Espeja Avieda, Alejandra

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

Escudo de oro, cuatro campanarios movientes de la punta de gules, aclarados de oro.

Coat of arms depicted by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finish.

Coat of arms of Alejandra Espeja Avieda designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and emblazoned by me. Blazoning specific, real-world objects in coats of arms should be avoided. Therefore, in the blazon I describe «four bell towers». However, in this case, for artistic reasons, to echo the elongated form of the four pallets Gules, and due to the origin of the bearer, I depict four bell towers inspired by those on the Nativity Façade of Gaudí’s Sagrada Família in Barcelona. Additionally, I initially blazoned the arrangement of the 4 bell towers as «in fess» ~ «en faja», as, from a heraldic perspective, this term accurately describes their horizontal alignment next to each other across the field. However, I observed that this term, far from clarifying the design, caused confusion among some viewers. The naturally vertical shape of a bell tower, its default position, is «palewise» ~ «puesta en palo», so using «in fess» ~ «en faja» led many to assume that I intended to lay the bell towers on their sides. Although the original description was heraldically correct, I decided to remove the mention of «in fess» ~ «en faja» for being unnecessary and clearly counterproductive. As the towers are «issuant from base» ~ «movientes de la punta», their placement in a horizontal row is sufficiently implied, thus avoiding misunderstandings and maintaining the clarity of the blazon. It is important to remember that «in fess» ~ «en faja» refers to how multiple elements are aligned with each other (in a horizontal row), while «palewise» ~ «puesto en palo» describes the individual orientation of an element (in a vertical position).

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Blazon keywords: Or, Gules and Four.

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

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

Bearer: Espeja Avieda, Alejandra.

Party per chevron Gules and barry wavy Argent and Azure, in chief two Dogwood flowers (Cornus Florida) proper, in base a Cross of Saint Chad Gules.

Escudo de gules, mantelado en punta fajado ondado de plata y azur, en jefe dos flores de cornejo florido (Cornus Florida) al natural y en punta una cruz de san Chad de Mercia de gules.

Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a leather finish.

These are the arms of Chad Michael Krouse emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Azure, Two, One, Party per chevron, Barry, Wavy, In chief, Dogwood flower, Proper, In base, Cross of Saint Chad and Cross couped.

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

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

Bearer: Krouse, Chad Michael.

Party per chevron Gules and barry wavy Argent and Azure, in chief two Dogwood flowers (Cornus Florida) proper, in base a Cross of Saint Chad Gules. Motto: «Ich Mache Rechte».

Escudo de gules, mantelado en punta fajado ondado de plata y azur, en jefe dos flores de cornejo florido (Cornus Florida) al natural y en punta una cruz de san Chad de Mercia de gules. Lema: «Ich Mache Rechte».

Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a leather finish.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Azure, Two, One, Party per chevron, Barry, Wavy, In chief, Dogwood flower, Proper, In base, Cross of Saint Chad, Cross couped and Motto.

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

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

Bearer: Krouse, Chad Michael.

Party per chevron Gules and barry wavy Argent and Azure, in chief two Dogwood flowers (Cornus Florida) proper, in base a Cross of Saint Chad Gules. Crest: A Cardinal's head (Cardinalis cardinalis) erased clutching in its Beak a Madonna lily (Lilium Candidum) seeded proper. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent.

Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a leather finish.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Azure, Two, One, Party per chevron, Barry, Wavy, In chief, Dogwood flower, Proper, In base, Cross of Saint Chad, Cross couped, Crest, Head, Erased, Grasping, Beak and Mantling.

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

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

Bearer: Krouse, Chad Michael.

Party per chevron Gules and barry wavy Argent and Azure, in chief two Dogwood flowers (Cornus Florida) proper, in base a Cross of Saint Chad Gules. Crest: A Cardinal's head (Cardinalis cardinalis) erased clutching in its Beak a Madonna lily (Lilium Candidum) proper. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Ich Mache Rechte».

Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a leather finish.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Azure, Two, One, Party per chevron, Barry, Wavy, In chief, Dogwood flower, Proper, In base, Cross of Saint Chad, Cross couped, Crest, Head, Erased, Grasping, Beak, Mantling and Motto.

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

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

Bearer: Krouse, Chad Michael.

Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a texturized finish.

Dr. Chad M. Krouse in his outstanding blog has graciously spotlighted my contributions to the heraldic arts. He beautifully captures the essence of my work and the methodology behind it. I invite you to read the full article at walsinghamwanderings.blogspot.com/2023/09/heraldic-artist-spotlight-dr-antonio.html and also in his blog walsinghamwanderings.blogspot.com you can see my heraldic artwork at the header of walsinghamwanderings.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-man-and-his-arms-origin-story.html. The image shown is a collage composed of elements from his website.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Azure, Two, One, Party per chevron, Barry, Wavy, In chief, Dogwood flower, Proper, In base, Cross of Saint Chad, Cross couped, Crest, Head, Erased, Grasping, Beak, Mantling and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.

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

Bearer: Krouse, Chad Michael.

Guy Marchant, printer, «Compost et Kalendrier des Bergères», 68 folio leaves, more than 80 woodcut illustrations, Paris, August 17^th, 1499.

This work complements the «Kalendrier des Bergiers» (1491), intended for a male audience, while this «Compost» is aimed at women readers, «Calendar of the Shepherdesses». Both books combine astrology, medicine, Christian morality, and practical advice. It includes numerous didactic woodcuts.

The image shows a golden armillary sphere, to be used in one of the versions of the coat of arms of Jean-Christophe Loubet del Bayle, extracted by me from one of the astrological pages of this book, page 15, «a iii».

In [Fernández de Enciso, M.; 1519; page 1] there is also an armillary sphere that bears certain similarities to the one appearing in [Marchant, G.; 1499; page 15]. A comparison of the bands with zodiac symbols of both spheres can be seen in [Fernández de Enciso, M.; 1519].

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Bibliographical reference of century XV.

Classification: In black and white, French language and Incunabulum.

The author is Marchant, Guy.

The following articles cite this bibliographic reference:

• Fernández de Enciso, M.; 1519
• Marchant, G.; 1499

External links:

• Historical Library of Marquis of Valdecilla.
• Catalogue entry and full text.
• In the Digital Heritage of the Complutense University of Madrid.

Internal resources: MarchantG1499.CompostEtKalendrierDesBergeres.UCM.pdf, scanned PDF version from the Historical Library of the Complutense University of Madrid.

Party per fess, 1 Gules, a stag rampant, issuant from base proper, in the dexter chief a Maltese cross Argent; 2 Azure, a mullet of seven points Argent.

Escudo cortado: 1^o de Gules, un ciervo rampante, moviente de la punta al natural, en la diestra del jefe, una cruz de Malta de plata; 2^o de azur, una estrella de siete puntas de plata.

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

G0131, augmentation of G0042, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant of the coat of arms of Jay Geoffrey De Graaf, Australia. The augmentation consists of the addition of a Maltese cross Argent in the dexter chief. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Argent, One, Party per fess, Stag, Rampant, Issuant from base, Proper, In the dexter chief, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped and Mullet.

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

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

Bearer: Graaf, Jay Geoffrey De.

Sigue por: Full achievement of Jay Geoffrey De Graaf.