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Sable, three Towers Or, two and one

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Sable, three Towers Or, two and one

The classic heraldic layout for three charges on a coat of arms is two in chief and on in base. The layout one in chief and two at base are considered disordered in many heraldic traditions.

The blazon of this coat of arms, «Sable, three Towers Or, two and one», is disordered, and the entropy refers to disorder, and more entropy means more disorder. Then this imaginary coat of arms is full of entropy, and it could belong to the entropy.


Categories: Riddle solution, Imaginary, Sable, Three, Tower, Or, Two, One and Disordered.

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8 shields, but how many blazons?

In the following image there are painted 8 shields, but how many different blazons are there? First, think your answer, then write the different blazons and, finally, check if your initial answer was correct.

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Write the coats of arms and check your answer

Think before you move the cursor or click on the following link and see the solution.


Categories: Riddle, Gules, Or, Argent, Quarterly and Chequey.

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Pedigree collapse, we are all cousins

Pedigree collapse by years, world's populations and ancestors

We have 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents, 16 great grandparents,... growing exponentially (2n), 32, 64, 128, ... Circa the year 850 we have more «theoretical» ancestors than inhabitants of the world. It follows that:

  • Many of our ancestors are repeated in our family tree.
  • Many historical figures (philosophers, scientists, writers, artists, kings, warriors, etc.) will appear in our family tree.
  • We share many ancestors with others, we are all cousins, we are a great family.

I have painted the following graphic to show this idea. Traveling to the past we see the number of our «theoretical» ancestors grows and the world's population decreases.

The graph is calculated with 2.46 generations per century, and with other rates although the graph changes but the previous conclusions remain. For example, with 4 generations per century, more real rate time ago when we had children at an earlier age, the curves intersect before. If it is done by continents and/or adding the lines without offspring, the high infant mortality and pests of past times,... the curves also cross before.

To this effect is called «pedigree collapse».


Category: Genealogy.

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Escudo de Castilla y León Libro abierto, hojas de plata, filo de oro, guardas de gules, tapas de sable.

Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 2002

Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, Dean King of Arms, «Diccionario heráldico: Términos, Piezas y Figuras Usadas en la Ciencia del Blasón», Instituto Salazar Castro (C. S. I. C. Higher Center for Scientific Research), edited by Ediciones Hidalguía, 6th edition with more heraldic terms, 338 pages, Madrid, 2002.

Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, Heraldic dictionary

In 1953, the 1st edition was awarded the Menestrier Prize, from the International Institute of Genealogy and Heraldry.


Bibliographical reference of century XXI.

The author is Cadenas y Vicent, Vicente de.

Bibliographic reference mentioned in the following articles:

External link:

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Francisco Domingo Larrosa Gil, plain tincture

Gules, a rose between in chief a key wards to dexter facing downwards, in base a key wards to sinister facing downwards Argent.

Gules, a rose between in chief a key wards to dexter facing downwards, in base a key wards to sinister facing downwards Argent.

Arms depicted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finish.

The coat of arms for Francisco Domingo Larrosa Gil emblazoned by me.


Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, One, Rose, Between, In chief, Key, Dexter, Point upwards, In base, Point downwards and Sinister.

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

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

Bearer: Larrosa Gil, Francisco Domingo.

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Larrosa Gil, Francisco Domingo

Gules, a rose between in chief a key wards to dexter facing downwards, in base a key wards to sinister facing downwards Argent.

Gules, a rose between in chief a key wards to dexter facing downwards, in base a key wards to sinister facing downwards Argent.

Escudo de gules, una rosa acompañada en jefe de una llave con el dentado hacia la diestra y abajo, en punta de una llave con el dentado hacia la siniestra y abajo, todo de plata.

Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a metal beaten finish.


Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, One, Rose, Between, In chief, Key, Dexter, Point upwards, In base, Point downwards and Sinister.

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

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

Bearer: Larrosa Gil, Francisco Domingo.

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Commoners' certification Francisco Domingo Larrosa Gil

Gules, a rose between in chief a key wards to dexter facing downwards, in base a key wards to sinister facing downwards Argent

Gules, a rose between in chief a key wards to dexter facing downwards, in base a key wards to sinister facing downwards Argent

The Commoners' Certification of Arms for Francisco Domingo Larrosa Gil with his coat arms emblazoned by me. Alternative blazon used in the certification: Gules, a rose between two keys fesswise Argent, that in chief with wards to dexter, that in base with wards to sinister.


Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, One, Rose, Between, In chief, Key, Dexter, Point upwards, In base, Point downwards and Sinister.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Certification.

Bearer: Larrosa Gil, Francisco Domingo.

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Sigue por: Moreno de Vargas, B.; 1795.

 

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