelado en punta de oro cargado de cuatro palos de gules.

Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a triangular curved external shape and with a metal and iridescent finishing.

The coat of arms of Ignasi Pujol was designed by him based on the ancient arms of the Pujol lineage and refined and emblazoned by me. In the English blazon, I used the term «pallet», which is the diminished pale, and in the Castilian blazon, I used the term «palo». However, in Castilian, the term «vara», which is a diminished pale, could have been used, writing «cuatro varas de gules» in the same style as it was written in English «four pallet Gules».

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Party per chevron, In chief, Fleur de lis, In base, Pallet and Pale.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Triangular curved and Metal and iridescent.

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

Bearer: Pujol, Ignasi.