Edmund Leighton, 1901, The Accolade

I swear by the 1^st rule of heraldry I will never emblazon again an eagle Sable on a field Gules.

The heraldic rule of tinctures: «a colour cannot go on top of another colour and a metal cannot go on top of another metal».

This coat of arms is similar to the arms of Henry VI the Good, Prince of Silesia and Duque of Wroclaw, blazon: «Gules, an eagel displayed Sable».

If it was Edmund Leighton's intention to paint Henry VI, then the justification would be that Silesia is located in Poland and in the Polish heraldic tradition, the sable is considered a neutral tincture, that is neither color nor metal, so they can put the sable on the color gules. But I doubt that the Prince of Silesia and Duke of Wroclaw would have needed to be knighted.

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Gules, a saltire Or charged with a fillet saltire Sable between in chief three escallops reversed Or; in dexter, a dexter arm embowed, vambraced Argent, holding an anchor Or; in sinister a two masted warship, with cannons ports and sails hoisted Or, two flags Gules, Argent and Azure flying to dexter, one in the main mast and one in the stern, on the hull the inscription «La Liberta» Sable; in base a crowned double-headed eagle displayed Or, holding two tassels, one in each beak, and two mullets of six points pierced, one in each talon Argent.

Arms depicted by me, in plain tinctures, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a texturized finishing.

This is the coat of arms of Johann Anton Freiherr von Quast that was painted in the Freiherren diploma that was issued in 1790.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Two, Saltire, Fillet saltire, Between, In chief, Escallop, Reversed, In dexter, Dexter, Arm, Embowed, Vambraced, Grasping, Anchor, Ship, Cannon port, Sail, Inscribed, In base, Crowned, Double-headed, Eagle, Tassel, Beak, Mullet of six points pierced and Talon.

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

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

Bearer: Quast, Johann Anton Freiherr von.

Gules, a saltire Or charged with a fillet saltire Sable between in chief three escallops reversed Or; in dexter, a dexter arm embowed, vambraced Argent, holding an anchor Or; in sinister a two masted warship, with cannons ports and sails hoisted Or, two flags Gules, Argent and Azure flying to dexter, one in the main mast and one in the stern, on the hull the inscription «La Liberta» Sable; in base a crowned double-headed eagle displayed Or, holding two tassels, one in each beak, and two mullets of six points pierced, one in each talon Argent.

Escudo de gules, un sotuer de oro cargado de un flanquis de sable, acompañado en jefe de tres veneras ranversadas de oro; en la diestra, un brazo diestro doblado, armado de oro, teniendo un ancla de plata; en la siniestra, un navío de guerra de dos mástiles, con troneras, las velas izadas de oro, con dos banderas de gules, plata y azur ondeando hacia la diestra, una en el palo mayor y otra en la popa, en el casco la inscripción «La Liberta» de sable; en punta, un águila bicéfala coronada de oro, teniendo dos borlas, una en cada pico, y dos espuelas, una en cada garra, todas de plata.

Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a watercolor finishing.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Two, Saltire, Fillet saltire, Between, In chief, Escallop, Reversed, In dexter, Dexter, Arm, Embowed, Vambraced, Grasping, Anchor, Ship, Cannon port, Sail, Inscribed, In base, Crowned, Double-headed, Eagle, Tassel, Beak, Mullet of six points pierced and Talon.

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

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

Bearer: Quast, Johann Anton Freiherr von.

This is the coat of arms of Johann Anton Freiherr von Quast that was painted in the Freiherren diploma that was issued in 1790. I have written the text of the blazon for this coat of arms in English and in Castilian in a structured way, to highlight the parallelism between both forms.

Gules, a saltire Or charged with a fillet saltire Sable between in chief three escallops reversed Or; in dexter, a dexter arm embowed, vambraced Argent, holding an anchor Or; in sinister a two masted warship, with cannons ports and sails hoisted Or, two flags Gules, Argent and Azure flying to dexter, one in the main mast and one in the stern, on the hull the inscription «La Liberta» Sable; in base a crowned double-headed eagle displayed Or, holding two tassels, one in each beak, and two mullets of six points pierced, one in each talon Argent.

Escudo de gules, un sotuer de oro cargado de un flanquis de sable, acompañado en jefe de tres veneras ranversadas de oro; en la diestra, un brazo diestro doblado, armado de oro, teniendo un ancla de plata; en la siniestra, un navío de guerra de dos mástiles, con troneras, las velas izadas de oro, con dos banderas de gules, plata y azur ondeando hacia la diestra, una en el palo mayor y otra en la popa, en el casco la inscripción «La Liberta» de sable; en punta, un águila bicéfala coronada de oro, teniendo dos borlas, una en cada pico, y dos espuelas, una en cada garra, todas de oro.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Two, Saltire, Fillet saltire, Between, In chief, Escallop, Reversed, In dexter, Dexter, Arm, Embowed, Vambraced, Grasping, Anchor, Ship, Cannon port, Sail, Inscribed, In base, Crowned, Double-headed, Eagle, Tassel, Beak, Mullet of six points pierced and Talon.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Structured and parallel blazons, Boa, Coat of arms and Flag.

Bearer: Quast, Johann Anton Freiherr von.

Gules, a saltire Or charged with a fillet saltire Sable between in chief three escallops reversed Or; in dexter, a dexter arm embowed, vambraced Argent, holding an anchor Or; in sinister a two masted warship, with cannons ports and sails hoisted Or, two flags Gules, Argent and Azure flying to dexter, one in the main mast and one in the stern, on the hull the inscription «La Liberta» Sable; in base a crowned double-headed eagle displayed Or, holding two tassels, one in each beak, and two mullets of six points pierced, one in each talon Argent. Crest: A helm befitting his degree, bearing an Adelskrone held in its place by two men Sable, vested with feather skirts Gules, each standing on the shield, and holding in his outer hand a diagonally placed tournament spears, headed Argent, and issuant from the Adelskrone, between two elephants' trunks, the one at dexter Or, the one at sinister Gules, two ostrich feathers in saltire, the one bendwise Argent, and the one bend sinisterwise Sable.

Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a watercolor finish.

This is the coat of arms of Johann Anton Freiherr von Quast that was painted in the Freiherren diploma that was issued in 1790. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me because the family needed a modern version that can be used digitally. More information about the family can be found on the website juchtervanbergenquast.wordpress.com.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Two, Saltire, Fillet saltire, Between, In chief, Escallop, Reversed, In dexter, Dexter, Arm, Embowed, Vambraced, Grasping, Anchor, Ship, Cannon port, Sail, Inscribed, In base, Crowned, Double-headed, Eagle, Tassel, Beak, Mullet of six points pierced, Talon, Crest, Helm, Mantle, Lined, Crown, Male figure, Vested, Feather, Skirt, Upon, Hand, Spear, Issuant, Trunk (elephant), Ostrich feather, In saltire, Bendwise and Bend sinisterwise.

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

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

Bearer: Quast, Johann Anton Freiherr von.

Gules, a saltire Or charged with a fillet saltire Sable between in chief three escallops reversed Or; in dexter, a dexter arm embowed, vambraced Argent, holding an anchor Or; in sinister a two masted warship, with cannons ports and sails hoisted Or, two flags Gules, Argent and Azure flying to dexter, one in the main mast and one in the stern, on the hull the inscription «La Liberta» Sable; in base a crowned double-headed eagle displayed Or, holding two tassels, one in each beak, and two mullets of six points pierced, one in each talon Argent. Crest: A helm befitting his degree with a mantle Gules lined Or, pleated in chief at both dexter and sinister, and bearing an Adelskrone held in its place by two men Sable, vested with feather skirts Gules, each standing on the shield, and holding in his outer hand a diagonally placed tournament spears, headed Argent, and issuant from the Adelskrone, between two elephants' trunks, the one at dexter Or, the one at sinister Gules, two ostrich feathers in saltire, the one bendwise Argent, and the one bend sinisterwise Sable.

Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a watercolor finish.

This is the coat of arms of Johann Anton Freiherr von Quast that was painted in the Freiherren diploma that was issued in 1790 (source: «Freiherren-Diploma Johann Anton Freiherr von Quast 1790, Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, königlich-bayerisches Heroldsamt, Bd. 20-1 nr. 26»). This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me because the family needed a modern version that can be used digitally. More information about the family can be found on the website juchtervanbergenquast.wordpress.com.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Two, Saltire, Fillet saltire, Between, In chief, Escallop, Reversed, In dexter, Dexter, Arm, Embowed, Vambraced, Grasping, Anchor, Ship, Cannon port, Sail, Inscribed, In base, Crowned, Double-headed, Eagle, Tassel, Beak, Mullet of six points pierced, Talon, Crest, Helm, Mantle, Sinister, Lined, Crown, Male figure, Vested, Feather, Skirt, Upon, Hand, Spear, Issuant, Trunk (elephant), Ostrich feather, In saltire, Bendwise and Bend sinisterwise.

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

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

Bearer: Quast, Johann Anton Freiherr von.

Gules, a saltire Or charged with a fillet saltire Sable between in chief three escallops reversed Or; in dexter, a dexter arm embowed, vambraced Argent, holding an anchor Or; in sinister a two masted warship, with cannons ports and sails hoisted Or, two flags Gules, Argent and Azure flying to dexter, one in the main mast and one in the stern, on the hull the inscription «La Liberta» Sable; in base a crowned double-headed eagle displayed Or, holding two tassels, one in each beak, and two mullets of six points pierced, one in each talon Argent. Crest: A helm befitting his degree with a mantle Gules lined Or, pleated in chief at both dexter and sinister, and bearing an Adelskrone held in its place by two men Sable, vested with feather skirts Gules, each standing on the shield, and holding in his outer hand a diagonally placed tournament spears, headed Argent, and issuant from the Adelskrone, between two elephants' trunks, the one at dexter Or, the one at sinister Gules, two ostrich feathers in saltire, the one bendwise Argent, and the one bend sinisterwise Sable.

This is the coat of arms of Johann Anton Freiherr von Quast. The image above shows the historical illustration as it appears in the «Freiherren-Diploma Johann Anton Freiherr von Quast, 1790, Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Königlich-Bayerisches Heroldsamt, Bd. 20-1 nr. 26, Opvallend zijn de onmiskenbare verwijzingen naar het verblijf in de West», which can be consulted on the website juchtervanbergenquast.wordpress.com and below is my current interpretation of this coat of arms. In heraldry there are two kinds of tinctures: colours, for example Gules, Azure, and Sable, and metals, Or and Argent. There is also a heraldic rule of tinctures that states not colour on colour and not metal on metal. The vambraced arm was originally Azure over a Gules field, which is colour on colour and against the rule. I corrected it with the family’s permission by changing the vambraced arm to Argent, so now it is metal Argent on colour Gules, which is correct, and Argent is a good tincture for armory. For this reason, I also used Argent for the helm and for the tips of the tournament spear. The flags also show colour on colour, but they are decorative details and not important, and changing their colours would alter the ship’s nationality, which must remain as it is. It is possible that the Azure we now see originated from the fact that the arm vambraced , the spearheads, and the helm were originally depicted as iron or proper and that over the course of time this natural greyish tone gradually turned into Azure.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Two, Saltire, Fillet saltire, Between, In chief, Escallop, Reversed, In dexter, Dexter, Arm, Embowed, Vambraced, Grasping, Anchor, Ship, Cannon port, Sail, Inscribed, In base, Crowned, Double-headed, Eagle, Tassel, Beak, Mullet of six points pierced, Talon, Crest, Helm, Mantle, Sinister, Lined, Crown, Male figure, Vested, Feather, Skirt, Upon, Hand, Spear, Issuant, Trunk (elephant), Ostrich feather, In saltire, Bendwise and Bend sinisterwise.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Collage and Flag.

Bearer: Quast, Johann Anton Freiherr von.

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