Escudo de Castilla y León

Order of Mercy, pointed and rounded

Party per fess: 1 Gules, a cross patty Argent; 2 Or, four pallets Gules.

Order founded in 1218 by Saint Peter Nolasco.

Party per fess: 1 Gules, a cross patty Argent; 2 Or, four pallets Gules.

Escudo cortado: 1o de gules, una cruz patada de plata; 2o de oro, cuatro palos de gules.

Already existing arms interpreted by me in the following way: the mouth of the coat of arms is pointed and rounded; its field has been enameled with Gules and Or flat tinctures; the cross patty and the 4 pales are illuminated; and the whole coat of arms has a hammered metal finish.


Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Gules, Or, Argent, Cross, One, Cross patty, Cross couped and Pale.

Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Metal beaten.

Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Our Lady of Mercy, Order of.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Order of Mercy, rounded and crystalline

Party per fess: 1 Gules, a cross patty Argent; 2 Or, four pallets Gules.

Party per fess: 1 Gules, a cross patty Argent; 2 Or, four pallets Gules.

Escudo cortado: 1o de gules, una cruz patada de plata; 2o de oro, cuatro palos de gules.

Already existing arms interpreted by me in the following manner: the mouth of the coat of arms is rounded in shape; the field has been enameled with Gules and Or flat tinctures; its cross patty and its 4 pales are illuminated; and the whole has received a crystalline finish.

The redemptive mission of the Order of Mercy, founded by Peter Nolasco on August 10, 1218, is represented by a cross Argent, a symbol of innocence and purity, on a field Gules, of blood ready to be shed, and the pales Gules, symbols of love and charity, on a field Or, are an expression of nobility and goodness.


Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Gules, Or, Argent, Cross, One, Cross patty, Cross couped and Pale.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Crystalline.

Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Our Lady of Mercy, Order of.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Order of Mercy, rounded and cloth-like

Party per fess: 1 Gules, a cross patty Argent; 2 Or, four pallets Gules.

Party per fess: 1 Gules, a cross patty Argent; 2 Or, four pallets Gules.

Escudo cortado: 1o de gules, una cruz patada de plata; 2o de oro, cuatro palos de gules.

These already existing arms have been interpreted with: the mouth of the coat of arms rounded; its field has received an enamel of flat tincture style, of Gules color and Or metal; its cross patty and its 4 pales are illuminated; and the whole coat of arms has received a cloth-like finish.

The party per fess coat of arms of the Royal and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of Captives is the fusion of 2 gifts: the cross patty that was donated to the Order by Bishop Berenguer de Palou on the day of its foundation and the coat of arms of Aragon that King James I of Aragon, the Conqueror, also present at the ceremony, on August 10, 1218, gave to the Order as a symbol of support for the redemptive work of Peter Nolasco.


Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Gules, Or, Argent, Cross, One, Cross patty, Cross couped and Pale.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Fabric.

Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Our Lady of Mercy, Order of.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Order of Mercy, decorative frame on 2 pages

Gules frame charged with 22 cross patties Argent; 11 crosses on each side; and written in Sable letters with Gules capital letters;

Gules frame charged with 22 cross patties Argent; 11 crosses on each side; and written in Sable letters with Gules capital letters;


Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Gules, Or, Argent, Cross, One, Cross patty, Cross couped and Pale.

Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Frame.

Bearer: Our Lady of Mercy, Order of.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Order of Mercy, heraldic catalog

This heraldic catalog has 6 DIN A4 format pages; 3 of the pages framed in Gules and with 22 cross patties Argent; includes 5 different heraldic shields for color printing; and with Sable texts with highlights in Gules.


Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Gules, Or, Argent, Cross, One, Cross patty, Cross couped and Pale.

Classification: PDF, Interpreted, Religious, Catalogue and Heraldic document.

Bearer: Our Lady of Mercy, Order of.

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Castile and León

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or.

Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2o y 3o de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules, coronado de oro.

This coat of arms can be seen in [Bergshammars; 1440; page 2], in [Lutzelbourg, N. de; 1530; page 35] and in [Tewkesbury; 17th century; folio 25v].


Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Argent, Purpure, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued and Crowned.

Style keywords: Semi-circular and Plain tincture.

Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Coat of arms, Kingdom of Castile and Leon and Canting.

Bearer: Castile and León.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Castile and León, open royal crown

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or. Crest: An open royal crown Or.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or. Crest: An open royal crown Or.

Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2o y 3o de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules, coronado de oro. Timbrado de una corona real abierta.

Pre-existing arms interpreted by me as follows: the shield of arms has a rounded (semicircular) base; the quarterly field, the two castles and the two lions are illuminated; the lion and its crown are outlined in the colour of the field; the open royal crown and the castle are outlined in Sable, in the case of the castle because it is masoned; and the whole has a painted plaster finish.

In [Medél, R.; 1846; plate 10, illustration 4] his interpretation of the arms of Castile and León can be seen.

For the expression «a Castle triple towered» in the English blazon, I have followed [Burke, B.; 2009; pages 12, 27, 41, 51, 76, 104, 106, 109, 150, 159, 171, 189, 200, 226, 273, 281, 282, 287, 322 and others], where it is used more often with a hyphen «triple-towered» and less often without a hyphen «triple towered», which is the form I have chosen.


Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Argent, Purpure, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crowned, Crest, Open royal crown and Crown.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated and Gesso.

Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Coat of arms, Kingdom of Castile and Leon and Canting.

Bearer: Castile and León.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Castile and León, framed

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or. Crest: An open royal crown Or.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or. Crest: An open royal crown Or.

Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2o y 3o de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules, coronado de oro. Timbrado de una corona real abierta.

Arms of the Kingdom of Castile and León created by me as follows: the shield of arms has a rounded (semicircular) base; the quarters are illuminated in flat tinctures Argent and Gules; the castles, lions and crown are illuminated; the lion and its crown are outlined in the colour of the field; the open royal crown; the royal Castilian castle is masoned, that is, outlined in Sable; the whole has an iridescent finish; and the owner, the shield and its blazon are framed within a border representing the arms of the Kingdom, this frame resulting from the combination of 76 small castles and 2 large ones at the corners with 76 small crowned lions and 2 large lions at the other corners;

In the armorial [Urfé; 15th century; page VIII of the index and page 140 of the contents], reference is made to and the arms of Castile and its kings are blazoned in French, describing its castle and its purple lion crowned Or and rampant.


Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Argent, Purpure, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crowned, Crest, Open royal crown and Crown.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated and Iridescent.

Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Frame, Kingdom of Castile and Leon and Canting.

Bearer: Castile and León.

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