Emblem

Emblem containing a [ shield de gules, una Justicia de plata, vestida de oro, en su diestra una espada de plata, alzada, guarnecida de oro y en su siniestra una balanza de oro. Crest: An open royal crown Or ]. Two banners and two mottos surround the shield.

Emblema que contiene un [ escudo de gules, una Justicia de plata, vestida de oro, en su diestra una espada de plata, alzada, guarnecida de oro y en su siniestra una balanza de oro. Timbrado de una corona real abierta ]. Dos divisas y dos lemas rodean el escudo.

The 2 banners and the 2 mottos have azure and argent letters, on argent and azure bordered in gules, they are accompanied by 3 stars, 2 smaller ones in azure and 1 larger one in argent; The banners and mottos surround the ANPC shield forming an oval; and I have executed the ensemble in flat colors and with a watercolor finish.

The 2 banners that identify the ANPC are:

• «National Association of Criminology Experts and Experts in Forensic Sciences for the Courts of Justice.».
• «ANPC».

The 2 mottos that express the fundamental motivations of the ANPC are:

• «Loyal knowledge and understanding for the Administration of Justice».
• «Forensic criminologists for the Courts of Justice».

I use the term «banner» when the purpose of the text is to identify the holder and I use the term «motto» when it expresses the holder's motivations, principles, rules, ideals, etc. This distinction is detailed further in the article: Motto, banner, device and war cry.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Argent, Or, Female figure, One, Justice, Vested, Dexter, Sword, Point upwards, Hilted, Sinister, Pair of scales, Crest, Open royal crown, Crown, Motto (identification) and Motto.

Style keywords: Watercolor, Plain tincture, Semi-circular and Outlined in the field tincture.

Classification: Emblem, Created and Socioeconomic.

Bearer: ANPC.

First publication of my heraldic artwork for this Brotherhood of the Apostle Santiago, Chile, on the blog Twelve Lineages of Soria under the following headline: Interpretation by the heraldic artist Mr. Antonio Salmerón Cabañas, of the arms of the Brotherhood of Knights of the Apostle Santiago (Chile).

Second publication of my heraldic artwork for this Brotherhood of the Apostle Santiago, Chile, on the blog Twelve Lineages of Soria with the following description of the illustration: Interpretation of the arms of the Santiago Brotherhood of Chile, by the prestigious heraldist Mr. Antonio Salmerón.

Third publication of my heraldic artwork for this Brotherhood of the Apostle Santiago, Chile, on the blog Twelve Lineages of Soria with the following description of the illustration: Coat of arms of the Brotherhood of Knights of the Apostle Santiago in Chile, versioned by the renowned heraldist Mr. Antonio Salmerón.

Fourth publication of my heraldic artwork for this Brotherhood of the Apostle Santiago, Chile, on the blog Twelve Lineages of Soria with the following description of the illustration: Brotherhood of Santiago.

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Categories: Link, Republic of Chile, Freehand, Emblem, Crest and mantling, Sable, Argent, Or, Azure, Gules, Crown of Knight, Crown, Cross of Saint James, Cross couped, Party per fess, Overall (deprecated) and Mullet.

Root: Twelve Lineages of Soria.

The Order of Chivalry of Calatrava is both military and religious, founded in the Kingdom of Castile during the 12th century by Abbot Raymond of Fitero.

The purpose of its foundation was the protection of the town of Calatrava la Vieja, which currently belongs to the municipality of Carrión de Calatrava in Ciudad Real. At the time of the order's foundation, it was an important city, in the middle valley of the river Guadiana and with a strategic position, as it was a necessary passage on the road from Toledo to Córdoba to Toledo and between the west and east of the Iberian Peninsula.

On the origin and antiquity of the Military Order of Calatrava, and the form of its Commandery

[Avilés, J.; 1780b; treatise IV, chapter IV, pages 334] writes «The Military Order of Calatrava was instituted by Don Sancho III, King of Castile (called the Desired), in the year 1158, while he was visiting his Kingdom; and being in Toledo with news of the great army that the Moors were gathering to besiege Calatrava la Vieja (which is called so today to distinguish it from the new one, which was founded later); and as the Templars, to whom this Fortress belonged, did not have sufficient power to resist such a large multitude, they handed it over to King Don Sancho himself so that he could take charge of it, as he did».

[Avilés, J.; 1780b; treatise IV, chapter IV, page 335] continues by telling us «The Abbot of Santa María de Fitero», near the river Pisuerga as he will indicate next, «of the Congregation of Cistercian, in the Bishopric of Palencia (which is a Monastery of St. Bernard, located on the river Pisuerga), named Don Raymond, and Friar Diego Velazquez, his subject Monk, who followed the Court, despite the difficulty of the enterprise, requested it from the King to defend it, which was granted, trusting in the virtue of the Abbot, and the strength of the Monk, who had previously been a great Knight in deeds of Arms, and very practiced in war».

[Avilés, J.; 1780b; treatise IV, chapter IV, page 336] continues «Seeing themselves in such an obligation, and that by themselves they could not fulfill it, they turned to Archbishop Don Juan (who was the fourth of Toledo) for help; and he, granting many indulgences in all his Archbishopric to those who, for themselves and for others, supplied the Place with provisions, in the same way as those who, unable to go due to old age or illness, helped with weapons, horses, and men; and having spread this news, so much help came to them, that when the Moors learned that the number of people exceeded twenty thousand men, they abandoned the conquest, returning to their homes: for this reason, the King ceded the Town of Calatrava to the Abbot of Fitero, and his successors, to defend it from the Moors from then on, confirmed later by King Alfonso IX, his son».

[Avilés, J.; 1780b; treatise IV, chapter IV, page 337] concludes «Having obtained this grace, Abbot Don Raymond brought the most suitable Monks from Fitero to Calatrava, and everything else that was necessary for living and for the defense of the Town and its land, which with the people inclined to war who remained, formed the Order of Chivalry of Calatrava, taking this name from the place where the institution was made, which in Arabic Calatrava means Castle».

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Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Religious, Military, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Freehand, Emblem, Cross of Calatrava, Cross couped and Cross.

Emblem, an inescutcheon, enflamed in orle of sixteen points and irradiated throughout of sixty-four lines Gules.

Emblema, un escusón, llameante en orla de Dieciséis llamas y radiante de sesenta y cuatro líneas movientes todo de gules.

Its focus on heraldic art, along with its foundation in 1987, makes it a pioneering institution in this field on a global scale.

The Society of Heraldic Arts enjoys significant international recognition among heraldic artists, designers, and craftsmen, and its website is heraldic-arts.com.

Its members cover the full range of activities within heraldry for individuals, personal heraldry, public and private entities, socioeconomic heraldry, as well as municipalities, regions, etc., governance heraldry.

The Society of Heraldic Arts used to publish a quarterly magazine called «The Heraldic Craftsman», which was sent to all its members, but it is no longer in publication. The Society also provides advice on the correct use of heraldry to enhance corporate and personal identity.

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Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Illuminated, Freehand, Semi-circular, Emblem, Gules, Inescutcheon, Enflamed, In orle, Sixteen, Flame, Irradiated, Sixty-four, Line and Throughout (all sides).

Root: Society of Heraldic Arts.

Argent, a tower with a turret Gules, port and windows Argent, masoned Sable. Crest: A mural crown Or. Supporters: Two palm fronds Vert issuant from an escallop reversed Or. Motto: «Disce et Aspirant» Sable over a scroll Or.

It has been depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finish.

The heraldic emblem of the Academia de Letras e Artes da Guiné-Bissau, ALAB, designed by Joseph Crews and emblazoned by me. The motto «Disce et Aspira» is a Latin phrase meaning «Learn and Aspire»

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Sable, Or, One, Two, Tower, Turret, Port and windows, Masoned, Crest, Mural crown, Crown, Supporter (thing), Supporter, Palm frond, Issuant, Escallop, Motto and Scroll.

Style keywords: Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.

Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted, Boa and Emblem.

Bearer: Academia de Letras e Artes da Guiné-Bissau.

The Order of Saint Mary of Montesa and Saint George of Alfama, known as the Order of Montesa, was founded in the 14^th century by the King of Aragon, James, as a military and religious order, to which he donated a castle in Valencia from which they took their name.

To endow the new Order of Montesa, the assets of the Order of the Templars, dissolved by Pope Clement V, were used. This is recounted by [Avilés, J.; 1780b; page 342] writing that Montesa was created «from the incomes and ruin of the Templars; as their Order was being extinguished, at the request of the Kings, so that said incomes would not leave the Kingdom.».

The order established within the Castle of Montesa, which previously belonged to the Templars, their convent and church of the Order, the palace of their Master, their barracks for fighting men, being able to form up to a couple of thousand of them in their parade ground. Their first Master, for 70 days since he died just over two months after his appointment, was Guillermo de Eril.

The origin and antiquity of the Military Order of Montesa, and the form of its Encomienda.

[Avilés, J.; 1780b; treatise IV, chapter VI, page 341] describes it as follows «The Military Order of Montesa was instituted in the year 1317 by the King of Aragon, Don Jaime II, and confirmed in the same year by Pope John XXII.».

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Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Religious, Military, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Freehand, Emblem, Cross of Montesa, Cross couped and Cross.

Order of Cavalry of Alcantara

A cross of Alcantara.

Una cruz de Alcántara.

Interpretation of the emblem of the order with: its cross outlined in Sable, illuminated in Vert; and a heavily beaten metal finish.

The Royal Council of the Orders of Chivalry of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcantara, and Montesa, in its historical account of the foundation of the Order of Alcantara, states that, according to Alonso de Torres y Tapia, Prior of Alcantara and a 17^th-century chronicler, it was founded in 1156, by Don Suero Fernández Barrientos along with other knights from Salamanca, in Pereiro near the River Coa, under the name of the Order of Saint Julian of Pereiro and during the reign of Ferdinand II of León.

Emblem

Regarding the emblem of the Order of Cavalry of Alcantara, [Avilés, J.; 1780b; treatise IV, chapter V, page 340, figure 102], reusing the same figure 102 as for the Order of Calatrava, says «In the past, the Order of Alcantara displayed on its Standard the Gules Straps of Calatrava», remember that due to the commandery of the city of Alcantara, they had to assume some dependency on that of Calatrava, «next to a Pear tree in Vert on a field of Or, which was the insignia of the Order of Pereiro, due to the conformity with which these two Orders lived; but upon changing their Habit, the Pope» Eugene IV «granted them the green Cross», Vert, «in the manner they wear it today, differing from that of Calatrava only in color».

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Blazon keywords: Cross of Alcantara, Cross couped and Cross.

Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Soft metal.

Classification: Interpreted, Religious, Military and Emblem.

Bearer: Alcantara, Order of.

Order of Chivalry of Santiago

A cross of Saint James.

Una cruz de Santiago.

Interpretation of the emblem of the order with: its cross outlined in Sable, illuminated in Gules; and a heavily hammered metal finish.

The Royal Council of the Orders of Chivalry of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcantara, and Montesa, in its historical account of the foundation of the Order of Santiago, describes three different points of view:

• The one presented by tradition, which establishes it in 844, after the battle of Clavijo, when fourteen knights led by the Field Master Don Sancho Martínez de Tejada requested permission from Don Ramiro I, king of Asturias between the years 842 and 850, to found it. This traditional view is the one recorded in [Avilés, J.; 1780b; treatise IV, chapter II, page 325] when discussing the origin of the «Military Order of Santiago of the Sword».
• The perspective of historians like Claudio Sánchez Albornoz or Américo Castro, who question the earlier date. Furthermore, [Sánchez Albornoz, C.; 1965; pages 94-136], as cited in [Domínguez García, J.; 2008; pages 69-70], proposes that the actual battle of Clavijo occurred later, in the year 859, and that Ramiro I did not participate, but rather it was a conflict between King Ordoño I and the Moor Muza.
• The view of historians who, based on the statutes of the order found in the Monastery of Uclés, which was the residence of the Master of the Order of Santiago, and the Latin in which they are written, believe that the foundation could indeed date back to the reign of Don Ramiro I.

Emblem

Regarding the emblem of the Order of Chivalry of Santiago, [Avilés, J.; 1780b; treatise IV, chapter II, page 328, plate 25, figure 100] states «the Commandery of this Order was always a red Sword» (gules ~ red), «in the form of a Cross, just as the guards of the ancient Swords that its Knights and Commanders carried on their white Mantles, and today also on the chest in the same manner, hanging from a red ribbon on a gold medal; that is, in a field of Or, a Cross of Gules».

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Blazon keywords: Cross of Saint James, Cross couped and Cross.

Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Soft metal.

Classification: Interpreted, Religious, Military and Emblem.

Bearer: Santiago, Order of.

The Royal Association of Hidalgos of Spain was founded under the name «Asociación de Hidalgos, Infanzones y Noblezas a Fuero de España» by Vicente and Francisco de Cadenas y Vicent, the Marquises of Siete Iglesias and of Zayas, and also by Valentín Dávila Jalón, Marquis of Dávila.

This association brings together nobles of Spanish lineages with the aim of maintaining and promoting the traditional values of the hidalguía and is inspired by the principles of Christian humanism. It fulfills its duty to provide services to Spain, its institutions and its citizens, with loyalty to the Crown and commitment to Spanish culture and history.

Its magazine Hidalgos, also known as «La Gacetilla de Hidalgos de España», or simply «La Gacetilla», as this was its name until the end of 2010, precisely until its issue 524 of October, November and December 2010. This magazine is an excellent source of knowledge and information, and some of its articles are cited throughout Blason.es, for example, those by [Valero de Bernabé, L.; 2009b], [Valero de Bernabé, L.; 2010] and [Valero de Bernabé, L.; 2012b].

In saltire arrangements, I prefer to place the element in bend over the element in bend sinister, since the bend takes precedence over the bend sinister. Therefore, in my interpretation of this coat of arms and unlike other interpretations, the two-handed sword placed in bend is drawn above the one placed in bend sinister.

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Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Metal beaten, Emblem, Two-handed sword, Argent, Hilted, Or, In saltire, Crest, Closed royal crown and Crown.

Royal Council of the Orders of Chivalry, of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcantara, and Montesa.

Emblem quarterly per saltire: 1, a cross of Saint James; 2, a cross of Calatrava; 3, a cross of Alcantara; 4, a cross of Montesa.

Emblema cuartelado en sotuer: 1^o, una cruz de Santiago; 2^o, una cruz de Calatrava; 3^o, una cruz de Alcántara; 4^o, una cruz de Montesa.

Interpretation of the emblem of the Royal Council with: its four crosses outlined in Sable, illuminated in Gules, Vert, and Sable; and a heavily hammered metal finish.

There is another version of this emblem of the Royal Council with the crosses of its four orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcantara, and Montesa outlined in Or instead of Sable.

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Blazon keywords: Cross, Quarterly per saltire, Cross of Saint James, Cross couped, Cross of Calatrava, Cross of Alcantara and Cross of Montesa.

Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Emblem.

Bearer: Royal Council of the Orders of Chivalry.

Emblem of the Royal Spanish Academy

Emblemb Argent, a crucible Argent, enflamed and on a bonfire hoguera Gules and Or.

Emblema de plata, un crisol de plata, llameante y sumado a una hoguera de gules y oro.

Painted by me with a raised-stroke finish, with an oval shape and with a thin golden edge around it which is purely ornamental.

The Royal Spanish Academy, also known by its acronym RAE, is made up of 46 full members, all elected for life to occupy seats designated by letters of the Spanish alphabet.

In addition to the full members, the Royal Spanish Academy also has corresponding members and other associated members, which completes its structure as the main regulatory institution of the Spanish language.

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Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Oval, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Freehand, Emblem, Without divisions, Argent, One, Crucible, Enflamed, Bonfire, Gules and Or.

Real Academia Española, «Diccionario de la lengua española», known as DRAE, acronym for Diccionario de la Real Academia Española, 22^nd edition, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 2001.

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The DRAE's latest edition, the 23^rd, is from October 2014, but the current online version corresponds to the 22^nd edition with amendments incorporated until 2012.

This bibliographic reference is illustrated with one of my interpretations of the emblem of the Real Academia Española, with its crucible over a bonfire and its motto around it.

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Bibliographical reference of century XXI.

Classification: Dictionary and Castilian language.

The author is Royal Spanish Academy.

The following article cites this bibliographic reference:

• Cavalry Regiment Alcantara, royal crown

External link:

• Real Academia Española: Diccionario.

Real Academia Española, «Diccionario de la lengua española», known as DRAE, acronym for Diccionario de la Real Academia Española, 23^rd edition, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 2014.

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This bibliographic reference of the DRAE is illustrated with one of my interpretations of the emblem of the Real Academia Española. Oval emblem with its crucible over a bonfire, surmounted by a closed Royal crown and its motto «Limpia, fija y da esplendor», around the emblem in letters of Or on Azure.

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Bibliographical reference of century XXI.

Classification: Dictionary and Castilian language.

Author: Royal Spanish Academy.

The following articles cite this bibliographic reference:

• Loubet del Bayle, Jean-Christophe
• Lozengy 5x6 and 6x7

External resource:

• Real Academia Española: Diccionario.

Emblem Azure, Saint Michael, grasping in his dexter hand a spear, point downward, and in his sinister hand bearing a coat of arms, upon a dragon Argent.

Emblema de azur, un Arcángel Miguel, teniendo en su diestra una lanza, con la punta hacia abajo y en su siniestra un escudo, sostenido por un dragón, todo de plata.

Two tinctures emblem interpreted as follows: an oval shape with a 5x6 proportion; the field illuminated in Gules, unlike its original colour; all its charges illuminated in Argent and outlined in the colour of the field; and the finish is marble-like.

The IESE Business School, where I studied, is the business school of the University of Navarre.

I also have the honour of having collaborated for years with the University of Navarre.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Male figure, Angel, Archangel, Argent, Grasping, Dexter, Spear, Point downwards, Sinister, Upon and Dragon.

Style keywords: Oval, Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture and Marmoreal.

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Education, Emblem and Kingdom of Navarre.

Bearer: University of Navarra.

Alonso Zamora Vicente, «Historia de la Real Academia Española», Real Academia Española, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1999.

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This bibliographic reference is illustrated with one of my interpretations of the emblem of the Real Academia Española. It is an oval emblem in Argent, with its crucible, also in Argent, over a bonfire of Gules and Or and surrounded by its flames, surmounted by a closed Royal crown with 8 arches, 5 of which are visible, and its motto, as originally written «Limpia, fixa, y da esplendor», around it.

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Bibliographical reference of century XX.

Classification: Castilian language.

Author: Zamora Vicente, Alonso.

Bibliographical reference mentioned in the following article:

• Royal Spanish Academy, emblem

External resource:

• Real Academia Española.