Flory

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, three lions passant, guardant, in pale Or, armed and langued Azure; 2 Or, a lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure, within a double tressure flory counterflory Gules; 3 Azure, a harp Or, stringed Argent.

Escudo cuartelado: 1^o y 4^o de gules, tres leopardos en palo de oro, lampasados y armados de azur; 2^o de oro, un león de gules, armado y lampasado de azur, encerrado en un trechor doble flordelisado y contraflordelisado de gules; 3^o de azur, un arpa de oro cordada de plata.

Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a leather finish.

These are arms of the British Monarchy emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, One, Three, Quarterly, Leopard, Pale, Armed, Langued, Lion, Rampant, Double tressure, Flory, Counterflory, Harp and Stringed.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Leather.

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

Bearer: British Monarchy.

Or, on a chevron, between three crosses flory Gules, three crescents Argent.

Escudo de oro, un cabrio de gules, cargado de tres crecientes de plata, acompañado de tres cruces flordelisadas de gules.

Design rationale

The arms of «de la Rica» lineage from the Principality of Asturias, Spain, is: «Quarterly: 1 and 4 Or, a cross flory Gules; 2 and 3 Azure, a crescent Argent». Then we made a new design, not quarterly, based on these two figures: the cross flory Gules and the crescent Argent, along with Or for the field and Gules for the chevron, not using Azure to reduce the number of colors. This new blazon for Nick Rica is: «Or, on a chevron between three crosses flory Gules three crescents Argent».

The following figure shows the creation process starting from the coat of arms of the «de la Rica» lineage, in the dexter chief, with the final result in the fess point, and the intermediate variations in orle.

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Blazon keywords: Or, One, Chevron, Gules, Charged, Three, Crescent, Argent, Between, Cross and Flory.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Pointed and Plain tincture.

Classification: Personal, Created and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Rica II, Nick Allen.

Structure of this standard:

• His coat of arms.
• His badge.
• The 1^st line of his motto.
• His crest.
• The 2^nd line of his motto.
• His badge.

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Blazon keywords: Or, One, Chevron, Gules, Charged, Three, Crescent, Argent, Between, Cross, Flory, Pomegranate, Proper, Slipped, Leaved, Vert, Motto and Four crescents joined millsailwise.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable.

Classification: Personal, Created, Standard and Flag.

Bearer: Rica II, Nick Allen.

Azure, a cross flory voided Argent; a bordure Gules charged with sixteen saltires couped Or.

Escudo de azur, una cruz hueca flordelisada de plata; una bordura de gules cargada de dieciséis sotueres cortados de oro.

Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finish.

Coat of arms of Alfonso Sánchez de Perella, 1^st Mayor of Burgos, emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, Or, One, Sixteen, Cross, Flory, Voided, Bordure, Saltire and Couped.

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

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

Bearer: Sánchez de Perella, Alfonso.

Azure, a cross flory voided Argent; a bordure Gules charged with sixteen saltires couped Or.

Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finishing.

Alfonso Sánchez de Perella, first mayor of Burgos emblazoned by me. He appears as the [Cofradía de Santiago; Century XIV; 4^th knight, 1^st of the page 21 V], from this 14^th century Book of the Brotherhood of Knights of Santiago de la Fuente. This was a brotherhood founded by the Burgos citizens at the time of King Alfonso XI of Castilla, 1311-1350. In the book, there are 14 saltires instead of 16, as it appears that one is missing on the sinister side of the base, and there are 4 in the chief instead of 5.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, Or, One, Sixteen, Cross, Flory, Voided, Bordure, Saltire and Couped.

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

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

Bearer: Sánchez de Perella, Alfonso.

Or, a lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure; a double tressure flory counterflory Gules.

Illuminated and a leather finishing.

This coat of arms can be seen in [Bergshammars; 1440; page 4] and in [Lutzelbourg, N. de; 1530; page 26].

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Blazon keywords: Or, One, Lion, Gules, Armed, Langued, Azure, Double tressure, Flory and Counterflory.

Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Pointed.

Classification: Civic, Kingdom of Scotland, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Scotland.

Or, a lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure; a double tressure flory counterflory Gules.

Illuminated and a leather finishing.

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Blazon keywords: Or, One, Lion, Gules, Armed, Langued, Azure, Double tressure, Flory and Counterflory.

Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Rectangular.

Classification: Civic, Kingdom of Scotland, Interpreted, Banner of arms and Flag.

Bearer: Scotland.

The Heraldry Society, «Education Pack, A brief explanation of Heraldry for teachers together with explanatory sheets and templates for students», Baldock, Hertfordshire, 2013.

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This bibliographical reference is illustrated with the quartered coat of arms of The Heraldry Society.

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Bibliographical reference of century XXI.

Author: The Heraldry Society.

Bibliographic reference mentioned in the following articles:

• Drawing the arcs of a pointed coat of arms
• Geoffrey Plantagenet

External link:

• The Heraldry Society.

Internal resources: TheHeraldrySociety2013.EducationPack.pdf.

Quarterly Azure and Gules; overall a leopard face, crowned Or, langued Gules, within a tressure flory Or.

TheHeraldrySociety.com was founded by John P. Brooke-Little, MA, FHS in 1947.

Its objetives are to increase and extend interest in and knowledge of heraldry, armory, chivalry, genealogy and allied subjects.

I am member of The Heraldry Society since 2014. As member, my coat of arms appears in their web site in the following address TheHeraldrySociety.com/membersarms/antoniosalmeron.htm.

Plain tincture and lights and shadows

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Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Pointed, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Freehand, Coat of arms, Quarterly, Azure, Gules, Overall, Head, Leopard, Crowned, Or, Langued, Within, Tressure and Flory.

Quarterly Azure and Gules; overall a leopard face, crowned Or, langued Gules, within a tressure flory Or. Motto: «Entalente a parler d'armes».

Escudo cuartelado de azur y gules; brochante sobre el todo, una cabeza de leopardo coronada de oro, lampasada de gules, dentro de un trechor flordelisado de oro. Lema: «Entalente a parler d'armes».

The official blazon of this coat of arms is «Quarterly Azure and Gules a lion’s face crowned with an Ancient Crown Or within a tressure flory on the outer edge of the same». The following are my comments to the official blazon:

• With «crowned» can be assumed the common default «crowned with an ancient crown».
• With «tressure flory» can be assumed the common default «tressure flory on the outer edge».
• I use to specify the «langued», for example Gules or Azure, because I think there is not a common default tincture for «langued» in all heraldic traditions.
• The use of «overall» can help to understand the blazon, then I add it.

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Azure, Gules, Overall, Head, Leopard, Crowned, Or, Langued, Within, Tressure, Flory and Motto.

Style keywords: Pointed, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Shaded and Freehand.

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.

Bearer: The Heraldry Society.