Aldazaval y Murguía, P. J.; 1773

Pedro Joseph de Aldazaval y Murguía, priest, member of the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País, in the Most Noble and Most Loyal Province of Guipuzcoa, «Compendio heráldico: arte de escudos de armas segÃ^on el méthodo mas arreglado del blasón, y autores españoles», printed by the Widow of Martín Joseph de Rada, 285 pages, it is structured in 3 books I, II, and III, bound in parchment, with 3 folded plates with engravings of heraldic shields, drawn by the author himself and engraved by Pedro Antonio Sasas, Pamplona, 1773.

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The copy, of small format (approximately 14 x 10 cm), keeps its original parchment binding, with the title lettered on the spine.

After the title page comes the author's own coat of arms, crested with a helm shown in profile and mantling, per pale for Aldazaval (a bend over a mount) and Murguía (a tree from which hang cauldrons).

Contents of Book One

Book I, «Abridged instruction on the rules of blazon», opens with Chapter One, «On the principles and foundations of arms», and develops in successive chapters the foundations, pieces, partitions and cadency marks of the coat of arms, citing among other authors Balmont.

Book Two: on the exterior ornaments of the shield

Book II deals with the «External ornaments of the coat coat of arms», opening with Chapter I, «On the crest, and its attributes» (""), explaining how the variety of exterior ornaments grew so much that it not only became a distinctive mark of nobility, but also served, through its differences, to make public the dignities and offices of each house.

At the end of Book II the author cites the Spanish heraldic writers he relies on: Fernán Mexía, Estevan de Garibay, Antonio Agustín, Bernabé Moreno de Bargas, Alonso López de Haro, Joseph Pellicer, Joseph de Abilés y Francisco Xavier de Garma.

Book Three: heraldic dictionary

Book III is a «Heraldic dictionary» of heraldic terms arranged alphabetically, in which each entry refers to the book, chapter and number where the corresponding term is treated (Lib. stands for Book, cap. stands for Chapter, and num. stands for Number). Thus, for instance, the mitred abbot is referred to Book 2, Chapter 1, number 5, and Adam is cited as the inventor of blazon in Book 1, Chapter 1, number 3.

The folded plates of partitions and pieces

The copy has 2 of its 3 folded plates with engravings of coats of arms, drawn by the author himself and engraved by Pedro Antonio Sasas. The second-to-last plate numbers from 1 to 55 the shapes of the shield, partitions and heraldic pieces. The last plate, numbered from 56 to 83, continues the previous one with helms, crowns, mantling and the other external ornaments of the coats of arms treated in Book II.

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Bibliographical reference of century XXI.

Classification: De bibliotheca, Dictionary, In black and white and Castilian language.

Author: Aldazaval y Murguía, Pedro Joseph de.

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Categories: Bibliografía, De bibliotheca, Dictionary, In black and white and Castilian language.

Azure chapé Argent, in dexter an Indian ringneck parrot proper, in sinister a Japanese red chrysanthemum proper, in base an atom Argent.

Escudo de azur cortinado de plata: 1^o, una cotorra india de Kramer al natural; 2^o, un crisantemo japonés al natural; 3^o, un átomo de plata.

Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a watercolor finish.

Coat of arms of Ria Persad, from Trinidad and Tobago (birth), India and Japan (ancestry), and USA (residence). Her coat of arms has been designed by her, by Rudolph Juchter van Bergen Quast of the Netherlands, and by Kevin D. Couling of the United Kingdom, resident in New Zealand, and painted by me, from the Kingdom of Spain.

Design rationale

Mathematician and astrophysicist from Harvard and Princeton Universities, as well as a classical musician, she represents a woman of the world—scientific and with diverse roots, who expresses her identity through a symbolic language of her own creation. Her design and execution are the result of an international team, in service of an equally international woman, and reflect a path of evolution toward which heraldry is advancing. The Kramer parrot (Psittacula krameri, Indian Ringneck) is shown in its natural colour. It is her favourite animal and at the same time evokes her Indian heritage. The red chrysanthemum, painted in a Japanese style, refers to her Japanese ancestry. The atom symbolises her education and professional career in the field of science. Blue, which dominates the whole, is her favourite colour.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Chapé, Dexter, Parrot, Proper, Sinister, Chrysanthemum, Base and Atom.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Watercolor.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Design rationale, Boa, Coat of arms, India and Japan.

Bearer: Persad, Ria.

Azure chapé Argent, in dexter an Indian ringneck parrot proper, in sinister a Japanese red chrysanthemum proper, in base an atom Argent. Crest: A crown of Marquise.

Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a watercolor finish.

Coat of arms of Ria Persad, Mathematics and Astrophysics at Harvard University and Princeton University, designed by Kevin D Couling and Bob Juchter van Bergen Quast and emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Chapé, Dexter, Parrot, Proper, Sinister, Chrysanthemum, Base, Atom, Crest, Crown of Marquis and Crown.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Watercolor.

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

Bearer: Persad, Ria.

Azure chapé Argent, in dexter an Indian ringneck parrot proper, in sinister a Japanese red chrysanthemum proper, in base an atom Argent.

It has been interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a texturized finish.

The arms of Ria Persad was presented in my lecture Women and Arms: Contemporary Coats of Arms for Women Worldwide (lecture). The presentation included her coat of arms shown together with the blazon and the design rationale. She is from Trinidad and Tobago (birth), India and Japan (ancestry), and USA (residence). Her coat of arms has been designed by her, by Rudolph Juchter van Bergen Quast of the Netherlands, and by Kevin D. Couling of the United Kingdom, resident in New Zealand, and painted by me, from the Kingdom of Spain.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Chapé, Dexter, Parrot, Proper, Sinister, Chrysanthemum, Base and Atom.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Illuminated.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Slide, India and Japan.

Bearer: Persad, Ria.

The July 2025 edition of Ireland’s Genealogical Gazette, the monthly newsletter of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, is now available online.

My lecture «Women and Arms: Contemporary coats of arms for women worldwide», delivered for the Royal Association of Hidalgos of Spain, has been featured on page 4 of Ireland's Genealogical Gazette (Volume 20, Number 7, July 2025), the official publication of the Genealogical Society of Ireland.

The article highlights my presentation on the relationship between women and heraldry, as well as my longstanding commitment to the principle of equality in the assumption, inheritance and enjoyment of coats of arms.

The Gazette also refers to the reforms promoted by the late Brendan O’Donoghue, Chief Herald of Ireland from 1997 to 2003, who ensured that the provisions of the «Equal Status Act» were applied to heraldic services in Ireland.

Particular mention is made of the cases of the arms of Margaret Byrne and Kathleen Kane, two Irish armigerous women discussed during the lecture.

I am grateful to the Genealogical Society of Ireland and Ireland's Genealogical Gazette for this recognition, which represents an important international acknowledgement of my work in support of a more inclusive and equitable approach to heraldry.

You can read the Gazette here: familyhistory.ie/gazette.

Publius Vergilius Maro, from 70 to 19 BC, «Aeneid», Rome, 1^st Century BC.

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Virgil, or Publius Vergilius Maro (70–19 BC), was the greatest epic poet of ancient Rome. Commissioned during the reign of Emperor Augustus, he composed the «Aeneid» between approximately 29 and 19 BC to provide Rome with a national epic comparable to the Greek «Iliad» and «Odyssey». The poem recounts the journey of Aeneas from the fallen city of Troy to Italy, where his descendants would eventually found Rome. Although Virgil wished the unfinished work to be destroyed upon his death, Augustus ordered its preservation and publication. The «Aeneid» soon became one of the masterpieces of Latin literature and has profoundly influenced Western culture, literature, and heraldic tradition. It is included in this bibliography because it is an excellent source of classical Latin mottoes suitable for coats of arms in heraldry, among them the mottos «Miseris succurrere disco» and «Sic itur ad astra» .

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Bibliographical reference of century I B.C.

Classification: Latin language.

Author: Virgil, Publius Vergilius.

The following articles cite this bibliographic reference:

• Crown and motto of Amber Martinez
• Family of Paul and Kari Herndon

Luis Valero de Bernabé y Martín de Eugenio, «The Castles in Heraldry», Cuadernos de Ayala, issue 103, pages 26 and 27, Segovia, July–September 2025.

This article presents a series of current castle coats of arms, the first of them corresponds to my interpretation of the Castilian castle, which is described in this article in a similar way to how I paint it, which makes me extremely pleased.

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Bibliographical reference of century XXI.

Classification: Article, In color and Castilian language.

Author: Valero de Bernabé y Martín de Eugenio, Luis.

Internal resources: CAyala.103.Castillo.Castilian.pag.26-27.pdf Complete journal.

Tierced per fess: 1 Sable, seven mullets Argent arranged as the Plough of Ursa Major; 2 Azure; 3 Sanguine, a demi-sun issuant from base Or.

Arms painted by me, in flat tinctures, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a texturized finish.

Coat of arms of Marcio Vieira Nastri emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Sable, Azure, Sanguine, Argent, Or, Seven, One, Tierced per fess, Mullet, Plough of Ursa Major, Demi, Sun, Issuant from base, Motto and Scroll.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Ogee.

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

Bearer: Nastri, Marcio Vieira.

Continue with: Nastri, Marcio Vieira.