Escutcheon: Ciudad de Ceuta. Fernando Durán Cabral de Melo e Alpoim, scheme of 6 coats of arms. Frazão Coutinho

Ciudad de Ceuta

City of Ceuta, Spain, Africa, with a crown of Marquis

Argent, five escutcheons in cross Azure, each charged with five plates in saltire; a bordure Gules, charged with seven castles triple-towered Or, 2, 2, 2, and 1. Crest: A crown of Marquis.

Escudo de plata, cinco escudetes en cruz de azur, cada uno cargado de cinco bezantes en sotuer de plata; una bordura de gules, cargada de siete castillos de oro, dos en jefe, una en cada flanco y tres en punta. Timbrado de una corona de marqués

Illuminated and a leather finishing.

Coat of arms of Ceuta from the coat of arms of Portugal

The Portuguese conquered Ceuta in the year 1415. This event represents an important step in the development of the Portuguese Empire in Africa. Then Ceuta received its arms from those of Portugal but with the castles in another order. In the image, the 1^st coat of arms of Portugal, and the 2^nd coat of arms of Ceuta.

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Five, Escutcheon, In cross, Azure, Charged, Bezant and plate, Plate, In saltire, Bordure, Gules, Seven, Castle, Or, Two, In chief, One, In each flank, Three, In base, Crown of Marquis and Crown.

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

Classification: Civic, Interpreted and Kingdom of Spain.

Bearer: Ceuta.

Fernando Durán Cabral de Melo e Alpoim, scheme of 6 coats of arms

Quarterly: 1 Gules, a pale Or upon six waves Azure and Argent, a bordure Or charged with eight lions' heads erased Gules [for Durán]; 2 Azure, a crescent reversed Argent, in dexter chief a fleur de lis Or, a bordure Gules [for Alpoim]; 3 Argent, two goats in pale Purpure, horned Sable [for Cabral]; 4 Gules, a double cross throughout Or cantoned by six plates, a bordure Or [for Melo]; an inescutcheon quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, five escutcheons in cross Azure, each charged with five plates in saltire; a bordure Gules, charged with seven castles triple-towered Or, 3, 2, and 2 [for Portugal]; the whole debruised by a baston Sable; 2 and 3 party per chevron Argent and Gules, in chief two lions combatant Purpure, armed and langued Gules [for Leon], in base a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable [for Castile]; a bordure compony of eighteen sections Or and vair [for Álvarez de las Asturias].

Scheme of the arms of Fernando Durán Cabral de Melo e Alpoim y Ayala-Schiaffino. These arms have been certified by Dr. Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera Gila, Chronicler of Arms of Castile and León. Both the scheme and the arms have been emblazoned by me. This plate shows this coat of arms and, around it, the coats of arms that compose it, arranged radially so as to make their integration into the greater shield clearly visible. These are the arms of the Durán, Alpoim, Cabral, and Melo lineages, together with the central inescutcheon, which is the coat of arms of the House of Noronha.

Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, Argent, One, Two, Six, Seven, Eight, Eighteen, Quarterly, Pale, Upon, Wave, Bordure, Charged, Lion, Head, Erased, Crescent, Reversed, In the dexter chief, Fleur de lis, Goat, In pale, Horned, Double cross throughout, Cantoned, Plate, Inescutcheon, Escutcheon, In cross, In saltire, Castle, Triple-towered, Cadency, Baston, Party per chevron, In chief, Combatant, Armed, Langued, In base, Port and windows, Masoned, Compony and Vair.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.

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

Bearer: Durán Cabral de Melo e Alpoim, Fernando.

Frazão Coutinho Dias, Hugo

Quarterly: 1 Gules, a chevron Argent, between three fleurs de lis Or; 2 Or, five mullets in saltire Gules; 3 Argent, four escutcheons in cross Azure, each charged with nine plates, those in flank with points to center, overall a carbuncle and orle of knotted cords Purpure debruised by the center escutcheon; 4 Sable, on a mount issuant from the base Vert, a tower Argent, port, windows and masoned sable, between two wolves Or supporting it; enté en point Or, three bars wavy Gules.

Escudo cuartelado: 1^o de Gules, un cabrio de plata acompañado de tres flores de lis de oro; 2^o de oro, cinco estrellas de seis puntas en sotuer de gules; 3^o de plata, cuatro escudetes en cruz de azur, cada uno cargado de nueve bezantes de plata, 3, 3, 3, los dos escudetes de los flancos puestos en faja apuntando al del centro, brochante sobre el todo un carbunclo de cuerdas, orlado y anudado de púrpura, y brochante sobre el todo del todo, un quinto escudete como los anteriores; 4^o de sable, un monte moviente de la punta de sinople, sumado de una torre de plata, aclarada y mazonada de sable, con dos lobos de oro empinados a ella; Entado en punta de oro, tres fajas ondadas de gules.

Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a watercolor finishing.

Coat of arms of Hugo Frazão Coutinho designed by him and emblazoned by me.

Design rationale

Lineages: 1, Frazão; 2, Coutinho; 3, Eças; 4, Cámara; Enté en point Or, three bars wavy Gules of Drummond.

Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Argent, Azure, Purpure, Sable, Vert, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Nine, Quarterly, Chevron, Between, Fleur de lis, Mullet, In saltire, Escutcheon, In cross, Charged, Plate, In each flank, Center, Overall, Carbuncle, Orle, Knotted, Cord, Debruised, Mount, Issuant, Base, Tower, Port and windows, Masoned, Wolf, Supporting, Enté en point, Bar and Wavy.

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

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

Bearer: Frazão Coutinho Dias, Hugo.

Noronha, House of

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, five escutcheons in cross Azure, each charged with five plates in saltire; a bordure Gules, charged with seven castles triple-towered Or, 3, 2, and 2 [for Portugal]; the whole debruised by a baston Sable; 2 and 3 party per chevron Argent and Gules, in chief two lions combatant Purpure, armed and langued Gules [for Leon], in base a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable [for Castile]; a bordure compony of eighteen sections Or and vair [for Álvarez de las Asturias].

Escudo cuartelado: 1^o y 4^o de plata, cinco escudetes en cruz de azur, cada uno cargado de cinco bezantes en sotuer de plata; una bordura de gules, cargada de siete castillos de oro, 3, 1 y 3; [de Portugal] brisado de un bastón de sable; 2^o y 3^o de plata, mantelado en punta de gules, en jefe, dos leones afrontados de púrpura, armados y lampasados de gules [de León], en punta un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable [de Castilla]; una bordura componada de dieciocho compones de oro y veros [de Álvarez de las Asturias].

Arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a metal beaten finish.

Coat of arms of the House of Noronha in Portugal, a lineage of dual royal origin. The House of Noronha originated with Alfonso Enríquez of Castile, Count of Noreña and Gijón, the natural son of King Henry II of Castile, founder of the Trastámara dynasty, and of Elvira Íñiguez. The lineage became linked to the Portuguese Royal House through the marriage of Alfonso Enríquez to Isabel of Portugal, the natural daughter of King Ferdinand I of Portugal, an alliance arranged in the context of the Treaty of Santarém of 1373, which brought an end to the Fernandine Wars, during which Ferdinand I of Portugal confronted the kings of the House of Trastámara over the throne of Castile following the murder of Peter I at the hands of his half-brother Henry. The House of Noronha became established in Portugal, and its arms quarter those of the Kingdom of Portugal, differenced by a brisure consisting of a baston Sable, and those of the House of Trastámara. This coat of arms has been emblazoned for Fernando Durán Cabral de Mello d’Alpoim by me as a preparatory work for his armorial bearings, his coat of arms has a inescutcheon with the arms of the House of Noronha.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Gules, Or, Sable, Purpure, One, Two, Five, Seven, Eighteen, Quarterly, Escutcheon, In cross, Charged, Plate, In saltire, Bordure, Castle, Triple-towered, Cadency, Baston, Party per chevron, In chief, Lion, Combatant, Armed, Langued, In base, Port and windows, Masoned, Compony and Vair.

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

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

Bearer: Noronha, House of.

Norsk Heraldisk Forening

Norsk Heraldisk Forening, in English, Nordic Heraldry Society, was founded on February 27, 1969, at the National Archives in Oslo, with the aim of promoting the study and knowledge of heraldry through meetings, lectures, excursions, and other dissemination methods, and additionally, to become an advisory body to resolve issues in matters of heraldry, flags, personal coats of arms, etc. Its first president was Dr. Philos Herman L. Løvenskiold.

Since then, these have remained the objectives of the Norsk Heraldisk Forening, and its membership count has remained between 150 and 200 members, and it cooperates with the Nordic Heraldry Society, «Societas Heraldica Scandinavica».

The website's address is Heraldikk.no, its content is available in both Norwegian and English, and they work systematically to expand it and provide greater and better information to both its members and those interested in heraldry.

Blazon

Alex Maxwell Findlater described it in English, including its crest, in an article that was on their previous website under the title «About the society», as follows: «Gules issuant from base two battle-axes addorsed Argent shafted Or overall at the nombril point an escutcheon Or; for Crest between two axes of the arms a panache of three peacock feathers proper; Mantling Gules doubled Or». But given that «shafted» applies to weapons with a shaft and «hafted» to weapons with a handle, in the case of axes, I use «hafted» although both terms correspond to the Spanish «fustado».

Note how the axes are described as battle-axes, just as in the blazon of the Norwegian coat of arms, where its lion holds a battle-axe.

Coat of arms I attempted to interpret in the Norwegian style, all in flat tinctures, without Sable outlines, lighting or shading, and only with a simple rough finish.

Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Semi-circular, Plain tincture, Outlined in the field tincture, Rough, Coat of arms, Without divisions, Gules, Axe, Argent, Hafted, Or, Addorsed, Issuant from base, Overall, At the nombril and Escutcheon.

Pesquera de Ebro, motto

Azure, on four bars wavy Argent a barbel bendwise Or and a three arch bridge Or, masoned Sable, throughout, supporting a elm couped Argent leaved Or, between, in dexter a tower Or, port and windows Azure, mazoned Sable, and in sinister three escutcheon Or, 2 and 1. Motto: «El porqué yo me le sé» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.

Escudo de azur, en punta cuatro burelas ondadas de plata sumadas de un barbo puesto en banda de oro y un puente de tres ojos moviente de los flancos de oro, mazonado de sable, sosteniendo una olma nurida de plata, hojada de oro, acompañada a su diestra de una torre de oro, aclarada de azur, mazonada de sable y a su siniestra de tres escudetes de oro, 2 y 1. Lema: «El porqué yo me le sé» de sable sobre una filacteria de plata.

Arms devised by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a watercolor finish.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Three, On, Bar, Wavy, Barbel, Bendwise, Bridge, Masoned, Throughout, Upon, Elm, Tree, Couped (tree), Leaved, Tower, Port and windows, Escutcheon, Ordered, Motto and Scroll.

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

Classification: Civic, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Pesquera de Ebro.

Photos of the Grant G0134 for the arms of Myriam Spiteri Debono

Tierced per pale: 1 Or, upon a fess Azure a lion passant Gules holding a sword point upwards Argent [for Spiteri]; 2 Azure, upon a base Vert a tree eradicated proper, supported at sinister by a man proper wearing a loincloth Argent and holding in his sinister a spear point upwards Or and in chief three mullets of six points in fess Or [for Debono], 3 Gules, two hands clasped throughout proper, vested Argent, holding a dagger point upwards Argent, hilted Or, in chief three mullets of six points in fess Or and in base a sprig of olive fesswise proper [for Zammit]. Crest: Upon a helm, befitting her degree as President of Malta, with a wreath Or and Gules, an escutcheon Bleu celeste, issuant from a base wavy Argent, charged with three bars wavy Azure, three arches interlaced in fess Or. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Supporters: Two lions rampant Or, langued Gules, terraced by a mound Vert. Motto: «Servire Cum Modestia». The shield is surrounded by the Xirka Gieh ir-Repubblika and the Grand Collar of Malta's National Order of Merit, as Head of both.

Personal coat of arms of Her Excellency Myriam Spiteri Debono, President of Malta, grant G0134 by Dr. Charles A. Gauci, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta. These arms, which I emblazoned for grant G0134, are shown here together with two photographs of the grant’s cover and the page displaying the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Argent, Vert, Bleu celeste, One, Two, Three, Tierced per pale, Fess, Lion, Passant, Sword, Point upwards, Base, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, Sinister, Male figure, Loincloth, Spear, In chief, Mullet, In fess, Two hands clasped, Dagger, Hilted, In base, Sprig, Olive tree, Fesswise, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Escutcheon, Ensigned by, Wavy, Bar, Arch, Interlaced, Mantling, Rampant, Compartment, Motto, Surrounded, Decoration and Grand collar.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.

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

Bearer: Spiteri Debono, Myriam.

Pixiv

My heraldic Pixiv wall is Dr.A.Salmeron @antoniosheraldry and pixiv.me/antoniosheraldry.

Pixiv is a Japanese online community for artists. I post in Pixiv 2 or 3 coats of arms per week. They use a strict form to post with many mandatory input fields. This week, they have added a new mandatory field «AI-generated work: Yes / No», AI ~ Artificial Intelligence. In the image, I have highlighted this new field in red.

My animation of the coat of arms of Juan Lanzagorta reached position 33 in Pixiv’s daily Ugoira animation ranking. I am very happy about this, as it is not easy to achieve.

Categories: Technology, Social networks, Quarterly, Gules, One, Chevron, Argent, Between, Three, Fleur de lis, Or, Five, Mullet, In saltire, Four, Escutcheon, In cross, Azure, Charged, Nine, Bezant and plate, Two, Flank, Fesswise, Center, Overall, Carbuncle, Cord, In orle, Knotted, Purpure, Overall (all), Sable, Mount, Issuant from base, Vert, On, Tower, Port and windows, Masoned, Wolf, Supporting, Enté en point, Fess, Wavy, Crown of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate, Crown and Motto.

Portugal, escutcheon with 10 plates

Azure, ten plates, 3, 3, 3 and 1.

It has been emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a freehand finishing.

One of the escutcheons of the arms of the Kingdom of Portugal with 10 plates. This escutcheon with 10 plates is the one that can be seen in the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Portugal used from 1248 to 1385. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me. From 3 elements onwards, in English, I usually specify the distribution by rows.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Ten, Escutcheon and Plate.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.

Classification: Civic, Interpreted and Boa.

Bearer: Portugal.

Publication of the arms of Salvatore Buttaro

Azure, a bend Argent between, in chief a sword point upwards Argent, hilted Or, in base a pair of scales Or. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Azure, an owl Argent, grasping with its dexter talon an escutcheon bendwise quarterly Gules and Argent. Mantling Azure doubled Argent. Motto: «Ex Homine Lex, Ex Deo Iustitia» Sable, over a scroll Or charged at its center with a mullet of five points Argent, irradiated of thirty rays Or.

G0057, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant of Salvatore Buttaro's arms, whose full achievement has been emblazoned by me. The image shows a composition of the coat of arms painted by me alongside the same coat of arms as published in the book [Gauci, C. A.; Cassar, R. M.; 2025; page 68], «The Register of Arms, Volume 1 (2019–2024)». A difference may be observed between the published interpretation of the arms and the current interpretation. In the current version, the sword is positioned more centrally, closer to the vertical axis of the shield, whereas in the published version the sword is placed nearer to the sinister flank, allowing it to be depicted slightly longer. The published arms corresponds to an earlier version painted by me, while the version with the more centrally placed sword corresponds to a second version, also painted by me, following a suggestion from the armiger. In any case, the wording of the blazon remains unchanged, and therefore both representations depict the same coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Thirty, Bend, Between, Sinister, Chief, Sword, Point upwards, Hilted, Dexter, Base, Pair of scales, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Owl, Grasping, Talon, Escutcheon, Quarterly, Mantling, Doubled, Motto, Scroll, Mullet and Irradiated.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.

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

Bearer: Buttaro, Salvatore.

Satellite

My heraldic channel on Satellite was https://satellite.earth/@as, but sadly, this social network didn't evolve properly.

Categories: Technology, Social networks, Without divisions, Argent, Five, Escutcheon, In cross, Azure, Charged, Bezant and plate, Plate, In saltire, Bordure, Gules, Seven, Castle, Or, Two, In chief, One, In each flank, Three, In base, Crown of Marquis and Crown.

Sister Esperanza Vega Lanzagorta, outlined

Azure, between two palm fronds in pile reversed a Lady of Mercy grasping in her sinister hand a broken chain Argent, and charged on the chest with an escutcheon per fess, 1 Gules, a cross patty Argent, and 2 Or, four pallets Gules.

This is the coat of arms of Sister Esperanza Vega Lanzagorta, designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallin and outlined by me. These arms have a representation of Our Lady of Mercy, celebrated on September 24^th. To identify Our Lady of Mercy, I chose two primary symbols: 1) The arms of the Order of Mercy on her chest, «per fess, 1 Gules, a cross patty Argent, and 2 Or, four pallets Gules», and 2) the broken chains, symbolizing the redemption of captives, remember that the complete name of the order is the Royal, Celestial, and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of the Captives.

Credits: Juan Lanzagorta Vallin is the designer of the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, Or, One, Two, Our Lady of Mercy, Grasping, Sinister, Hand, Broken, Chain, Charged, Chest, Escutcheon, Party per fess, Cross patty, Cross couped, Between, Palm frond and In pile reversed.

Style keywords: Outlined and Semi-circular.

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

Bearer: Vega Lanzagorta, Sister Esperanza.

Standard of Claes Zangenberg

It has been interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a freehand finish.

G0076: the heraldic standard of Claes Zangenberg, of United Kingdom, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. Structure: coat of arms; badge; 1^st line of the motto «Aliter»; crest; 2^nd line of the motto «Cogita»; badge.

Blazon keywords: Or, Vert, Gules, Argent, Carnation, One, Two, Pile issuant from base, Between, Maunch, Displayed scroll, Suspended, Escutcheon, In base, Trimount, Proper, In chief, Open, Pair of pliers, Fesswise, Facing sinister, Crest, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Hand, Couped, Grasping and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Standard, Flag and Seal.

Bearer: Zangenberg, Claes.

Standard of Rui J. Vaz

Heraldic device depicted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, shown as tilted shield, with a semi-circular external shape and with a leather finish.

This is the heraldic standard of Rui J. Vaz's family, US, emblazoned by me. Structure: Coat of arms; Badge; 1^st line of the motto «Audacia,Veritas»; Crest; 2^nd line of the motto «et Libertas»; Badge.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Gules, Argent, Or, One, Six, Five, Party per pale, Overall, Lion, Rampant, Winged, Grasping, Dexter, Forepaw, Sword, Erect, Crest, Escutcheon, Quarterly, Garuda, Sejant, Castle, Triple-towered, Masoned, Pallet, Plate and Motto.