Fesswise

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 and painted for Grant G0134, are shown here together with four photographs: two of the grant’s cover and the page displaying the coat of arms, and two taken during the official ceremony held at San Anton Palace, where the personal coat of arms was presented to Her Excellency Myriam Spiteri Debono, President of Malta, by Dr. Charles A. Gauci, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta. Also present were Mr. Anthony Scicluna, Deputy Chairman of Heritage Malta, and Chev. Ray Cassar, Registrar at the Office of the Chief Herald.

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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.

Or, two mullets of six points pierced in fess Gules; in chief a sabre fesswise Sable.

Escudo de oro, dos rosetas de espuela en faja de gules; en jefe, un sable puesto en faja de sable.

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Blazon keywords: Or, Two, Mullet of six points pierced, In fess, Gules, In chief, One, Sabre, Sword, Fesswise and Sable.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Coulot, Fabian.

Per pale Vert and Azure, overall a sword fesswise Argent, hilted Or, between in chief a Galician granary Or, and in base an escallop Argent between two oak leaves in pile Or. Crest: Upon a helm, with a wreath Or, Vert, and Azure a falcon rising Or, langued Gules. Mantling: dexter Azure doubled Or, sinister Vert doubled Or.

Coat of arms devised by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a leather finishing.

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Blazon keywords: Vert, Azure, Or, Argent, One, Two, Party per pale, Overall, Sword, Fesswise, Hilted, Between, In chief, Galician granary, In base, Escallop, Oak, Tree, Leaf, In pile, Crest and mantling, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Falcon, Rising, Langued, Mantling, Dexter, Doubled and Sinister.

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

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

Bearer: Angueira Duro, Jesus.

Argent, a double tressure flory Sanguine, overall a raven (Corvus corax) volant saltirewise proper. Crest: A conductor's baton fesswise proper. Motto: «Liberté, Beauté, Vérité, Amour».

Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, with a pointed outer contour and with a rough finishing.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Sable, One, Double tressure, Flory, Overall, Raven, Volant, Saltirewise, Proper, Crest, Conductor's baton, Fesswise and Motto.

Style keywords: Illuminated, Pointed and Rough.

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

Bearer: Thompson, Alton.

Azure, three crowns in bend sinister, fesswise Or.

Escudo de azur, tres coronas en barra, puestas en faja de oro.

Crown with the main axis being the vertical and central axis of symmetry and which is usually placed palewise.

• In bend sinister ~ en barra.
• Fesswise ~ puesto en faja ~ .

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Crown, In bend sinister and Fesswise.

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

Classification: Criterion.

Bearer: In and wise.

Argent, a stag springing, in base an acorn leaved and slipped proper, on a chief invected Gules, a sabre fesswise, point sinister proper, debruised by a rose Or, leaved Vert. Motto: «Iustitia per Ministerium» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.

Escudo de plata, un ciervo brincante, en punta una bellota frutada y hojada al natural; en un jefe acanalado de gules un sable puesto en faja, alterado al natural, resaltado de una rosa de oro, hojada de sinople. Lema: «Iustitia per Ministerium» de sable, con letras iniciales de gules, sobre una filacteria de plata.

Arms designed by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a rough finishing.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Or, Vert, One, Stag, Springing, In base, Acorn, Leaved, Slipped, Proper, Chief, Invected, Sabre, Sword, Fesswise, Facing sinister, Debruised, Rose, Motto and Scroll.

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

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

Bearer: Knox, Kelly Kathleen.

MP: A, A :- S, then S.

Or, on a fess ermine, a potent fesswise Gules, between in dexter a hurt, in sinister a pomme; in chief a hurt, in base a pomme. Motto: «Logic» in Greek Gules charged on a scroll Argent.

Escudo oro, una faja de armiños, cargada de una potenza puesta en faja de gules, acompañada a la diestra de un roel de azur, a la siniestra de un roel de sinople; en jefe un roel de azur, en punta un roel de sinople. Divisa: «Lógica» en griego de gules cargado sobre una filacteria de plata.

Variant of the imaginary coat of arms of Logic symbolized by the Modus with: the semicircular (round) base shape; the field and the pale enameled with plain Or and Argent; the hurts and the potent in Azure, Gules, and Vert, outlined in Sable and illuminated; and the whole with a marbled finish.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Fess, Or, Ermine, Azure, Vert, Gules, Hurt, torteau, pellet, pomme and golpe, Potent, Fesswise, In chief, In base, Between and Motto (identification).

Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.

Classification: Created, Imaginary and Coat of arms.

Imaginary bearer: Logic.

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.

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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.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Vert, a crescent within eight mullets in lozenge Or; 2 and 3 Azure, a chain fesswise throughout between three fleurs de lis, 2 and 1, all the links and fleurs de lis per pale Or and Argent; an inescutcheon Azure, bearing a crown of count, charged with an eagle displayed within a bordure Or. Crest: A crown of Baron. Behind the shield the cross of a Knight of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.

Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a pointed shape, illuminated, and with a watercolor finishing.

G0067, Chief Herald of Malta's grant of Robert George Alexander Balchin's arms, whose full achievement has been emblazoned by me for such grant.

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Vert, One, Crescent, Eight, Mullet, In lozenge, Or, Azure, Chain, Fesswise, Throughout, Between, Three, Fleur de lis, Ordered, Party per pale, Argent, Inescutcheon, Crest and mantling, Crown of Count, Crown, Charged, Eagle, Bordure, Crown of Baron, Behind the shield and Cross.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Balchin, Robert George Alexander.

Party per chevron Vert and Or, in chief a sackbut fesswise Or, in base a thistle slipped and leaved proper.

Escudo de sinople, mantelado en punta de oro, en jefe un sacabuche de oro puesto en faja, en punta un cardo de sinople, florido de púrpura.

Illuminated, freehand finishing, and the inner of the thistle is outlined in the metal Or of its field.

Note the different way of writing the blazon in English and Castilian, «...a thistle slipped and leaved proper» ~ «...un cardo de sinople, florido de púrpura».

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Blazon keywords: Vert, Party per chevron, Or, In chief, Sackbut, Fesswise, In base, Thistle, Leaved, Slipped and Proper.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Sky, Laird.

Heraldic device devised by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a leather finish.

This is the standard of Rick Kasparek designed by him and me and emblazoned by me. A little detail, the fringes form the initial letter of his name. Structure: coat of arms; badge; motto, 1^st line «Honoris»; crest; motto, 2^nd line «Causa»; badge.

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Blazon keywords: Sanguine, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Three, Eight, Lion, Rampant, Double queued, Tufted, Langued, Grasping, Paw, Key, Fesswise, Interlaced, In chief, Mullet, Tressure, Sea-griffin, Erect, Membered, Beaked, Nimbed, Dorsal fin, Tail fin, Talon, Motto, Griffin, Segreant, Armed, Winged, Rose, Slipped, Leaved and Proper.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.

Classification: Personal, Created, Boa, Standard and Flag.

Bearer: Kasparek, Rick.

An antiquarian, writing from Rostov-on-Don, sent me this image asking about the coat of arms with the tortoise.

The coat of arms with the tortoise is that of the city of Bugia, or Bujía in Spanish, or Bougie in French. It is a city in Algeria with a port on the Mediterranean. Bugia was conquered by the Crown of Castile in 1510 and remained under its rule until 1555. Therefore, Bugia belonged to Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire (1500–1558), and in some books and documents concerning the territories of Charles V the coat of arms of Bugia is included, whose blazon in English is «Gules, a turtle fesswise Or», and in Castilian, «escudo de gules, una tortuga puesta en faja de oro». For its identification I relied on [Sánchez Badiola, J. J.; 2010; pages 102 and 103].

In my humble opinion, I believe that in this illustration the city of Bugia is given greater importance than it actually had, especially when compared with the rest of the coats of arms represented in it, for example, León, Castile, Aragon, Navarre, Minorca, Sardinia or Granada. It is possible that the city of Bugia was included because it was an African possession.

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Categories: Identification, Gules, One, Turtle, Fesswise and Or.

Azure, in chief three keys in bend, fesswise, to dexter, facing downwards Or, in base an open book Argent, garnished Or, the pages inscribed «Ad usum per artes» Gules. Motto: «Universitas Peñafortis».

Illuminated and a freehand finishing.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Three, Key, Or, In chief, In bend, Fesswise, Book, Open, Motto and Motto (identification).

Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.

Classification: Socioeconomic, Created and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Peñafort, Universidad.

Registered by The International Register of Arms, 18^th of July of 2015, Registration number 0342, Volume 2.

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Categories: Armorial roll, Vert, Party per chevron, Or, In chief, Sackbut, Fesswise, In base, Thistle, Seeded and Purpure.

External resource:

• Zarah Rahannah Kerensky at The Armorial Register.

Root: The Armorial Register.