Party per fess, fimbriated Gules: 1st Azure, two royal drums in fess Argent, stringed Or, each charged with a bar Sable; 2nd Vert, a monkey statant Argent; overall a fess tierced per fess Azure, Gules, and Vert, fimbriated Argent; overall an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Argent.
Escudo cortado, perfilado de gules: 1o de azur, dos tambores reales en faja de plata, cordados de oro, cargados cada uno con una burela de sable; 2o de sinople, un mono parado de plata; brochante sobre la partición una faja terciada en faja de azur, gules y sinople, perfilada de plata; brochante sobre el todo un escusón de gules, perfilado de plata.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a vesica piscis external shape and with a leather finishing.
This is the traditional coat of arms of the Royal Abahinda Clan of the Ankore Kingdom (1478), Uganda, renewed by them under the supervision of Crowned Prince Tugume Salim, and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Argent, Or, Sable, Vert, One, Two, Party per fess, Fimbriated, Drum, In fess, Stringed, Charged, Monkey, Statant, Overall (line of division), Fess, Tierced per fess, Overall and Inescutcheon.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Vesica piscis and Leather.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Abahinda Clan, Royal.
Argent, a tower with a turret Gules, port and windows Argent, masoned Sable.
Escudo de plata, una torre donjonada de gules, aclarada de plata, mazonada de sable.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, with a semi-circular external shape and with a leather finishing.
Coat of arms of the Academia de Letras e Artes da Guiné-Bissau, ALAB, designed by Joseph Crews and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Sable, One, Tower, Turret, Port and windows and Masoned.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Academia de Letras e Artes da Guiné-Bissau.
Ackerson and Akers lineages.
Sable, a Bend between three Acorns Or.
Illuminated and freehand finishing.
The coat of arms of Ackerson and Akers lineages emblazoned by me and extracted from [Burke, B.; 1989].
Unless the blazon specifies another layout, when a bend is between three charges, this charges are ordered, two in the chief and one in the base, as the three acorns do in this case.
[Rietstap, J. B.; 1861] escribe el blasón de «Ackers ou Akers» como «de sable, à une bande d'or, acc. de trois glands du mesme».
Blazon keywords: Sable, Bend, Between, Three, Acorn, Or and Ordered.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Interpreted.
Ackhurst lineage.
Argent, on a Bend Sable three Acorns Or.
Illuminated and freehand finishing.
The coat of arms of Ackhurst lineage emblazoned by me and extracted from [Burke, B.; 1989].
Unless the blazon specifies another direction, the charges in a bend follow the direction of their bend, as the acorns do in this case.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Bend, Sable, Three, Acorn, Or and Bendwise.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Interpreted.
Adam de Creeting ~ Adam de Cretingges.
Argent, a chevron Gules, between three mullets Gules.
Escudo de plata, un cabrio de gules, acompañado de tres estrellas de cinco puntas de gules.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 623] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 623].
The coat of arms of Adan de Creeting is the inverse of the coat of arms of Howel Ap Rhys.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, One, Chevron, Gules, Between, Three and Mullet.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Plain tincture and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Adan de Creeting.
186th Pope of the Church, only 40 days in 1276. «Hadrianus V», born Ottobuono de Fieschi, was born in Genoa.
Bendy of six Azure and Argent.
Escudo bandado de seis piezas de azur y plata.
Papal coat of arms interpreted by me with: a shield with a rounded arch top; the field in plain tincture of Argent; the bands illuminated in Azure and outlined in Sable; and the whole in an elevated line style.
The blazon in French is «Bandé d'azur et d'argent de six pièces».
The banding is defined in [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 40] and [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 45] as the shields and also, the chiefs, fesses, pales, and figures, such as animals, etc., that are «covered and filled with bands in equal number, with as many of metal as of color».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Bendy, Six, Azure and Argent.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Papal States.
Bearer: Adrian V.
Gules, a cross flory voided Or; within a bordure Gules with eight saltires couped Or.
Escudo de gules, una cruz hueca flordelisada de oro; bordura de gules, ocho sotueres de oro.
Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a freehand finishing.
Ancient arms of Alarcon of Cantabria emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Or, Gules, Three, Cross, Flory, Voided, Bordure, Saltire and Couped.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Alarcon of Cantabria, lineage.
Blazon of the Albero lineage of Aragon.
Vair ancient.
Escudo de veros antiguos.
Illuminated and with a glass finish.
It can be consulted in [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1987; page 62].
[Friar, S.; 1987; pages 157-158] says of the veros: «originates from the fur of a species of squirrel... which was popular in the Middle Ages as a lining for the garments of those not entitled to wear ermine. The animal was blue-grey on the back and white underneath. By sewing a number of these pelts together, with white and blue-grey alternating,... one which easily translated into the stylized armorial form of Vair and its variants».
Blazon keywords: Vair ancient.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Coat of arms.
Gules, on a trimount issuant from the base Or, a port Gules, with canopy roof, jambs, enarched lintel, and two open leaves, upon a three-step stairway Oro.
Escudo de gules, un monte de tres peñas moviente de la punta sumado de una puerta con tejadillo, jambas, dintel arqueado, dos hojas abiertas sostenida de una escalinata de tres peldaños todo de oro, aclarada de gules.
Coat of arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528, emblazoned by me based on the woodcut titled «Coat of Arms of Albrecht Dürer» made by Albrecht Dürer himself in 1523 on a sheet measuring 35.1 × 26.1 cm belonging to The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952, held at the Metropolitan Museum of New York, and on the work titled «Marriage Coat of Arms of the Families Duerer and Holper. Verso of the Albrecht Dürer the Elder portrait», dated 1490; Albrecht Dürer the Elder, 1427–1502, was his father.
The Dürer family coat of arms is an example of canting arms. Their family origin traces back to Ajtós, Hungary, a name which means «door» or «doorman» in Hungarian. Upon settling in Nuremberg, the family Germanized their surname to «Türer», derived from «Tür», meaning «door», and later to Dürer. This is the reason of the main charge of these arms.
Blazon keywords: Gules, One, Two, Three, On, Trimount, Issuant from base, Port, Canopy roof, Arched, Enarched, Upon, Step, Stairway and Port and windows.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Albrecht Dürer.
It was founded by Count Henry of Burgundy as a military and religious order, in the year 1093, in Beira Alta, Portugal, near the river Côa with the initial name of «Ordem de São Julião do Pereiro» ~ Order of Saint Julian of Pereiro.
In the year 1214, the defense of the city of Alcantara after its conquest was entrusted to the Order of Calatrava, but in 1218 the Calatravans relinquished it due to Alcantara being far from Calatrava.
To defend Alcantara, King Alfonso IX of León entrusted it to the new Order of the Knights of Saint Julian of Pereiro, requesting in return a certain level of dependency on the Order of Calatrava, which led the Knights of Saint Julian to adopt the Cistercian rule.
Once established in Alcantara, their original name referring to Saint Julian fell into disuse, and by 1253 there were already references to the «masters of the Order of Alcantara», with Saint Julian of Pereiro becoming the foundational center and a secondary commandery of the order.
[Avilés, J.; 1780b; treatise IV, chapter V, page 339] describes it as follows: «The Military Order, which we now call of Alcantara, was formerly that of Saint Julian of Pereiro, so named after the place where it was based, along the banks of the river Côa, in the Bishopric of Ciudad-Rodrigo, established in the year 1176 by King Ferdinand II of León, and confirmed in 1177 by Pope Alexander III. And the reason for changing its first name to the second, was because after the Knights of Calatrava had taken the City of Alcantara from the Moors and defended it bravely thereafter, they found it would be difficult to keep it, as their main house was very distant, from which the other Knights and reinforcements could not come whenever needed.».
[Avilés, J.; 1780b; treatise IV, chapter V, page 340] continues by telling us «They discussed this inconvenience with others they had at the time with the King of León, Don Alfonso IX, and it was resolved that the Master of Calatrava would give that town to the Knights of Pereiro so that they might defend it, as they did, under certain conditions in the year 1218, later performing marvels in its defense, earning through their fame and distinguished feats new graces from the Kings; and seeing how essential their residence was, the Knights of Pereiro moved to the town of Alcantara, establishing their Convent there, and thus transformed into Knights of Alcantara, who were previously Knights of Saint Julian of Pereiro».
Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Religious, Military, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Freehand, Emblem, Cross of Alcantara, Cross couped and Cross.
Blazon of the Aldam lineage of England.
Azure, a ray of the sun bendwise, issuant from the dexter chief Or.
Escudo de azur, un rayo de sol puesto en banda, naciente de la diestra del jefe de oro.
Illuminated with lights and shadows and with a freehand finish.
Described in [Burke, B.; 1989; page 9, column 1, entry 11].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, One, Ray of the sun, Bendwise, Nascent, Dexter, Chief and Or.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Kingdom of England.
King of León from January 21, 1188, until his death on September 24, 1230.
Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules. Crest: An open royal crown Or.
Escudo de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules. Timbrado de una corona real abierta.
Arms of the King interpreted as follows: the escutcheon is finished in a semi-circular arch; both the field, the lion, and the crown of the crest have been illuminated; and the ensemble has a hammered metal finish.
In the following image, I show a miniature from the Tumbo A of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, from the 13th century, with the heading reading «Inclitus:Adeffonsus:Rex:Legionensium:et Gallecie:», combined with my interpretation of his coat of arms. The lion of the Kingdom of León can be found depicted in both purple and gules, but images like this confirm that it is purple, and I particularly favor the purple, as it makes it historically unique.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Purpure, Gules, One, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crest, Open royal crown and Crown.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Metal beaten.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of León.
Bearer: Alfonso IX of Leon.
Born on November 11, 1155, in Soria and died on October 6, 1214, in Gutierre-Muñoz, Avila.
Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable.
Escudo de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable.
Existing arms interpreted by me as follows: the shield’s shape is pointed and rounded; the field has been enameled Gules; the castle is outlined, illuminated, and shaded; the whole composition features a heavily hammered metal finish.
This ancient coat of arms of Castile can be consulted, among other sources, in [Argote de Molina, G.; 1588; chapter XLII].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows and Masoned.
Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Shaded, Outlined in sable and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Castile.
Bearer: Alfonso VIII of Castile.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, and masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules.
Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of the King Alfonso X of Castile, 1221–1284, 1st son of the King Ferdinand III of Castile, 1199-1252, and the Queen Beatrice of Swabia, 1205–1235. The order of the quarters is first the castle of his grandmother, Queen Berenguela of Castile, and second the lion of his grandfather, King Alfonso IX of León; however, the other day I discovered that on the map by [Martineau du Plessis, D.; 1700; volume II, illustration 30, page 126], in the shield framed between parallels 37 and 36 and meridians 21 and 22, the lion occupies the 1st quarter and the castle the 2nd quarter; that is, their order appears reversed.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, Argent, Purpure, One, Quarterly, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Armed and Langued.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Kingdom of Castile and Leon, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Alfonso X of Castile.
County of Cheshire, visitation of 1663.
Party per bend sinister: 1 Or, three martlets Sable; 2 Sable, three martlets Or.
Escudo tajado: 1o de oro, tres marletas de sable; 2o de sable, tres marletas de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field illuminated in Or and Sable; the martlets outlined of the field and illuminated in Sable and Or; and the whole with a leather finish.
A coat of arms recorded in [Adams, A.; 1941] which Cheshire Heraldry blazons as follows: «Per bend sinister Or and Sable, six martlets counterchanged», note that no specific arrangement is specified for the martlets.
There is also an entry for «Allen de Brindley» in [Armytage, G. J.; Rylands, J. P.; 1909], but it only records the family tree without specifying the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Party per bend sinister, Or, Sable and Martlet.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture and Leather.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Allen de Brindley.
Of the twelve lineages of Noblemen, it is the first, and they bear as arms, on a golden field, three pales Azure.
Or, three Pallets Azure.
Escudo de oro, tres palos de azur.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; the field in flat Or; the pales outlined in Sable and illuminated in Azure enamel; and finished in highly-hammered metal.
Based on the first coat of arms of the «ricoshombres» of Navarre in [Bosque, J. del; 1540; folio 1 of the numbering of 1613] and the text is from the transcription made in [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; 1982; pages 122 and 123].
Under the title «Los Almorauides» it can also be consulted in [Vega, P. J. de; 1702; folio 1 of the manuscript].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Three, Pale and Azure.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Kingdom of Navarre.
Bearer: Almorrabides of Navarre.
Known as the Wise, King of Castile and Leon from 1252 to 1284.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2o y 3o de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules.
Armories of the Wise King of Castile interpreted by me with the following characteristics: the external shape of the coat of arms ends in an ogee arch; the field, the 2 castles, and the 2 lions are outlined and enameled in flat colors; and the texture seems fabric.
This coat of arms, but with a pointed external shape, can be seen in the 2nd part of the so-called armorial [Wijnbergen; 1265; cuat of arms number 1,289], with the title «Le roy Despaingne», which in this context is understood to refer to Castilla y León.
The 2nd part of this armorial was made between 1270 and 1285 and, being Alphonse X king of Castile and Leon from 1252 to 1284, it is to Him that the title «Le roy Despaingne» seems to refer.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Argent, Purpure, Lion, Rampant, Armed and Langued.
Style keywords: Ogee, Plain tincture, Outlined in sable and Fabric.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Castile and Leon.
Bearer: Alphonse X of Castile.
Azure, a crescent reversed Argent, in dexter chief a fleur de lis Or, a bordure Gules.
Escudo de azur, un creciente ranversado de plata, en la diestra del jefe una flor de lis de oro, una bordura de gules.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of the lineage Alpoim. This coat of arms has been created for Fernando Durán Cabral de Mello d’Alpoim as a preparatory work for his armorial bearings where the arms of Alpoim are in the 2nd quarter.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Crescent, Reversed, In the dexter chief, Fleur de lis and Bordure.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Alpoim, lineage.
Argent, a double tressure flory Sanguine, overall a raven (Corvus corax) volant saltirewise proper. Motto: «Liberté, Beauté, Vérité, Amour».
Escudo de plata, un trechor doble flordelisado de sanguíneo; sobre el todo, un cuervo (Corvus corax) volando puesto en sotuer al natural. Lema: «Liberté, Beauté, Vérité, Amour».
Arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, with a pointed external shape and with a rough finish.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Sable, One, Double tressure, Flory, Overall, Raven, Volant, Saltirewise, Proper and Motto.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Pointed and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Thompson, Alton.
Blazon of the Amancier lineage of Genevois, Haute-Savoie, France.
Gules, three bars per pale Or and Azure.
Illuminated and a freehand finishing.
Its French blazon «de gueules, à trois fasces parties d'or et d'azur» can be found at [Rietstap, J. B.; 1861; page 40].
Any fess party per pale of metal and color or color and metal will always have a metal on metal or color on color conflict whether the field of the coat of arms is color or metal. There isn't conflict if the field of the coat of arms is also party per pale with metal under the color of the fess and with color under the metal of the fess or if the field is fur.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Three, Fess, Party per pale, Or and Azure.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Kingdom of France.
Paly of four Ermine and Or, overall two fleurs de lis in fess Azure; enté en point Azure, an estoile Or. Crest: A crown of a Baroness of the Serene Princely House of Saint-Marc in the capacity of dynastic heirs of the former Haitian Empire, issuant three ostrich feathers Argent shafted Or. Surrounding the arms a frame of Argent, Or and Azure scrolls.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Argent, Four, Two, One, Three, Paly, Ermine, Overall, Fleur de lis, In fess, Enté en point, Estoile, Crest, Crown of Baron, Crown, Issuant, Ostrich feathers, Surrounded and Scroll.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Corset and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Catalogue, Heraldic document, Frame and Framed.
Bearer: Martinez, Amber.
Quarterly: 1 Or, a lion rampant, facing sinister Sable, armed and langued Gules; 2 and 3 Gules, an anchor proper; 4 Or, a lion rampant Sable, armed and langued Gules; overall, a pile issuant from base Azure charged with a mount proper issuant from water issuant from base Argent, in chief, a mullet of six points Or.
Heraldic device emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a texturized finishing.
Coat of arms of Amitay Edward von Stiebel emblazoned by meme, based on the heraldic description provided in [Rietstap, J. B.; 1861; volume 2, page 841].
Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, Gules, Azure, Argent, One, Six, Quarterly, Lion, Rampant, Facing sinister, Armed, Langued, Anchor, Proper, Overall, Pile issuant from base, Charged, Mount, Issuant, Water, Issuant from base, In chief and Mullet.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Bull's hide.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Photographic.
Bearer: Stiebel, Amitay Edward von.
Argent, a chevron between three crosses flory Sable.
Escudo de plata, un cabrio acompañado de tres cruces flordelisadas todo de sable.
Illuminated with lights and shadows and with a freehand finish.
The coat of arms of Anderson of Erbury emblazoned by me in 4 ways: 1) tricking using abbreviations, 2) hatching using lines, 3) plain tinctures, and 4) lights and shados. It is a preliminary artwork for the arms of Nick Allen Rica II.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, One, Chevron, Between, Three, Cross flory, Cross couped and Sable.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed, Tricking, Hatching and Plain tincture.
Classification: Interpreted, Kingdom of Scotland and Schema.
Bearer: Anderson of Erbury.
Blazon of the André lineage of France.
Gules, a millstone Or.
Escudo de gules, una piedra de molino de oro.
Illuminated and a watercolor finishing with shadow in the hole.
For its better identification, I have painted the millstone with the ring that fixes it to its axis. This ring is called a millrind, it is made of iron, and usually has 4 arms to better fix the millstone. Millrinds may appear on coats of arms independently of millstones. Another heraldic element related to the previous ones is the millwheel, which is a toothed gear that is part of the mill mechanism but should not be confused with the millstone that grinds the grain.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Millstone and Or.
Style keywords: Watercolor, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Kingdom of France.
Heraldic device interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a freehand finishing.
G0066: the heraldic badge and standard of Andrea Pompili, of Italy, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. Badge: A dexter lion's paw Azure, armed, grasping in its claws by its lowest point a mullet of six points Or, between two branches of laurel Vert. Standard's structure: coat of arms; badge; 1st line of the motto «Per audacia»; crest; 2nd line of the motto «Ad astra»; four mullets of six points party per fess Or and Azure, 2 and 2.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, Or, Vert, Two, One, Four, Chevronel, Between, In chief, Mullet, In base, Scots pine, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, Crest, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Demi, Lion, Langued, Winged, Displayed, Armed, Crowned, Ancient coronet, Crown, Grasping, Claw, Motto, Dexter, Paw, Branch and Laurel.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Badge, Standard and Flag.
Bearer: Pompili, Andrea.
Party per pale: 1 per fess indented perlong Or and Azure overall on a fess Azure a mullet Or, and on a chief cousu Or an eagle displayed, a crown Or above [for Tamburelli]; 2 Azure, a lion rampant Or supporting a lance palewise Argent, in chief three mullets Or [for Lanzara]; enté en point Or, three pallets Vair [for Prato di Arnesano].
Coat of arms of Andrea Tamburelli Lanzara di Pietragavina, Marquis of Prato di Arnesano, painted by me. The design of this coat of arms is based on the coat of arms of Andrea Tamburelli Lanzara di Pietragavina, combined with a enté en point corresponding to the Marquis Prato di Arnesano. The image shows the delineation scheme of the enté en point, together with the painted coat of arms resulting from its application.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Sable, Argent, One, Three, Party per pale, Party per fess, Indented, Overall (line of division), Fess, Charged, Mullet, Chief, Eagle, Displayed, Crown, Above, Lion, Rampant, Grasping, Spear, Point upwards, Enté en point, Pale and Vair.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Cousu.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Tamburelli Lanzara di Pietragavina, Andrea.
Party per fess: 1 Azure, a Athenian owl Argent, contourné, in chief; 2 Argent, an oak Azure, eradicated, in base; overall a saltire counterchanged.
Escudo cortado: 1o de azur, una lechuza al estilo ateniense, contornada de plata, en jefe; 2o de plata, un roble de azur, arrancado, en punta; brochante sobre el todo un sotuer del uno al otro.
Coat of arms interpreted with: its semicircular (round) base; the fields enameled in plain Azure and Argent; the saltire of traditional dimension, that is, 1/3 of the width of the shield; the figures outlined of the field and illuminated in Argent and Azure; and the ensemble with a raised-stroke finish.
A summary of the Blog Idtg de Kimon Andreou can be consulted within my section of recommended links. That summary is accompanied by another interpretation of Kimon's coat of arms, with the following differentiating characteristics:
Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Azure, Argent, Saltire, Overall, Counterchanged, Barn owl, Regardant, Tree, Oak and Erased.
Style keywords: Freehand, Illuminated and Outlined in the field tincture.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Heraldry and heralds.
Bearer: Andreou, Kimon.
Gules, a cross Argent charged with four ermine spots conjoined in cross Sable, in the dexter of the chief a lion’s head erased Or. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree issuant from a crown of Baron above the shield, with a chapeau Gules turned up ermine, a demi-lion, double queued Or, grasping a pennon Gules, bearing a canton Azure, charged with a saltire Argent. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. War cry above the crest: «ΑΛΑΛΑ · ΑΛΑΛΑ». Motto: «Mieux vaut s’user que rouiller». Supporters: Two knights in three-quarter armour affronty proper, each holding with his outer hand a spear Argent bearing a banner, the dexter Sable, a panther rampant guardant Argent, incensed Or, collared, pendent therefrom a bell Azure, the sinister a banner barry of six Or and Azure, a canton Ermine, terraced Vert semé of Maltese Rock Centaury (Cheirolophus crassifolius) proper.
G0116: the coat of arms of Andrew Ronald McMillan Bell of Auchinreoch, of the United Kingdom, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. 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 121], «The Register of Arms, Volume 1 (2019–2024)».
Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Sable, Or, Azure, Vert, One, Four, Two, Six, Cross, Charged, Ermine spot, Conjoined, In cross, Dexter, Chief, Lion, Head, Erased, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Issuant, Crown of Baron, Crown, Above the shield, Chapeau, Lined, Ermine, Demi, Double queued, Grasping, Canton, Saltire, War cry, Above the crest, Motto, Supporter (human form), Supporter, Knight, Affronty, Proper, Spear, Panther, Rampant, Guardant, Enflamed, Collared, Suspended, Bell, Barry, Compartment and Semé.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Collage, Photographic, Pennon, Flag and Banner of arms.
Bearer: McMillan Bell of Auchinreoch, Andrew Ronald.
Or, an eagle displayed Azure. The shield is surrounded by an annulet Argent inscribed in chief with the motto «Linaje Lanzagorta Otxoa» and in base with «1Ð2H · Andrés · 1980» Sable.
Arms emblazoned by me, in plain tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a rounded trapezoidal outer contour and with a texturized finishing.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, One, Eagle and Displayed.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Rounded trapezoid.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Cruz Carballo, Andrés.
1525-1581.
Lozengy Or and Azure, on a pale Gules, three estoiles Or.
Escudo losanjado oro y azur, en un palo de gules, tres estrella ondadas de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted with: the semicircular base shape; the field of plain metal Or; the lozenges illuminated in Azure, outlined in Sable and with their 4 angles at 90o; the lozengy of proportion 5 x 6; the pale illuminated in Gules and outlined in Sable; the estoiles illuminated in Or and outlined in Sable; and the whole with a raised-stroke effect.
Blazon keywords: Lozengy, Or, Azure, Pale, Gules, Charged and Estoile.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Antrobus, Thomas.
Or, four pallets Gules.
Escudo de oro, cuatro palos de gules.
Recreated coat of arms of Aragón in the following manner: the escutcheon shape is pointed and rounded; the field is rendered in flat Or; the pallets are illuminated; and the whole has a parchment-like finish.
This rendition of the coat of arms is based on [Portolés, J.; Molino, M. del; 1590].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Four, Pale and Gules.
Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated and Parchment.
Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.
Bearer: Aragon.
Azure, a lion rampant Argent, in chief a mullet of four points Or; a bordure Gules charged with eight saltires couped Or.
Escudo de azur, un león rampante de plata, surmontado de un lucero de oro; una bordura de gules cargada de ocho sotueres de oro.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
These are the ancient arms of the lineage Araneta emblazoned by me. They are from the Basque Country and there is a branch in the Philippines. This star is known as mullet of four points.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Eight, Lion, Rampant, Mullet of four points, Bordure, Saltire and Couped.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Araneta, lineage.
Or, an oak tree proper, fructed Or, with a boar supporting it Sable; on a chief Gules, three eagles displayed Or.
Escudo de oro, un roble al natural, frutado de oro, con un jabalí empinado de sable; en un jefe de gules, tres águilas de oro.
Escudo interpretado por mí, en tinturas planas, delineado de sable, con un contorno exterior medio punto y con un terminado texturizado.
Coat of arms of Manuel Maria Aras Quirce designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallin and emblazoned by me.
Credits: Juan Lanzagorta Vallin is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Or, One, Oak, Tree, Proper, Fructed, Boar, Supporting, Sable, Chief, Gules, Three and Eagle.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Aras Quirce, Manuel Maria.
Argent, two wolves passant, in pale Sable, langued Gules; a bordure Azure charged with eight mullets Or.
Escudo de plata, dos lobos pasantes, en palo de sable, lampasados de gules; una bordura de azur cargada de ocho estrellas de oro.
Arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
Ancient arms of the lineage Argudo of Guipuzcoa emblazoned by me. The lineage Ochoa of Vergara has a blazon equivalent to this one. Alternative blazon: «Argent, two wolves passant, in pale Sable, langued Gules; on a bordure Azure, eight mullets Or».
Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Gules, Azure, Or, One, Eight, Wolf, Passant, In pale, Bordure and Mullet.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Argudo of Guipuzcoa, lineage.
Azure, a holm oak proper, fructed and eradicated Or, between two goats Argent supporting it.
Escudo de azur, una encina al natural, frutada y arrancada de oro, con dos cabras de plata empinadas al tronco.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a watercolor finishing.
Coat of arms of the lineage Argüello of Extremadura emblazoned by me. Its blazon may be found in the books [Atienza y Navajas, J. de; 1959; page 171] and [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1987; page 167], where it is described as Vert with its acorns and roots Or. In this rendition, I have interpreted the holm oak as proper, but also fructed and eradicated Or.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, One, Two, Holm oak, Tree, Proper, Fructed, Eradicated, Goat and Supporting.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Argüello of Extremadura, lineage.
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. Crest: a crown of the Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la Granada. Motto: «Progrediendo Laborando Efficiendo Vinces». Suspended from the shield the cross of Member of The Royal Order of the Golden Fire Dog.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o de Gules, un cabrio de plata acompañado de tres flores de lis de oro; 2o de oro, cinco estrellas de seis puntas en sotuer de gules; 3o 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; 4o 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. Timbrado de una corona de la Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la Granada. Lema: «Progrediendo Laborando Efficiendo Vinces». Pendiente de la punta la cruz de miembro de la Real Orden del Golden Fire Dog.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finish.
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, Wavy, Crown of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate, Crown, Motto, Suspended from the shield and Decoration.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Frazão Coutinho Dias, Hugo.
Vert, two scythes in saltire Argent; on a chief Argent, three cornflowers Azure, seeded Argent. Crest: Upon a helm affronty, with a wreath Argent and Vert, a horse kicking Argent in front of a rose Gules, barbed Vert. Mantling: Vert doubled Argent.
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a leather finish.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Argent, Azure, Gules, One, Three, Scythe, In saltire, Chief, Cornflower, Flower, Seeded, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Affronty, Wreath, Mantling, Rose, Barbed, Debruised, Horse and Kicking.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Altnau, Yuri Alexander.
Or, a eagle displayed Sable.
Arms painted by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finish.
Coat of arms of the Arrano Beltza, the black eagle, emblazoned by me. Historically, it is associated with the Kingdom of Navarre and its king, Sancho VII the Strong, 1154-1234, although there is no definitive documentary evidence that it was used as an official coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, One, Eagle and Displayed.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Arrano Beltza.
Kingdom of Sweden.
Gules, a grenade Or.
Escudo de gules, una bomba de oro.
Illuminated with lights and shadows and with a iridescent and metallic finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Grenade and Or.
Style keywords: Metal beaten, Iridescent (nacar), Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Interpreted, Military and Kingdom of Sweden.
Bearer: Artillery Combat School of the Swedish Army.
Azure, issuant from base a frog's head and from flanks its forelegs in chevron Or, in chief a mullet of seven points Argent.
Coat of arms of Arturo Taborda, Venezuela, emblazoned by me. Four-step schema showing how I planned the construction of this coat of arms, based on two in pale, centered circles, each with a diameter equal to half the width of the shield, the first circle is used to inscribe the mullet of seven points, and the second to inscribe the frog’s head, in addition, I extended the axes of two rays of the mullet, specifically the two that form the angle of a chevron, and used those two axes as guides for placing the frog’s forelegs.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, One, Seven, Issuant from base, Frog, Head, Flank, Foreleg, In chevron, In chief and Mullet.
Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Ogee.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Taborda, Arturo.
Gules, three lozenges Or.
Escudo de gules, tres losanjes de oro.
Arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a leather finish.
Coat of arms of the lineages Asuncion and de la Asuncion emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Three and Lozenge.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Asuncion and de la Asuncion, lineages.
Blazon of the Avelar lineage of Portugal.
Or, three bars Gules charged each one with three mullets of six points Argent.
Illuminated and a freehand finishing.
It can be found at [Cró, J. do; 1509; page 127].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Three, Fess, Gules, Charged, Mullet and Argent.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Kingdom of Portugal.
Of the twelve lineages of Noblemen, they are the third great and ancient barony, where the first King of Aragon had his mother; they make a shield of Or without any mixture of colour or device, but a field of gold as painted in this shield.
Or.
Escudo de oro.
A coat of arms that leaves little room for interpretation, which I have recreated with: a semicircular (round) base; the field in flat Or; and finished in highly-hammered metal.
Based on the third coat of arms of the «ricoshombres» of Navarre from [Bosque, J. del; 1540; folio 1 of the numbering of 1613] and the text is from the transcription made in [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; 1982; pages 122 and 123].
Under the title «Surname of Aybar» it can also be consulted in [Vega, P. J. de; 1702; folio 3 of the manuscript].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions and Or.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Kingdom of Navarre.
Bearer: Aybar of Navarre.
Badge
A unicorn rampant Azure, horned, crined and semé of mullets Or.
Un unicornio rampante de azur, acornado, cabellado y sembrado de estrellas de oro.
Blazon keywords: One, Unicorn, Rampant, Azure, Horned, Crined, Semé, Mullet and Or.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Badge.
Bearer: Sparkles, Marie Unicorn.
Azure, a Celtic trefoil knot with two acorns pendant from each end; a bordure Or. Behind the badge two batons of Herald in saltire Azure, tiped and trefoiled Or.
Heraldic device depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a circular outer contour and with a freehand finish.
The badge of the Honorary Herald of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, GSI, emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, One, Two, Celtic trefoil knot, Acorn, Bordure, Behind the badge, Baton of Herald, In saltire, Shafted and Trefoiled.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Round and Freehand.
Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted, Boa and Badge.
Bearer: Genealogical Society of Ireland.
Escutcheon quarterly: 1 Azure, a god Garuda sejant Argent; 2 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, masoned Sable; 3 Argent, six pallets Gules; 4 Azure, five plates.
Heraldic device depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a leather finishing.
Heraldic badge of Rui J. Vaz's family, US, designed by him and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Gules, Argent, Or, One, Six, Five, Escutcheon, Quarterly, Garuda, Sejant, Castle, Triple-towered, Masoned, Pallet and Plate.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Badge.
Bearer: Vaz, Rui J..
Gules, a cross vair.
Escudo de gules, una cruz de veros.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; the field in flat tincture of Gules; the vair illuminated and outlined in Sable; and the whole with a roughened finish.
The commune of Bailleul is located in the district of Dunkirk, in the Nord department, in the Nord–Pas-de-Calais region of France.
The coat of arms of Bailleul, called «Belle» in Flemish, is similar to that of the heraldist Gonzalo Argote de Molina, differing in that the commune’s arms bear vair, while the heraldist’s arms bear rounded vair in the ancient style.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Argent, Azure, Cross and Vair.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Rough.
Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Coat of arms and Kingdom of France.
Bearer: Bailleul, commune of.
Quarterly per saltire: 1 and 4 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 and 3 chequey Or and Sable.
Escudo cuartelado en sotuer: 1o y 4o de oro, cuatro palos de gules; 2o y 3o ajedrezado de oro y sable.
Arms interpreted with: a lozenge-shaped shield; all tinctures in flat Or, Gules, and Sable; and a heavily beaten metal finish.
Balaguer is the capital of the comarca of La Noguera in the province of Lleida. It was the capital of the county of Urgell under Ponce I of Urgell.
The quartering per saltire, which could also be called quartered in cross, is defined in English as «per saltire», [The Heraldry Society; 2013; page 8].
This coat of arms can be found at [Costa i Cases, P.; Century XVIII; page 15].
Blazon keywords: Quarterly per saltire, Pale, Chequey, Or, Gules and Sable.
Style keywords: Tiled, Plain tincture and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.
Bearer: Balaguer, municipality of.
Banner Argent, a stag trippant Gules, attired and hoofed Sable, standing on a terrace in base Vert charged with a fess Or; on a chief Sable, three geese volant contourné Argent
Pendón de plata, un ciervo pasante de gules, ramado y uñado de sable, terrazado de una campaña de sinople cargada de una faja de oro; en un jefe de sable, tres gansos volantes alterados de plata
The image shows the design created for its production, alongside the finished fabric banner.
Blazon keywords: Argent, One, Stag, Tripant, Gules, Attired, Hoofed, Sable, Terrace in base, Base, Vert, Charged, Fess, Or, Chief, Three, Goose, Volant and Facing sinister.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Printed fabric, Collage, Photographic, Banner of arms and Flag.
Bearer: McCarthy, Eugene.
Bartholomew de Yattendon ~ Bartholomeu de Loctringdene.
Gyronny Argent and Sable.
Jironado de plata y sable.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 88] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 88].
Blazon keywords: Gyronny, Argent and Sable.
Style keywords: Pointed, Plain tincture, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Bartolomé de Yattendon.
Sable, three dexter hands turned up, and appaumée Argent.
Escudo de sable, tres manos diestras levantadas y apalpadas de plata.
Coat of arms interpreted based on blazon and explanations of [Avilés, J.; 1725a; pages 34 y 35 y sheet 2 figure 38].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Sable, Three, Hand, Dexter, Argent, Turned up, Appaumée and Ordered.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Plain tincture, Outlined in the field tincture and Soft metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Kingdom of France.
Bearer: Baudry en Francia.
Of the twelve lineages of Noblemen, it is the fourth, and they bear as arms a chessboard, that is, a field chequy Argent and Sable, which is black, in the same form and design as this shield is now painted.
Chequey Argent and Sable.
Escudo ajedrezado de plata y sable.
Coat of arms recreated with: a semicircular (round) base; the field in flat Argent; the chequy or checky pattern illuminated in Sable; and finished in highly-hammered metal.
Coat of arms based on the fourth of the Navarrese «ricoshombres» from [Bosque, J. del; 1540; folio 1 of the numbering of 1613], but, unlike the original, adjusting the height of each square to its width so that they are perfect squares, since in Juan del Bosque’s version—actually in its copy, because the original was stolen—they appear somewhat narrow and elongated. The text heading this article is taken from the transcription made by [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; 1982; pages 122 and 123].
Under the title «Surname of Baztan» it can also be consulted in [Vega, P. J. de; 1702; folio 4 of the manuscript], although in this case the numbering is not clearly legible; it is the folio following 3, preceding the one also numbered 4 but marked with a letter B, which in turn is followed by folio 6, the number 5 being missing — though not folio 5, which would be 4B.
Baztanes and the Valley of Baztan are mentioned in [Garaycoa Raffo, L.; 2011; pages 8, 29, 30, 33, 37, and 38].
The geometric construction of this coat of arms can be found in [Messía de la Cerda y Pita, L.; 1990; page 108].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Chequey and Sable.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Kingdom of Navarre.
Bearer: Baztanes of Navarre.
Or, an eagle displayed Sable.
Escudo de oro, un águila de sable.
Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of the Queen Beatrice of Swabia, 1205–1235, baptized as Elisabeth, wife of King Ferdinand III of Castile, 1199–1252. The eagle Sable on an Or field is a distinctive symbol of the Holy Roman Empire. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, One and Eagle.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Beatrice of Swabia.
Gyronny Azure and Argent, a Sun in splendour between three Ancient coronets Or.
Illuminated and metal finishing.
Blazon keywords: Gyronny, Azure, Argent, Sun in splendour, Between, Three, Ancient coronet, Crown and Or.
Style keywords: Metal beaten, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Bedgood, Alvin J..
197th Pope of the Church, from 1334 to 1342. «Benedictus XII», born Jacques Fournier, was born in Saverdun, in the south of Occitania.
Argent, a bordure Gules.
Escudo de plata, una bordura de gules.
Papal coat of arms interpreted with: a round-topped shield; the field in plain Argent; the bordure outlined in Sable and illuminated in Gules; and the whole design in raised outline.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, One, Bordure and Gules.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Papal States.
Bearer: Benedict XII.
247th Pope of the Church, from 1740 to 1758. «Benedictus XIV», named Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, born in Bologna.
Or, three pallets Gules.
Escudo de oro, tres palos de gules.
Papal coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded mouth; the field in flat tincture of Or; the pales outlined in Sable and illuminated in Gules enamel; and the whole with a raised stroke finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Three, Pale and Gules.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Papal States.
Bearer: Benedict XIV.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a fess Azure; 2 and 3 Or, a fess dancetty Argent.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, una faja de azur; 2o y 3o de oro, una faja encajada de plata.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a semi-circular ended shape, illuminated, and its finishing is that seems watercolor.
According to the armiger «the origin of this coat of arms is from Austria and hence the unusual combination of colors and metals».
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, One, Fess, Azure, Or, Dancetty and Argent.
Style keywords: Colour on colour, Metal on metal, Semi-circular, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Beninger, Manuel.
[ Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules ] accolé with [ Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable ].
[ Escudo de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules ] acolado de un [ escudo de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable ].
Arms of the King of Leon and Queen of Castile, as interpreted by me with: the two shields shaped with rounded arches; the fields of both coat of arms, the lion, and the castle illuminated; and the whole composition featuring a watercolor finish.
Representation of the coats of arms of Alfonso IX of León and Berenguela of Castile as accolé arms ~ «escudos acolados». King Ferdinand III created his coat of arms, based on the coats of arms of his parents, through the marshalling of their arms ~ «composición de sus armas». For this purpose, the saintly king invented a type of composition, which later became widely used, known as quarterly ~ «cuartelado». Other ways to combine the coats of arms of two spouses are:
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Purpure, Gules, One, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Or, Azure, Sable, Castle, Port and windows and Masoned.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Outlined in sable, Tilted shield and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Accolé arms, Kingdom of Castile and Kingdom of León.
Bearer: Berenguela of Castile.
Party per pale Or and Gules.
Arms painted by me, in plain tinctures, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a texturized finish.
The coat of arms of the city of Bergamo, Lombardy, emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules and Party per pale.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Ogee.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Bergamo.
Argent, a bear rampant Sable, langued and armed Gules.
Escudo de plata, un oso rampante de sable, lampasado y armado de Gules.
Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a rounded trapezoidal outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
The coat of arms of the city of Berlin emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Gules, One, Bear, Rampant, Langued and Armed.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Rounded trapezoid and Freehand.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Berlin.
Or, a chief Gules.
Escudo de oro, un jefe de gules.
Blazon keywords: Or, Chief and Gules.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Semi-circular and Tricking.
Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Tremelay, Bernard de.
Berry of Molland, Devonshire.
Or, three fesses Gules.
Escudo de oro, tres fajas de gules.
It is possible that an English-speaking herald would have blazoned it as «Or, three bars Gules.» using the term «bars» instead of «fesses», just as in Castilian one sometimes uses the term «barras» instead of «palos», perhaps because these terms were not completely settled from the outset.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Fess and Gules.
Style keywords: Pointed, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Berry of Molland.
Blazon equivalent to: Clement V.
Barry of four per pale counterchanged Or and Gules.
Blazon keywords: Barry per pale counterchanged, Four, Or and Gules.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Semi-circular, Tricking, Hatching and Plain tincture.
Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Schema.
Bearer: Blanchefort, Bertrand de.
Quarterly: 1 Azure, a lion rampant Or; 2 Argent, a falcon rising, grasping in its paws a serpent Sable; 3 Or, a tower Azure, port, windows, and masoned Sable; 4 Gules, a fox passant Or; a chief Gules semé of mullets Argent.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o de azur, un león rampante de oro; 2o de plata, un halcón azorado, teniendo en sus garras una sierpe ambos de sable; 3o de oro, una torre de azur, aclarada y mazonada de sable; 4o de gules, un zorro pasante de oro; un jefe de gules sembrado de estrellas de cinco puntas de plata.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a shape ended with an ogee arch, illuminated, and its finishing is that seems watercolor.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Azure, One, Lion, Rampant, Or, Argent, Falcon, Rising, Grasping, Claw, Serpent, Sable, Tower, Port and windows, Masoned, Gules, Fox, Passant, Chief, Semé, Mullet, Five and Base (lower 1/3).
Style keywords: Ogee, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Bessières, Jean-Baptiste.
From 1992 to 1998
Azure, a bendlet Argent between six fleurs de lis Or.
Illuminated with lights and shadows and with a metallic and iridescent finish.
Coat of arms of Stephen Tvrtko I (circa 1338-1391) of the House of Kotromanic and 1st King of Bosnia and it was also the coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1998.
The bendlet is a diminutive of the bend. It is a diminished bend, narrower, and typically reduced to 1/2 (as in this case) or to 1/3 of the width of a normal bend. This piece is called «cotiza» in Castilian, «cotice» in French, and «cotissa» in Italian. Remember that the width of the bend is usually 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms, therefore the width of the bendlet is between 1/3 * 1/2 = 1/6 and 1/3 * 1/3 = 1/9 of the width of the coat of arm.
Stephen Tvrtko I of Bosnia, from the House of Kotromanic, was a vassal of Louis I of Hungary. Louis I or Louis of Anjou, known as «the Great», from the Royal House of Anjou-Sicily, of the Capetian Dynasty, hence his coat of arms's 2nd quarter is seeded with fleur de lis, a feature also present in his father Charles I's arms, known as Charles Robert or Caroberto of Anjou. The Kotromanic family had in their coat of arms fleur de lis Or on a Azure field as a symbol of subordination to the Hungarian royal family.
Blazon keywords: Azure, One, Bendlet, Argent, Six, Fleur de lis and Or.
Style keywords: Metal beaten, Iridescent, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Azure, a bend between six covered cups Or.
Escudo de azur, una banda acompañada de seis copas todo de oro.
Illuminated with lights and shadows and with a freehand finish.
Around 1155, Beatrix de Villers married Richard le Boteler Pincerna, who became the 4th Baron of Warrington. The heir of Beatrix and Richard took the surname «le Boteler» and ruled the Warrington region, bearing arms Azure, a bend between six covered cups Or.
In Castilian, a «copa» has a lid and is referred to as a «covered cup» in English. When it doesn't have a lid, it's called a «cup» in English and a «cáliz» or «copón» in Castilian, the latter being a less preferred term for me. In English, the term «chalice» is also used, especially if it's adorned with gemstones, although that's more of an artistic license.
Naipes Heraclio Fournier is a renowned Spanish playing card manufacturer based in Villareal de Álava. The countless hours I have spent holding its cards in my hands are incalculable, whether playing with friends, opponents, or performing magic tricks. Its influence on my heraldic artwork is significant. For instance, in this covered cup.
The following image shows my covered cup and my two interpretations of his arms: 1) the most commonly viewed, and 2) my alternative layout.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, One, Bend, Between, Six, Covered cup and Or.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted and Kingdom of England.
Bearer: Boteler of Warrington.
Azure, three annulets interlaced Or.
Illuminated, with a watercolor finishing and with a pointed shape.
You can found it at [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 76 and illustration 177]], and at [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 85 and illustration 177]].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Three, Annulet, Interlaced and Or.
Style keywords: Watercolor, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage, Kingdom of France and Coat of arms.
Azure, three annulets interlaced Or.
Escudo de azur, tres anilletes entrelazados de oro.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with plain color Azure and metal Or and with a shape ended with an ogee arch.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Three, Annulet, Interlaced and Or.
Style keywords: Watercolor, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage, Kingdom of France and Coat of arms.
Azure, a fess chequey Gules and Argent.
Escudo de azur, una faja ajedrezada de gules y plata.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of the lineage Boyd of Scotland. I have emblazoned it with a fess chequy of 3 rows, symmetric and with 9 columns of squares, provided that its height is 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Gules, Argent, One, Three, Nine, Fess and Chequey.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Boyd of Scotland, lineage.
Light Parachute Infantry Unit.
Argent, a Fleur de lis Gules. Motto: «BPAC. Roger de Flor II».
Escudo de plata, una flor de lis de gules. Divisa: «BPAC. Roger de Flor II».
Coat of arms interpreted with: a shield with a pointed (ogival) base; a fleur de lis outlined in Sable and illuminated in Gules; and an overall rough finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Gules, Fleur de lis and Motto (identification).
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Rough.
Classification: Interpreted, Military, Army and Navy and Coat of arms.
Bearer: BPAC I.
Parachute Light Infantry Unit.
Argent, three bendlets sinister Azure. Motto: «BPAC. Roger de Lauria II».
Escudo de plata, tres barras de azur. Divisa: «BPAC. Roger de Lauria II».
For this interpretation, I have used: a shield with a pointed shape; the angle of the main diagonal of a rectangle with a 5x6 proportion, which is 50.2o; a recreation of the division that I deduce seems to be used by the Spanish Army for this coat of arms; and for the whole, a rough finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Azure, Bend sinister and Motto (identification).
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Rough.
Classification: Interpreted, Military and Army and Navy.
Bearer: BPAC II.
Barry wavy Argent and Azure; on a chief wavy Murrey, three sea-lions sejant-erect in fess Or.
G0144, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant of the coat of arms of Brian Andrew Beck, USA. The photograph shows my hand-drawn study of the sea-lion sejant-erect. The visible drawing corresponds to the final version, while a first earlier version can be seen beneath it through the translucent paper. This reflects my usual working method: I draw directly in ink, without a preliminary pencil sketch, using long continuous strokes and lifting the pen as little as possible. I work on successive sheets of tracing paper, one laid over another, refining the drawing from one version to the next until I reach a result that satisfies me. The first attempt is rarely successful; the stronger drawings usually emerge in the second or third version, sometimes the fourth, and occasionally after more iterations.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Murrey, Or, Three, Barry, Wavy, Chief, Sea-lion, Sejant-erect and In fess.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Beck, Brian Andrew.
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: 1o y 4o de gules, tres leopardos en palo de oro, lampasados y armados de azur; 2o de oro, un león de gules, armado y lampasado de azur, encerrado en un trechor doble flordelisado y contraflordelisado de gules; 3o 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.
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.
Gules, a Royal drum of Bunyoro-Kitara proper.
Escudo de gules, un tambor real de Bunyoro-Kitara al natural.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a visica piscis shape, illuminated, and with a leather finishing.
Bunyoro Kitara is a Bantu kingdom located in Western Uganda. Its history begun in the 13th century. This kindowm is ruled by the King called Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara. Now it is a subnational monarchy.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Drum, Royal and Proper.
Style keywords: Vesica piscis, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Bunyoro-Kitara.
Or, on a pile issuant from the base Gules a sword point upwards Argent.
Escudo de oro, una pira de gules cargada de una espada alzada de plata.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of the lineage Burr emblazoned by me based on the description by [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1987; page 388].
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Argent, One, Pile issuant from base, Charged, Sword and Point upwards.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Burr, lineage.
Argent, two goats in pale Purpure, horned Sable.
Escudo de plata, dos cabras en palo de púrpura, acornadas de sable.
Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of the lineage Cabral. This coat of arms has been created for Fernando Durán Cabral de Mello d’Alpoim as a preparatory work for his armorial bearings where the arms of Cabral are in the 3rd quarter.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Purpure, Sable, Two, Goat, In pale and Horned.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Cabral, lineage.
Arms of Carlos Vidriales García Bustamante painted by me in the Certification of the King of Arms of Castile and Leon Alfonso de Ceballos-Escalera and Gila, Marquess of La Floresta, Viscount of Ayala and grand of Spain. The image shows the cover and the page 6 of this certification.
Credits:
Categories: Certification, Heraldic document, Coat of arms, Interpreted, Personal, Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Party per pale, Argent, Cross, Sable, Bordure, Motto, Or, Thirteen, Hurt, Hurt, torteau, pellet, pomme and golpe, Azure, Three, In pale, Four, Five, Chief, Fleur de lis, Lineage, Conjoined in fess, Decoration, Suspended and Base (lower 1/3).
Root: Vidriales García y Bustamante, Carlos.
Party per pale: 1 Vert, a Castle triple-towered Argent; 2 Gules, two bezants in pale Or. For crest a crown of baroness. Lema: «In Fide et Devotione».
I have interpreted this coat of arms with a semi-circular shape; metals or, argent, colors vert and gules; outlined with sable; and a freehand finish.
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Vert, One, Castle, Argent, Gules, Two, Bezant and plate, Bezant, In pale, Crown and Motto.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Freehand and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Giaimo di Prizzi, Carmen.
Azure, a sun in splendour, irradiated of sixteen ears of wheat Or.
Escudo de azur, un sol, radiante de dieciséis espigas de trigo todo de oro.
Arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an oval outer contour and with a watercolor finishing.
Coat of arms of María de los Ángeles Carrillo Padilla designed by her and her her father-in-law Juan Lanzagorta Vallín, and emblazoned by me.
This coat of arms is conceived as an evolution of the canting arms of the Padilla lineage, traditionally depicted with palewise «padillas» ~ oven peels used to place and remove bread from the oven, and crescent moons, all charges Argent on an Azure field; in this reinterpretation, the crescents are transformed into a central sun and the «padillas» into ears of wheat, the symbolic source of bread, with the charges rendered Or on an Azure field.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, One, Sixteen, Sun in splendour, Irradiated, Ear of wheat and Wheat.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Oval and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Design rationale, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Carrillo Padilla, María de los Ángeles.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or. Crest: An open royal crown Or.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2o y 3o de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules, coronado de oro. Timbrado de una corona real abierta.
Arms of the Kingdom of Castile and León created by me as follows: the shield of arms has a rounded (semicircular) base; the quarters are illuminated in flat tinctures Argent and Gules; the castles, lions and crown are illuminated; the lion and its crown are outlined in the colour of the field; the open royal crown; the royal Castilian castle is masoned, that is, outlined in Sable; the whole has an iridescent finish; and the owner, the shield and its blazon are framed within a border representing the arms of the Kingdom, this frame resulting from the combination of 76 small castles and 2 large ones at the corners with 76 small crowned lions and 2 large lions at the other corners;
In the armorial [Urfé; 15th century; page VIII of the index and page 140 of the contents], reference is made to and the arms of Castile and its kings are blazoned in French, describing its castle and its purple lion crowned Or and rampant.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Argent, Purpure, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crowned, Crest, Open royal crown and Crown.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated and Iridescent.
Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Frame, Kingdom of Castile and Leon and Canting.
Bearer: Castile and León.
Party per pale: 1 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 Argent.
Escudo partido: 1o de Gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2o de plata.
Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a leather finishing.
The coat of arms of Castilla-La Mancha emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Party per pale, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows and Masoned.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Leather.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Castilla-La Mancha.
Disperse like the sun clears the clouds in your path.
Argent, a cross of Alcantara. Crest: A closed royal crown Or, with eight arches, visible five. Motto: «Hoec nubila tollunt obstantia sicut sol».
Escudo de plata, una cruz de Alcántara. Timbrado de una corona real cerrada. Lema: «Hoec nubila tollunt obstantia sicut sol».
Coat of arms interpreted in the following manner: the shape of the shield is of a semicircular arch; the field is illuminated in metal Argent; the cross of Alcantara is outlined in Sable and illuminated in Vert; the royal crown is closed, outlined in Sable and illuminated with the metal Or, Argent for the pearls, Azure and Or for the orb, Gules and Vert for the gems, Gules for the inner cloth, and Sable for the visible hollow at its base; and the whole has a slightly hammered metal finish.
The Latin motto «Hoec nubila tollunt obstantia sicut sol» is often translated as «Ride like the sun, disperses the clouds in its path». I would like to offer the following observations on this translation:
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Cross of Alcantara, Cross couped, Cross, Crest, Closed royal crown, Crown and Motto.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Soft metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Military, Army and Navy and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Alcantara, Cavalry Regiment.
Party per pale: 1 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, and masoned Sable; 2 Argent, a lion rampant Gules, crowned Or. Motto: «Región Militar Centro» over a scroll Or.
Coat of arms (1984-1997 and 1997-2002) of the former Central Military Region, also called 1st Military Region, where I serve. I interpreted and emblazoned now this coat of arms with a semi-circular ended shape.
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Gules, One, Castle, Or, Port and windows, Azure, Masoned, Sable, Argent, Lion, Rampant, Crowned, Motto (identification) and Scroll.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Metal beaten.
Classification: Interpreted, Military, Army and Navy, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Castile and Leon.
Bearer: Central Military Region.
Known in England and France as Charles of Spain ~ Charles d'Espagne.
Quarterly: 1 Azure semé of fleurs de lis Or; 2 and 3 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, the port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 4 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or.
Coat of arms of Charles de la Cerda (1326-1354), this coat of arms also could be blazoned as «Quarterly: 1, Francia; 2 and 3, Castile; 4, Leon.».
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Azure, Semé, Fleur de lis, Or, Gules, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Sable, Argent, Lion, Purpure, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crown and Crowned.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Army and Navy and Kingdom of France.
Bearer: Cerda, Carlos de la.
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.
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.
City of Ceuta, Spain, Africa
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.
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
Illuminated and a leather finishing.
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 and In base.
Style keywords: Leather, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted and Kingdom of Spain.
Bearer: Ceuta.
Motto: Stand and Be Counted
Gules fretty Argent; on a chief wavy Bleu celeste, a rising sun Or.
Escudo de gules fretado de plata; en un jefe ondado de celeste, un sol saliente de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted and emblazoned by me with with a semi-circular ended shape, illuminated, and with a iridescent finishing.
The sun used to be emblazoned with a human face, with its eyes, mouth, and nose, but in all the interpretations that I know of this blazon, the sun appears without a human face.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Fretty, Argent, One, Chief, Wavy, Bleu celeste, Sun, Issuant and Or.
Style keywords: Iridescent, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted.
Bearer: Charles Dunne, Chas.
Banner Azure, three fleurs de lis Or.
Pendón de azur, tres flores de lis de oro.
Banner interpreted as follows: rectangular in shape with a 5x6 proportion; the field enamelled in flat Azure; the three fleurs-de-lis illuminated in Or and outlined in Sable; and the whole piece finished with an aged parchment effect.
Starting in 1376, the field sown with fleurs-de-lis was replaced by only three fleurs-de-lis. This change took place during the reign of Charles V of France (1338–1380, King of France from 1364 to 1380).
Edward III Plantagenet (1312–1377, King of England from 1327 to 1377) had incorporated the semé of fleurs-de-lis into his arms as a sign of his claim to the French throne, and Henry IV of England (1367–1413, King of England from 1399 to 1413) again changed the semé into three fleurs-de-lis in his own arms.
These three fleurs-de-lis remained in the royal arms of England until George II (1683–1760, King from 1727 to 1760).
They remained in the royal arms of the French kings until their prohibition during the so-called «Hundred Days», that is, from March 20, 1815, the date of Napoleon’s return to Paris from his exile in Elba, until June 28, 1815, the date of the Second Restoration of Louis XVIII as King of France, when they were reinstated. Finally, after the Revolution of 1830, Louis Philippe I of Orléans decreed their abolition by Order of February 10, 1831.
This banner is a recreation of the one appearing in the armorial [Edward IV of England; 1461; row 23, column 2], although in that armorial the banner seems to be associated with Louis IX of France, perhaps because of the prestige of the saintly King of France, whose arms bore a semé of fleurs-de-lis rather than three.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Three, Fleur de lis and Ordered.
Style keywords: Rectangular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Old parchment.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Flag, Banner of arms, Kingdom of France and House of Valois.
Bearer: Charles V of France.
Party per fess: 1 party per pale: 1 quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable [for Castile]; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or [for Leon]. 2 quarterly: 1 Or, four pallets Gules [for Aragon]; 2 quarterly per saltire: 1 and 4 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 and 3 Argent, an eagle displayed Sable [for Aragon-Sicily]. 3 Argent, a cross potent cantoned of four crosslets Or [for Jerusalem]. 4 Gules, a chain orlewise, crosswise, and saltirewise Or, charged in the fess point with an emerald Vert [for Navarre]. Enté en point Argent, a pomegranate proper, seeded Gules, slipped and leaved Vert [for Granada]. 2 quarterly: 1 Gules, a fess Argent [for Austria]; 2 Azure semé of fleurs de lis Or within a bordure compony Argent and Gules [for Burgundy modern]; 3 bendy Or and Azure within a bordure Gules [for Burgundy ancient]; 4 Sable, a lion rampant Or, armed and langued Gules [for Brabant]; overall an inescutcheon party per pale: 1 Or, a lion rampant Sable, armed and langued Gules [for Flanders]; 2 Argent, an eagle displayed Gules, crowned, armed, beaked, langued and membered Or, charged on the wings with two trefoiled stems Or [for Tyrol]. Crest: An imperial crown with two fanons Argent, fringed Or. Behind the shield a double-headed eagle displayed Sable, nimbed, beaked and armed Or, langued and membered Gules, enfiled by an open royal crown above the shield. Supporters: two columns Argent, capital and base Or, between in base waves Azure, in chief an imperial crown the dexter and a closed royal crown the sinister. Moto environing the columns: «Plus Ultra» Or over a scroll Gules. The shield is surrounded by the Golden Fleece.
Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a metal beaten finish.
Arms of Charles, Holy Roman Emperor, emblazoned by me. In English heraldry, the term supporters is used in a general sense, whether the supporters are animals, inanimate objects, plants or human figures. There is no strict terminological distinction based on the nature of the supporting figures. In Castilian heraldic tradition, by contrast, a more precise terminology is employed. The term «soportes» is used when the supporters are animals, «sostenes» when they are objects (such as columns or weapons) or plants (such trees), and «tenantes» when the figures supporting the coat of arms are human in form. In addition, inanimate supporters are relatively common in Castilian heraldry, whereas they are much rarer in English heraldry. There is also a difference in blazoning practice in the case of columns. In English, the shaft of the column is treated as the primary element, and the tinctures of the base and capital are then specified. In Spanish, the approach is the reverse: the column is described as a whole, stating its main tincture first, and then specifying that it is shafted in another metal. For example in this case: «Supporters: two columns Argent, capital and base Or» ~ «Sostenes: dos columnas de oro, fustadas de plata».
Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Sable, Argent, Purpure, Or, Vert, One, Two, Four, Party per fess, Party per pale, Quarterly, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crowned, Pale, Quarterly per saltire, Eagle, Displayed, Cross potent, Cross couped, Cantoned, Crosslet, Chain, Orlewise, Crosswise, Saltirewise, Charged, In the fess point, Emerald, Enté en point, Pomegranate, Proper, Seeded, Slipped, Leaved, Fess, Semé, Fleur de lis, Bordure, Compony, Bendy, Overall, Inescutcheon, Beaked, Membered, Wing, Trefoiled, Stem, Crest, Imperial crown, Crown, Fanon, Fringed, Behind the shield, Double-headed, Nimbed, Enfiled, Open royal crown, Above the shield, Supporter (thing), Supporter, Column, Shafted, Between, In base, Wave, In chief, Dexter, Closed royal crown, Sinister, Motto, Environed, Scroll, Surrounded and Collar.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Metal beaten.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
King of France from 1429 to 1461.
Azure, three fleurs de lis Or.
Escudo de azur, tres flores de lis de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; the field enamelled in flat Azure; the fleurs-de-lis illuminated in Or and outlined in Sable; and finished with a mother-of-pearl effect.
This coat of arms is based on the one appearing in the armorial [Ingeram, H.; 1459; page 34, 1st shield], under the inscription «küng von franckrich» (franckrich ~ Frankreich ~ France).
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Three, Fleur de lis and Ordered.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Iridescent.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, Kingdom of France and House of Valois.
Bearer: Charles VII of France.
Azure, a sword erect Or, between three garbs Or, 2 and 1.
Escudo de azur, una espada alzada de oro, acompañada de tres gavillas de trigo de oro, 2 y 1.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field illuminated in Azure; the motto and charges illuminated in Or and outlined in Sable; and the whole with a leather texture.
In England, Wales and Ireland, the term «heraldic visitations» ~ «visitas heráldicas» referred to the inspection tours carried out by the officers of the kings of arms, or even by the kings of arms themselves, with the aim of recording and sanctioning the family trees and coats of arms of the nobility, the counties and the bourgeoisie who bore them.
These journeys took place mainly between the year 1530 and the year 1688. The results of these inspections were recorded in books that could be considered a roll or heraldic census of the upper classes. For this reason, and since then, these records have been a valuable source of information for historians, genealogists and heraldists.
The County of Cheshire received the following «heraldic visitations»:
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Sword, Point upwards, Between, Wheat, Garb and Ordered.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.
Classification: Interpreted, Civic and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Cheshire, County of.
Party per fess: 1 Azure, an acorn leaved and slipped Or, between two ravens addorsed and regardant Argent; 2 Vert, a stag's massacre Or. Motto: «Si non rides, flebis».
Escudo cortado: 1o de azur, una bellota hojada y tallada de oro, acompañada de dos cuervos de espaldas y contornados de plata; 2o de sinople, una masacre de oro. Lema: «Si non rides, flebis».
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a watercolor finish.
The coat of arms of Christopher Edwards, from New South Wales, Australia, designed by him, refined and emblazoned by me. The motto «Si non rides, flebis» means «If you do not laugh, you will cry» in Latin.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Vert, One, Two, Party per fess, Acorn, Leaved, Slipped, Between, Raven, Addorsed, Regardant, Stag's massacre and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Edwards, Christopher.
195th Pope of the Church, from 1305 to 1314. «Clemens V», born Bertrand de Got, born in Villandraut, in the southwest of France, was the first pope to reside in Avignon in a stable manner.
Or, three fesses Gules.
Escudo de oro, tres fajas de gules.
Papal coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded triangular top; the field in plain Or enamel; the bars illuminated in Gules and outlined in Sable; and with a heavily hammered metal finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Three, Fess and Gules.
Style keywords: Triangular curved, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Papal States.
Bearer: Clement V.
Blazon equivalent to: Fernández de Córdoba y Carrillo, Diego.
246th Pope of the Church, from 1730 to 1740. «Clemens XII», named Lorenzo Corsini, born in Florence and rests in St. John Lateran.
Bendy of six Gules and Argent; over all a fess Azure.
Escudo bandado de seis piezas de gules y plata; brochante sobre el todo una faja de azur.
Papal coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded mouth; the field in flat tincture of Argent; the fess and the bands outlined in Sable and illuminated in Gules and Azure; and the whole with a textured finish.
All are ordinaries, including the three bands and the fess, and since the blazon specifies that the fess is overall on the bands, therefore, it is not the Gules bands that are overall on the Azure fess, and they should be painted underneath.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Bendy, Six, Gules, Argent, Surmounted, Overall (deprecated), One, Fess and Azure.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Papal States.
Bearer: Clement XII.
Grandson of Blanche of Castile, 6th son of Saint Louis IX, founder of the House of Bourbon, husband of Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon.
Azure semé of fleurs de lis Or, a bend Gules.
Escudo de Azur sembrado de flores de lis de oro, banda gules.
Coat of arms that I have interpreted with:: a semicircular (round) base; the field enamelled in flat Azure; the fleurs-de-lys illuminated in Or; the bend illuminated in Gules; the whole is outlined in Sable; and the freehand drawing.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Semé, Fleur de lis, Bend and Gules.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, Kingdom of France and House of Bourbon.
Bearer: Clermont, Robert of.
Or, six fleurs de lis, three, two, one, five Gules and one in the middle of the chief Azure.
Escudo de oro, seis flores de lis ordenadas, tres, dos y una, cinco de gules y una de azur en el centro del jefe.
Credits:
Blazon keywords: Or, Six, Fleur de lis, Ordered, Three, two and one, Five, Gules, One, Azure and In the middle of the chief.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Soft metal, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Yñigo-Genio, Elias.
Or, six fleurs de lis in orle, five Gules and one in chief Azure.
Escudo de oro, seis flores de lis en orla, cinco de gules y una de azur en jefe.
Credits:
Blazon keywords: Or, Six, Fleur de lis, Orle, Five, Gules, One, Azure and In chief.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Soft metal, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Yñigo-Genio, Rolando.
Party per bend sinister Or and Gules, a clenched gauntlet Sable.
Escudo tajado de oro y gules; brochante sobre la partición un guantelete de sable, puesto en palo.
Blazon keywords: Party per bend sinister, Or, Gules, Surmounted, Gauntlet, Sable and Palewise.
Style keywords: Pointed, Outlined in sable and Plain tincture.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Wilkins, Tim.
Willame de Colebraund ~ William de Colebrand.
Gules, three Swords Argent, erect, in fess.
Escudo de gules, tres espadas de plata, alzadas, en faja.
Interpreted coat of arms with a free hand finish.
Coat of arms included in [Marshal, L.; 1295; coat of arms number 461], also in [Brault, G. J.; 1997], and time ago in Brian Timms, but not now.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Three, Sword, Argent, Point upwards and In fess.
Style keywords: Pointed, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Colebrand, William de.
Vert, a chevron, between three cross-crosslets; on a chief Argent, three griffins statant Gules, beaked and armed Or. Crest: Upon a helm, with a wreath Argent and Gules, a griffin's head couped Gules, beaked Or. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Silentium est aureum».
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Certification, Heraldic document, English language, Badge, Standard and Flag.
Bearer: Berry, Austin Charles.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Azure, a saltire Argent between two fleurs de lis in fess Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; 2 and 3 Gules, six fleurs de lis, in chief one Argent between two Or, in fess two Argent, in base one Or; within a bordure gyronny of twenty-four Argent and Azure; overall a crescent Argent.
The Commoners' Certification of Arms for Corey Scott Lasco with his arms designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Six, Twenty-four, Quarterly, Saltire, Between, In fess, Fleur de lis, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Bordure, Gyronny, Overall and Crescent.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Certification and Heraldic document.
Bearer: Lasco, Corey Scott.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Azure, a saltire Argent between two fleurs de lis in fess Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; 2 and 3 Gules, six fleurs de lis, in chief one Argent between two Or, in fess two Argent, in base one Or; within a bordure gyronny of twenty-four Argent and Azure; overall a crescent Argent charged with a crescent Gules.
The Commoners' Certification of Arms for Hudson Hayes Lasco with his arms designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Six, Twenty-four, Quarterly, Saltire, Between, In fess, Fleur de lis, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Bordure, Gyronny, Overall and Crescent.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Certification and Heraldic document.
Bearer: Lasco, Hudson Hayes.
Azure, a saltire Argent between in chief an escallop Or, in fess two fleurs de lis Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; within a bordure Or. Crest: A ribbon Azure doubled Argent.
The Commoners' Certification of Arms for Konstånz Chantal Leóné Potts with his arms designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Saltire, Between, In chief, Escallop, Fleur de lis, In fess, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Bordure, Ribbon and Doubled.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Invected octagon.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Certification and Heraldic document.
Bearer: Potts, Konstånz Chantal Leóné.
Azure, three lightning flashes in pall Or, debruised by a unicorn's head couped Argent, the eyes Azure; a bordure Or charged with eight fleurs de lis Azure.
The Commoners' Certification of Arms for László Linett Regina from Hungary with her coat of arms designed by her and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, Gules, Argent, One, Eight, Lightning flash, In pall, Debruised, Unicorn, Head, Couped, The eyes, Bordure and Fleur de lis.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Certification and Heraldic document.
Bearer: László Linnet Regina.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Azure, a saltire Argent between two fleurs de lis in fess Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; 2 and 3 Gules, six fleurs de lis, in chief one Argent between two Or, in fess two Argent, in base one Or ; within a bordure gyronny of twenty-four Argent and Azure; overall a heart Argent. Crest: A ribbon Azure doubled Argent.
The Commoners' Certification of Arms for Makayla Danée Robidoux with her arms designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Six, Twenty-four, Quarterly, Saltire, Between, In fess, Fleur de lis, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Bordure, Gyronny, Overall, Heart, Ribbon and Doubled.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Invected octagon.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Certification and Heraldic document.
Bearer: Robidoux, Makayla Danée.
Gules, two castles triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable, in chief, seven mullets Argent, 4 and 3.
Arms depicted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finishing.
Coat of arms of the Comunidad de Madrid emblazoned by me. 5 is the default number of points of the «mullet» in both English and Castilian heraldry. [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 279, figure 126] and [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 312, figure 126] state: «Mullets ordinarily have five rays, or straight points,... when blazoning this figure, the usual practice is to specify the number of rays when exceeding five».
The castles derive from Castile, and the 7 mullets come from the bordure of the city of Madrid; they represent the stars of the Plough, the 7 brightest stars of Ursa Major. This coat of arms was adopted by the Comunidad de Madrid on December 23, 1983. Regarding the symbolism of this coat of arms, José Manuel Huidobro told me: «Each star has five points representing the five provinces surrounding Madrid: Ávila, Segovia, Guadalajara, Cuenca, and Toledo. The castles embody the most characteristic symbol of Castile. Both neighboring communities, Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla y León, display them in their coats of arms. The fact that they are paired symbolizes the Community of Madrid’s claim to serve as a link between the two Castiles». He includes the coat of arms of the Comunidad de Madrid in his book [Huidobro Moya, J. M.; 2024; page 214].
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, Argent, Two, Seven, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, In chief and Mullet.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Madrid, Comunidad de.
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.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a semi-circular shape, illuminated, and with a freehand finishing.
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, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Coulot, Fabian.
Lozengy Or and Gules.
Escudo losanjado oro y gules.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a semi-circular shape, illuminated, and with a freehand finishing.
Blazon keywords: Lozengy, Or and Gules.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Craon, Robert de.
Party per pale: 1 Gules, in base a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, and masoned Sable; 2 Argent, in base a lion rampant Gules, crowned Or; overall a psi letter sable; a diminished bordure Or.
Coat of arms of Crepsi, military psychology, former Central Military Region, Kingdom of Spain, emblazoned by me, where I was stationed during my military service. In the image: 1988, the original mold (1) with which the first 6 coats of arms were made; one of them is now in my office (2); the design of the badge for the 1st meeting of veterans (3), all of which were designed and made by my lieutenant colonel and friend Miguel Angel Nuñez Amador; and finally, the coat of arms of Crepsi emblazoned by me (4).
Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Or, Azure, Sable, Party per pale, In base, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Crowned, Overall, Letter and Diminished bordure.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Military, Interpreted, Compare, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Crepsi.
Party per fess engrailed and per pale: 1 Argent, a scroll proper inscribed with the names of the lineage in letters Sable; 2 Gules, a palm tree upon two cutlasses, points upwards, in saltire Or; 3 Vert, a mullet of ten points above a crescent Or; 4 Argent, a minaret issuant from the base proper. Crest: Upon a helm in profile, barred Or, lined Gules, with a wreath Or and Vert, a palm tree Or. Mantling: Gules doubled Or and Vert doubled Argent.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a watercolor finish.
This is the coat of arms of Abdulelah Alyahya (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), designed by Vittorio Gifra (Italy) under his instructions, revised by Bob Juchter van Bergen Quast (Netherlands) and Kevin D. Couling (United Kingdom), and emblazoned by me (Spain). The arms reflect the heritage of the Alyahya family, descendants of the ancient tribe of Beno Tamim (Altamimi) and linked to the modern origins of Saudi Arabia.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Gules, Or, Vert, One, Two, Party per fess, Engrailed, Party per pale, Scroll, Proper, Inscribed, Palm tree, Tree, Upon, Cutlass, Point upwards, In saltire, Mullet, Above, Crescent, Minaret, Issuant from base, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm and Wreath.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Alyahya, Abdulelah.
Party per chevron Gules and Argent, two acorns slipped Or and in base a fleur de lis Azure. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree, with a wreath Or and Sable, a demi-lion Or, armed and langued Azure, holding in its paws a swallow-tailed pennon Azure, charged with a cross patty Argent. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent.
Arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a double pointed outer contour and with a leather finishing.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, Two, One, Party per chevron, Acorn, Slipped, Base, Fleur de lis, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Demi, Lion, Armed, Langued, Grasping, Paw, Charged, Cross and Patty.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Double pointed and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Coat of arms, Pennon and Flag.
Bearer: Brim-DeForest, Brady.
Party per chevron Gules and barry wavy Argent and Azure, in chief two Dogwood flowers (Cornus Florida) proper, in base a Cross of Saint Chad Gules. Crest: A Cardinal's head (Cardinalis cardinalis) erased clutching in its Beak a Madonna lily (Lilium Candidum) seeded proper. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a leather finish.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Azure, Two, One, Party per chevron, Barry, Wavy, In chief, Dogwood flower, Flower, Proper, In base, Cross of Saint Chad, Cross couped, Crest, Head, Erased, Grasping, Beak and Mantling.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Krouse, Chad Michael.
Argent, a rose Gules, barbed Vert; a bordure Azure. Crest: Dexter, upon a helm, issuant from an ancient coronet Or, a dove Argent, holding in its beak an olive branch Vert; and sinister, upon a helm, issuant from an ancient coronet Or, an arm proper, vambraced Argent, grasping a sabre Argent, between a pair of wings per fess alternately Azure and Argent. Mantling: Dexter Gules doubled Argent, sinister Azure doubled Argent.
Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a watercolor finish.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Vert, Azure, Sable, One, Two, Rose, Barbed, Bordure, Crest, Dexter, Helm, Issuant, Ancient coronet, Crown, Dove, Grasping, Beak, Olive tree, Tree, Branch, Sinister, Arm, Vambraced, Sabre, Sword, Between, Wing, Party per fess, Alternately, Mantling and Doubled.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: von Haimb, Isadora.
Vert, a chevron Argent between three linden sprigs, three-leaved, enarched bend sinisterwise Or. Crest: Upon a tilting helm with a wreath Or and Vert, a blackbird (Turdus merula) proper, armed, membered and beaked Gules, holding in the beak over its back a linden sprig, three-leaved, enarched Or. Mantling: Vert doubled Argent.
Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a rounded trapezoidal external shape and with a watercolor finish.
Coat of arms of Lukas Podlipny, Slovakia, emblazoned by me. These are canting arms, in Slovak, «lipa» ~ linden tree, and the surname Podlipný would mean «under the linden tree», «pod» ~ under, «lip-» ~ linden, hence the arched linden sprigs in the coat of arms and the blackbird beneath another linden sprig.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Three, Chevron, Between, Linden, Tree, Sprig, Leaved, Enarched, Bend sinisterwise, Crest, Upon (wreath), Tilting helm, Helm, Wreath, Mantling, Blackbird, Proper, Armed, Membered, Beaked, Grasping and Beak.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Rounded trapezoid and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lukas Podlipny.
Or, a peacock’s head erased Azure, beaked Argent, between in dexter an increscent Azure and in sinister a rose Azure, barbed and seeded Argent. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Azure, a peacock in his splendour proper. Mantling: Azure doubled Or.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a leather finish.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Argent, One, Peacock, Head, Erased, Beaked, Dexter, Increscent, Sinister, Rose, Barbed, Seeded, Crest and mantling, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, In his splendour and Mantling.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Hatsis, Mark Antony.
Argent, a demi-savage issuant from the base Carnation, crined, bearded and vested Tenné, wreathed of leaves Vert, holding in his dexter a close book, bookmarked Gules, garnished, on its cover a mortar with pestle Or, in his sinister an oak club Tenné, leaved and fructed Vert; a chief wavy Gules. Crest: Upon a helm lined Gules with a wreath Argent and Gules, an oak couped Tenné, leaved and fructed Vert, its trunk charged with a mullet Argent. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent.
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.
The coat of arms of Maximilian Silvestri emblazoned by me. 5 is the default number of points of the «mullet» in both English and Castilian heraldry. [Friar, S.; 1987; page 35] states: «a mullet is always depicted as having five points, a six-pointed mullet should be blazoned a Mullet of six points»; likewise, [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 279, figure 126] and [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 312, figure 126] state: «Mullets ordinarily have five rays, or straight points,... when blazoning this figure, the usual practice is to specify the number of rays when exceeding five».
Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, Gules, One, Demi, Savage, Carnation, Issuant, Base, Crined, Bearded, Vested, Tenné, Wreathed, Leaf, Grasping, Dexter, Closed book, Book, Bookmark, Garnished, Mortar, Pestle, Club, Leaved, Fructed, Chief, Wavy, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Lined, Wreath, Mantling, Doubled, Oak, Tree, Charged, Trunk and Mullet.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Silvestri, Maximilian.
Azure, two arrows points upwards in saltire between, in chief a crescent Or, in base an open book Argent, garnished Or, the pages inscribed «Domus Virtus Felicitas» Sable. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Azure, a bald eagle rising, wings addorsed and inverted proper. Mantling: Azure doubled Or.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a leather finish.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Sable, One, Two, Arrow, Point upwards, In saltire, Between, In chief, Crescent, In base, Open book, Book, Page, Inscribed, Crest and mantling, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Bald eagle, Eagle, Rising, Wing, Addorsed, Proper and Mantling.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Romero, Reynaldo.
Party per fess indented perlong Or and Azure overall on a fess Azure a mullet Or; on a chief cousu Or an eagle displayed, a crown Or above. Crest: Upon a helm, with visor bars Or, lined Gules, with a wreath Or and Azure, a crown of Baron. Mantling: Azure doubled Or.
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finishing.
The ancient arms of the family Tamburelli, Lords of Pietra Gravina, as used by Don Eugenio Ugo Augusto Tamburelli, emblazoned by me. Pietragavina es una localidad del municipio de Varzi, en la provincia de Pavía, región de Lombardía.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Sable, One, Party per fess, Indented, Overall (line of division), Fess, Charged, Mullet, Chief, Eagle, Displayed, Crown, Above, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Barred, Lined, Wreath and Crown of Baron.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee, Freehand and Cousu.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Tamburelli, family.
Or, three pallets Vair. Crest: Upon helm affronty Argent, barred Or, lined Gules, with a wreath Argent, Or and Azur, a crown of Marquis. Mantling: Dexter Azure doubled Or, sinister Azure doubled Argent.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finish.
The coat of arms of the Marquis Prato di Arnesano, requested by Andrea Tamburelli Lanzara di Pietragavina and painted by me. That the base of the bevor is fimbriated Or is a detail I do not blazon, as I regard it purely as an artistic feature.
Blazon keywords: Or, Three, Pale, Vair, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Affronty, Barred, Lined, Wreath, Crown of Marquis and Crown.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Prato di Arnesano, Marquis.
Or, a roe deer springing Gules, in base a triple mount Vert. Crest: Upon a helm affronty, with a wreath Or and Vert, two roe deers' attires barry of four Gules and Or. Mantling: Vert doubled Or.. Motto: «Carpe diem».
Credits:
Blazon keywords: Or, One, Roe deer, Springing, Gules, In base, Trimount, Vert, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Two, Roe deer' attire, Barry, Four and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Semi-circular, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Latin language and Photographic.
Bearer: Rehberger, Alena.
Gules, a beaver erect Or, armed and tailed Argent, bearing on his dexter shoulder a sword Argent, hilted Or; on a chief embattled of Renaissance crenellations Or three fleurs de lis Azure. Crest: Upon a wreath Or, Azure, and Gules a beaver issuant, crowned and winged Or, armed and tailed Argent, holding a pole Or flying a long swallow-tailed flag per fess Azure and Gules, overall a double cross patty fitchy Or. Motto: «Si vis pacem para bellum» Or over a scroll Azure doubled Or.
Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a watercolor finishing.
Canting arms of Jan Bobor, Slovakia, emblazoned under his directions. These are canting arms, since Bobor means beaver.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Beaver, Erect, Armed, Tailed, Grasping, Dexter, Shoulder, Sword, Hilted, Chief, Embattled, Fleur de lis, Crest, Wreath, Issuant, Crowned, Winged, Swallow-tail, Party per fess, Overall, Patriarchal cross, Cross couped, Patty, Fitchy, Doubled, Motto and Scroll.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Coat of arms, Pennon and Flag.
Bearer: Bobor, Jan.
Azure, a saltire Argent between in chief a thistle Or, flowered Argent, in fess two fleurs de lis Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; within a bordure gyronny of thirty-six Azure and Argent; overall a heart Gules, fimbriated Or. Crest: A ribbon Azure doubled Argent.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an invected octagon external shape and with a leather finish.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Thirty-six, Saltire, Between, In chief, Thistle, Flowered, Fleur de lis, In fess, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Bordure, Gyronny, Overall, Heart, Fimbriated, Ribbon and Doubled.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Invected octagon and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Botkin, Bradlee Tatym LaRue.
Sable, on a chevron Argent three spears' heads Gules, in chief two unicorns' heads erased Argent, horned and crined Or, langued Gules, in base on a pile of the last issuant from the chevron a unicorn head erased Sable, langued Gules. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Sable, a unicorn's head Argent, erased Gules, horned and crined Or, langued gules, charged upon the neck with three spears' heads cheveronwise Gules. Mantling: Sable doubled Argent.
Illuminated and a watercolor finishing, and the mantling and the wreath diapered with Chinapieria.
«An unicorn's head Argent, erased Gules» means that the unicorn's head are metal Argent, but the jagged edge of its base are gules.
Blazon keywords: Sable, Chevron, Argent, Three, Spear's head, Gules, In chief, Two, Head, Unicorn, Erased, Crined, Horned, Or, Langued, In base, One, Pile, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Charged and Neck.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Pointed, Illuminated, Watercolor and Chinapieria.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Wright, Charles F. M..
Sable, a dolphin naiant Or; a chief embattled Vert, fimbriated Or. Crest: Upon a helm, with a wreath Or and Vert, a cornish chough speaking proper, his dexter foot grasping the point of a mullet Gules. Mantling: Vert doubled Or.
5 is the default number of points of the «mullet» in both English and Castilian heraldry. [Friar, S.; 1987; page 35] states: «a mullet is always depicted as having five points, a six-pointed mullet should be blazoned a Mullet of six points»; likewise, [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 279, figure 126] and [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 312, figure 126] state: «Mullets ordinarily have five rays, or straight points,... when blazoning this figure, the usual practice is to specify the number of rays when exceeding five».
Blazon keywords: Sable, Dolphin, Naiant, Or, Chief, Embattled, Vert, Fimbriated, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Speaking, Proper, Grasping, Mullet and Gules.
Style keywords: Ogee, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Shorey, David Ryan.
Azure, a bend sinister raguly between, in dexter chief, a Celtic cross, in sinister base, a sword point downwards Argent. Crest: Upon a helm affronty with a wreath Argent and Azure, a pair of Polish hussar wings, feathered alternately Azure and Argent. Mantling: Azure doubled Argent.
Blazon keywords: One, Bend sinister, Raguly, Between, Dexter, Chief, Celtic cross, Sinister, Base (lower 1/3), Sword, Point downwards, Argent, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Polish winged hussar, Two wings in vol, Feathered and Alternately.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Semi-circular, Illuminated and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Reyes, Elijah.
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]. Crest: Upon a helm in profile Argent, with visor bars Or, and a wreath Or and Azure, an arm proper, vested Azure, lined Or, supporting a scroll Azure doubled Or, inscribed with the cry «Notre Dame du Puy» Or. Mantling: Azure doubled Or.
Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finish.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, Argent, One, Two, Five, 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, Vair, Upon (wreath), Helm, Facing dexter, Barred, Wreath, Arm, Proper, Vested, Lined, Grasping, Scroll, Doubled, Inscribed, War cry and Mantling.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Durán Cabral de Melo e Alpoim, Fernando.
The crest of Fernando Marán Bié designed by Ignacio Koblischek and emblazoned by me. Crest: Upon wreath Or, Azure and Gules, a demi-pegasus Argent issuant from flames of fire Gules, fimbriated Or.
Blazon keywords: Crest, Azure, Gules, Argent, Or, One, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Demi, Pegasus, Issuant, Flame and Fimbriated.
Style keywords: Outlined and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Boa.
Bearer: Fernando Marán Bié.
Upon a wreath Argent and Gules, issuant from a bridge, enarched, embattled Gules, masoned Sable above a river Azure, a bear’s forepaw Sable, armed Azure, grasping a cross crosslet fitchy bendwise sinister Gules.
Heraldic device painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a leather finishing.
Blazon keywords: Crest, Argent, Gules, Sable, Azure, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Issuant, Enarched, Bridge, Embattled, Masoned, Above, River, Forepaw, Grasping, Cross fitchy, Cross couped and Bend sinisterwise.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Boa.
Bearer: Shriner, Sean.
Quarterly: 1 Argent, a dolphin haurient Azure; 2 Azure, a sunflower Or; 3 Azure, on a closed book Or a diamond Azure; 4 Argent, a lark Azure. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Azure a quetzal perched in a tree branch proper, leaved Or. Mantling: Azure doubled Argent. Motto: «Luctor et Emergo».
Arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a watercolor finish.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Or, One, Quarterly, Dolphin, Haurient, Sunflower, Closed book, Book, Charged, Diamond, Lark, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Quetzal, Perched, Tree, Branch, Proper, Leaved, Mantling and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Ruiz Porras, Antonio.
Gules, a stag's head caboshed Argent, attired Or, between its attires a dexter hand appaumée, couped at the wrist; on a bordure Argent eight camellias Gules, seeded Or. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Gules, a gamecock, armed, crested and bearded Gules, the neck Argent, beaked, membered and the head Or, supporting with its dexter talon a closed book Sable, leaved Or, garnished Argent. Motto: «Meliores Quotidie».
Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a leather finishing.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Or, One, Eight, Stag, Head, Caboshed, Attired, Between, Dexter, Hand, Appaumée, Couped, Wrist, Bordure, Camellia, Seeded, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Rooster, Armed, Crested, Bearded, Neck, Beaked, Membered, Grasping, Talon, Closed book, Book, Leaved, Garnished, Mantling and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Thompson, Donnie.
Or, a tree eradicated proper, between in base a crescent reversed Argent and a mullet of six points Gules. Crest: Upon helm Argent, barred Or a barred helm Or, a crown of Count. Mantling: On the dexter Vert doubled Or and on the sinister Gules doubled Or. Motto: «Onida» in Sable letters over a scroll Argent doubled Or.
Arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a watercolor finishing.
Canting arms of Gian Carlo Onida, Alessandria, emblazoned by me. «Crescent reversed» means that the points of the crescent are directed toward the base of the shield. The crescent of these arms is a historical charge Argent placed on a field Or; metal over metal, in Italian heraldic terminology this is described as «cucito» ~ in French and English «cousu» ~ in Spanish «cosido». In Castilian heraldry it is not necessary to specify the number of points of the mullet, since the default value is 6. In English heraldry it is mandatory to specify «mullet of six points», as the default number of points is 5. An «eradicated tree» implies visible roots.
Blazon keywords: Or, Argent, Gules, Vert, One, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, Between, In base, Crescent, Reversed, Mullet, Crest, Helm, Barred, Crown of Count, Crown, Mantling, Dexter, Doubled, Motto (identification) and Scroll.
Style keywords: Metal on metal, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Onida, Gian Carlo.
Or, a wolf passant Gules; on a chief Gules, three bells Or. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Gules, a demi-wolf Gules supporting with both paws an armillary sphere Or. Mantling: Gules doubled Or. Motto: «Varia vivendi cupidus».
Coat of arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finish.
The coat of arms of Jean-Christophe Loubet del Bayle designed by him emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, One, Three, Wolf, Passant, Chief, Bell, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Demi, Supporting, Paw, Armillary sphere, Mantling, Motto and Scroll.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Loubet del Bayle, Jean-Christophe.
Per fess, the base per pale: 1 Or, an eagle displayed Sable; 2 Gules, a sun in splendour Or; 3 Or, an increscent Gules; all within a bordure Sable, charged with eight fleurs de lis Or. Crest: Upon helm affronty Argent, fimbriated and barred Or, lined Gules, with a wreath Or and Sable, a crown of Duke. Mantling: Sable doubled Or. Motto: «Virtus Nobilitatis Fidelitas» Sable, with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent.
Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a leather finishing.
This is his coat of arms Vitéz László Gábor emblazoned by me. Per fess is the horizontal division into two parts, and per pale is the vertical division into two; therefore, per fess and per pale in base means that the shield is first divided horizontally, with the upper part as the first quarter, and the lower part is then divided vertically into two, forming the second and third quarters. The heraldic crescent is a moon with its horns pointing upward (to chief); to distinguish it from the natural crescent moon, in Spanish heraldry it is called «creciente tornado», while in English the equivalent term is increscent. The Castilian «filiera» is a narrow bordure, thinner than the ordinary one; in English it has no specific name and is usually referred to simply as a bordure, or rarely as a diminished bordure or fillet bordure. In the crest, fimbriated and barred Or indicates that the border details and grill-bars of the helm are gold, while lined refers to its interior, here Gules.
Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, Gules, Argent, One, Eight, Party per fess, the base per pale, Eagle, Displayed, Sun in splendour, Increscent, Bordure, Fleur de lis, Crest, Helm, Affronty, Barred, Lined, Wreath, Crown, Mantling, Doubled, Motto and Scroll.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: László Gábor.
Gules, a lion rampant Or, langued and armed Vert; a bordure Azure charged with six escallops Argent. Crest: A crown. Moto: «Vade Fortis Anime».
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a leather finishing.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Vert, Azure, Argent, One, Six, Lion, Rampant, Langued, Armed, Bordure, Charged, Escallop, Crown and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Sendat, Jean-Philippe.
Quarterly: 1 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable [for Castile]; 2 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or [for Leon]; 3 Or, four pallets Gules [for Aragon]; 4 Gules, a chain orlewise, crosswise, and saltirewise Or, charged in the fess point with an emerald Vert [for Navarre]; enté en point Argent, a pomegranate proper, seeded Gules, slipped and leaved Vert [for Granada]; an inescutcheon Azure, three fleurs de lis Or, 2 and 1, a bordure Gules [for Bourbon]; and the whole debruised by a label of three points Azure. Crest: A Crown of Prince. The shield is surrounded by the Golden Fleece.
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a iridescent finish.
This is my interpretation of the coat of arms of Her Royal Highness Doña Leonor Princess of Asturias (as heiress to the Crown of Castile), Princess of Girona (as heiress to the Crown of Aragon), and Princess of Viana (as heiress to the Kingdom of Navarre), with the Collar of the Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece. Her coat of arms is that of her father, the King, charged with a label Azure and surmounted by the crown of a princess with four pearl diadems, three visible.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Purpure, Vert, Or, Argent, One, Three, Four, Quarterly, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Crowned, Pallet, Chain, Orlewise, Crosswise, Saltirewise, Charged, In the fess point, Emerald, Enté en point, Pomegranate, Proper, Slipped, Leaved, Inescutcheon, Fleur de lis, Ordered, Bordure, Cadency, Label of three points, Crown of Prince, Crown, Surrounded and Collar.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Iridescent.
Classification: Personal, Kingdom of Spain, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Leonor Princess of Asturias.
Quarterly: 1 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable [for Castile]; 2 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or [for Leon]; 3 Or, four pallets Gules [for Aragon]; 4 Gules, a chain orlewise, crosswise, and saltirewise Or, charged in the fess point with an emerald Vert [for Navarre]; enté en point Argent, a pomegranate proper, seeded Gules, slipped and leaved Vert [for Granada]; an inescutcheon Azure, three fleurs de lis Or, 2 and 1, a bordure Gules [for Bourbon]. Crest: A closed royal crown.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a freehand finishing.
This is my interpretation of the coat of arms of His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain. In the execution of this coat of arms it was necessary to choose between different design alternatives, such as retaining the oval shape of the central inescutcheon as opposed to a Spanish form, which I prefer to describe as having a semicircular base, both shapes being compatible with the official blazon; from a strictly heraldic point of view, the most correct solution would be for the outer shape of the central inescutcheon to match that of the shield itself, meaning that in this case the inescutcheon should also end in a semicircular base, but the oval inescutcheon is so widely used in ministries, official buildings, and even within the Royal Household itself, that I decided to keep it oval; likewise, there is no fixed rule regarding the number of claws of the lion, as it is often depicted with three claws and at other times with four, the former perhaps being the more primitive convention and the latter the more naturalistic one, and I prefer to depict it with four, since with only three claws the lion appears to me to be less fierce.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Purpure, Vert, Or, Argent, One, Three, Four, Quarterly, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Crowned, Pallet, Chain, Orlewise, Crosswise, Saltirewise, Charged, In the fess point, Emerald, Enté en point, Pomegranate, Proper, Slipped, Leaved, Inescutcheon, Fleur de lis, Ordered, Bordure, Closed royal crown and Crown.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Kingdom of Spain, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Felipe VI of Spain.
Gules, three bars wavy; in chief two mullets above a fess in base Or. Crest: A crown of Noble.
Arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of Marilena Marinanza, Italy, emblazoned by me. These arms have been requested by her husband Andrea Tamburelli Lanzara di Pietragavina.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Three, Two, One, Bar, Wavy, In chief, Mullet, Above, Fess, In base, Crest, Crown of Noble and Crown.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Marinanza, Marilena.
Argent, a cross Gules; a bordure compony of fifteen sections: 1, 6, and 11 Argent, a pomegranate seeded, slipped and leaved proper; 2, 7, and 12 Or, an eagle displayed Sable; 3, 8, and 13 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Gules, masoned Sable; 4, 9, and 14 Argent, a lion rampant Gules, crowned Or; 5, 10, and 15 Or, four pallets Gules. Crest: A closed royal crown.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a metal beaten finishing.
Coat of arms of the city of Almeria, Andalusia, emblazoned by me. The island of Alboran is geographically part of Africa, but politically it belongs to the city of Almeria. As a result, Almeria is one of the few cities in the world that spans two continents: Europe and Africa.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Or, Sable, Vert, One, Four, Fifteen, Cross, Bordure, Compony, Pomegranate, Slipped, Leaved, Proper, Eagle, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Crowned, Pallet, Closed royal crown and Crown.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Metal beaten.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Almeria, city of.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, and masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules; a bordure compony of sixteen sections: eight Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, and masoned Sable, eight Or, an eagle displayed Sable. Crest: An open royal crown.
Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a metal beaten finish.
Coat of arms of the Infanta Berenguela of Castile, 1228–1279, 5th daughter of the King Ferdinand III of Castile, 1199-1252, and the Queen Beatrice of Swabia, 1205–1235. The coat of arms of Infanta Berenguela of Castile, besides being beautiful, has always seemed to me the epitome of the Castilian arms: quartered, bearing Leon and Castile, and surrounded by a bordure compony with castles. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, Argent, Purpure, One, Sixteen, Eight, Quarterly, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Bordure, Compony, Eagle, Crest, Open royal crown and Crown.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Metal beaten.
Classification: Personal, Kingdom of Castile and Leon, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Berenguela of Castile, Infanta.
Party per pale: 1 Argent, an elm eradicated Vert; 2 Gules, a castle with an embattled tower Or. Crest: A crown of Marquis.
Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a rough finish.
The arms of Castilla-La Mancha and many of its towns are party per pale; the 1st quarter is a canting elm = olmo = Casas del Olmo; the 2nd quarter symbolizes that historically, until 1861, this village belonged to Alarcón town whose castle, of Muslim origin, has a single tower; this area was owned for centuries by the Marquis of Villena and hence the crown of Marquis. My heraldic artwork has been supervised by the Casas del Olmo Residents Association.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Vert, Gules, Or, One, Party per pale, Elm, Tree, Eradicated, Castle, Embattled, Tower, Crest, Crown of Marquis and Crown.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Rough.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Design rationale, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Casas del Olmo.
Azure, a terraze in base Or, overall a gazelle springing Argent, collared with a chain streaming to sinister Or conjoined to the cross of the Cruz family bendwise.
De azur terrazado de oro, brochante sobre el todo una gacela brincante de plata, acollarada de una cadena extendida hacia la siniestra de oro unida a la cruz de la familia Cruz puesta en banda.
Coat of arms of Rosalía Cruz Carballo designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and refined and emblazoned by me. In heraldry, a gazelle springing represents a broader and more dynamic leap than a gazelle salient, since in the springing attitude none of the hooves touch the ground, whereas in the salient attitude the hind legs, usually held close together, remain grounded while propelling the body upward. The English heraldic term «springing» is commonly used to describe a quadruped depicted in mid-leap, with all four legs clear of the ground, since there is no fully established Castilian translation for this heraldic attitude, I translate it as «brincante». The broad and energetic leap of the gazelle reflects Rosalía’s sporting spirit, vitality, and fondness for running and overcoming obstacles. The gazelle bears around its neck the cross designed by Jon Lanzagorta for his co-father-in-law, Mr. Cruz, her father. For this reason the cross is referred to in the blazon as the cross of the Cruz family and is not specifically blazoned in this case, although it could be described as a cross patty whose arms are each formed by three compony pallets Argent, Purpure and Or.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, One, Terrace in base, Gazelle, Springing, Collared, Chain, Sinister, Conjoined, Cross couped and Bendwise.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Cruz Carballo, Rosalia.
A dexter arm embowed, garbed in a maunch Gules, holding in its hand carnation, a quill bend sinisterwise Argent, shafted Or.
G0143, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant for the crest of Daniel John Bugeja, Malta. Hand-drawn delineation by me, showing the granted crest. It should be borne in mind that in heraldry there is no fixed or inherent symbolic meaning attached to charges; any symbolic value, where it exists, derives from the intention of the original bearer or the creator of the arms. Nevertheless, heraldic tradition has preserved historical explanations for the origin of certain charges. In this respect, [Wade, W. C.; 1898; pages 115-116] notes that the lady’s sleeve, of very ancient form, entered heraldry through the custom of knights attending tournaments wearing their ladies’ sleeves as «gages d’amour», and that, in adopting this charge, the knight could symbolically declare: «por el honor de mi dama».
Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Or, One, Dexter, Arm, Embowed, Vested, Maunch, Grasping, Quill and Bend sinisterwise.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Bugeja, Daniel John.
A lynx regardant Or, caped, maintaining in dexter a lantern enflamed drew by me for the crest of Dario Postolovski, Macedonia, with the Sakura Pigma Micron 003, archival ink, waterproof. Archival ink is that which, due to being pH-neutral and lightfast, guarantees permanence and stability of the line in artworks and documents.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Two, One, Quill, In saltire, In chief, Ancient coronet, Crown, Crest, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Demi, Lynx, Regardant, Caped, Grasping, Dexter, Lantern, Enflamed and Proper.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Postolovski, Dario.
Ralph de Albini (XIII century) ~ Rauf de Albini.
Gules, a fess of five fusils Argent.
Escudo de gules, una faja de cinco fusos de plata.
Coat of arms interpreted with: the semicircular base shape; the field illuminated in Gules; the fusils illuminated in metal Argent, outlined in Sable; the fess of 5 fusils; and the whole with a raised-stroke effect.
Can be found blazoned in [Roll of Arms, B; 1254-1264; shield number 108], where it says: «Gules: 5 fusils en fess d'argent.».
Blazon keywords: Gules, Fusil, Argent and In fess.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Daubeny, Rauf.
Azure, fretty raguly Or. Motto: «Melior nullo nullus melior».
Escudo de azur, un fretado ecotado de oro. Lema: «Melior nullo nullus melior».
Heraldic catalogue of 4 DIN A4 pages that can be printed double-page on a DIN A3 sheet and folded in half for subsequent binding.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Fretty, Raguly and Or.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated, Shaded, Watercolor, Metal beaten and Chinapieria.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Catalogue and Heraldic document.
Bearer: Wooten, David Robert.
County of Cheshire, The Vale Royal, 1656.
Sable, a crozier Or, between three garbs Or.
Escudo de sable, un báculo de oro, acompañado de tres gavillas de trigo de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field illuminated in Sable; the crozier illuminated in Or, facing right on the shield and outlined in Sable; the garbs illuminated in Or and outlined in Sable; and the whole with a leather texture.
A coat of arms recorded in [King, D.; 1656] which in Cheshire Heraldry is blazoned as follows: «Sable a crozier in pale between three garbs Or».
As a curiosity, it can be observed that in [King, D.; 1656] and in Cheshire Heraldry, the croziers ~ báculos are depicted with their head facing left on the shield, whereas, in general, it is more common to represent them facing right; for my interpretation I have chosen this latter arrangement.
Since the three garbs are arranged in the usual heraldic manner, it is possible to omit the expression «2 y 1» or «ordered», though it may also be included to avoid any doubt.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Sable, Or, Crozier, Between, Wheat, Garb and Ordered.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Delacres, Abbey of.
The heraldic art often involves resolving design challenges while maintaining both aesthetic balance and adherence to tradition. The coat of arms illustrated here draws inspiration from the Dethick-Dethicke family arms of Derbyshire, though it features distinct differences. This design explores the placement of water-bougets, a medieval water vessel, in a 2+2 arrangement, with a fess vair.
One key consideration when arranging charges in heraldry is proportionality. In this case, the fess occupies 1/3 of the coat of arms's width and is positioned 1/3 of the height from the chief, rather than at the exact center, allowing the charges to balance harmoniously. The shape of the shield itself also plays a role: rounded shields can accommodate a 2+2 arrangement more comfortably than shields with a pointed base, which are better suited to 2+1 arrangements, this is de case of Dethick's arms.
Another challenge in heraldic design is asymmetry. To address the natural curves of the shield, the water-bougets may vary slightly in size or placement. This intentional asymmetry can help create a visually appealing composition that respects both tradition and the unique constraints of each design, because, heraldry is not only about rules but also about creativity.
Gules, a fess vair between four water-bougets Or, two in chief and two in base.
Escudo de gules, una faja de veros acompañada de cuatro pares de odres de oro, dos en jefe y dos en punta.
In German, they are called «Wasserschlauch» in English «water-bougets» or «oges», and in French «bouses» or «chantepleures».
There is no specific heraldic term for them in Castilian. Based on «chantepleures», one could use «cantimploras», which are metallic or at least rigid. On the other hand, «oges» could translate as «odres», as they are typically made of leather as in this case. Additionally, since «water-bouget» are designed as a pair to be carried by a donkey or other animal, I have decided to use «par de odres» to convey the idea of one on each side of the animal.
In English, when there is a single charge, that is, a pair of water vessels, it is written in singular as «water-bouget», as can be seen in [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figure 551]. [Friar, S.; 1987; page 68] defines «bouget» as «...a stylized representation of a yoke supporting two leather waterbags».
Blazon keywords: Gules, One, Fess, Vair, Between, Four, Water-bouget, Or, Two, In chief and In base.
Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Schema and Coat of arms.
Or, the symbol of the Royal House of Kupang Sable. Crest: A crown of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate. The shield is surrounded by the Grand Collar of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate.
This is her coat of arms of emblazoned by me for the Roll of Arms of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, One, Symbol, Sable, Crest and mantling, Crown, Pomegranate, Surrounded and Grand collar.
Style keywords: Pointed, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Armorial roll and Castilian language.
Bearer: Kupang, Royal House of.
Or, an atom triple-orbited Gules; on a chief Gules, a falcon displayed and jessed Or
Illuminated and a watercolor finishing.
Jessed means with jesses, the thongs by which bells are fastened to the legs of a falcon.
The falcon use to be belled and jessed, with bells and leather strips on the legs. The attributes used to be citted in the blazon when its tincture is different that the main element to which it belongs. In this case, its leather strips are Or, the same tincture than the falcon Or, but I decided to blazoned it «a falcon displayed and jessed Or» to denote jessed but not belled.
Other falcons are also hooded.
Credits: Rudolf Juchter van Bergen Quast is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Or, One, Atom, Three, Orbital, Gules, Chief, Falcon and Jessed.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Emirate of Dubai and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Dubai Office of the European Chamber of Digital Commerce.
Gules, a pale Or upon six waves Azure and Argent, a bordure Or charged with eight lions' heads erased Gules.
Escudo de gules, un palo de oro sostenido de seis ondas de azur y plata, una bordura de oro cargada de ocho cabezas de león arrancadas de gules.
Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of the lineage Durán. This coat of arms has been created for Fernando Durán Cabral de Mello d’Alpoim as a preparatory work for his armorial bearings where the arms of Durán are in the 1st quarter.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, Argent, One, Six, Eight, Pale, Upon, Wave, Bordure, Charged, Lion, Head and Erased.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Durán, lineage.
Blazon of the Duran lineage of Andalucia, Extremadura, and Aragon.
Gules, a lion passant Or; a bordure Or charged with eight lions’ heads erased Gules.
Escudo de gules, un león leopardado de oro; una bordura de oro, cargada de ocho cabezas de león arrancadas de gules.
Illuminated and with a glass finish.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Lion passant, Or, One, Bordure, Charged, Eight, Head and Erased.
Style keywords: Glass, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Coat of arms.
Edmund de Bassingbourne ~ Edmund de Bassingburnn.
Gyronny Or and Azure.
Jironado de oro y azur.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 82] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 82].
Blazon keywords: Gyronny, Eight, Or and Azure.
Style keywords: Pointed, Plain tincture and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Edmundo de Bassingbourne.
The one with the Cross on his back ~ Crouchback (1245–1296)
Arms of England; overall, a label Azure of three points, each charged with three fleurs-de-lis Or in pale.
Arms interpreted as follows: the mouth of the shield is semicircular (round); the field enamelled in a flat tint of Gules; the label and figures illuminated in Or and Azure and outlined in Sable; and the whole finished with a watercolour effect.
He was the second son of King Henry III of England, and took part in the Ninth Crusade, hence the epithet «Cross on the back».
In 1253 he was appointed Earl of Chester, holding dominion, among others, over the county of Cheshire, but the following year Pope Innocent IV granted him the crown of Sicily, so he ceded his earldom to his elder brother Edward I of England, however, he never came to occupy the throne of Sicily.
The label is an honourable ordinary and also «a kind of mark of cadency, and the most noble of all those used to differentiate the Arms of the younger sons of a House» [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 248] and it can likewise be used by the eldest son while his father's arms are still in use, ceasing to bear the label when he inherits his father’s coat. When both the eldest and the second son bear a label, the latter’s label then has more points or is charged with figures to distinguish it.
The label is constructed with «a fillet, which is one-ninth of the width of the chief, with three pendants in the form of carpentry wedges or ill-shaped triangles, joined to it without any line of separation, falling twice as far as the fillet is wide, two placed at the ends and one in the middle, its usual position being in the centre of the chief’s length, without reaching the edges of the shield» [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 248].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Azure, Three, Leopard, Armed, Langued, In pale, Surmounted, Overall (deprecated), Label, Suspended, Charged and Fleur de lis.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, House of Plantagenet and Kingdom of England.
Bearer: Edmund Plantagenet.
Apodado el Zanquilargo ~ Longshanks.
Gules, three lions, passant, guardant, in pale Or, armed and langued Azure.
Escudo de gules, tres leopardos en palo de oro, armados y lampasados de azur.
Escudo de armas que he interpretado con: la boca de medio punto; el campo esmaltado de tinta plana de color gules; los 3 leopardos iluminados de metal oro, color azur y delineados de sable y el que está en punta es algo menor para adaptarse a la forma del escudo; y el conjunto tiene un acabado rugoso.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Azure, Three, Leopard, Armed, Langued and In pale.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Rough.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, House of Plantagenet and Kingdom of England.
Bearer: Edward I of England.
First Prince of Wales from 1301 to 1307, King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1307 to 1327.
Gules, three lions, passant, guardant, in pale Or, armed and langued Azure.
Escudo de gules, tres leopardos en palo de oro, armados y lampasados de azur.
Coat of arms interpreted as follows: the mouth rounded; the field illuminated Gules; the figures illuminated in Or and Azure, outlined in Sable, and the third leopard slightly smaller; and the whole finished with a plastered effect.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Azure, Three, Leopard, Armed, Langued and In pale.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Gesso.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, House of Plantagenet and Kingdom of England.
Bearer: Edward II of England.
Banner quarterly of sixteen: 1, 6, 11, and 16 Azure, three fleurs de lis Or; 2, 5, 12, and 15 Gules, three lions, passant, guardant, in pale Or, armed and langued Azure; 3, 8, 9, and 14 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 4, 7, 10, and 13 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or.
Pendón cuartelado de dieciseis: 1o, 6o, 11o y 16o de azur, tres flores de lis de oro; 2o, 5o, 12o y 15o de gules, tres leopardos en palo de oro, armados y lampasados de azur; 3o, 8o, 9o y 14o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 4o, 7o, 10o y 13o de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules, coronado de oro.
Banner interpreted by me as follows: its shape preserves the 5x6 proportions of a shield; the field is enamelled with flat tinctures Gules and Azure; the castles, fleurs-de-lis, and leopards are outlined in Sable; but the lions are outlined in their field; and the finish of the banner is watercoloured.
I have interpreted it from a simplification of the banner appearing in [Edward IV of England; 1461; row 27, 1st column, final banner], which reflects Edward IV’s aspirations to the throne of Castile and León. In that armorial, this banner is held by a «White Lion of March», which was the personal badge of Edward IV.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Azure, Or, Three, Fleur de lis, Ordered, Gules, Leopard, Armed, Langued, In pale, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Argent, Purpure, Lion, Rampant and Crowned.
Style keywords: Rectangular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Outlined in the field tincture and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Flag, Banner of arms, Kingdom of England and House of York.
Bearer: Edward IV of England.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, a wolf rampant Sable; 2 and 3 Gules, a garb Or.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a shape ended with an rounded arch, illuminated, and its finishing is that seems leather.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Argent, One, Wolf, Rampant, Sable, Gules, Garb and Or.
Style keywords: Rounded, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Gräupl, Edwin.
Or, three bars Azure; the base Gules.
Escudo de oro, tres burelas de azur; la punta de gules.
Arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of the lineage Egado emblazoned by me based on the description by [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1987; page 635].
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Three, Bar and Base (lower 1/3).
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Egado, lineage.
Azure, in chief a lozenge Argent between two antlers in pile issuant from a chalice Or.
Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finish.
Coat of arms of Elijah R. emblazoned by me. The «lozenge» is the diamond-shaped geometric figure centred in the upper half of the shield; in this coat of arms it is tinctured Argent. The English term «lozenge» is written in Castilian as «losange». The English «cup» corresponds to the Castilian «cáliz», although the latter may also be written as «copón»; in this case I have written «chalice» because that is the term used by the armiger.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, One, Two, In chief, Lozenge, Between, Stag's attire, In pile, Issuant and Cup.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Plain tincture.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: R., Elijah.
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. Crest: A crown proper. The shield is surrounded by the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II emblazoned by me. The Most Noble Order of the Garter, founded by Edward III in the 14th century, is Great Britain's oldest and most prestigious order of chivalry. It symbolises honour and loyalty, and its members are chosen by the Sovereign in recognition of their exceptional public service. Its distinctive emblem, a dark blue garter bearing the motto «Honi soit qui mal y pense» ~ «Shame on him who thinks evil of it». Its central insignia features the figure of St George and the Dragon, and its membership is strictly limited to 24 Companion Knights, in addition to the Sovereign and the Prince of Wales.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, One, Three, Quarterly, Leopard, Pale, Armed, Langued, Lion, Rampant, Double tressure, Flory, Counterflory, Harp, Stringed, Saint Eduard crown, Closed royal crown, Crown, Surrounded and Collar.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
Gules, three lions passant, guardant, in pale Or, armed and langued Azure.
Escudo de gules, tres leopardos en palo de oro, armados y lampasados de azur.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a leather finishing.
These are arms of the Kingdom of England emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, Three, Leopard, Pale, Armed and Langued.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Leather.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: England, Kingdom of.
Coat of arms of Eóin S. Morgan, UE, emblazoned by me, with the blazon written in English and Castilian in a structured way to observe the parallelism between both forms. He is the youngest son of Commander Stephen T. Morgan.
Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, Gules, Azure, Argent, One, Three, Griffin, Segreant, Chief, Invected, Naval crown, Cadency and Crescent.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Structured and parallel blazons, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Morgan, Eóin S..
Count of Urgell, Viscount of Àger, deceased in 1243.
Chequey Or and Sable.
Escudo ajedrezado de oro y sable.
Arms interpreted with: a pointed and rounded shield shape; the chequey pattern enamelled in flat Or and Sable; and a heavily beaten metal finish.
Ermengol IX held the county for a very short time, as he died shortly after the death of his father Ponce I of Urgell, in that same year of 1243.
This coat of arms can be found at [Costa i Cases, P.; Century XVIII; page 34].
Blazon keywords: Chequey, Or and Sable.
Style keywords: Ogee, Plain tincture and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.
Bearer: Ermengol IX of Urgell.
Azure, a fess bretessed Or between in chief two pairs of cannons dismounted in two saltires, in base a mullet of six points Argent; a bordure Or, charged with eight crossbows Gules. Behind the shield a crossbow proper of the Noble Compañía de Ballesteros Hijosdalgo de San Felipe y Santiago.
Arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a watercolor finish.
This is the coat of arms of Ernesto Juan Anaya designed by him and emblazoned by me. The mullet of six points represents the armiger's university degree in astrophysics, reflecting a longstanding fascination with the discipline.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Gules, One, Two, Pair, Eight, Fess, Bretessed, Between, In chief, Cannon dismounted, In saltire, In base, Mullet, Bordure, Charged, Crossbow, Behind the shield and Proper.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Anaya, Ernesto Juan.
Or, an eagle displayed bendy Azure and Argent.
Escudo de oro, un águila bandada de azur y plata.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of María Dolores Escutia Sánchez designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Argent, One, Eagle, Displayed and Bendy.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Escutia Sánchez, María Dolores.
Or, four bell towers issuant from base Gules, windows Or.
Escudo de oro, cuatro campanarios movientes de la punta de gules, aclarados de oro.
Arms interpreted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finish.
Coat of arms of Alejandra Espeja Amieva designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and emblazoned by me. Blazoning specific, real-world objects in coats of arms should be avoided. Therefore, in the blazon I describe «four bell towers». However, in this case, for artistic reasons, to echo the elongated form of the four pallets Gules, and due to the origin of the bearer, I depict four bell towers inspired by those on the Nativity Façade of Gaudí’s Sagrada Família in Barcelona. Additionally, I initially blazoned the arrangement of the 4 bell towers as «in fess» ~ «en faja», as, from a heraldic perspective, this term accurately describes their horizontal alignment next to each other across the field. However, I observed that this term, far from clarifying the design, caused confusion among some viewers. The naturally vertical shape of a bell tower, its default position, is «palewise» ~ «puesta en palo», so using «in fess» ~ «en faja» led many to assume that I intended to lay the bell towers on their sides. Although the original description was heraldically correct, I decided to remove the mention of «in fess» ~ «en faja» for being unnecessary and clearly counterproductive. As the towers are «issuant from base» ~ «movientes de la punta», their placement in a horizontal row is sufficiently implied, thus avoiding misunderstandings and maintaining the clarity of the blazon. It is important to remember that «in fess» ~ «en faja» refers to how multiple elements are aligned with each other (in a horizontal row), while «palewise» ~ «puesto en palo» describes the individual orientation of an element (in a vertical position).
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Four, Bell tower, Issuant from base and Port and windows.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Espeja Amieva, Alejandra.
Azure, two trunks of a tree raguly, couped at random, in saltire Argent; a bordure compony of sixteen sections, eight sable charged with a castle triple-towered Or, port, windows, and masoned Sable, and eight Argent
Escudo de azur, dos troncos ecotados, nudosos, en sotuer de plata; una bordura componada de dieciseis compones: ocho de sable cargados de un castillo de oro, aclarado y mazonado de sable, y ocho de plata
Illuminated and a leather finishing.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Two, Trunk, Raguly, In saltire, Argent, One, Bordure, Compony, Sixteen, Section, Eight, Sable, Charged, Castle, Or, Port and windows and Masoned.
Style keywords: Leather, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal and Interpreted.
Bearer: Espinosa, Diego.
Papa número 207 de la Iglesia, de 1431 a 1447. «Eugenius IV», de nombre Gabriele Condulmer, nació en Venecia.
Azure, a bend Argent.
Escudo de azur, una banda de plata.
Escudo papal que he interpretado con: la boca apuntada; el campo de tinta plana de azur; la banda iluminada de azur y delineada de sable; y el conjunto acuarelado.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, One, Bend and Argent.
Style keywords: Pointed, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Papal States.
Bearer: Eugene IV.
Azure, five fleurs de lis Or. Crest: Upon a wreath Or and Azure, an arm Carnation, vested Azure, supporting a scroll Azure doubled Or, inscribed with the war cry «:Notra:Dama:Dallpoy:» Or.
Arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a metal beaten finishing.
«Armas antigas» ~ ancient arms of family d’Alpoim, originally from France, emblazoned for Fernando Durán Cabral de Mello d’Alpoim by me according to his instructions and based, except for the cry, on descriptions from armorials such as «Nobiliário da Ilha Terceira» by Eduardo de Campos de Castro de Azevedo Soares, «Pedatura Lusitana», on the noble families of Portugal, by Cristóvão Alão de Morais, the chapter «O Solar dos Alpoins» by A. Nogueira Gonçalves, or «Armaria Portuguesa» that describes it in Portuguese «De azul, cinco flores de lis de oiro. T.: braço vestido de azul, a mão de encarnação segurando um listão tambem de azul, e nelle, em letras de oiro, o grito Nostre Dame de Puy» and also in French «D'azur à cinq fleurs-de-lis d'or. C.: un bras paré d'azur, la main de camation tenant un listel d'azur avec le cri, Nostre Dame de Puy, en lettres d'or». In this version, the text of the cry «:Notra:Dama:Dallpoy:» is based on a d’Alpoim's armorial stone and represents a Portuguese evolution of the original French cry «Notre Dame du Puy», which is the name of the Cathedral of Le Puy-en-Velay, France.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Five, Fleur de lis, Crest, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Arm, Vested, Supporting, Scroll, Doubled, Inscribed and War cry.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Metal beaten.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: d’Alpoim, family.
Argent, a heron volant Azure, beaked and membered between three escallops Sable. Motto: «Sic itur ad astra».
Escudo de plata, una garza volante de azur, picada y membrada, acompañada de tres veneras todo de sable. Lema: «Sic itur ad astra».
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a rough finish.
Canting arms of the family of Paul and Kari Herndon, based on the arms of their lineage, and emblazoned by me.
The name «heron» matchs with their family name is Herndon. This is why they are called canting arms, where an element in the coat of arms resembles or sounds like the name of the bearer. For the same reason, in Spanish heraldry, some García family coats of arms feature a heron, «garza» in Spanish. The motto «Sic itur ad astra» comes from Virgil's , [Virgil, P.; Century I B.C.; book IX, verse 641], where it is spoken by Apollo to Aeneas's young son Iulus, and it translates to «Thus one journeys to the stars».
Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Sable, One, Three, Heron, Volant, Beaked, Membered, Between, Escallop and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Canting, Interpreted, Design rationale, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Herndon, family of Paul and Kari.
Party per chevron Argent and Sable, two wings Gules, in base a compass rose Argent; on a chief Sable, three mullets Argent. Motto: «Vitam Aeternam» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent, doubled Gules.
Escudo de plata, dos medios vuelos de gules, mantelado en punta de sable, cargado de una rosa de los vientos de plata; en un jefe de sable, tres estrellas de plata. Lema: «Vitam Aeternam» de sable, con letras iniciales de gules, sobre una filacteria de plata, doblada de gules.
Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a leather finishing.
Coat of arms of family of Roy L. Reed Jr. designed by him and me, and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Sable, One, Two, Three, Party per chevron, Wing, In base, Compass rose, Chief, Mullet, Doubled and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Reed Jr., family of Roy L..
Or, six fleurs de lis Azure, 3, 2, and 1.
Escudo de oro, seis flores de lis de azur, 3, 2 y 1.
Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of Alessandro Farnese, 1545–1592, emblazoned by me. In 1956, the fourth Tercio of the Spanish Legion was created and named Tercio Alessandro Farnese in his honor. The coat of arms of that Tercio features the arms of the Farnese in its central inescutcheon, although with its 6 fleurs de lis arranged in orle.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Six and Fleur de lis.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Farnese, Alessandro.
Born in 1137, King of León from 1157 to 1188, died in Benavente on January 22, 1188.
Round seal, a lion sejant. Circular motto: «Signum Fernandi Regis Hispanorum».
Sello rodado, un león sentado. Divisa circular: «Signum Fernandi Regis Hispanorum».
Existing seal interpreted by me as follows: the shape of the seal is circular; the legend is written within an outer black border; inside, a seated lion, not so much rampant and even less passant; the whole rendered in flat sable ink; and the result glazed with azure ink.
I use the term "legend" for its identifying purpose regarding King Fernando II of León; note that among the terms motto, legend, device, and war cry, all referring to texts in the blazon, different nuances and meanings can be found.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, One, Lion, Sejant and Motto (identification).
Style keywords: Round, Plain tincture and Sealed.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Seal and Kingdom of León.
Bearer: Ferdinand II of Leon.
Son of Berenguela, Queen of Castile, and Alfonso IX, King of León.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2o y 3o de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules.
Arms of King Ferdinand III of Castile, as interpreted by me, with the following characteristics: the shield’s shape is rounded; the field, the two castles, and the two lions have been illuminated; and the whole composition features a watercolor finish.
It is with King Ferdinand III the Saint of Castile when «the emblematic system reaches its highest degree of perfection, acquiring two characteristics: realism, which becomes a hallmark of Spanish heraldry,... and the tendency to combine coats of arms» with the appearance of quarterly divisions replacing the cadency marks used in the rest of Europe [Valverde Ogallar, P. B.; 2001; page 100].
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Argent, Purpure, Lion, Rampant, Armed and Langued.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Castile and Leon.
Bearer: Ferdinand III of Castile.
Quarterly: 1 Or, a lion rampant Gules; 2 Gules, a fleur de lis Or; 3 Gules, a sun of May Or; 4 Or, a cross of Bolnisi Gules.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o de oro, un león rampante de gules; 2o de gules, una flor de lis de oro; 3o de gules, un sol de mayo de oro; 4o de oro, una cruz de Bolnisi de gules.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a chasuble external shape and with a texturized finish.
Coat of arms of Silvio Fernández Carrizo emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, One, Quarterly, Lion, Rampant, Fleur de lis, Sun of May, Cross of Bolnisi and Cross couped.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Chasuble.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Fernández Carrizo, Silvio.
Marshal of Castile, first Lord of Baena and plenipotentiary ambassador to the court of Portugal (1355–1435).
Or, three fesses Gules.
Escudo de oro, tres fajas de gules.
Coat of arms del que fue mariscal de Castilla interpreted as follows: the shield has a semicircular (round) base; the field is illuminated in flat metal Or; its three fesses illuminated in Gules y outlined in Sable; y el conjunto con un plastered finish.
He served under the kings John I of Castile, Henry III of Castile, and John II of Castile.
These three bars of the Fernández de Córdoba lineage are found, for example, in the first quarter of the coat of arms of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Enríquez de Aguilar, known as *El Gran Capitán*.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Fess and Gules.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Semi-circular and Gesso.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Castile and Leon.
Bearer: Fernández de Córdoba y Carrillo, Diego.
Blazon equivalent to: Berry of Molland.
Or, three bars Gules.
De oro, tres fajas de gules.
Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, 1453–1515, known as «The Great Captain», emblazoned by me. The Tercio Great Captain, 1st of the Spanish Legion, is named in honour of Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, and the coat of arms of the unit bears a central inescutcheon with the arms of «The Great Captain».
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Three and Fess.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Fernandez de Cordoba, Gonzalo.
Cheshire, visitation of 1613.
Argent, on a bend Azure three garbs Or, bendwise.
Escudo de plata, una banda de azur cargada de tres gavillas de trigo de oro, puestas en banda.
Coat of arms interpreted as follows: with a rounded base; the field and the bend illuminated in Or and Azure; the garbs outlined in Sable and illuminated in Or; and with a leather texture.
A coat of arms recorded in [Armytage, G. J.; Rylands, J. P.; 1909] and in [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b], blazoned as «Argent, on a bend Azure, three garbs Or».
It is the norm in heraldry that charges upon a bend are arranged bendwise, so since the three garbs are disposed in this way it is possible to omit the expression «bendwise», though it may also be included to avoid any doubt, as I have done in this instance.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Azure, Bend, Charged, Wheat, Garb, In bend and Bendwise.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Fitton de Carden, Clutton and Chester.
Leader of the almogávares in the service of the Crown of Aragon, born in Brindisi, southeast Italy, in 1266, and assassinated in Adrianople, European Turkey, in 1305.
Argent, a fleur de lis Gules.
Escudo de plata, una flor de lis de gules.
Coat of arms interpreted with: the pointed and rounded form; the field in flat Argent; the fleur de lis illuminated in Gules and outlined in Sable; and an overall rough finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Gules and Fleur de lis.
Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Rough.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Army and Navy and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Flor, Roger de.
From the House of Valois-Angoulême and with the motto: Nutrisco et extinguo.
Azure, three fleurs de lis Or.
Escudo de azur, tres flores de lis de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a pointed base; the field enamelled in flat Azure; the three fleurs-de-lis outlined in Sable and illuminated in Or; and finished with a plaster texture.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Three, Fleur de lis and Ordered.
Style keywords: Pointed, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Gesso.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, Kingdom of France and House of Valois.
Bearer: Francis I of France.
Or, an oak tree proper, fructed Or, with a boar supporting it Sable; the whole debruised by a label of four points Azure with the second point Argent.
Escudo de oro, un roble al natural, frutado de oro, con un jabalí empinado de sable; brisado de un lambel de cuatro pendientes de azur, el segundo pendiente de plata.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finish.
Coat of arms of Francisca Aras Quirce designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallin and emblazoned by me.
Credits: Juan Lanzagorta Vallin is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Or, One, Oak, Tree, Proper, Fructed, Boar, Supporting, Sable, Cadency, Label, Four, Azure and Argent.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Francisca Aras Quirce.
Party per fess: 1 Or, a tower Gules between in chief a crescent and a mullet of eight points Azure; 2 Azure, three demi-horses courant in bend sinister nascent from the ends of three bars wavy issuant from sinister Argent. Crest: A crown of the Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la Granada. The shield is surrounded by the collar of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate.
It has been depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a rounded outer contour and with a texturized finish.
This is the coat of arms of Francisco-José Bermejo Fernández-Briceño designed by Ignacio Koblischek and emblazoned by me for the Roll of Arms of the Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la Granada.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Argent, One, Three, Party per fess, Tower, Between, In chief, Crescent, Mullet, Demi, Horse, Courant, In bend sinister, Nascent, Bar, Wavy, Issuant, Sinister, Crown of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate, Crown, Surrounded and Collar.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Rounded.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Armorial roll and Castilian language.
Bearer: Bermejo Fernandez-Briceño, Francisco Jose.
Party per fess dancetty of three points Gules and Argent, in chief a winnowing fan reversed Or between two fleams addorsed Argent.
Escudo cortado de gules, encajado de tres piezas enteras de plata, en jefe, un aventador ranversado de oro acompañado de dos lancetas adosadas de plata.
Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finish.
G0129, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant of the coat of arms of Markus Hermann Frank, USA. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me.
The coat of arms of Markus Hermann Frank features a Franconian Rake, a heraldic reference to his surname, making this a case of canting arms. The Franconian Rake is the historical emblem of the Franconia region in Germany, traditionally blazoned as per fess dancetty of three points Gules and Argent. He is a Medical Doctor and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, which is reflected in the two fleams, surgical instruments historically used in medicine.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Or, One, Two, Three, Party per fess, Dancetty, In chief, Winnowing fan, Reversed, Between and Fleam.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Design rationale, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Frank, Markus Hermann.
Blazon of the Freitas lineage of Portugal.
Gules, five mullets of six points Or.
Illuminated and a freehand finishing.
It can be found at [Cró, J. do; 1509; page 123].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Five, Mullet and Or.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Kingdom of Portugal.
Quarterly Or and Argent, overall a cross Gules, cantoned by: in 1 and 4, a lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure; in 2 and 3, a black grouse perched proper. Crest: Upon a helm affronty, with visor bars Or, lined Azure, with a wreath Argent and Gules, two wings in vol Azure debruised by the cross of the Orde van Sint Jacob. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Custos Memoriæ · Custos Fidei». The shield is surrounded by the Grand Collar of the Orde van Sint Jacob.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee triple-pointed external shape and with a watercolor finishing.
Blazon keywords: Or, Argent, Gules, Azure, One, Quarterly, Overall (line of division), Cross, Cantoned, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Black grouse, Perched, Proper, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Affronty, Barred, Lined, Wreath, Two wings in vol, Debruised, Decoration, Mantling, Motto, Surrounded and Grand collar.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee Triple-Pointed and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Bruijn, Albert de.
Azure, two chevronels Argent between in chief two mullets of six points Or, and in base a Scots pine eradicated proper [Grant G0066]; the whole debruised by a mullet Argent for difference. Crest: A crown of Noble surmounted by a crown of Baron. Supporters: Two branches of roses proper held together by a bow Azure. Motto: «Per audacia ad astra».
Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an oval outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Two, One, Chevronel, Between, In chief, Mullet, In base, Scots pine, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, Debruised, Cadency, Crest, Crown of Noble, Crown, Crown of Baron, Supporter, Branch, Rose, Bow and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Oval and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Pompili, Alessandra.
Azure, two chevronels Argent between in chief two mullets of six points Or, and in base a Scots pine eradicated proper [Grant G0066]; the whole debruised by a label of three-point for difference. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree as the heir to a Barony issuant from a crown of Noble above the shield, with a wreath Or and Azure, a demi-lion Azure, issuant from a crown of Baron, langued Gules, wings displayed, armed, crowned with an ancient coronet, and grasping in its claws by its lowest point a mullet of six points Or. Mantling: Azure doubled Or. Motto: «Per audacia ad astra».
Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a freehand finish.
R0033: the coat of arms of Antonio Pompili, of Italy, as registered by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this register. In some Italian and Maltese arms registered by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta, two coronets are displayed: the coronet placed directly above the shield represents the armiger’s personal rank or status, while the upper coronet represents the higher noble rank of the family line. Thus, for example, a son of a baron may personally bear the coronet of a noble above his arms, with the baronial coronet of his family displayed above it.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, Or, Two, One, Chevronel, Between, In chief, Mullet, In base, Scots pine, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, Debruised, Label of three points, Cadency, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Issuant, Crown of Noble, Crown, Crown of Baron, Above the shield, Wreath, Demi, Lion, Langued, Winged, Displayed, Armed, Crowned, Ancient coronet, Grasping, Claw, Mantling, Doubled and Cross.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Pompili, Antonio.
Or, on a pile issuant from base Vert between two maunches Gules a displayed scroll Argent with seal pendant proper. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree issuant from a crown of Baron above the shield and with a wreath Or and Vert, a dexter hand couped holding a pair of open pliers proper. Supporters: Dexter an eagle with wings elevated and addorsed Sable, langued, membered, and armed Gules, and sinister a norseman proper, both terraced by rocky ground. Motto: «Aliter Cogita».
Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
G0076: the coat of arms of Claes Zangenberg, of United Kingdom, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. This full achievement includes a crown of Baron, it is essential to emphasize that the inclusion of these ornaments does not constitute legal recognition of titles of nobility by the Republic of Malta; rather, it reflects the Office's mandate to preserve and document the cultural and heraldic heritage of the petitioners. The current Chief Herald of Arms of Malta has clarified in various interviews and lectures that, as the Constitution of Malta has not recognized titles of nobility since 1975, the legal framework allowing the Republic of Malta to register a coat of arms featuring coronets is to treat it as historical and cultural evidence of a lineage. This approach is detailed in the book [Gauci, C. A.; 2023; 145], «The Way Forward»: «Thus, although the State recognizes the coat of arms of an individual as granted/registered by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta, this does not mean that the Chief Herald or indeed the Republic of Malta are also automatically recognizing any title of nobility used by the individual in question. The Arms are simply the reflection, verbal and pictorial of any honours mentioned in the Letters Patent or Document of Registration». It is under this premise of cultural heritage that the Office of the Chief Herald is integrated into Heritage Malta, the Maltese national agency for museums and the conservation of cultural heritage, established by the Cultural Heritage Act enacted in 2002. In the case of heraldry, it is regarded as intangible cultural heritage.
Blazon keywords: Or, Vert, Gules, Argent, Carnation, One, Two, Pile issuant from base, Between, Maunch, Displayed scroll, Suspended, Proper, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Issuant, Crown of Baron, Crown, Above the shield, Wreath, Dexter, Hand, Couped, Grasping, Open, Pair of pliers, Supporter, Eagle, Wing, Addorsed, Langued, Membered, Armed, Sinister, Male figure, Compartment and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Coat of arms and Seal.
Bearer: Zangenberg, Claes.
Azure, upon a sea in base an anchor palewise Or entwined by a dolphin Argent; chapé ployé Gules, two fleurs de lis Or. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree issuant from a crown of Noble above the shield, with a wreath Or and Azure, a unicorn Argent, issuant from a crown of Duke. Mantling: Azure doubled Or. Motto: «Sat cito si sat bene».
Coat of arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finishing.
G0087: the coat of arms of Germano Catanzaro, of Italy, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. «A sea in base», as I have blazoned it, specified in the original grant as «a wavy base», I have translated into Castilian as «un mar moviente de la punta». It should be noted that the tinctures of this «wavy» are not specified in the blazon. In the original painted representation of these arms, this sea appears Azure upon a field likewise Azure, with the crests of the waves heightened by an Argent highlight in the form of a circumflex accent «^». My interpretation follows the model of that original image, although I have emphasized the whole of the wave pattern slightly more, not merely the crests of the waves, so that it stands out more clearly against the Azure field.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Gules, One, Two, Upon, Sea, In base, Anchor, Palewise, Interlaced, Dolphin, Chapé ployé, Fleur de lis, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Issuant, Crown of Noble, Crown, Above the shield, Wreath, Unicorn, Crown of Duke, Mantling and Motto.
Style keywords: Colour on colour, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Catanzaro, Germano.
Party per pale: 1 quarterly: 1 and 4 Or, three bendlets Argent, fimbriated Gules, each charged with ermine spots; 2 and 3 Gules, five poplar leaves in saltire Argent; overall an inescutcheon Gules charged with a grenade Or; 2 Or, issuant from a sea wavy Argent and Azure, a castle triple-towered Sable; a bordure Gules charged with eight saltires couped Or. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree with a wreath Or and Gules, five ostrich feathers alternately Gules and Or. Mantling: Gules doubled Or. Behind the shield the cross of the Real Cuerpo de la Nobleza of Madrid. The shield is surrounded by the insignia of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George.
Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a rough finishing.
R0037, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's register of the arms of Manuel Ladrón de Guevara e Isasa. These arms have been emblazoned by me for such register.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, Three, Five, One, Eight, Party per pale, Quarterly, Bendlet, Fimbriated, Charged, Ermine spot, Poplar leaf, In saltire, Overall, Inescutcheon, Grenade, Issuant, Sea, Wavy, Castle, Triple-towered, Bordure, Saltire, Couped, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Ostrich feather, Alternately, Mantling, Doubled, Behind the shield, Cross, Surrounded and Decoration.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Ladrón de Guevara e Isasa, Manuel.
Argent, the letters «GVA» conjoined Sable, a trimount in base Vert; on a chief Azure, three mullets of eight points Or, 1 and 2. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree, with a wreath Or and Azure, a crown of Noble. Mantling: Azure doubled Or. Motto: «Guallini».
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
R0067, Chief Herald of Malta's register of the arms of Mario Antonio Guallini. These arms have been emblazoned by me for such register.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Vert, Sable, Azure, Or, One, Three, Eight, Letter, Conjoined, Trimount, In base, Chief, Mullet, Disordered, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Crown of Noble, Crown, Mantling, Doubled and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Guallini, Mario Antonio.
Party per fess Argent and Or, in chief twenty one fleurs de lis Sable, 8, 7, and 6, in base, a stag passant Gules attired proper, holding in its mouth a sprig Vert, gorged with a wreath Argent and Or. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree, with a wreath Or and Gules, an eagle displayed facing sinister Gules. Mantling: Gules doubled Or. Motto: «Souviens Toi De Vivre».
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a freehand finishing.
G0130, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant for the arms of Michael Twist, Malta. These arms have been emblazoned by me for such grant.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Or, Gules, Vert, Twenty-one, One, Party per fess, In chief, Fleur de lis, Stag, Passant, Attired, Grasping, Sprig, Gorged, Wreath, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Eagle, Facing sinister, Mantling, Doubled and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Twist, Michael.
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 Azure, five fleurs de lis Or. Crest: Upon a helm in profile Argent, with visor bars Or, and a wreath Or and Azure, an arm proper, vested Azure, lined Or, supporting a scroll Azure doubled Or, inscribed with the cry «Notre Dame du Puy» Or. Mantling: Azure doubled Or.
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finish.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, Argent, One, Two, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, 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, Upon (wreath), Helm, Facing dexter, Barred, Wreath, Arm, Proper, Vested, Lined, Grasping, Scroll, Doubled, Inscribed, War cry and Mantling.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Durán Cabral de Melo e Alpoim, cadet branches of Fernando.
Azure, in chief a label Or, and in base a fleur de lis Argent.
Escudo de azur, en jefe un lambel de oro y en punta una flor de lis de plata.
Coat of arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of the lineage Gangoiti emblazoned by me based on the description by [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1987; page 770].
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, One, In chief, Label, In base and Fleur de lis.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Gangoiti, lineage.
Imaginary blazon of Sir Gawain, knight of the Round Table.
Gules, a mullet voided, interlaced Or.
Illuminated and a freehand finishing.
This five-pointed mullet, depicted as a pentangle, is the symbol Sir Gawain bears on his coat of arms according to the poem «Sir Gawain and the Green Knight» which reads: «Thenne they shewed hym the schelde, that was of schyre goules Wyth the pentangel depaynt of pure golde hwes. He braydez hit by the bauderyk, aboute his hals kestes, That bisemed the segge semlyly fayre. And quy the pentangel apendez to that prynce noble I am entent yow to telle, thof tary hyt me schulde: Hit is a syngne that Salamon set sumquyle In bytoknyng of trawthe, bi tytle that hit habbez, For hit is a figure that haldez fyve poyntez, And vche lyne vmbelappez and loukez in other, And ayquere hit is endelez; and Englych hit callen Oueral, as I here, the endeles knot».
However, in [Anonymous; 1490a; folio 54 verso], which is a French armorial of imaginary heraldry about the «chevaliers de la Table ronde», Sir Gawain, identified in this text as «Messire Gauvain», is depicted with a «shield argent, a double-headed eagle or, beaked, membered and armed azure», unlike the English tradition, which as we have seen, represents him with the pentacle described in the poem «Sir Gawain and the Green Knight».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Mullet, Or, Voided and Interlaced.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted and Imaginary.
Imaginary bearer: Gawain, Sir.
Gules, a Saint George nimbed Or, riding a Horse trampling upon a crawling Dragon, Argent.
Interpreted coat of arms: with a rounded and pointed shape; illuminated with metals or and argent and color gules; outlined with sable; and a Watercolor finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Saint George, Nimbed, Or, Horse, Dragon and Argent.
Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Watercolor.
Classification: Coat of arms, Interpreted, Civic and State of Georgia.
Bearer: Georgia.
Or, a fess wavy Azure between, in chief three torteaus, and a trimount issuant from the base Vert; within a bordure Gules charged with nine mullets of four points Or. Motto: «Honestidad y Respeto».
Escudo de oro, una faja ondada de azur acompañada, en jefe, de tres roeles de gules y, moviente de la punta, de un monte de tres peñas de sinople; bordura de gules cargada de nueve luceros de oro. Lema: «Honestidad y Respeto».
Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a iridescent finishing.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Vert, Sable, One, Three, Nine, Fess, Wavy, Between, In chief, Torteau, Trimount, Issuant from base, Within, Bordure, Charged, Mullet of four points and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Iridescent.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Reyes Zelaya, Geremias.
Or, a eagle displayed Sable, beaked, langued, armed and membered Gules.
Escudo de oro, un águila de sable, picada, lampasada, armada y membrada de gules.
Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms for the Federal Republic of Germany emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, Gules, One, Eagle, Displayed, Beaked, Langued, Armed and Membered.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Germany, Federal Republic of.
Gules, a chevron Or.
Arms interpreted by me, in flat tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a texturized finish.
Arms of Gilbert des Essarts, France, emblazoned by me. In 1279, Gilbert des Essarts married Marguerite Damartin, whose coat of arms was «Or, a chief Azure».
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, One and Chevron.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Kingdom of France, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Gilbert des Essarts.
Gules, a fess between in chief two mullets of eight points Argent flanking a Maltese cross, and in base three bendlets Or. Crest: Upon a helm issuant from a crown of Noble above the shield with a wreath Argent and Gules, a Cirneco dell’Etna hound passant proper, gorged of a collar of meanders motifs Azure and Argent. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Pete ex Animo Sapientiam».
G0053: the coat of arms of Giovanni de Bella as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. 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 65], «The Register of Arms, Volume 1 (2019–2024)».
Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Or, Azure, One, Two, Three, Fess, Between, In chief, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped, Mullet, In base, Bendlet, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Issuant, Crown of Noble, Crown, Above the shield, Wreath, Dog, Gorged, Mantling and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Bella, Giovanni de.
County of Cheshire.
Sable, three crescents Argent.
Escudo de sable, tres crecientes de plata.
Coat of arms whose bearer belongs to the County of Cheshire, interpreted with the following characteristics: the base of the coat of arms is rounded; the field is illuminated in Sable; the 3 crescents are illuminated in Argent and outlined in Sable using circular arcs; and the whole has a leather finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Sable, Argent, Crescent and Ordered.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Gleave de High Lea.
Sanguine semy of nails Or.
Escudo de sanguíneo sembrado de clavos de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted and emblazoned by me with a pointed shape, illuminated, and with a freehand finishing.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Sanguine, Semé, Nail and Or.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Interpreted and Kingdom of Denmark.
Bearer: Globe, Richard.
And Count of Touraine and Maine, Duke of Normandy, and founder of the Plantagenet dynasty.
Azure, six lions rampant Or, 3, 2 and 1.
Escudo de azur, seis leones rampantes de oro, 3, 2 y 1.
Existing armories interpreted by me as follows: the shield's shape is pointed; the field has been enameled in flat azure; the 6 lions are illuminated; and the entire composition has a watercolor finish.
When blazoning these 6 lions, considering that in heraldry the natural arrangement of elements is from more in chief to fewer in base, it would suffice to specify nothing more than «or and rampant». However, adding their arrangement «3, 2, and 1» can aid the reader, as done by [Avilés, J.; 1725b; page 124] and [Avilés, J.; 1780b; page 142] when blazoning the arms of Alfonso Enrique de Vick, writing «sable, and six bezants or, three, two, and one», meaning 6 ordered elements. In these sequences of number arrangements, I prefer to write Arabic numerals rather than words because, at times, the sequences can be long.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Six, Lion, Or, Rampant and Three, two and one.
Style keywords: Pointed, Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and House of Plantagenet.
Bearer: Godfrey V, Count of Anjou.
Azure, a lynx couchant Or.
Escudo de azur, un lince tumbado de oro.
Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finishing.
The coat of arms of Gomel~Homyel, Belarus, emblazoned by me. This is preparatory artwork for the crest of the coat of arms of the family of Lucas Cruz.
When Gomel was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, its coat of arms did not feature a lynx. After the city became part of the Russian Empire in 1772, Empress Catherine II granted Gomel in 1775 to Field Marshal Pyotr Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky, who transferred the administrative centre to the nearby town of Novaya Belitsa. That town was granted a new coat of arms on 16 August 1781, already featuring a lynx, with the decree explaining its inclusion "because there are many of these animals in the vicinity of this town." In 1852, Prince Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich restored Gomel as the district's administrative centre, bringing with it the arms of Novaya Belitsa, which were officially adopted as the coat of arms of Gomel on 23 December 1855.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, One, Lynx and Couchant.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Design rationale, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Gomel.
Gules, a cross vair ancient.
Escudo de gules, una cruz de veros antiguos.
Coat of arms that I have interpreted as follows: the shield has a semicircular (round) base; the field is in flat tincture of Gules; the vair ancient, rounded in the old style, are outlined in Sable and illuminated; and the whole has a raised-stroke drawing.
The coat of arms of the commune of Bailleul is very similar to this coat of arms, with the difference that it is of regular vair instead of ancient, rounded vair, like that borne by Gonzalo Argote de Molina.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Argent, Azure, Cross and Vair ancient.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Metal beaten.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Heraldry and heralds.
Bearer: Argote de Molina, Gonzalo.
Azure, four concentric annulets Argent.
Escudo de azur, cuatro anilletes concéntricos de plata.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a rounded trapezoidal outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
The coat of arms of Ralph de Gorges emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Four, Concentric and Annulet.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Rounded trapezoid and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Gorges, Ralph de.
Argent, upon a base barry wavy of six Argent and Sable, a trimount Sable.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a watercolor finish.
The coat of arms of Gozo, Republic of Malta, emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, One, Six, Upon, Base, Barry, Wavy and Trimount.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Bull's hide and Watercolor.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Gozo.
Party per pale: 1 Or, a Georgian dancer proper; 2 Gules, a church Or, ports and windows Azure.
Coat of arms of Graziano Alu designed by Angelo Musa and emblazoned by me. This photograph shows my hand-drawn study of the Georgian dancer appearing in the first quarter of the shield. The figure was drawn directly in ink on tracing paper using a fine technical pen, without a preliminary pencil sketch. In the 2dn version of the drawing, I substantially reworked the dancer’s left hand and the position of his right elbow before proceeding to the final stage of digital refinement.
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Azure, One, Party per fess, Male figure, Proper, Church and Port and windows.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Alu, Graziano.
Azure, a seagull volant Argent, carrying in its feet a sheaf of tobacco proper, bound Gules.
Escudo de azur, una gaviota volante de plata, llevando entre sus patas una gavilla de tabaco al natural, liada de gules.
Coat of arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a freehand finish.
The coat of arms of Gregorio Lanzagorta Llaguno, harbor of San Blas, and cigar maker in Nayarit, Mexico. This coat of arms was designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and painted by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, One, Seagull, Volant, Grasping, Foot (palmiped), Sheaf of tobacco, Proper and Bound.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Gregorio Lanzagorta Llaguno.
184th Pope of the Church, from 1271 to 1276. «Gregorius X», born Teobaldo Visconti, was born in Piacenza and convened the 14th Ecumenical Council, known as the Second Council of Lyon.
Azure, a chief embattled Or.
Escudo de azur, el jefe almenado de oro.
Papal coat of arms interpreted by me with: a pointed and rounded shield shape; the field in plain Azure; the chief embattled, illuminated in metal Or and outlined in Sable; and the whole with a marbled finish.
My first version of the blazon in English was «Azure, a chief Or, embattled», but Michael McCartney suggested that it was more correct as «Azure, a chief embattled Or».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Chief, Or and Embattled.
Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Marmoreal.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Papal States.
Bearer: Gregory X.
Sir Thomas Grenville II, c. 1453 - c. 1513, Knight of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath.
Gules, three Clarions Or.
Illuminated and watercolor finishing.
The clarion is the cadency mark of a ninth daughter in Canadian heraldry.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Three, Clarion and Or.
Style keywords: Watercolor, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Interpreted and Kingdom of England.
Bearer: Grenville, Thomas.
François Grimaldi ~ Francisco Grimaldi ~ Francesco Grimaldi.
Fusilly Argent and Gules.
Escudo fusado de plata y gules.
Coat of arms interpreted with: the semicircular base shape; the field of plain metal Argent; the fusils illuminated in Gules, outlined in Sable; the fusilly of proportion 3 x 5; and the whole with a raised-stroke effect.
Unlike how I have blazoned it here, this coat of arms can be found blazoned in [Arco y García, F. del; 1996b; page 10] as «Fusilly Argent and Gules».
He was the Genoese leader of the Guelphs who conquered the so-called Rock of Monaco on January 8, 1297, at night. To enter his fortress and have the gates opened for him, he dressed as a Franciscan monk along with his cousin Rainier I, Lord of Cagnes, and thus entered with his group of armed men. That is why the coat of arms of the Principality of Monaco has as supporters 2 Franciscan monks unsheathing their swords.
Francesco Grimaldi had no children, so after his death in 1309, he was succeeded by his cousin Rainier I, with whom he entered Monaco, and it is from Rainier I that the Grimaldi family and the Princes of Monaco who have governed the Principality ever since descend.
Blazon keywords: Fusilly, Argent and Gules.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Grimaldi, François.
Party per pale Gules and Or, overall a lion rampant counterchanged.
Escudo partido de gules y oro, un león rampante del uno al otro.
Imaginary arms of Gryffindor with the following characteristics: the mouth of the shield is rounded; the shield is party per pale; the field is enameled in flat tinctures of Gules and Or; the lion is illuminated in Or and Gules and outlined in Sable; and it is made with a hammered metal effect.
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Or, Gules, Lion, Rampant and Counterchanged.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Imaginary, Coat of arms and Harry Potter saga.
Imaginary bearer: Gryffindor at Hogwarts.
Of the twelve lineages of Noblemen, it is the second, descendant of Álava, the very ancient and powerful one, in which some served under Navarre, and others under the kings of Castile; they bear for arms and insignia, on a field Gules, which is red, five poplar-leaves (panelas) Argent, in the form and design in which this shield is painted.
Gules, five Poplar-leaves Argent, inverted.
Escudo de gules, cinco panelas de plata.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; the field in flat Or; the pales outlined in Sable and illuminated in Azure enamel; and finished in highly-hammered metal.
Interpretation based on the second coat of arms of the «ricoshombres» of Navarre from [Bosque, J. del; 1540; folio 1 of the numbering of 1613] and the accompanying text is from the transcription made in [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; 1982; pages 122 and 123].
The «panela» is a figure typical of Spanish heraldry [Valero de Bernabé, L.; 2007; page 11]. It is a leaf shaped like a heart with its stalk pointing upward. It could be a leaf of a tree such as, for example, the poplar, although there is no certainty that it is specifically that tree.
With first appearances prior to heraldry on Hispano-Roman tombstones, the «panela» is of Alavese origin, [Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, F.; 1985; page 474], spreading through the Basque-Navarrese region and from there throughout Spain, with the peculiar name «panela», which was initially called «pannella», [Valverde Ogallar, P. B.; 2001; page 532] derived from «pan», [Real Academia Española; 2001].
In the heraldry of other countries, leaves from different trees are used as heraldic symbols, but usually with the stalk pointing downward; therefore I transcribe in this blazon «panelas» ~ «Poplar-leaves, inverted».
[Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, F.; 1985; page 474] states that the «panela» is a natural figure equivalent to the linden leaf in German heraldry, with the stalk downward, and to the water-lily leaf in French heraldry, with the stalk upward; but since these are such different plants, I do not find it suitable to use linden, and even less water-lily, in the English transcription of this Navarrese blazon.
Under the title «Surname of Guebara» it can be consulted in [Vega, P. J. de; 1702; folio 2 of the manuscript].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Poplar leaf and Argent.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Kingdom of Navarre.
Bearer: Guebara of Navarre.
Party per pale: 1 Azure, an eagle displayed Or, charged on the chest with a Royal drum of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom proper; 2 Or, on a fess Gules between two fleur de lis Azure, a rose Argent, seeded Or.
Escudo partido: 1o de azur, un águila de oro, cargada en su pecho con un tambor real del Reino de Bunyoro-Kitara al natural; 2o de oro, una faja de gules, cargada con una rosa de plata, botonada de oro, acompañada de dos flores de lis de azur, una en el jefe y otra en la punta.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a shape ended with an ogee arch, illuminated, and its finishing is that seems watercolor.
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Azure, One, Eagle, Or, Charged, Chest, Drum, Royal, Proper, Fess, Gules, Rose, Argent, Seeded, Between, Two, Fleur de lis, In chief and In base.
Style keywords: Ogee, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Gummersbach, Peter Ferdinand.
Party per pale: 1 Argent, a tree issuant from base Murrey; 2 Murrey; two annulets interlaced, in pale Or; in a chief Sable, three arches Argent. Motto: «Hacienda de Triana».
Escudo partido: 1o de plata, un árbol moviente de la punta de morado; 2o de morado, dos anilletes entrelazos, en palo de oro; en un jefe de sable, tres arcos de plata. Divisa: «Hacienda de Triana».
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, with a chasuble outer contour and with a watercolor finish.
Blazon keywords: Sable, Argent, Murrey, Or, One, Two, Three, Party per pale, Tree, Issuant, Base, Annulet, Interlaced, In pale, Chief, Arch and Motto.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Chasuble and Watercolor.
Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Triana, Hacienda de.
Azure, a cinquefoil Argent, seeded Gules.
Illuminated, with a watercolor finishing and with a pointed shape.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, One, Cinquefoil, Argent, Seeded and Gules.
Style keywords: Watercolor, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Kingdom of France and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Haguenau.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Azure, three lions rampant Or, 2 and 1; 2 and 3 Gules, a unicorn passant Or. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree, with a wreath Or and Azure, a demi-bull proper, crowned with the crown of the old kingdom of Cyprus. Mantling: Azure doubled Or. Motto: «Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος». War cry above the crest: «Μολών Λαβέ».
G0096: the coat of arms of Kyriakos Panayi, of Australia, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. The image combines a photograph of a hand drawing of a bull rampant along with his coat of arms, both painted by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Gules, Three, One, Quarterly, Lion, Rampant, Unicorn, Passant, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Demi, Bull, Crowned, Motto, War cry and Above the crest.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Panayi, Kyriakos.
Azure, three plates, 1 and 2.
Escudo de azur, tres bezantes de plata, 1 y 2.
Coat of arms interpreted by me with a modern German / Scandinavian shape, illuminated and with a rough finishing.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Three, Bezant and plate, Argent and Disordered.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Rounded trapezoid, Illuminated and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Harten, von.
Cheshire, 1533-1580.
Azure, on a chevron Or, a martlet Gules, between three garbs Or.
Escudo de azur, un cabrio de oro, cargado de una marleta de gules, acompañado de tres gavillas de trigo de oro, 2 y 1.
Coat of arms interpreted by me as follows: with a rounded base; the field illuminated in Azure; the chevron, with a wide angle in the Cheshire style, is illuminated in Or; the garbs are illuminated in Or and all outlined in Sable; the martlet is also outlined in Sable, but illuminated in Gules; and with a leather texture.
Recorded in [Rylands, J. P.; 1882], [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013a] blazons it as «Azure, on a chevron between three garbs Or, a martlet Gules for difference». The expression «...a martlet Gules for difference» means that the martlet has been added to the arms of a son who is not the eldest, to differentiate his shield from that of his father and his elder brother.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Gules, Chevron, Charged, Wheat, Garb, Ordered, Between and Martlet.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Hatton de Woodhouse.
Thus they celebrated the funeral rites of Hector, tamer of horses. Homer, Iliad.
Sable, two lions combatant Or.
Escudo de sable, dos leones rampantes, afrontados de oro.
Imaginary coat of arms interpreted as follows: the mouth is a semicircular arch; the field enameled in flat Sable color; its 2 figures are outlined with the field tincture and illuminated in Or metal; and the set has a pearly finish.
Coat of arms interpreted from the imaginary blazon described in «Sir David Lindsay's Armorial», from the year 1542, where its blazon code «DL011» corresponds to Hector of Troy and which describes it as follows: «Sable, two lions combatant Or». Note the difference from the one described by [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 7] which states that its field is Gules, «of red».
Says [Parsons, R. J.; 1989; paragraph 30], in one of the most beautiful descriptions of the lion that I have read, that the heraldic lion, as is the case with many other beasts, is very different from the lion in Nature. The lion in heraldry is the abstract expression of attributes such as nobility, strength, power, ferocity, courage, and vital energy. For example:
Given this description of the heraldic lion, gifted to us by Robert John Parsons, every heraldic artist with critical capacity cannot help but ask themselves whether their lions are capable of expressing this range of attributes.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Sable, Lion, Or and Combatant.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture and Iridescent (nacar).
Classification: Interpreted, Imaginary, Coat of arms and Greco-Roman antiquity.
Imaginary bearer: Hector of Troy.
Party per pale: 1 Gules, a bend sinister debruised by an inescutcheon Or charged with a bend Azure charged with five fusils palewise Argent, in base on a triangle Argent the Sacred Heart of Jesus proper [for Adriaensen]; 2 Azure, a fleur de lis Argent above a doe sejeant proper surrounded by twelve mullets in orle Or [granted by Bourbon-Parma]. Crest: A crown of Noble. Motto: «Biche délicate».
It has been painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a rhombus external shape and with a texturized finish.
G0084: the coat of arms of Heidi Garcia-Bosch-de Morales-de Sola née Adriaensen, of France, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. This coat of arms was presented in my lecture Women and Arms: Contemporary Coats of Arms for Women Worldwide (lecture). The presentation included her coat of arms shown on a lozenge, together with its blazon. The Malta Government Gazette expressly records that she bears these arms «in her own right».
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Five, Twelve, Party per pale, Bend sinister, In base, Triangle, Charged, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Heart enflamed, Heart, Enflamed, Proper, Overall, Inescutcheon, Bend, Fusil, Palewise, Doe, Sejant, Above, Fleur de lis, Surrounded, Mullet, In orle, Crown of Noble, Crown and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Rhombus.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Slide.
Bearer: Garcia-Bosch-de Morales-de Sola née Adriaensen, Heidi.
Argent, an apple tree, the base of its trunk forming a cross crosslet Azure, fructed Gules.
Arms interpreted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finishing.
The coat of arms of Heikki Halkosaari, Finland, emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Gules, One, Apple tree, Tree, Base, Trunk, Cross, Crosslet, Cross couped and Fructed.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Halkosaari, Heikki.
Henry II Plantagenet, King of England, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, and Count of Nantes.
Gules, a lion rampant Or.
Escudo de gules, un león rampante de oro.
Existing arms interpreted by me as follows: the shield's shape is pointed; the field has been enamelled in flat Gules; the lion in Or has been outlined in Sable; and the whole composition has a rough texture finish.
It is believed that Henry I was the first King of England to have a coat of arms, featuring a single lion rampant, but no documentary evidence has yet been found [Rabbow, A.; 1999; paragraph 8].
[Ailes, A.; 1982; page 62] argues that Henry II may have used three different versions of his arms featuring a) a single lion rampant, b) two leopards, and c) three leopards. However, it remains unclear whether these versions were used sequentially over time or concurrently. For this interpretation, I have chosen the version with the lion rampant.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Lion, Or and Rampant.
Style keywords: Pointed, Plain tincture, Outlined in sable and Rough.
Classification: Interpreted, Coat of arms, Personal, House of Plantagenet and Kingdom of England.
Bearer: Henry II of England.
King of England, Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitaine from the year 1216 to the year 1272
Gules, three lions, passant, guardant, in pale Or, armed and langued Azure.
Escudo de gules, tres leopardos en palo de oro, armados y lampasados de azur.
Coat of arms interpreted as follows: the mouth of the shield is semicircular (round); its field has been enamelled in a flat tint of Gules; its leopards are illuminated in Or and Azure and outlined in Sable; and the whole has a finish of aged parchment.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Azure, Three, Leopard, Armed, Langued and In pale.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Old parchment.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, House of Plantagenet and Kingdom of England.
Bearer: Henry III of England.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, and masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a cross flory Purpure.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2o y 3o de plata, una cruz flordelisada de púrpura.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of the Infante Henry of Castile, 1230–1303, 6th offspring of the King Ferdinand III of Castile, 1199-1252, and the Queen Beatrice of Swabia, 1205–1235. He bore his father's arms, replacing the lion Purpure of the Kingdom of León with a cross flory Purpure, likely due to his close association with the Order of Calatrava, whose emblem is a cross flory Gules. However, he retained the metal Argent field in the 2nd and 3rd quarters and the lion's purpure color, suggesting this was more of a conceptual change than a quartering by alliance with the Order of Calatrava.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, Argent, Purpure, One, Quarterly, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Cross flory and Cross couped.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Kingdom of Castile and Leon, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Henry of Castile, Infante.
David B. Appleton studies, researches, teaches, and writes about heraldry, and through his blog, he shares his heraldic knowledge with us, as well as through publications and presentations.
David B. Appleton is open to questions from his readers and provides advice on heraldic topics in which he specializes.
His blog is Blog.AppletonStudios.com and his website is AppletonStudios.com, from which he offers his services related to the world of heraldry, its dissemination, and knowledge.
Since 2009, David B. Appleton's heraldic blog has been an endless source of knowledge, images, ideas, curiosities, original reflections, and links to heraldic sites selected by him.
David B. Appleton stands out for his continuous analysis of all types of heraldic manifestations, which he finds everywhere, in the world we live in: from those we have inherited from ancient times to the fiercely current, from books to cinema, from fashionable clothing to urban furniture, from east to west and north to south, including those that appear in logos and emblems, those using traditional techniques and those created or disseminated through new technologies, on ships, sports cars, and airplanes, on porcelain, facades, and stained glass, on television, on t-shirts and coins, in auctions and universities, in comics and sports, etc. with a systematic publication rhythm, more than 2 posts per week, nothing heraldic escapes the record and genuine analysis of David B. Appleton on Blog.AppletonStudios.com, which I highly recommend.
Categories: Link, Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, Without divisions, Freehand, Soft metal, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Canting, Heraldry and heralds, Argent, Azure, Gules, Vert, Chevronel, Between, Apple, Slipped and Leaved.
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Party per pale: 1 Azure, on two swords in saltire Argent, hilted Or, an oil lamp (oleum lucerna) Or, its eyelet Argent, enflamed of three flames proper; 2 Gules, at the nombril, a barbel naiant Argent between in chief a fleur de lis Or, and in base a trimount Vert. Crest: Upon a helm, befitting the husband’s degree, with a wreath Or and Gules, an arm vambraced, fesswise proper, grasping a cross tau of olive wood in pale proper. Mantling: Gules doubled Or. Motto: «Fac maiora ne ulla facies».
G0093: the coat of arms of Alessandro Giannelli and Mariana von Atzingen Gorga, of Italy, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. 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 102], «The Register of Arms, Volume 1 (2019–2024)».
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, Vert, Two, One, Party per pale, Sword, In saltire, Hilted, Oil lamp, Enflamed, Flame, Proper, At the nombril, Barbel, Naiant, Between, In chief, Fleur de lis, In base, Trimount, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Arm vambraced, Fesswise, Grasping, Cross tau, In pale, Mantling, Doubled and Motto.
Style keywords: Colour on colour, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Giannelli and Mariana von Atzingen Gorga, Alessandro.
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, charged with an eagle displayed within a bordure Or and crowned with a crown of count. 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.
G0067: the coat of arms of Robert George Alexander Balchin, of United Kingdom, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. 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 79], «The Register of Arms, Volume 1 (2019–2024)».
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Vert, Argent, One, Eight, Three, Quarterly, Crescent, Within, Mullet, In lozenge, Chain, Fesswise, Throughout, Between, Fleur de lis, Party per pale, Inescutcheon, Charged, Eagle, Bordure, Crowned, Crown of Count, Crown, Crest, Crown of Baron, Behind the shield and Cross.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Collage, Photographic and Link.
Bearer: Balchin, Robert George Alexander.
Barry of six, Argent and Azure, a pile throughout, counterchanged. Crest: Upon a trimount Gules, an eagle wings addorsed and inverted Azure, the head and tail Argent, nimbed Or, grasping a closed book also Or. Mantling: Azure doubled Argent. Motto: «Buffenbarger».
The coat of arms of Herbert Leo Buffenbarger, designed by his son John Alan Francis Buffenbarger, carved in wood by James Allott based on my painting of it.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Gules, Or, One, Six, Three, Barry, Counterchanged, Pile, Throughout (chief base), Chaussé, Crest and mantling, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Upon, Trimount, Eagle, Wing, Addorsed, Head, Tail, Nimbed, Grasping, Closed book, Book, Mantling and Motto (identification).
Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Carved wood, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Buffenbarger, Herbert Leo.
Purpure, three dragons passant, in pale Argent; a bordure Gules, eight saltires couped Or.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a semi-circular ended shape, illuminated, and its finishing is that seems leather.
I use for this coat of arms the term «a bodure cousu» following the term «a chief cousu» because the bordure and the field are both of color.
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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Purpure, Three, Dragon, Passant, In pale, Argent, One, Bordure, Gules, Eight, Saltire and Or.
Style keywords: Ogee, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Trujillo Jiménez, Hermanos.
Azure, a pall couped Argent, its three arms charged with «es» Sable, within a triangle reversed Argent, its three arms charged with «no es» Sable, within an annulet Or, all debruised by four plates, three on the vertex of the triangle, in dexter chief, charged with «el Padre» Sable, in sinister chief, charged with «el Hijo» Sable, in base, charged with «el Espítiru» Sable, and one on the fess point, charged with «Dios» Sable.
Escudo de azur, una perla recortada de plata, sus tres brazos cargados con «es» de sable, dentro de un triángulo ranversado de plata, sus tres brazos cargados con «no es» de sable, dentro de un anillo de oro, todo resaltado de cuatro bezantes de plata, tres sobre los vértices del triángulo, en la diestra del jefe, cargado de «el Padre» de sable, en la siniestra del jefe, cargado con «el Hijo» de sable, en la punta, cargado con «el Espítiru» de sable y uno sobre el corazón, cargado con «Dios» de sable.
Imaginary coat of arms that I have interpreted as follows: its base is semicircular (round); its field is illuminated in watercolor Azure; the rest in heavily beaten metal, outlined of the field and illuminated in Argent, except for the annulet which is illuminated in Or; and its letters all in plain Gules ink.
The circular crown when it is large and in the middle of the shield [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1975] is called an annulet. [Avilés, J.; 1780a; pages 296 and 297] calls it annulet or small annulet depending on its size, if it is large an annulet and if it is small a small annulet. In English and French heraldry it is called «cyclamor» and hence the expression «cyclamor annulet» can also be found.
This annulet is my aesthetic contribution to this imaginary coat of arms as it is normally not represented with this annulet.
In other interpretations the words «non est» go on a bordure or on an orle, the latter being the case blazoned, for example, [Husenbeth, F. C.; 1882; 2nd appendix] in the following way: «Gules, an orle and pall Argent, conjoined and surmounted of four plates, occupying the dexter and sinister chief and the base and fess points respectively; the first inscribed Pater, the second Filius, and the third Spiritus Sanctus, the centre Deus; the connecting portions of the orle between them having the words non est, and those of the pall est».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Cyclamor, Pall, Closed, Argent, Charged, Bezant and plate, Or, Dexter, Sinister, Chief, Base (lower 1/3) and Heart.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture, Watercolor and Hard metal.
Classification: Religious, Interpreted, Imaginary and Coat of arms.
Imaginary bearer: Holy Trinity.
Royal and imperial German dynasty.
Quarterly Argent and Sable.
Escudo cuartelado de plata y sable.
Illuminated with lights and shadows and with a watercolor finish.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Argent and Sable.
Style keywords: Watercolor, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted.
Bearer: House of Hohenzollern.
Argent, a tetrahedron Azure, pierced by a sword bendwise, point downwards Or, garnished Azure.
Escudo de plata, un tetraedro de azur, atravesado de una espada puesta en banda, bajada de oro, guarnecida de azur.
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finish.
G0102: the coat of arms of Dr. James Patrick Howard II, of USA, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Or, One, Tetrahedron, Geometric solid, Pierced, In bend, Sword, Point downwards and Garnished.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Howard II, Dr. James Patrick.
Howel Ap Rhys ~ Howel ap Res.
Gules, a chevron Argent, between three mullets Argent.
Escudo de gules, un cabrio de plata, acompañado de tres estrellas de cinco puntas de plata.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 623] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 623].
The coat of arms of Howel Ap Rhys is the inverse of the coat of arms of Adan de Creeting.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Chevron, Argent, Between, Three and Mullet.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Plain tincture and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Howel Ap Rhys.
Blazon equivalent to: Juan le Sturmy.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a lion rampant, double queued Argent, armed, langued, and crowned Or; 2 Azure, a letter «G» Or; 3 Azure, a coronet trefoiled Or
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, un león rampante, de cola horquillada de plata, armado, lampasado y coronado de oro; 2o de azur, una letra «G» de oro; 3o de azur, una corona trebolada de oro
This coat of arms is illuminated with lights and shadows and has a finish like glass.
The Hradec Králové Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic. It is located in the historical region of Bohemia. Its capital is Hradec Králové, whose Latin name is «Gradicium», hence its old name «Gradec». The letter «G» seen in both the coat of arms of the Hradec Králové Region and the coat of arms of its capital originates from this historical name. The lion rampant Anrgent, double queued and crowned in the 1st and 4th quarters is the symbol of Bohemia, and it also appears in the 1st and 4th quarters of the coat of arms of the Czech Republic. «Králové» means «of the queen» in Czech and there is a trefoiled crown in the 3rd quarter
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, One, Lion, Rampant, Tail, Double queued, Argent, Armed, Langued, Crowned, Or, Azure, Letter, Coronet trefoiled, Ancient coronet, Crown and Trefoiled.
Style keywords: Glass, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Civic and Interpreted.
Bearer: Hradec Králové Region.
You might belong in Hufflepuff where they are just and loyal. In Hufflepuff they are very patient and unafraid of hard work.
Party per pale: 1 Or, a badger rampant Sable; 2 Sable, a badger rampant, regardant Or.
Escudo partido: 1o de oro, un tejón rampante de sable; 2o de sable, un tejón rampante, contornado de oro.
Imaginary arms of Hufflepuff realized in the following way: the mouth of the coat of arms is rounded; the field is illuminated and has a marble finish; and the badgers, each facing one side, are illuminated, outlined by the field, and finished with a hammered metal effect.
The initial quote, next to the Hufflepuff coat of arms, is taken from [Rowling, J. K.; 1997] and corresponds to «You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true, And unafraid of toil».
When blazoning the 2nd badger, it must be taken into account that its head is regardant, which is what «is said of animals, or their heads, turned toward the sinister side of the shield» [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 55] and [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 61].
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Or, Sable, Badger, Rampant and Regardant.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture, Marmoreal and Metal beaten.
Classification: Interpreted, Imaginary, Coat of arms and Harry Potter saga.
Imaginary bearer: Hufflepuff at Hogwarts.
Gules, on a trimount issuant from the base Vert, a talbot rampant Argent, collared Or, between two mullets in bend sinister Or.
Escudo de gules, un monte de tres peñas moviente de la punta de sinople sumado de un talbot rampante de plata, acollarado de oro, acompañado de dos estrellas en barra de oro.
Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a watercolor finishing.
This is the coat of arms of Moritz Hunzinger emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Vert, Argent, Or, One, Three, Two, On, Trimount, Talbot, Rampant, Collared, Between, Mullet and In bend sinister.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Hunzinger, Moritz.
Cheshire, 1613, 1663 and Vale-Royal.
Azure, a chevron Or, between three lozenges Or.
Escudo de azur, un cabrio de oro, acompañado de tres losanges de oro, dos y uno.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field and chevron illuminated in Azure and Or respectively; the lozenges in plain Or enamel and outlined in Sable; and with a leather finish.
In [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b] it is blazoned as «Azure, a chevron between three lozenges Or» and includes a crest blazoned as «Crest: An eagle with wings expanded Sable, beaked Or», which is not represented here.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Chevron, Between, Lozenge and Ordered.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Hyde de Norbury.
Argent, in base three bars wavy Azure, overall, an oak eradicated Vert, fructed Or, to its dexter a cauldron suspended from a branch, and in front of its trunk a boar passant Sable.
Escudo de plata, en punta tres burelas ondadas de azur, brochante sobre el todo, un roble arrancado de sinople, frutado de oro, a su diestra una caldera pendiente de una rama y atravesado a su tronco un jabalí pasante, ambos de sable.
Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me for the book by Professor Francisco Idareta Goldaracena titled «From Yraeta to Idareta: An Approach to the Origins of the Lineage and Its Evolution from Cestona to Navaz between the 14th and 20th Centuries», [Idareta Goldaracena, F.; 2022; cover].
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Vert, Or, Sable, Three, One, In base, Bar, Wavy, Overall, Oak, Tree, Eradicated, Fructed, Dexter, Cauldron, Suspended, Branch, In front (tree), Trunk, Boar and Passant.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Idareta Goldaracena, Francisco.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 and 3 Gules, two bezants in pale.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de oro, cuatro palos de gules; 2o y 3o de gules, dos bezantes en palo de oro.
Coat of arms of the IESE Business School, which I have interpreted as follows: the shield has a semicircular (round) base; the field is illuminated in flat tinctures Or and Gules; the pales and the bezants are illuminated in Gules and Or; and the whole coat of arms has a watercolor finish.
I have the honour of holding a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from IESE of the University of Navarra. I always say that, as a whole, the IESE Executive MBA is the best education I have received throughout my life. I keep very good memories and friends from those two years of study.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Pale, Bezant and plate and In pale.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Education and Coat of arms.
Bearer: IESE.
Argent, a lion rampant guardant Vert, armed and langued Gules; on a chief Gules, a mullet of six points voided, interlaced Argent between two hearts Or.
Escudo de plata, un leopardo leonado de sinople, armado y lampasado de gules; un jefe de gules cargado de una estrella de seis puntas, hueca y entrelazada de plata acompañada de dos corazones de oro.
Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finishing.
The coat of arms of Yishay Ifrah emblazoned by me. Alternative blazon: «Argent, a lion rampant guardant Vert, armed and langued Gules; a chief Gules charged with a star of David Argent between two hearts Or».
Blazon keywords: Argent, Vert, Gules, Or, One, Two, Lion rampant guardant, Armed, Langued, Chief, Charged, Star of David, Mullet, Voided, Interlaced, Between and Heart.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Ifrah, Yishay.
Partido de dos y cortado de lo mismo: 1o de gules, una paloma de oro; 2o de plata, una paloma de gules; 3o de sinople, una paloma de plata; 4o de oro, una paloma de sinople; 5o de azur, una paloma de oro; 6o de oro, una paloma de azur; 7o de púrpura, una paloma de oro; 8o de plata, una paloma de púrpura; y 9o de sable, una paloma de plata. Lema: «Manete In Me».
Coat of arms of Ignacio Koblischek Zaragoza interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; the quarters in plain Gules, Azure, Vert, Sable, Purpure, Or and Argent; the doves illuminated in Gules, Azure, Vert, Purpure, Or and Argent and outlined in Sable; the motto illuminated in Or with letters in Sable, but with the capitals in Gules; and the whole with a stained-glass finish.
Ignacio Koblischek Zaragoza, Graduate in Genealogy and Heraldry, is the founder and director of the Registro Internacional de Armas Gentilicias.
He is currently working on a course entitled El Sistema Heráldico which he publishes chapter by chapter.
Categories: Link, Heraldry and heralds, Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, Semi-circular, Quarterly, Glass, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Gules, Azure, Vert, Sable, Purpure, Or, Argent, Dove and Motto.
Root: Koblischek Zaragoza, Ignacio.
[ Azure, a mount issuant from the base, in chief a fleur the lis Argent ] and [ Party per chevron Azure and Or, in chief a fleur de lis Argent, in base four pallets Gules ].
The coat of arms of Ignasi Pujol was designed by him based on the ancient arms of the Pujol lineage, 1st image, and refined and emblazoned by me, 2nd image. The comparison of the blazon of the Pujol lineage with the blazon for Ignasi Pujol is the following.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Mount, Issuant from base, In chief, Party per chevron, Fleur de lis, In base, Pallet and Pale.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Lineage, Personal, Compare, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Boa.
Bearer: Pujol, Ignasi.
On an inescutcheon Azure, three crowns in bend, bendwise Or.
Escusón de azur, tres coronas en banda, puestas en banda de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted by me as follows: the field is enameled in plain Azure ink; the three crowns are outlined in Sable, illuminated in Or and shaded; and the imaginary shield has a crystalline finish.
Construction process of the inescutcheon of the banner with the inescutcheon of Edward IV from the coat of arms of Brutus of Britain.
Blazon keywords: Inescutcheon.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Semi-circular, Outlined in sable and Watercolor.
Classification: Schema, Interpreted, Imaginary, Kingdom of England and Criterion.
Imaginary bearer: Brutus of Britain.
In Castile, a coat of arms quarterly does not necessarily signify inheritance. This schema illustrates two practices: a) Quarterings can represent the mother in the 1st and 4th quarters and the father in the 2nd and 3rd, highlighting the prominence given to the maternal line by placing it in the most visible quarters. b) Quarterings can also include personal symbols and concepts, like canting arms, for example, «Manuel» =«mano» + «ala» = «hand» + «wing», combined with ancestral arms. This flexibility reflects Castilian heraldic traditions, where arms are not strictly marshalled by inheritance. The inclusion of maternal arms in the 1st and 4th quarters highlights how Castilian heraldry often elevates maternal heritage, differing from some other heraldic traditions. The previous commentary emphasizes the creative freedom in Castile, where quartering could incorporate personal symbols or canting arms without the constraints of inheritance or dominium. This flexibility aligns with Castilian culture, allowing heraldry to reflect personal identity, not just dynastic ties. Notably, the arms of Infante Enrique's use of a cross flory demonstrates this creative freedom, showcasing the ability to innovate within heraldry even in royal contexts. While this might seem unconventional compared to other heraldic systems, it is deeply rooted in Castilian tradition. All coats of arms in this schema have been emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Purpure, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Quarterly, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Bordure, Compony, Eagle, Cross flory, Cross couped, Party per pale, Hand, Arm, Vambraced, Embowed, Winged, Sword, Point upwards and Hilted.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.
Classification: Personal, Kingdom of Castile and Leon, Interpreted, Design rationale, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Manuel of Castile, Infante.
180th Pope of the Church, from 1243 to 1254. «Innocentius IV», born Sinibaldo dei Fieschi, was born in Manarola in northwest Italy.
Bendy of six Azure and Argent.
Escudo bandado de seis piezas de azur y plata.
Papal coat of arms interpreted by me with: a semicircular shield shape; a plain Argent field; bands illuminated in Azure and outlined in Sable; and the whole design with a watercolor finish.
In the bendy pattern, the tinctures are named starting from the one located at the dexter base of the shield and following an ascending sequence towards the sinister chief, although the most orthodox approach is to have only 2 tinctures, being one color and one metal.
It is said that it is not necessary to specify the number of bands when there are precisely 6, as in this case, and that it should be specified when there are, for example, 4 or 8. I have chosen to specify it for greater clarity of the blazon.
About the bendy pattern and the need to specify or not specify the number of its pieces, [Avilés, J.; 1725a; pages 40 and 41] and [Avilés, J.; 1780a; pages 45 and 46] say that it is «composed of four, six, or eight bends; in such a way that there are as many colors as metals, always specifying the number four and eight bands when blazoning, and not the one composed of six, as it is understood thus, without declaring the number of pieces» and without agreeing with it, and by its wording I believe that he is not entirely in agreement either, he adds «the reason that may exist for not specifying the number of six bends (although the authors do not express it) is that as the bend is one-third of the shield; and having six pieces, or six bends, the resulting number is doubled, as if the three parts were divided, which implies that the shield is filled with three bends; and taking the denomination of the figure infers, that the bendy is of six pieces: which does not happen with this equality in those of four and eight, requiring other proportions and consequently it becomes necessary to specify their number», therefore, note that the bendy of 6 does not follow the proportions of the bend, nor do those of 4 or 8, the only differential property of the one of 6 is being a multiple of 3, being 1/3 the width of the bend.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Bendy, Six, Azure and Argent.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Papal States.
Bearer: Innocent IV.
Azure, a harp Or, stringed Argent
Escudo de azur, un arpa de oro, cordada de plata
Illuminated and a leather finishing.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, One, Harp, Or, Stringed and Argent.
Style keywords: Leather, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.
Classification: Civic, Republic of Ireland, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Ireland.
The Commoners' Certification of Arms for Manel Gonzalez Lopez with his coat of arms emblazoned by me.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a Castle triple towered Or, port, windows and masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Or, thirteen Torteaus, three, three, three, three, and one.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, One, Castle, Or, Port and windows, Masoned, Sable, Thirteen and Torteau.
Style keywords: Ogee, Freehand and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Certification and Heraldic document.
Bearer: González López, Manel.
Israel~ישראל.
Azure, a Menorah between two olive branches Argent; in base the legend
«ישראל» Argent.
Interpreted coat of arms: with a rounded and pointed shape; illuminated with metal argent and color azur; outlined with sable; and a Watercolor finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, One, Menorah, Argent, Accosted, Two, Branch, Olive tree, Tree and Motto (identification).
Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Coat of arms, Interpreted, Civic and State of Israel.
Bearer: Israel.
Azure semé of mullets of seven points voided, interlaced, and conjoined Argent; a bordure Argent.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with an oval outer contour and with a texturized finish.
The coat of arms of Itziar Lanzagorta Ochoa designed by her and her father Juan Lanzagorta Vallín, and emblazoned by me with an oval shape.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, One, Semé, Mullet, Voided, Interlaced and Conjoined.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Oval.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lanzagorta Ochoa, Itziar.
Azure, a terraze in base Or, overall a gazelle statant Argent accompanied in honour point by the cross of the Cruz family.
De azur terrazado de oro, brochante sobre el todo una gacela parada de plata acompañada en el punto de honor por la cruz de la familia Cruz.
Coat of arms of Juan Pablo Íñiguez Cruz designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and refined and emblazoned by me. Whereas the gazelles in the arms of his mother Rosalía Cruz Carballo and sister Julia Íñiguez Cruz were depicted as female, in this case the intention was to represent a male gazelle. For this reason longer horns have been painted and the male sex has been explicitly depicted. In heraldry, the representation of the male sex is common and almost generalized in certain heraldic beasts, especially in animals of strong or combative character such as lions, wolves, or bulls. In more stylized and elegant animals, such as stags or gazelles, such representation is more variable and depends largely on artistic, symbolic, and compositional criteria. In this particular case, I chose to depict it. The gazelle is accompanied by the cross that Jon Lanzagorta designed for his co-father-in-law, Mr. Cruz, the grandfather of Juan Pablo. For this reason the cross is referred to in the blazon as the cross of the Cruz family and is not specifically blazoned in this case, although it could be described as a cross patty whose arms are each formed by three compony pallets Argent, Purpure and Or. Note that the cross is itself a canting symbol, since it is the «cross» ~ «cruz» of the Cruz family. The honour point is a position within the coat of arms located on its central vertical axis, above the center of the shield and below the middle of the chief.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, One, Terrace in base, Gazelle, Salient, At the honour point and Cross couped.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Íñiguez Cruz, Juan Pablo.
Azure, a terraze in base Or, overall a gazelle salient Argent, collared with a chain streaming to sinister Or conjoined to the cross of the Cruz family.
De azur terrazado de oro, brochante sobre el todo una gacela saltante de plata, acollarada de una cadena extendida hacia la siniestra de oro unida a la cruz de la familia Cruz.
Coat of arms of Julia Íñiguez Cruz designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and refined and emblazoned by me. In heraldry, a gazelle «salient» ~ «saltante» represents a more restrained and less dynamic leap than a gazelle «springing» ~ «brincante», since in the salient attitude the hind legs, usually held close together, remain grounded while propelling the body upward, whereas in the springing attitude all four legs are depicted clear of the ground in mid-leap. The gazelle, like that of her mother Rosalía Cruz Carballo, bears around its neck the cross designed by Jon Lanzagorta for his co-father-in-law, Mr. Cruz, her grandfather. For this reason the cross is referred to in the blazon as the cross of the Cruz family and is not specifically blazoned in this case, although it could be described as a cross patty whose arms are each formed by three compony pallets Argent, Purpure and Or.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, One, Terrace in base, Gazelle, Salient, Collared, Chain, Sinister, Conjoined and Cross couped.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Íñiguez Cruz, Julia.
James de Sutton ~ James de Sottone, le Fitz.
Ermine, a canton Sable.
Escudo de armiños, un cantón de sable.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 599] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 599].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Ermine, One, Canton and Sable.
Style keywords: Semi-circular and Illuminated.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Jaime de Sutton.
King of Aragon, Valencia and Majorca, Count of Barcelona, Count of Urgell, Lord of Montpellier and known as the Conqueror
Or, four pallets Gules.
Escudo de oro, cuatro palos de gules.
Coat of arms interpreted by me as follows: the escutcheon shape is semicircular; the field is rendered in flat Or with a watercolored effect; and the pallets are illuminated and finished with a crystalline texture.
A semicircular-shaped shield of Aragon can be seen, for instance, in [Argote de Molina, G.; 1588; chapter XLII].
This shield, but with a pointed base, appears in the second part of the armorial [Wijnbergen; 1265; shield no. 1,293], under the title «Le roy Darragon». This second part was compiled between 1270 and 1285 and, since James I was king of Aragon from 1213 to 1276, it could refer to him; although it might also refer to his son Peter III, the Great, who succeeded James I in 1276.
This coat of arms is also the arms of Aix-en-Provence, granted to that French city, according to tradition, by Alfonso II of Aragon [Aix-en-Provence; 1351], grandfather of James I, the Conqueror.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Four, Pale and Gules.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Watercolor and Crystalline.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.
Bearer: James I of Aragon.
Known as the Unfortunate, Count of Urgell, Viscount of Àger, Baron of Fraga, Antillón and Alcolea de Cinca (1380–1433).
Dimidiated: 1 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 chequey Or and Sable.
Escudo dimidiado: 1o de oro, cuatro palos de gules; 2o ajedrezado de oro y sable.
Arms interpreted with: a shield shape of convex-sided triangles; the tinctures of the pallets and the chequey are flat gold, gules and sable; and the whole design has a heavily hammered metal finish.
James II of Urgell, 1380–1433, known as the Unfortunate, Count of Urgell, Viscount of Àger, and Baron of Fraga, Antillón and Alcolea de Cinca, was one of the main claimants to the throne after the death of Martin I of Aragon. His rejection of the Compromise of Caspe led to his defeat and imprisonment.
Blazon keywords: Dimidiated, Pale, Chequey, Or, Gules and Sable.
Style keywords: Triangular curved, Plain tincture and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.
Bearer: James II of Urgell.
Or, a cross of Calatrava. Crest: An open royal crown Or.
Escudo de oro, una cruz de Calatrava. Timbrado de una corona real abierta.
Coat of arms interpreted as follows: the shield's shape is a semicircular arch; the field is illuminated in metal Or; the cross of Calatrava is outlined in Sable and illuminated in Gules; the royal crown is open, outlined in Sable and illuminated in metal Or, pearls in Argent, gemstones in Gules and Vert, and the visible base hollow in Sable; and the entire piece has a slightly hammered metal finish.
The municipality of Jamilena belongs to the La Campiña region and is the smallest in the province of Jaén. I have depicted its coat of arms with an open royal crown, but representations with a closed royal crown can also be found.
The origin of the cross of Calatrava in its heraldic coat of arms dates back to the year 1525 when Emperor Charles V issued several decrees from Toledo to build a convent for nuns in Jamilena. For the construction of this convent, stones from the Muslim castle, which was reformed and occupied by the Order of Calatrava, were used.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Cross of Calatrava, Cross couped, Cross, Crest, Open royal crown and Crown.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Soft metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Civic and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Jamilena.
Gules, a fess chequey Azure and Argent.
Escudo de gules, una faja ajedrezada de azur y plata.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of the lineage Janovsti of Janovic of Czechia. It is also the coat of arms of the lineage Klenovsky of Klenove of Czech. I have emblazoned it with a fess chequy of 3 rows, symmetric and with 9 columns of squares, provided that its height is 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Argent, One, Three, Nine, Fess and Chequey.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Janovsti of Janovic of Czechia, lineage.
Blazon equivalent to: Lindsay of Scotland, lineage.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Azure, five Bezants in saltire; 2 and 3 Or, three hearts Gules ordered.
Watercolor finishing
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Azure, Five, Bezant, Bezant and plate, In saltire, Or, Three, Heart, Gules and Ordered.
Style keywords: Watercolor, Semi-circular, Illuminated and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Coat of arms, Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Fernández-Cortés y Fonseca, Javier.
Party per fess, 1 Gules, a stag rampant, issuant from base proper, in the dexter chief a Maltese cross Argent; 2 Azure, a mullet of seven points Argent. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree issuant from a crown of Noble above the shield, with a wreath Argent and Gules, a demi-lion Gules, crowned Or, grasping in its paws a swallow-tailed pennon lozengy Gules and Argent, shafted Sable. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Per Aquas Ad Futurum». Suspended from the shield, the cross of Knight of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
G0131, augmentation of G0042, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant for the arms of Jay Geoffrey De Graaf, Australia. The augmentation consists of the addition of a Maltese cross Argent in the dexter chief. This augmentation of the grant G0042 has been published in the Government Gazette of Malta, Volume 2, No. 20,240, dated 14th February 2023, on pages 1265–1266, in both Maltese and English. These arms have been emblazoned by me for such grant. In the image, the arms appear photographed by the grantee himself, Jay Geoffrey De Graaf.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Argent, Or, One, Party per fess, Stag, Rampant, Issuant from base, Proper, In the dexter chief, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped, Mullet, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Issuant, Crown of Noble, Crown, Above the shield, Wreath, Demi, Lion, Crowned, Grasping, Paw, Swallow-tail, Lozengy, Shafted, Mantling, Motto, Suspended from the shield and Decoration.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Grant of arms, Heraldic document, Collage, Photographic, Pennon and Flag.
Bearer: Graaf, Jay Geoffrey De.
Coat of arms of Jean Mortes from Brittany, France, emblazoned by me with a heater shape, and with the blazon written in English and Castilian in a structured way to observe the parallelism between both forms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Sable, Argent, Purpure, One, Tower, Embattled, Masoned, Overall, Lion, Rampant and Barry.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Structured and parallel blazons, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Mortés, Jean.
Gules, three bees Or; a chief cousu azure, an eagle displayed Or. Crest: A crown of the Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la Granada. The shield is surrounded by the collar of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate.
It has been painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a texturized finishing.
This is the coat of arms of Jean-Eudes Pierra emblazoned by me for the Roll of Arms of the Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la Granada.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Or, Three, One, Bee, Ordered, Chief, Eagle, Crest, Crown of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate, Crown, Surrounded and Collar.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Cousu.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Armorial roll and Castilian language.
Bearer: Pierra, Jean-Eudes.
Azure, a pall couped Argent, its three arms charged with «es» Sable, within a triangle reversed Argent, its three arms charged with «no es» Sable, all debruised by four bezants, three on the vertex of the triangle, in dexter chief, charged with «el Padre», in sinister chief, charged with «el Hijo», in base, charged with «el Espítiru», and one on the fess point, charged with «Dios» Gules; in chief a label of three points Argent.
Escudo de azur, una perla recortada de plata, sus tres brazos cargados con «es» de sable, dentro de un triángulo ranversado de plata, sus tres brazos cargados con «no es» de sable, todo resaltado de cuatro bezantes de oro, tres sobre los vértices del triángulo, en la diestra del jefe, cargado de «el Padre», en la siniestra del jefe, cargado con «el Hijo», en la punta, cargado con «el Espítiru» y uno sobre el corazón, cargado con «Dios» todo de gules; en jefe un lambel de tres pendientes de plata.
Imaginary coat of arms that I have interpreted as follows: its base is semicircular (round); its field is illuminated in Azure; the rest is illuminated in Argent and outlined in Sable, except for the bezants which are Or and also outlined in Sable; its letters in plain tinctures, some Gules and others Sable; and the set with a glazed finish.
The pall (perla) as defined by [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 239] is «a figure composed of three moving cotises, or that emerge from the two angles of the Chief and the Base, which meet in the center or heart of the Shield in the form of a Greek Y, as if this figure were formed from a half Saltire, and a half Pale».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, One, Pall, Couped, Argent, Three, Charged, Letter, Sable, Within, Triangle, Reversed, Four, Bezant, In the dexter chief, In the sinister chief, In base, In the fess point, Gules, Cadency and Label of three points.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Glass.
Classification: Religious, Interpreted, Imaginary and Coat of arms.
Imaginary bearer: Jesus Christ.
John de Octon ~ Joan de Okinton.
Or, three cinquefoils Gules.
Escudo de oro, tres quinquefolios de gules.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 620] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 620].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Three, Cinquefoil, Gules and Ordered.
Style keywords: Triangular curved, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Juan de Octon.
Argent, a cross calvary Gules, in the dexter of the chief, a fleur de lis Azure. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree, with a wreath Argent and Gules, a dove rising Argent, membered and armed Or, bearing in its beak a sprig of shamrock proper. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «In Faith and Charity». Suspended from the shield the cross of Knight of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
G0105: the coat of arms of John Anthony Wright, of Ireland, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. These arms have been included in the book [Gauci, C. A.; Cassar, R. M.; 2025; page 110] as shown in the photograph of the image.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Azure, Vert, Or, One, Cross calvary, Dexter, Chief, Fleur de lis, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Dove, Rising, Membered, Armed, Grasping, Beak, Sprig, Shamrock, Proper, Mantling, Doubled, Motto, Suspended from the shield and Decoration.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Wright, John Anthony.
Sir John Berry, Admiral of the Royal Navy
Or, three fesses Gules.
Escudo de oro, tres fajas de gules.
Coat of arms interpreted as follows: the top of the shield is pointed; its field has been painted in flat Or; its fesses have been outlined in Sable and illuminated in Gules; and the whole set has a pearly finish.
The arms of John Berry, and therefore those of Berry of Molland, are equivalent to those of Pope Clement V and to the Castilian arms of Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Carrillo.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Fess and Gules.
Style keywords: Pointed, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Iridescent (nacar).
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Army and Navy.
Bearer: Berry, John.
Joan de Beauchamp ~ John de Beauchamp.
Vair.
Escudo de veros.
Interpreted coat of arms, the shape of the shield is triangular and curved plain tinctures metal Argent and color Azure, outlined in sable; and a free hand finishing.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 64] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 64].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Vair, Argent and Azure.
Style keywords: Triangular curved, Plain tincture and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Juan de Beauchamp.
John de Ladbrooke ~ Joan de Lodbroke.
Azure, a chevron Ermine.
Escudo de azur, un cabrio de armiños.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 662] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 662].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, One, Chevron and Ermine.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Juan de Ladbrooke.
King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1199 to 1216.
Gules, three lions, passant, guardant, in pale Or, armed and langued Azure.
Escudo de gules, tres leopardos en palo de oro, armados y lampasados de azur.
Arms of King John interpreted with: a rounded (semicircular) base; the field enamelled with a flat tint of Gules; the leopards illuminated in Or and Azure, outlined in Sable, all three of the same size; and the whole finished with a crystalline effect.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Azure, Three, Leopard, Armed, Langued and In pale.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Crystalline.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, House of Plantagenet and Kingdom of England.
Bearer: John I of England.
Juan le Sturmy ~ Joan le Strumi ~ John le Sturmy.
Gules, a chevron Argent, between three Mullets Argent.
Escudo de gules, un cabrio de plata, acompañado de tres estrellas de cinco puntas de plata.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 664] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 664].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Chevron, Argent, Between, Three and Mullet.
Style keywords: Pointed, Plain tincture and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Juan le Sturmy.
Blazon equivalent to: Howel Ap Rhys.
Or, a fess chequey Argent, charged with an ermine spot, and Azure, between in chief two cross patty Gules, in base a thistle proper; a diminished bordure Azure.
The coat of arms of Reverend John Stuart, XVIII century, emblazoned by me in 3 approaches: 1) Classic bordure: Using a bordure with a width equal to 1/6 of the coat of arms' base. In the image, this is marked with texts and lines in Vert. Notice that the squares in columns 2 and 8 are split by the inner border of the bordure, which is unfortunate as it disrupts the design. 2) Diminished bordure: Using a narrower bordure with a width equal to 2/3 of the classic bordure, corresponding to 1 square of the fess chequey. In the image, this is marked with texts and lines in Gules. This approach avoids splitting any squares, allows for larger figures, and is my preferred solution. In England, diminished bordures, often simply blazoned as bordure, are more common than in Castile. 3) Without squares splitted: Retaining the classic bordure but shifting the fess chequey 1/2 square to either dexter or sinister to prevent splitting squares. However, this sacrifices the symmetry of the design. This last adjustment was used in the hatchment of Reverend John Stuart in St. George's Cathedral, Kingston, Ontario, 1785.
Blazon keywords: Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Nine, Two, Fess, Chequey, Charged, Ermine spot, Between, In chief, Cross, Patty, In base, Thistle, Proper and Diminished bordure.
Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Stuart, John.
187th Pope of the Church, from 1276 to 1277. «Johannes XXI», born Pedro Julião, also known as Pedro Hispano, born in Lisbon, Portugal.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, three crescents Gules; 2 and 3 Sable, two pallets Or.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de plata, tres crecientes de gules; 2o y 3o de sable, dos palos de oro.
Coat of arms with: a shield with a pointed and rounded top; the field in plain Argent and Sable; the figures outlined in Sable and illuminated in Gules and Or; and the whole in an elevated line style.
John XXI should have actually been John XX, but Cardinal Pedro Julião, upon being elected pope, decided to skip the number XX and called himself John XXI, with the aim of correcting what was believed to be a historical error, which in the end was not so.
This historical error consisted of the belief in the existence of 2 popes named John XIV, as seemed to be deduced from the records of the «Liber Pontificalis». They were therefore referred to as: the 1st John XIV and the 2nd John XIV bis.
By skipping the number XX, John XXI believed he was correcting this historical error. But the reality is that there was only one Pope John XIV, the same pope with 2 entries in the «Liber Pontificalis», the 1st entry during the time of his pontificate in freedom and the 2nd entry for the time he exercised his pontificate in prison, imprisoned by his enemy, the so-called «antipope» Boniface VII, who, in turn, managed to occupy the papal throne twice, separated by a decade, in 974 and in 984, somewhat like a double «antipope».
Therefore, John XXI, instead of correcting a historical error, made one, and for this reason, there is no Pope John XX in all of history, nor can there ever be one.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Argent, Three, Crescent, Gules, Ordered, Sable, Two, Pale and Or.
Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Papal States.
Bearer: John XXI.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a three arch bridge issuant from base and throughout Or; 2 and 3 Azure, five fleurs de lis, in base two bars wavy Or.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a shape ended with an rounded arch, illuminated, and its finishing is that seems leather.
These arms were designed by Felipe Trujillo Jimenez as a derivation of the primitive arms of Pons and Peneque lineages. The Pons lineage has canting arms: «Or, a three arch bridge issuant from base and throughout Sable». The blazon of the ancient arms of Paneque lineage is: «Azure, five fleurs de lis Or, in base two bars Argent».
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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, One, Bridge, Issuant from base, Throughout, Or, Azure, Five, Fleur de lis, In base, Two, Fess and Wavy.
Style keywords: Pointed, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Pons Paneque, Jonathan.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Azure, a saltire Argent between two fleurs de lis in fess Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; 2 and 3 Gules, six fleurs de lis, in chief one Argent between two Or, in fess two Argent, in base one Or; within a bordure gyronny of twenty-four Argent and Azure; overall a heart Argent charged with a label Gules.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de azur, un sotuer de plata acompañado en faja de dos flores de lis de oro; en un jefe de plata, un águila calva de azur, cabeza y cola de plata, picada, armada y membrada de oro, lampasada de gules; 2o y 3o de gules, seis flores de lis, en jefe una de plata entre dos de oro, en faja dos de plata y en punta una de oro; una bordura jironada de veinticuatro piezas de plata y azur; brochante sobre el todo un corazón de plata cargado de un lambel de gules.
Arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finishing.
The coat of arms of Easton Michael Jones designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Six, Twenty-four, Quarterly, Saltire, Between, In fess, Fleur de lis, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Bordure, Gyronny, Overall, Heart and Label.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Jones, Easton Michael.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Azure, a saltire Argent between two fleurs de lis in fess Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; 2 and 3 Gules, six fleurs de lis, in chief one Argent between two Or, in fess two Argent, in base one Or; within a bordure gyronny of twenty-four Argent and Azure; overall a heart Argent charged with a crescent Gules.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de azur, un sotuer de plata acompañado en faja de dos flores de lis de oro; en un jefe de plata, un águila calva de azur, cabeza y cola de plata, picada, armada y membrada de oro, lampasada de gules; 2o y 3o de gules, seis flores de lis, en jefe una de plata entre dos de oro, en faja dos de plata y en punta una de oro; una bordura jironada de veinticuatro piezas de plata y azur; brochante sobre el todo un corazón de plata cargado de un creciente de gules.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finishing.
The coat of arms of Rhettlee Cooper Jones designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Six, Twenty-four, Quarterly, Saltire, Between, In fess, Fleur de lis, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Bordure, Gyronny, Overall, Heart and Crescent.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Jones, Rhettlee Cooper.
Or, a badger rampant Sable.
Coat of arms of Jose Manuel Villauriz Alvarez, outlined by me under the direction of Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera Gila, Cronista de Armas de Castilla y Leon.
Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, One, Badger and Rampant.
Style keywords: Outlined and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Villauriz Álvarez, José Manuel.
Party per pale bendy wavy Azure and Or and bendy wavy Azure and Argent, overall three fish naiant in pale Argent.
Coat of arms of Juan Lanzagorta Aras designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and outlined by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Three, Party per pale, Bendy, Wavy, Overall, Fish, Naiant and In pale.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lanzagorta Aras, Juan.
Argent masoned Sable, a chevron Azure, in chief a wolf and a she-wolf combatant Sable.
Coat of arms of Juan Lanzagorta Vallin designed by him and outlined by me. The image illustrates my working process in 3 steps: 1) outlined, 2) flat colors and metal, and 3) lights and shadows. I have never painted a field masoned sable. The chevron Azure symbolizes the firmament seen through an open hole in the masoned wall, like a window open to the sky.
Credits: Juan Lanzagorta Vallin is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Sable, One, Two, Masoned, Chevron, In chief, Wolf, She-wolf and Combatant.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Ogee.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lanzagorta Vallín, Juan.
Sanguine, a lion rampant, double queued Argent, tufted Or and langued Gules holding in its paws by the bows three keys fesswise bows interlaced wards to dexter facing downwards Or, in chief a mullet of eight points Or; all within a tressure Or.
Escudo de sanguíneo, un león rampante, de cola horquillada de plata, empenachada de oro, lampasado de gules teniendo en sus patas tres llaves entrelazadas, en palo, puestas en faja, con el dentado hacia la diestra y abajo; en jefe, una estrella de ocho puntas; un trechor, todo de oro.
Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a leather finish.
Coat of arms of Rick Kasparek emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Sanguine, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Three, Eight, Lion, Rampant, Double queued, Tufted, Langued, Grasping, Paw, Key, Fesswise, Interlaced, In chief, Mullet and Tressure.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Kasparek, Rick.
Argent, four leaves of silver-leaved whitebeam (Sorbus Aria Lutescens) in saltire, stems interlaced Vert, on a chief Gules, three crosses of Saint Brigid Argent. Motto: «Family is Everything» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.
Kathleen Kane's three recent matrilineal ancestors were all named after the Irish Saint Brigid of the 5th and 6th centuries. With the time, this saint added to her own story some of the characteristics of her namesake, the earlier Celtic goddess of water, poetry, and the alchemical force of fire. She is one of the patron saints of Ireland and her Feast Day is February 1st.
These three women were formidable characters: resilient, resourceful, and independent. Each inspired their daughters to follow in their footsteps, reflecting the attributes associated with Saint Brigid, an icon of strength, piety, resourcefulness, and independence. They are symbolized by the three crosses of Saint Brigid.
Saint Brigid's Crosses, woven from straw or rushes and blessed, are traditionally hung in the rafters or beams of the house to ensure the saint's protection throughout the year for all household members. This symbolism connects the matrilineal ancestors with the home and the protection of the family, which, according to the motto, is everything.
The four leaves of the Silver Leaved Whitebeam represent Kathleen's four children. The interlaced stems symbolize the union of the family and their home in Dún Laoghaire, outside of which this tree grows.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Four, Leaf, In saltire, Stem, Interlaced, Vert, Chief, Gules, Three, Cross of Saint Brigid and Cross couped.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Rounded.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Design rationale, Sealed arms and Heraldic document.
Bearer: Kane, Kathleen.
Gyronny Azure and Argent, on a hurt, a triquetra Argent; a bordure Sable.
Escudo gironado de azur y plata, un roel de azur, cargado de una triquetra de plata; una bordura de sable.
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a freehand finish.
The arms of Kimberly Louise Severson designed by her and emblazoned by me. Blazon in French: «Gironné d’azur et d’argent chargé d’un tourteau d’azur surchargé d'une triqueta d’argent; à la bordure de sable».
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Sable, One, Gyronny, Hurt, Celtic Trinity knot, Knot and Bordure.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Severson, Kimberly Louise.
Arthur Pendragon
Sinople, a cross flory Argent.
Escudo de sinople, una cruz flordelisada de plata.
Imaginary coat of arms interpreted as follows: the mouth of the shield is triangular and curved; the field has been enameled with flat color Vert; the cross flory is illuminated Argent and shaded; and the finish is crystalline.
Its interpretation has been based on the banner that can be consulted in [Edward IV of England; 1461; row 15, 1st column]. Note that King Arthur is represented in this armorial by 2 different arms.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Vert, Argent, Cross flory and Cross couped.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Shaded, Outlined in sable, Crystalline and Triangular curved.
Classification: Interpreted, Imaginary, Coat of arms and Kingdom of England.
Imaginary bearer: Arthur of Britain.
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.
Coat of arms of His Majesty King Charles III emblazoned by me. The background of the shield is the «King Charles III Tartan», combined with two fragments taken from photographs of His Majesty’s kilt: the first placed to the dexter side and below the shield, scaled so that the kilt’s stripes match in size and allow verification of the thread count, sett composition, and physical details confirming the tartan’s vertical alignment; and the second taken from the same photograph of the same kilt but enlarged, where the twill can be seen the bend sinisterwise layout.
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 Metal beaten.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Tartan and Collage.
Bearer: Charles III of the United Kingdom.
Metal Or over metal Argent.
Argent, a cross potent cantoned of four crosslets potent Or.
Escudo de plata, una cruz potenzada cantonada de cuatro cruces potenzadas todas de oro.
Illuminated with lights and shadows and with a freehand finish.
Perhaps the most classic example of non-compliance with the heraldic rule of tinctures having metal Or over metal Argent. In [Galdiano L.; Century XVII; folio 6], you can see a version of the arms of Jerusalem with the field in Gules, which would indeed follow the rule of tinctures as it is metal on color.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, One, Cross potent, Cross couped, Cantoned, Four and Or.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Metal on metal.
Classification: Interpreted and Civic.
Bearer: Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Quarterly: 1 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or; 3 Or, four pallets Gules; 4 Gules, a chain orlewise, crosswise, and saltirewise Or, charged in the fess point with an emerald Vert; enté en point Argent, a pomegranate proper, seeded Gules, slipped and leaved Vert; an inescutcheon Azure, three fleurs de lis Or, 2 and 1, a bordure Gules. Crest: A closed royal crown. Supporters: two columns Argent, capital and base Or, between in base waves Azure, in chief an imperial crown the dexter and a closed royal crown the sinister. Motto environing the columns and behind the shield: «Plus Ultra» Or over a scroll Gules.
Arms of the Kingdom of Spain. This image combines three photographs of this coat of arms on the façade of the Ministry of Defence building on the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, just a few metres from my office, together with my own artistic interpretation of the same arms. In the version on the façade of the Ministry of Defence, the crowns above the columns do not touch the columns, which I believe is the correct way to depict them, although the central crown does appear to rest upon the shield of Spain. There are more interpretations that place the crowns resting on the columns than those that do not, and I photographed this particular version from the Ministry of Defence because it is especially relevant due to its size and institutional significance. On the arrangement of the crowns: a) Royal Decree 1511/1977, of 21 January, enacted during the so-called Transition and approving the Regulations on Flags and Standards, Guidons, Insignia and Distinctive Signs, states: «Rule No. 2. Coat of Arms of Spain… Accompanied by two columns Argent, with base and capital Or, set upon waves Azure or blue and Argent», «superado» «by an imperial crown on the dexter one and by a royal crown on the sinister one…». b) The subsequent Law 33/1981, of 5 October, regulating the current coat of arms of Spain, likewise states: «…Accompanied by two columns Argent, with base and capital Or, set upon waves Azure or blue and Argent», «superado» «by an imperial crown on the dexter one and by a royal crown on the sinister one». c) The term «superado» in the heraldic dictionaries in which it appears refers, as a synonym, to «surmontado». d) The definitions of «surmontado» include: «a charge which, at its upper part, has another above it but without touching it», «also said of superado», and «a figure that bears another above it, but without touching it». In light of a), b), c) and d), the two crowns should therefore be painted not touching the columns. However, in the illustrative drawing contained in Royal Decree 1511/1977 the crowns do touch the columns, contradicting its own wording, although in heraldry, when in doubt, the written blazon always prevails; and in most official representations the crowns do indeed touch the columns. Nevertheless, this personal interpretation of both the coat of arms of Spain and of the proper way to write its blazon, where the lateral crowns do not touch the columns, and then I decide that, following the same criterion, the central crown should not touch the shield either, so the result differs from the official version.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Purpure, Vert, Or, Argent, One, Two, Three, Four, Quarterly, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Crowned, Pallet, Chain, Orlewise, Crosswise, Saltirewise, Charged, In the fess point, Emerald, Enté en point, Pomegranate, Proper, Slipped, Leaved, Inescutcheon, Fleur de lis, Ordered, Bordure, Closed royal crown, Crown, Supporter (thing), Supporter, Column, Shafted, Between, In base, Wave, In chief, Imperial crown, Dexter, Sinister, Motto, Environed, Behind the shield and Scroll.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Civic, Kingdom of Spain, Interpreted, Boa, Photographic and Collage.
Bearer: Spain, Kingdom of.
Azure, two barbels addorsed Argent. Behind the shield an eight-pointed cross patty Gules.
I have had the honour of writing this article about André de Montbard and its coat of arms within a series of 23 articles about the heraldry of the Grand Masters of the Temple.Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted, Doctor, Article, Castilian language and Black and white and color illustrations.
Bearer: Montbard, André de.
Vair. Behind the shield an eight-pointed cross patty Gules.
Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted, Doctor, Article, Castilian language and Black and white and color illustrations.
Bearer: Vichiers, Renaud de.
Vert, an eagle displayed Argent, beaked, langued, membered and armed Gules; on a chief wavy Argent, three plantain plants issuant from the line of division Vert.
Coat of arms of Kurth Mayrl, of Austrian origin, and in charge of banana plantations in San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico. This coat of arms has been designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and outlined by me.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Argent, Gules, One, Three, Eagle, Displayed, Beaked, Langued, Membered, Armed, Chief, Wavy, Plantain plant, Issuant and Line of division.
Style keywords: Outlined.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Mayrl, Kurth.
Pierre de La Forcade ~ Pierre de Forcade (XV century).
Lozengy Or and Azure, a pale Gules.
Escudo losanjado oro y azur, un palo de gules.
Coat of arms interpreted with: the semicircular base shape; the field of plain metal Or; the lozenges illuminated in Azure, outlined in Sable and with their 4 angles at 90o; the lozengy of proportion 5 x 6; the pale illuminated in Gules and outlined in Sable; and the whole with a raised-stroke effect.
Blazon keywords: Lozengy, Or, Azure, Pale and Gules.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: La Forcade, Pierre de.
Azure semé of moons with human face Argent, a sword point upwards Gules, the sinister of its blade debruised by a moon with human face Argent both bend sinisterwise.
Escudo de azur sembrado de lunas figuradas de plata, una espada alzada de gules, la siniestra de su hoja resaltada de una luna figurada de plata ambas puestas en barra.
Coat of arms depicted by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finish.
The coat of arms of María Labarrieta N. designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, One, Semé, Moon, With human face, Sword, Point upwards, Sinister, Debruised and Bend sinisterwise.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Labarrieta N, María.
Party per chevron Vert and Or, in chief a sackbut fesswise Or, in base a thistle slipped and leaved proper. Crest: Upon a helm, with a wreath Or and Vert, a bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) proper. Mantling: Vert doubled Or. Motto above the crest: «Less Is More».
Illuminated, an irisdiscent finishing, and the inner of the thistle is outlined in the metal Or of its field.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Party per chevron, Or, In chief, Sackbut, Fesswise, In base, Thistle, Leaved, Slipped, Proper, Motto, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath and Crest.
Style keywords: Iridescent (nacar), Outlined in sable, Outlined in the field tincture, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Grant of arms, Heraldic document and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Sky, Laird.
Argent, a Mexican cedar tree eradicated proper, fructed Or, its trunk charged with the letters «JML» Or, branded with a branding iron.
Escudo de plata, un cedro macho arrancado al natural, frutado de oro, su tronco cargado de las iniciales «JML» de oro, hechas a hierro de marcar.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, One, Mexican cedar tree, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, Fructed, Trunk, Charged, Branding iron and Letter.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lanzagorta Aras, José María.
Azure, a chief wavy and barry wavy of twelve Azure and Argent debruised and interlaced by a fish urinant Argent.
Escudo de azur, un jefe ondado y burelado ondado de doce piezas de azur y plata, resaltado y entrelazado de un pez sumergido de plata.
Coat of arms of Juan Bautista Lanzagorta Escutia designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and emblazoned by me. It recalls the sad story of a shipwreck.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Twelve, Chief, Wavy, Barry, Debruised, Interlaced, Fish and Urinant.
Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lanzagorta Escutia, Juan Bautista.
Party per pale: 1 party per pale bendy wavy Azure and Or and bendy wavy Azure and Argent, overall three fish naiant in pale Argent; 2 Or, an eagle displayed bendy Azure and Argent.
Escudo partido: 1o partido: 1o bandado ondado de azur y oro, 2o bandado ondado de azur y plata, brochante sobre el todo tres peces nadantes en palo de plata; 2o de oro, un águila bandada de azur y plata.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, and with a texturized finishing.
This is the coat of arms of the marriage Lanzagorta-Escutia, designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and emblazoned by me. They are the married couple composed of Juan Lanzagorta Aras and María Dolores Escutia Sánchez. It is composed of the arms of Juan Lanzagorta Aras impaled with those of María Dolores Escutia Sánchez.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Three, One, Party per pale, Bendy, Wavy, Overall, Fish, Naiant, In pale, Eagle and Displayed.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Plain tincture.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lanzagorta-Escutia, marriage.
D'or à un arbre arraché de sinople, accosté à dextre de la lettre capitale «D» et à senestre de la lettre capitale «L» du même, et une étoile d'azur posée au canton dextre de la pointe.
Or, a tree eradicated Vert between a capital letter «D» and a capital letter «L» Sable, in the dexter of the base a mullet Azure.
Illuminated with lights and shadows and with a leather finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, One, Tree, Erased, Vert, Between, Letter, Sable, Canton, Dexter, Base (lower 1/3), Mullet, Five and Azure.
Style keywords: Leather, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Kingdom of France.
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.
Coat of arms depicted 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.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Azure, a saltire Argent between two fleurs de lis in fess Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; 2 and 3 Gules, six fleurs de lis, in chief one Argent between two Or, in fess two Argent, in base one Or; within a bordure gyronny of twenty-four Argent and Azure; overall a crescent Argent charged with a label Gules.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de azur, un sotuer de plata acompañado en faja de dos flores de lis de oro; en un jefe de plata, un águila calva de azur, cabeza y cola de plata, picada, armada y membrada de oro, lampasada de gules; 2o y 3o de gules, seis flores de lis, en jefe una de plata entre dos de oro, en faja dos de plata y en punta una de oro; una bordura jironada de veinticuatro piezas de plata y azur; brochante sobre el todo un creciente de plata cargado de un lambel de gules.
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finish.
The coat of arms of Ryker Scott Lasco designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Six, Twenty-four, Quarterly, Saltire, Between, In fess, Fleur de lis, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Bordure, Gyronny, Overall, Crescent and Label.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lasco, Ryker Scott.
Coat of arms of Laurent Liu-Lecomble designed by him and emblazoned by me, with the blazon written in English and Castilian in a structured way to observe the parallelism between both forms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, Or, One, Three, Quarterly, Dexter, Hand, Appaumée, Sword, Point upwards, Between, Cross patty, Cross couped, Sinister, Eight-pointed cross, Plough share, Affronty, Disordered, Eagle claw, Inescutcheon, Charged and Fleur de lis.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Structured and parallel blazons, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Liu-Lecomble, Laurent.
Azure, five flies in saltire Or.
Escudo de azur, cinco moscas puestas en sotuer de oro.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finish.
This is the coat of arms of the lineage Laydin emblazoned by me, as described in [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1987; page 989], whose blazon is equivalent to that of the Zendreros lineage, also described in [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1987; page 1941].
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Five, Fly and In saltire.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Laydin, lineage.
Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, masoned Sable, issuant from its port a dragon passant Vert, in chief a pelican in her piety Argent, vulned Gules.
Escudo de gules, un castillo de oro, mazonado de sable y saliendo por su puerta un dragón pasante de sinople, en jefe un pelícano desplegado de plata, la piedad de gules.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
Ancient arms of the lineage Lazaro of Aragon emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Vert, Argent, One, Castle, Triple-towered, Masoned, Issuant (port), Dragon, Passant, In chief, Pelican in her piety and Pelican.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lazaro of Aragon, lineage.
Blazon of the lineage Lazcano in the Canary Islands.
Vert, nine Poplar leaves ordered, in chief a «T» letter Or.
Illuminated and leather finishing.
It can be consulted at [Chaparro D'Acosta L.; 1979; página 251].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Vert, Letter, Poplar leaf, Or and Nine.
Style keywords: Leather, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Interpreted.
[ Gules, a lion rampant Or, ] accolé with [ Gules, a lion passant, guardant Or ].
[ Escudo de gules, un león rampante de oro, ] acolado de un [ escudo de gules, un leopardo de oro].
Existing arms interpreted by me as follows: both coat of arms are rotated ±30o; their shapes are pointed; the field of each coat of arms has been enamelled in flat Gules; the lion and the leopard in Or are outlined in Sable; and the whole composition of both arms has a rough texture finish.
Examples of accolated coat of arms (written as «accolé» in the 18th century) can be seen in [Avilés, J.; 1780a; pages 24 and 25 and plate 1: figures 1 and 2].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Lion, Or, Rampant and Leopard.
Style keywords: Pointed, Plain tincture, Outlined in sable, Tilted shield and Metal beaten.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Accolé arms, Duchy of Aquitaine, Kingdom of France and Kingdom of England.
Bearer: Leonor de Aquitania.
[ Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable ] accolé with [ Gules, three lions, passant, guardant, in pale Or, armed and langued Azure ].
[ Escudo de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable ] acolado de un [ escudo de gules, tres leopardos en palo de oro, armados y lampasados de azur ].
Arms of the King and Queen of Castile interpreted with: the escutcheons' shapes pointed and rounded; the field of each shield, the castle, and the three leopards enamelled in flat tints of Gules and metal Or, with windows, claws, and tongues in Azure; and the whole composition finished with a raised line technique.
[Medél, R.; 1846; page 38] provides a heraldic description of the leopard.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Azure, Three, Leopard, Armed, Langued, In pale, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows and Masoned.
Style keywords: Ogee, Plain tincture, Outlined in sable, Tilted shield and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Accolé arms, House of Plantagenet, Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Castile.
Bearer: Leonor Plantagenet.
Of the twelve lineages of Noblemen, the sixth is that of Lete, from which descended Don Juan Corbarán de Let: they bear as arms, on a field Or, three pots shaped like cauldrons, slightly elongated, as painted in this shield.
Or, three Fleshpot Sable.
Escudo de oro, tres potes de sable.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; the field in flat Or metal; the three pots illuminated in Sable with vertical, but not horizontal symmetry; and finished in highly-hammered metal.
It is not easy to find in English a similar figure:
Coat of arms based on the sixth of the Navarrese «ricoshombres» from [Bosque, J. del; 1540; folio 1 of the numbering of 1613]. The text heading this article is taken from the transcription made by [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; 1982; pages 122 and 123].
Although I have not found any reference about it, it could be considered that originally they might have been canting arms and that these three «potes» could have been milk pots, in reference to their bearers «Lete».
Under the title «Surname of Let» it can also be consulted in [Vega, P. J. de; 1702; folio 6 of the manuscript], although the number has been altered, possibly having been a 5 and perhaps interpreted as an 8, it is deduced by being placed after folio 7.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Clay pot and Sable.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Kingdom of Navarre and Canting.
Bearer: Lete of Navarre.
Azure, two chevronels Argent between in chief two mullets of six points Or, and in base a Scots pine eradicated proper [Grant G0066]; the whole debruised by a baronial coronet for difference. Crest: A crown of noble. Motto: «Per audacia ad astra». Suspended from the shield the cross of Dame of Grace and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta.
G0099: the coat of arms of Lia Pompili née Segatto, of Italy, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. This coat of arms has been included in the book [Gauci, C. A.; Cassar, R. M.; 2025; page 106] as shown in the photograph of the image.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Two, One, Chevronel, Between, In chief, Mullet, In base, Scots pine, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, Debruised, Cadency, Crown of Baron, Crown, Crest, Crown of Noble, Motto, Suspended from the shield and Decoration.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Rhombus.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Pompili, Lia.
Gules, a fess chequey Azure and Argent.
Escudo de gules, una faja ajedrezada de azur y plata.
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a parchment finishing.
Coat of arms of the lineage Lindsay of Scotland. I have emblazoned it with a fess chequy of 3 rows, symmetric and with 9 columns of squares, provided that its height is 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Argent, One, Three, Nine, Fess and Chequey.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Parchment.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lindsay of Scotland, lineage.
Blazon equivalent to: Janovsti of Janovic of Czechia, lineage.
Gules, a fess chequey Azure and Argent, in chief three mullets of five points Argent.
Escudo de gules, una faja ajedrezada de azur y plata, en jefe tres estrellas de plata.
Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of the lineage Lindsay of the Byres. I have emblazoned it with a fess chequy of 3 rows, symmetric and with 9 columns of squares, provided that its height is 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms. 5 is the default number of points of the «mullet» in both English and Castilian heraldry. [Friar, S.; 1987; page 35] states: «a mullet is always depicted as having five points, a six-pointed mullet should be blazoned a Mullet of six points»; likewise, [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 279, figure 126] and [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 312, figure 126] state: «Mullets ordinarily have five rays, or straight points,... when blazoning this figure, the usual practice is to specify the number of rays when exceeding five».
Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Argent, One, Three, Nine, Fess, Chequey, In chief and Mullet.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lindsay of the Byres, lineage.
Gules, an eagle displayed Or.
Arms depicted by me, in flat tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finish.
Coat of arms of the lineage Baldovino from Venecia. From Jean-Baptiste Rietstap, «Armorial général», 1st edition, 1861, [Rietstap, J. B.; 1861; P1 CXII B, row 7, column 7].
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, One, Eagle and Displayed.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Baldovino from Venecia, lineage.
Argent, three bars Sable; within a bordure countercompony Or and Gules.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
Ancient arms of the lineage Ceballos of Cantabria emblazoned by me. 2 versions for the same blazon.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Or, Gules, Three, Bar, Bordure and Chequey.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Ceballos of Cantabria, lineage.
Gules, two chevronels, in chief three mullets Argent. Motto: «Semper Supra».
Escudo de gules, dos tenazas de plata, en jefe tres estrellas todo de plata. Lema: «Semper Supra».
Arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a freehand finish.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Two, Three, Chevronel, In chief, Mullet and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Rothstein, lineage.
Or, three lion’s paws erect and erased Or, 2 and 1, each grasping a Madonna lily Argent.
Coat of arms of the lineage Terraza of Aragon, outlined by me following the instructions of Enrique de Alzaga Aliena.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Three, One, Lion, Paw, Erect, Erased, Ordered, Grasping, Madonna lily, Flower and Lily.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Terraza of Aragon, lineage.
Guilaberto Lloscós y Soldevilla was grand prior of the Order of Saint John from 1449 to 1460.
Argent, a bull salient Gules within a bordure gyronny Argent and Sable.
Escudo de plata, un toro saltande de gules; bordura jironada de plata y sable.
Illuminated and parchment finishing.
He also known as Guilaberto Loscós y Soldevilla, and his coat of arms can be consulted at [García Carraffa, A.; García Carraffa, A.; 1968; volume II, page 407], who does not depict this bull with its tongue out.
The Lloscós lineage resided on the island of Mallorca and succeeded in the position of royal procurator of the island. Lázaro Lloscós was the procurator of the island in 1332, his son Mateo Lloscós was in 1392 and his grandson Mateo Lloscós was too. Mateo Lloscós helped King Alonso V of Aragon, the Magnanimous, with the expenses of the Naples campaign in 1435 and, therefore, the king donated the town of Bañalbufar and the title of baron. Mateo Lloscós was the father of Guilaberto Lloscós y Soldevilla grand prior of the Order of Saint John.
This bordure presents a dual characteristic. It could be considered a bordure compony because it is composed of a series of segments, in this case, eight. However, since the sides of these segments are not perpendicular to the bordure, but are angled in such a way that all their extended lines would converge at the exact center of the coat of arms, it structurally resembles the division known as gyronny. It is for this reason that, despite its compony appearance, I specifically designate it as a bordure gyronny.
This is a reflection on the tongue out in animals in heraldry. I will rely on the representations found in [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909], as it contains numerous representations of animals in the most diverse heraldic attitudes.
In heraldry, tigers [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 322-325], lions, wolves, the bear, etc., are usually represented with the tongue out; they are heraldic beasts and they are carnivores.
However, the fox in [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 343-345] is not painted with the tongue out. It is classified as a heraldic beast and, moreover, it is carnivorous.
The boar is omnivorous, it is a heraldic beast and it is painted with the tongue out, as is done in [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 353-358].
From the above, there is no uniform association between the tongue out and being a heraldic beast or a carnivore.
On the other hand, [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 446-449] classifies eagles as birds, not as beasts; they are carnivorous and are represented with the tongue out. And the dolphin is a fish, it is carnivorous and is also represented with the tongue out [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 479-480].
There are heraldists who say that herbivores are not painted with the tongue out.
But donkeys, mules, and especially the horse are herbivores and they can be seen represented with the tongue out. For example, [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 360 and 362] paints the horse with the tongue out, and in figure 361, with the horse running, he does not paint the tongue out. In no case does he classify it as a heraldic beast.
[Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 368 and 370] paints the talbot, the mythical dog of heraldry, with the tongue out rampant and passant; but in more restful attitudes, such as standing and seated, he does not paint it with the tongue out. This could indicate that, when it is calm, it does not put the tongue out. But in the previous paragraph we have seen that he does not paint the horse running with the tongue out, and a horse running is not calm.
The bull [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 375-376] is not painted with the tongue out. However, I paint the bull with the tongue out and, although herbivorous, I claim the fighting bull as one of the most beastly figures of heraldry.
The stag does not carry the tongue out in any of its attitudes in [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 379-386], and other cervids [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 387-390] do not either.
Rams, sheep, lambs, goats [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 395-403] also do not carry the tongue out.
The badger is carnivorous [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figure 409]; as with the fox, it is carnivorous and does not carry the tongue out.
Therefore, in general, the tongue out cannot be fully associated either with heraldic beasts or with carnivores, just as not carrying the tongue out cannot be associated with herbivores or with calm attitudes. For example, the lion always carries the tongue out, even in its calmest attitudes [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 304-309].
The conclusion is that it is left to the discretion of the heraldic artist to paint or not to paint the tongue out, depending on what he wishes to express. For example, greater aggressiveness, greater movement, or liveliness could be associated with the tongue out.
Blazon keywords: Argent, One, Bull, Salient, Gules, Bordure, Gyronny and Sable.
Style keywords: Parchment, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Personal and Interpreted.
Bearer: Lloscós y Soldevilla, Guilaberto.
Argent, five wolves passant Sable; a bordure Azure, charged with eight saltires couped Or.
Escudo de plata, cinco lobos pasantes de sable; una bordura de azur, cargada de ocho aspas de oro.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of María Lobo, Lady of the House of Alvito. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me. The arms are traditionally associated with the Lobo family of Alvito and are documented in Castilian and Portuguese heraldic and genealogical sources. These arms were equally used by other members of the House of Alvito, such as Ruy Dias Lobo and his descendants. I have emblazoned this coat of arms at the request of Fernando Durán Cabral de Mello d’Alpoim, as he counts the Lobo lineage of Alvito among his ancestors. It is not necessary to say the arrangement of the wolves which is in saltire, that is, 2, 1 and 2, since it is the default arrangement in heraldry for 5 equal charges.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Azure, Or, Five, Eight, Wolf, Passant, Bordure, Charged, Saltire and Couped.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lobo, María.
Azure, a wolf's head caboshed Argent, in chief three monstrances in fess proper.
Escudo de azur, una cabeza de frente de lobo de plata, acompañada en jefe de tres custodias en faja al natural.
Arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a rounded trapezoidal outer contour and with a metal and iridescent finishing.
Coat of arms of Barbaro Jonathan Lopez Linares, Cuba, designed by him and emblazoned by me. In English heraldry the term caboshed applies to the head of any animal shown affronty, but it always refers only to the head, with no part of the neck visible; for example, one may blazon «a bull’s head caboshed» or «a wolf’s head caboshed», whereas if the neck is shown the proper term is «a bull’s head couped affronty»; in other words, a head caboshed does not show any of the neck, it is just the animal’s face; this usage of caboshed is valid both for horned animals such as the stag, the goat, or the bull, and also for hornless animals such as the wolf; in Castilian heraldry, however, [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 2002] defines «reencuentro» specifically for the frontal head of the bull, and by extension for other horned animals such as the stag or the goat; thus, for a wolf, one should properly blazon simply «una cabeza de lobo de frente» ~ «a wolf’s head affronty»; finally, the [Real Academia Española; 2014] standardizes the spelling «reencuentro» with double «e», although it also accepts the shorter variant «rencuentro», which is the one I personally prefer to use. In heraldry, when a monstrance is blazoned proper, it is understood that the entire structure of the object is of the metal Or, with its characteristic details such as rays, sunburst, or base also in gold, and that inside it the Host is visible in Argent; therefore, a «monstrance proper» must always appear in gold with the silver Host at its center.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Three, Wolf, Head, Caboshed, In chief, Monstrance, Proper and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Rounded trapezoid and Metal and iridescent.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Canting, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lopez Linares, Barbaro Jonathan.
Sable, a tyger rampant Argent; a bordure Argent charged with eight crosses crosslet fitchy Sable.
Coat of arms of the Lord of South Clifton emblazoned by me in 3 steps, showing how the tyger is placed within the bordure, and the crosses crosslet fitchy are arranged on it.
Blazon keywords: Sable, Argent, One, Eight, Tyger, Rampant, Bordure, Charged and Cross crosslet fitchy.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: South Clifton, Lord of.
Party per pale: 1 quarterly: 1 Azure, a lion rampant Or, 2 Argent, a falcon rising, grasping in its paws a serpent Sable, 3 Or, a tower Azure, port, windows, and masoned Sable, 4 Gules, a fox passant Or, a chief Gules semé of mullets Argent; 2 Orange, a mullet of six points voided, interlaced Sable.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a shape ended with an ogee arch, illuminated, and its finishing is that seems leather.
The text «a mullet of six points voided, interlaced» could be written as «a star of David».
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Quarterly, Azure, One, Lion, Rampant, Or, Argent, Falcon, Rising, Grasping, Claw, Serpent, Sable, Tower, Port and windows, Masoned, Gules, Fox, Passant, Chief, Semé, Mullet, Orange, Six, Base (lower 1/3), Voided and Interlaced.
Style keywords: Ogee, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Correa, Lorena.
Party per fess wavy: 1 Azure, a dolphin naiant; 2 Argent, three escallops Azure. Crest: Upon a helm lined Azure with a wreath Argent and Azure, an owl Tenné, armed, beaked, membered, the eyes, and wearing a necklace with a pendant heart Or, grasping with its dexter foot a bluebonnet proper. Mantling Azure doubled Argent. Motto: «Compasión · Honor · Sabiduría» Azure, over a scroll Argent doubled Azure, fimbriated Or.
It has been depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finish.
The arms of Lory Santiago-Vazquez have been presented in my lecture Women and Arms: Contemporary Coats of Arms for Women Worldwide (lecture). The presentation included her coat of arms shown together with the blazon and the design rationale.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Three, Or, Party per fess, Wavy, Dolphin, Naiant, Escallop, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Lined, Wreath, Owl, Tenné, Armed, Beaked, Membered, The eyes, Collar, Heart, Grasping, Dexter, Talon, Bluebonnet, Flower, Proper, Mantling, Doubled, Motto and Scroll.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Slide.
Bearer: Santiago-Vazquez, Lory.
Saint Louis, King of France (1214-1270), son of Blanche of Castile.
Azure semé of fleurs de lis Or.
Escudo de Azur sembrado de flores de lis de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted by me as follows: the shield has a semicircular (round) base; the field is enamelled in flat Azure; the fleurs-de-lis are outlined in Sable and illuminated in Or; and finished with a watercolor effect.
Toward the end of his reign, the armorial called [Wijnbergen; 1265] was created, whose first part is devoted to recording his coat of arms [Wijnbergen; 1265; shield no. 1], which was also that of his father Louis VIII, husband of Blanche of Castile, and the coats of arms of those who were his vassals.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Semé and Fleur de lis.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, Kingdom of France and House of the Capetians.
Bearer: Louis IX of France.
171st Pope of the Church, from the year 1181 to the year 1185. «Lucius III», born Ubaldo Allucinoli, was born in Lucca in northwest Italy.
Lozengy Argent and Azure.
Escudo losanjado de plata y azur.
Papal coat of arms interpreted by me with: a semicircular shield shape; a plain Argent field; checky or squares illuminated in Azure and outlined in Sable; and the whole design with a watercolor finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Lozengy, Argent and Azure.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Papal States.
Bearer: Lucius III.
Gules, three ancient coronets, 2 and 1, within a bordure Or. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree, with a wreath Or and Gules, on two olive branches Vert, leaved Or and Vert, fructed Sable and Vert a mortar and pestle Or. Mantling: Gules doubled Or. Motto: «Solum Fortes Procedunt».
G0124, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant for the arms of Luigi Gerard Martini, United Kingdom. These arms have been emblazoned by me for such grant. The photograph shows my hand-drawn delineation of the olive branch.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Vert, Three, One, Two, Ancient coronet, Crown, Ordered, Within, Diminished bordure, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Olive tree, Tree, Branch, Leaved, Fructed, Metal mortar, Pestle and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Martini, Luigi Gerard.
Tierced pallwise inverted Azure, Gules, and Sable; overall a chevron between, in the dexter of the chief, a mullet of six points, in the sinister of the chief a pair of scales, and in base an open book Or.
It has been painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finish.
Coat of arms of Her Excellency Ratu Muda Malka Bas Reuven emblazoned by me with for the Roll of Arms of the Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la Granada.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Gules, Sable, Or, One, Six, Tierced pallwise inverted, Overall, Chevron, Between, Dexter, Chief, Mullet, Sinister, Pair of scales, In base, Open book, Book, Crown of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate, Crown, Surrounded and Collar.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Armorial roll and Castilian language.
Bearer: Gittel Bas Reuven, Malka.
Blazon of the Malvin de Montazet lineage of Languedoc, France.
Azure, three mullets Argent, 2 and 1.
Illuminated and a freehand finishing.
Its French blazon «d'azur, à trois étoiles d'argent, 2 et 1» can be found at [Rietstap, J. B.; 1861; page 140].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Three, Mullet, Argent and Ordered.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Kingdom of France.
Or semé of millrinds Azure, a chief dancetty of two full points upwards Purpure pierced twice of the field billetwise throughout.
Escudo de oro sembrado de anillas de molino de azur; un jefe encajado de tres piezas, una completa y dos medias, de púrpura y perforado de dos billetes movientes del jefe a la punta.
Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a watercolor finish.
The coat of arms of Baz Manning emblazoned by me. John Basil Edward, known as Baz Manning, was commissioned to make the coat of arms for King Felipe VI of Spain as a member of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, which is now displayed among the many shields in St. George's Hall, Windsor Castle. I had the honor of assisting him with this project, which, although my contribution was small, was incredibly meaningful to me. Baz graciously acknowledged my assistance, stating that my detailed insights on the Spanish royal arms have been included in the records of the Order of the Garter for the Windsor Castle archive and the Heraldry Society.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Purpure, One, Two, Three, Semé, Millrind, Chief, Dancetty, Pierced, Billet and Throughout (chief base).
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Manning, Baz.
Tierced per fess: 1 Sable, seven mullets Argent arranged as the Plough of Ursa Major; 2 Azure; 3 Sanguine, a demi-sun issuant from base Or; all fringed Or and Sanguine.
It has been emblazoned by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a square outer contour and with a texturized finish.
The banner of arms of Marcio Vieira Nastri emblazoned by me. Strictly speaking, the blazon of a banner of arms may simply be that of the coat of arms itself, since a banner of arms is precisely the arms displayed in banner form, without any need to describe its external ornamentation. The following blazon, however, includes the external ornamentation.
Blazon keywords: Sable, Azure, Sanguine, Argent, Or, Seven, One, Tierced per fess, Mullet, Plough of Ursa Major, Demi, Sun, Issuant from base and Fringed.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Square.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Banner of arms and Flag.
Bearer: Nastri, Marcio Vieira.
Escudo partido y medio cortado: 1o de sinople, una banda ondada de plata, acompañada de dos bezantes de oro puestos en barra; 2o de gules, un lienzo de muralla de plata; 3o de oro, tres corazones de gules, 2 y 1; un escusón de oro, cuatro palos de gules.
Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a chasuble external shape and with a watercolor finishing.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Three, Four, Party per pale, the sinister per fess, Bend, Wavy, Between, Bezant, In bend sinister, Wall couped, Heart, Inescutcheon and Pale.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Chasuble and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Marco de Guadamillas y Cortés.
Party per chevron Gules and Vert, overall a chevron ermine between, in the dexter of the chief a dexter hand apaumée couped at the wrist, in the sinister of the chief a key palewise, ward to dexter chief, and in base a boar passant Argent. Motto: «To Thine Own Self Be True» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.
This design combines Byrne, O'Byrne, Ó Broin arms: «Gules, a chevron between three dexter hands apaumée couped at the wrist Argent», with O'Hanlon, Ó hAnluain arms: «Vert, on a mount in base proper, a boar passant Ermine».
These features embody the heraldic adaptation by Gaelic chieftains, integrating ancient tribal symbolism deeply rooted in Celtic mythology and rich local traditions from Wicklow and Armagh.
This design, while combining elements from each and respects this symbolism:
Blazon keywords: Party per chevron, Gules, Vert, Overall, One, Chevron, Ermine, Between, Dexter, Chief, Hand, Appaumée, Party per fess, Wrist, Sinister, Key, Palewise, Key ward, Base (lower 1/3), Boar, Passant and Argent.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Design rationale, Sealed arms and Heraldic document.
Bearer: Byrne, Margaret.
Gules, on a fess invected Argent, a lioness Azure, armed, langued and the udders Gules.
Escudo de gules, una faja acanalada de plata, cargada de una leona de azur, armada, lampasada y ubres de gules.
Credits: Juan Lanzagorta Vallin is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Gules, One, Fess, Invected, Argent, Charged, Lioness, Azure, Armed, Langued and Udder.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Outlined in sable, Diapered and Plain tincture.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Vallín de Lanzagorta, María Concepción.
Party per pale, Vert and Gules, overall a saltire Argent charged with an eagle displayed, facing sinister Sable, grasping in its sinister claw a prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) couped Vert, fructed Gules, leaved Or, and in its dexter claw and beak a serpent Vert, langued Gules, the fangs Or.
This is the coat of arms of María de Jesús Sánchez Juárez, also known as «Aunt Susan», great-granddaughter of Benito Juárez, President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872. This coat of arms has been designed by her nephew Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and has been outlined by me. From a conventional heraldic perspective, the 3 elements, the serpent, the eagle facing sinister, and the prickly pear cactus, could have been treated as separate charges, thereby avoiding the impression of a small scene. In this particular design, however, they are deliberately kept together because they represent the so called «Juarista eagle» as a single iconographic unit: an eagle facing sinister, holding a serpent with its dexter claw and beak while standing upon a prickly pear cactus. Separating the serpent, eagle and cactus would weaken this intended historical reference. The principal artistic licence taken in adapting this composition to the saltire is that the cactus, rather than appearing rooted in the ground, seems almost to be suspended in the air. Thus, within the logic of this design, serpent, eagle and cactus function as a single heraldic charge rather than as 3 independent charges.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Gules, Argent, Sable, Party per pale, Overall, Saltire, Charged, Eagle, Displayed, Facing sinister, Grasping, Sinister, Claw, Prickly pear cactus, Couped, Fructed, Leaved, Dexter, Beak, Serpent, Langued and The fangs.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Sánchez Juárez, María de Jesús.
Or, a fess chequey Gules and Argent.
Escudo de oro, una faja ajedrezada de gules y plata.
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a metal beaten finishing.
Coat of arms of the lineage Mark of Germany. I have emblazoned it with a fess chequy of 3 rows, symmetric and with 9 columns of squares, provided that its height is 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Argent, One, Three, Nine, Fess and Chequey.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Metal beaten.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Mark of Germany, lineage.
Or, a fess chequey Gules and Argent.
Escudo de oro, una faja ajedrezada de gules y plata.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a watercolor finish.
Coat of arms of the County of Mark, Germany. I have emblazoned it with a fess chequy of 3 rows, symmetric and with 9 columns of squares, provided that its height is 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Argent, One, Three, Nine, Fess and Chequey.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Watercolor.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Mark, County of.
Argent, on a chevron Gules three feathers Argent, between three swords erect Gules. Motto: «Ab Initio Goostrey».
Escudo de plata, un cabrio de gules cargado de tres plumas de plata, acompañado de tres espadas alzadas de gules, 2 y 1. Mote: «Ab Initio Goostrey».
Coat of arms interpreted by me as follows: with a rounded base; the motto and field illuminated in Argent; the chevron, with a wide angle in the Cheshire style, is illuminated in Gules and outlined in Sable; the swords and feathers illuminated in Gules and Argent respectively and all outlined in Sable; and the whole has a raised-stroke texture.
I have interpreted the coats of arms of the County of Cheshire produced by Martin Goldstraw with my own style, but I wished to preserve part of his in 2 of his most characteristic elements:
Among the possible options of motto, device, mote and battle cry I have decided to classify «Ab Initio Goostrey» as a mote because it is not easy to understand without prior explanation. Martin Goldstraw's own biography provides this explanation when he states that his «interest in the heraldry of the County of Cheshire began when it became apparent that the origins of the surname Goldstraw lie in the surname of Goostrey». Goostrey is a small village in the county of Cheshire, of about 2,000 inhabitants, that was already a human settlement in the first millennium BC.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Gules, Chevron, Charged, Sword, Point upwards, Ordered, Between, Quill and Motto.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Goldstraw, Martin S. J..
Blazon of the Mascarenhas lineage of Portugal.
Gules, three bars Or.
Illuminated and a freehand finishing.
It can be found at [Cró, J. do; 1509; page 77].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Three, Fess and Or.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Kingdom of Portugal.
Cheshire, 1613 and Vale-Royal.
Argent, a chevron Sable, between three lozenges Sable.
Escudo de plata, un cabrio de sable, acompañado de tres losanges de sable, dos y uno.
Coat of arms interpreted as follows: the base of the personal shield is rounded; the field is illuminated in Argent; the chevron is illuminated in Sable; the 3 lozenges are enamelled in plain Sable and outlined in the same colour; and the whole has a leather finish.
It appears in [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b] blazoned as «Argent, a chevron between three lozenges Sable».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Sable, Chevron, Between, Lozenge and Ordered.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Massey de Sale.
Cheshire, 1533-1580.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, three escallops Argent; 2 and 3 Or.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, tres veneras de plata; 2o y 3o de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field illuminated in Gules and Or; the escallops, that is the scallop shells of the pilgrim, outlined in Sable and illuminated in Argent; and the whole in leather.
[Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013a] blazons it as follows: «Quarterly, Gules and Or, in 1 and 4 three escallops Argent».
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Argent, Escallop and Ordered.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Massy de Tatton.
Of the twelve lineages of Noblemen, the twelfth bears as insignia and arms, on a shield Or, a rampant lion Gules, as painted in this shield.
Or, a Lion Gules, rampant.
Escudo de oro, un león de gules, rampante.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; the field in flat Or; the lion illuminated in Gules and outlined in the colour of the field, that is, in Or metal; and the whole finished in highly-hammered metal.
Coat of arms interpreted from the last of the shields of the Navarrese «ricoshombres» illustrated in [Bosque, J. del; 1540; folio 1 of the numbering of 1613] and with the text preceding the blazon taken from the transcription by [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; 1982; pages 122 and 123].
I consider these to be canting arms, and that this «lion» Gules refers to its bearers «Mauleón».
Under the title «Surname of Mauleon», without an accent on the letter «o», it can be consulted in [Vega, P. J. de; 1702; folio 12 of the manuscript].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Lion, Gules and Rampant.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Kingdom of Navarre and Canting.
Bearer: Mauleón of Navarre.
Or, a stag trippant Gules, attired Azure; a bordure Azure charged with eight saltires couped Argent.
Escudo de oro, un ciervo pasante de gules, acornado de azur; una bordura de azur cargada con ocho sotueres de plata.
Coat of arms interpreted and emblazoned by me with with a semi-circular ended shape, illuminated, and with a parchment finishing.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, One, Stag, Tripant, Gules, Attired, Azure, Bordure, Charged, Eight, Saltire and Argent.
Style keywords: Parchment, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: McCartney, Michael.
Azure, a saltire Argent between in chief a bee proper, in fess two fleurs de lis Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules.
Escudo de azur, un sotuer de plata acompañado en jefe de una abeja al natural, en faja de dos flores de lis de oro; en un jefe de plata, un águila calva de azur, cabeza y cola de plata, picada, armada y membrada de oro, lampasada de gules.
Arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a leather finishing.
The coat of arms of Britania Anastoshia Korÿn McCoy designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Saltire, Between, In chief, Bee, Proper, Fleur de lis, In fess, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered and Langued.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: McCoy, Britania Anastoshia Korÿn.
Azure, a saltire Argent between in chief a bee proper, in fess two fleurs de lis Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; overall a crescent Gules.
Escudo de azur, un sotuer de plata acompañado en jefe de una abeja al natural, en faja de dos flores de lis de oro; en un jefe de plata, un águila calva de azur, cabeza y cola de plata, picada, armada y membrada de oro, lampasada de gules; brochante sobre el todo un creciente de gules.
Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a leather finish.
The coat of arms of Evander Graham Wylder McCoy designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Saltire, Between, In chief, Bee, Proper, Fleur de lis, In fess, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Overall and Crescent.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: McCoy, Evander Graham Wylder.
Azure, a saltire Argent between in chief a bee proper, in fess two fleurs de lis Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; overall a label Gules.
Escudo de azur, un sotuer de plata acompañado en jefe de una abeja al natural, en faja de dos flores de lis de oro; en un jefe de plata, un águila calva de azur, cabeza y cola de plata, picada, armada y membrada de oro, lampasada de gules; brochante sobre el todo un lambel de gules.
Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a leather finishing.
The coat of arms of Sebastian Artemis Cole McCoy designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Saltire, Between, In chief, Bee, Proper, Fleur de lis, In fess, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Overall and Label.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: McCoy, Sebastian Artemis Cole.
Gules, a double cross throughout Or cantoned by six plates, a bordure Or.
Escudo de gules, una cruz doble y plena de oro cantonada de seis bezantes de plata, una bordura de oro.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of the lineage Melo. This coat of arms has been created for Fernando Durán Cabral de Mello d’Alpoim as a preparatory work for his armorial bearings where the arms of Melo are in the 4th quarter.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, One, Six, Double cross throughout, Cantoned, Plate and Bordure.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Melo, lineage.
Cheshire, 1613.
Argent, a bend Sable, between two lions' heads ereased Sable, langued Gules.
Escudo de plata, una banda de sable, acompañada de dos cabezas de león de sable, lampasadas de gules.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field and the bend illuminated in Argent and Sable; the charges in plain Sable and Gules tinctures, outlined in Sable; and the whole in leather.
[Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b] blazons it as «Argent, a bend between two lions' heads ereased Sable», this being the first coat of arms I interpreted from the County of Cheshire.
While in Castilian one uses the plural for the heads and the singular for the lion, that is, one writes «dos cabezas de león», in English one uses the plural for both the heads and the lions, that is, one writes «two lions' heads» and, therefore, the «s» of the Saxon genitive is omitted and only the apostrophe is written. This usage is general, for example:
Except in cases where the term is used in English as if it were an adjective, for example «two Catherine wheels» ~ «dos ruedas de Santa Catalina», which are the wheels used to martyr her, or «three wagon wheels» ~ «tres ruedas de carro».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Sable, Gules, Bend, Head and Lion.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Meoles de Meoles.
Gules, a chevron, between in chief two fleurs de lis Or, and in base an escallop Argent.
Escudo de gules, un cabrio de oro, acompañado en jefe de dos flores de lis de oro, y en punta de una venera de plata.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a freehand finish.
The coat of arms of Luigi Merante Critelli emblazoned by me following the directions of Salvatore Olivari de la Moneda.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, One, Two, Chevron, Between, In chief, Fleur de lis, In base and Escallop.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Merante Critelli, Luigi.
Coat of arms of Michael W. Morgan, UE, emblazoned by me, with the blazon written in English and Castilian in a structured way to observe the parallelism between both forms. He is the eldest son of Commander Stephen T. Morgan.
Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, Gules, Azure, Argent, One, Three, Griffin, Segreant, Chief, Invected, Naval crown, Cadency and Label of three points.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Structured and parallel blazons, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Morgan, Michael W..
Chequey of fifteen Or and Azure; a bordure compony of sixteen sections, eight gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable, eight Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, crowned Or, armed and langued Gules.
Escudo ajedrezado de quince piezas de oro y azur; una bordura componada de dieciséis compones, ocho de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable, ocho de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, coronado de oro, armado y lampasado de gules.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a watercolor finish.
Coat of arm of the municipality of Moguer, Andalusia, emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Argent, One, Fifteen, Sixteen, Eight, Chequey, Bordure, Compony, Section, Charged, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Crowned, Armed and Langued.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Watercolor.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Moguer, municipality of.
Azure, a bend Or.
Escudo de azur, una banda de oro.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a semi-circular shape, illuminated, and with a freehand finishing.
Blazon keywords: Azure, One, Bend and Or.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Molay, Jacques de.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, and masoned Sable; 2 and 3 vair ancient.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2o y 3o de veros antiguos.
Arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of the municipality of Monroy, Caceres, emblazoned by me with vair ancient. I have painted it using vair ancient, as I wish to illustrate with this coat of arms a reflection on the Virgin of the Sagrario of Plasencia, Caceres, dating from the mid-13th century, and on the forty-four coats of arms made of gilded silver sheet that adorn it, featuring lions, castles, and rounded vair ~ vair ancient, these may be associated with the lords of Monroy, a lineage of considerable importance in the town of Plasencia during the Late Middle Ages, can be seen in The Virgin of the Sagrario of Plasencia and the Monroy vair.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Quarterly, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned and Vair ancient.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Monroy, municipality of.
Of the twelve lineages of Noblemen, the eleventh is the house of Monteagudo; they bear as arms a shield Or, and in the middle a fess Gules, in the manner in which this shield is painted.
Or, a fess Gules.
Escudo de oro, una faja de gules.
Coat of arms interpreted as follows: a semicircular (round) base; the field enamelled in flat Or; the fess outlined in Sable and illuminated in Gules; and the whole finished in highly-hammered metal.
Interpreted from the eleventh coat of arms of the Navarrese «ricoshombres» from [Bosque, J. del; 1540; folio 1 of the numbering of 1613] and with the preceding text taken from the transcription appearing in [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; 1982; pages 122 and 123].
Under the title «Surname of Monteagudo» this blazon can be consulted in [Vega, P. J. de; 1702; folio 11 of the manuscript].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Fess and Azure.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Kingdom of Navarre.
Bearer: Monteagudo of Navarra.
Coat of arms of the Armored Cavalry Regiment Montesa No. 3, RCAC-3, in 2016.
Or, a cross of Montesa.
Escudo de oro, una cruz de Montesa.
Coat of arms interpreted as follows: the shape of the shield is a semi-circular arch; the field has been illuminated in metal Or; the cross of Montesa is outlined in Sable and illuminated in Gules and Sable; and the whole has a raised line finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Cross of Montesa, Cross couped and Cross.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Military, Army and Navy and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Montesa, Cavalry Regiment.
The Order of Saint Mary of Montesa and Saint George of Alfama, known as the Order of Montesa, was founded in the 14th 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.
[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.».
Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Religious, Military, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Freehand, Emblem, Cross of Montesa, Cross couped and Cross.
Party per fess, the base per pale: 1 Or, a hurt; 2 Gules and 3 Argent, over both a cross of Malta counterchanged.
Coat of arms of the municipality of Candasnos, Huesca, designed by Valeriano Labara Ballestar, approved by the Government of Aragon. It has been an honor for me to emblazon this version for Valeriano Labara. The image illustrates my process in 3 steps: 1) outlined, 2) plain colors and metals, and 3) light and shadows. [Labara Ballestar, V. C.; 2019; pages 341-368] describes the «reconstruction of the recovery process and adaptation of the municipal historical emblems of Candasnos (Huesca)».
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Argent, One, Party per fess, the base per pale, Hurt, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped and Counterchanged.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Illuminated.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Candasnos, municipality of.
Argent, a fess dancetty of four points Gules. Motto: «Pluribus Parens».
Escudo de plata, una faja encajada de cuatro piezas de gules. Lema: «Pluribus Parens».
Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a freehand finishing.
G0138, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant for the arms of the municipality of Gudja, Malta. These arms have been emblazoned by me for such grant. The motto «Pluribus Parens» means «mother of many children», as Gudja was the historical center and origin of several nearby settlements such as Safi, Kirkop, Luqa, Mqabba, Tarxien, and others.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Four, Fess, Dancetty and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Gudja, municipality of.
Argent, a tree eradicated proper, in chief an escallop reversed Gules, between two flies pilewise proper.
Escudo de plata, un árbol arrancado al natural, en jefe una venera ranversada de gules acompañada de dos moscas puestas en pila al natural.
Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a freehand finishing.
G0117: the coat of arms of the Reverend John Muscat, Honorary Monsignor of the Canon Chapter, Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption, Gozo, of Malta, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, One, Two, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, In chief, Escallop, Reversed, Between, Fly, Bendwise and Pilewise.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Religious, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Muscat, John.
Gules, a chain orlewise, crosswise, and saltirewise Or, charged in the fess point with an emerald Vert.
Escudo gules, una cadena puesta en orla, en cruz y en sotuer de oro, cargada en el centro de una esmeralda de sinople.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; the field in flat Gules; the chains and the emerald illuminated in Or and Vert and outlined in Sable; and the whole executed with a raised-stroke finish.
This coat of arms, except for the emerald, corresponds to the blazon written in [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 412 and figure 260] which says «Gules, a chain placed in orle, cross, and saltire Or, which some blazon differently», leaving me, as a reader, curious to know what that other way he refers to might be.
Then, [Avilés, J.; 1780a; pages 412–413] writes his version of the origin of the arms, saying that «...it was borne by Sancho VIII, called the Strong, and twenty-first King of Navarre, in the year 1212, for the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in Sierra Morena ...given to him by the King of Castile, Don Alfonso IX, whose aid he had joined...», which we would say Alfonso VIII of Castile, «the one of Las Navas».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Chain, Orlewise, Crosswise, Saltirewise, Or, Charged, In the fess point, Emerald and Vert.
Style keywords: Freehand, Illuminated and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted, Civic and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Navarre.
Nicolás Malmains ~ Nicholas Malmains ~ Nicol Malemeins.
Gules, three dexter hands turned up, and appaumée Ermine.
Escudo de gules, tres manos diestras levantadas y apalpadas de armiños.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 622] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 622].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Three, Hand, Dexter, Ermine, Turned up, Appaumée and Ordered.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Nicolás Malmains.
Azure, a chevron Or, between in chief a cross potent cantoned of crosslets, and a lion rampant, and in base a Celtic Trinity knot Argent. Crest: A galero Sable, with two cords, each with one tassel Gules and Sable. Motto: «Primi entis» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.
International Register of Arms, Volume 4, by The [Armorial Register, T.; 2025; page 10], ISBN 978-1-8381483-0-0. The coat of arms of Nilda Ernestina Lucca de Anaya, designed by her son Ernesto Juan Anaya and emblazoned by me appears in this volume, while her son’s badge can be seen next to it on page 11, also painted by me.
Credits:
Categories: Collage, Photographic, Art, Religious, Interpreted, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed, Coat of arms, Azure, One, Chevron, Or, Between, In chief, Cross of Jerusalem, Cross couped, Cross potent, Cantoned, Four, Crosslet, Lion, Rampant, In base, Celtic Trinity knot, Knot, Celtic, Trinity, Freehand, Crest and mantling, Galero, Cord, Tassel, Latin language, Scroll, Charged and Motto.
Root: Lucca de Anaya, Nilda Ernestina.
The King of Navarre, at the time of his new and solemn coronation, is raised and lifted up as King by the hands of twelve barons of the greatest and oldest houses of the said Kingdom, and these are the twelve Noblemen who are named on the other side, with their blazons and coats of arms.
Interpretation and composition of 13 coats of arms that I have created with a parchment-like finish.
A free interpretation, for example, without the central crown over the arms of Navarre, with a different title, written «Navarra» and not «Nabarra», etc., based on the principal plate of [Bosque, J. del; 1540; folio 1 of the numbering of 1613] and with texts taken from the transcription by [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; 1982; pages 122 and 123].
«Ricohombre», written together, currently means «title that formerly belonged to the highest nobility of Spain», [Real Academia Española; 2001].
Its plural «ricoshombres» is the most commonly used form, but «ricohombres» is also correct and used; and in [Bosque, J. del; 1540] it is written separately, and «honbre» with an «n» before the «b», that is, «ricos honbres».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Party per bend, Azure, Gules, Or, Argent, Sable, Vert, Eagle, Chequey, Cross flory, Cross couped, Fess, Chief, Lion, Pale, Poplar leaf, Clay pot and Rampant.
Style keywords: Semi-circular and Old parchment.
Classification: Interpreted and Kingdom of Navarre.
Bearer: Noblemen of Navarre.
Norman de Darcy ~ Norman Darcy ~ Norman de Arci.
Argent, three cinquefoils Gules.
Escudo de plata, tres quinquefolios de gules.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 230] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 230].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Three, Cinquefoil, Gules and Ordered.
Style keywords: Triangular curved, Illuminated, Shaded, Outlined in sable and Fabric.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Norman de Darcy.
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: 1o y 4o 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; 2o y 3o 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, 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.
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.
Vert, on three chevrons Or nine oak leaves Vert, 3, 3, and 3.
Escudo de sinople, tres cabrios de oro cargados de nueve hojas de roble de sinople, 3, 3 y 3.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a rough finishing.
Coat of arms of Jason Landers Northam from Illinois, emblazoned by me. His coat of arms, his badge, and his heraldic standard are registered in The International Register of Arms, 4th July 2025, registration number 0745, volume 5.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Or, Three, Nine, Chevron, Oak, Tree, Leaf and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Northam, Jason Landers.
«La Mesa de los Notables» is now the most active heraldic blog in Castilian. It is associated with the Heraldic and Genealogical Academy of Asturias. The blog editor, Riestra Martínez, asked me to write an article about the coat of arms of Johann Anton Freiherr von Quast painted by me under the supervision of Bob Juchter van Bergen Quast, and we have made it. You can visit it at this link lamesadelosnotables.blogspot.com/2020/04/el-escudo-de-armas-de-ja-freiherr-von.html.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Two, Saltire, Fillet saltire, Between, In chief, Escallop, Reversed, In dexter, Dexter, Arm, Embowed, Vambraced, Grasping, Anchor, Ship, Cannon port, Sail, Inscribed, In base, Crowned, Double-headed, Eagle, Tassel, Beak, Mullet of six points pierced, Talon, Crest, Helm, Mantle, Sinister, Lined, Crown, Male figure, Vested, Feather, Skirt, Upon, Hand, Spear, Issuant, Trunk (elephant), Ostrich feather, In saltire, Bendwise and Bend sinisterwise.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Collage and Flag.
Bearer: Quast, Johann Anton Freiherr von.
Order of Chivalry of Calatrava
A cross of Calatrava.
Una cruz de Calatrava.
Interpretation of the emblem of the order with: its cross outlined in Sable, illuminated in Gules; and a heavily beaten metal finish.
The Royal Council of the Orders of Chivalry of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcantara, and Montesa, in its historical review of the foundation of the Order of Calatrava, states that it was founded during the reign of Sancho III of Castile in the 12th century.
After the Templars withdrew from the defense of the town, King Sancho III proposed in Toledo and later confirmed in Almazán, in January 1158, the perpetual donation of the town of Calatrava to Raymond, then Abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Fitero, who, together with the former soldier Diego Velázquez, committed to defending it from attacks by the Almohads. For this mission, they received financial support from the Archbishop of Toledo, Juan, and from Toledo itself, thus managing to form an army of more than 20,000 men.
Regarding the emblem of the Order of Chivalry of Calatrava [Avilés, J.; 1780b; treatise IV, chapter IV, page 338, figure 102] it states «the Seal was always a red cross with blue straps, and the Banner originally bore a black Cross; but today they use the red cross florety, bordered with eight circles, placed side by side, and joined at the center, formed by a cord that emerges from the leaves of the flower, which Benedict XIII gave (while recognized in Spain) and which is the Commandery that the Knights of this Order wear on their chest today, or hanging from a red ribbon on a gold medal; that is, on a field of Or a cross of Gules».
Blazon keywords: Cross of Calatrava, Cross couped and Cross.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Soft metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious, Military and Emblem.
Bearer: Calatrava, Order of.
Order founded in 1218 by Saint Peter Nolasco.
Party per fess: 1 Gules, a cross patty Argent; 2 Or, four pallets Gules.
Escudo cortado: 1o de gules, una cruz patada de plata; 2o de oro, cuatro palos de gules.
Already existing arms interpreted by me in the following way: the mouth of the coat of arms is pointed and rounded; its field has been enameled with Gules and Or flat tinctures; the cross patty and the 4 pales are illuminated; and the whole coat of arms has a hammered metal finish.
Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Gules, Or, Argent, Cross, One, Cross patty, Cross couped and Pale.
Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Metal beaten.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Our Lady of Mercy, 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:
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».
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.
Or, a tower Gules, embattled, masoned and with a turret Sable.
Escudo de oro, una torre de gules, almenada, mazonada y donjonada de sable.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
Ancient arms of the lineage Ormazabal of the Basque Country emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Sable, One, Tower, Embattled, Masoned and With a turret.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Ormazabal of the Basque Country, lineage.
Vert, a bend sinister Argent.
Escudo de sinople, una barra de plata.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of the lineage Orrantia of the Basque Country emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Argent, One and Bend sinister.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Orrantia of the Basque Country, lineage.
Argent, flanched Sable, in chief a mullet of six points Gules.
Escudo de plata, flanqueado curvo de sable, en jefe una estrella de seis rayos de gules
Coat of arms interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; illuminated in the tinctures Argent, Gules, and Sable; all outlined in Sable; and finished with a raised-stroke effect.
[Avilés, J.; 1725a; pages 92 and figure 197] blazons it as «Argent, and a six-pointed star Gules in chief, flanched in oval Sable». When he illustrates it in [Avilés, J.; 1725a; figure 197], the space left between both flanches is only 1/5 of the base of the coat of arms; this is feasible because the only charge is a mullet in chief. If there were more charges, it would be necessary to leave more space, for example, 1/3 of the base of the shield.
«Oschoven au Rhein» in the book [Menestrier, C. F.; 1659; page 315], it is blazoned «d'argent flanqué arrondi de sable à vne molette de mesme en chef», so the mullet would be Sable, bacause «de mesme» is written, and with a hole in the middle, this hole does not exits in other sources.
In the book [Rietstap, J. B.; 1861], it is blazoned «Argent, flanched in round Sable, Argent charged in chief of a mullet Gules», and in French «d'argent, flanqué en rond de sable, l'argent chargé en chef d'une étoile de gueules».
Some time ago I used to blazon it in English as «Argent, in chief a mullet of six points Gules, between two flanches Sable».
Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Gules, Mullet, Chief and Flanched.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Oschoven of the Rhin.
Or, a pile Gules.
Escudo de oro, una pila de gules.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of the lineage Osona emblazoned by me based on the description by [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1987; page 1325].
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, One and Pile.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Osona, lineage.
Azure, in chief a moon with human face Argent, in base a crescent chequey Sable and Argent; overall a she-wolf ululant, sejant on the crescent proper, armed and the udders Gules.
Escudo de azur, en jefe una luna figurada de plata, en punta un creciente ajedrezado de sable y plata; brochante sobre el todo una loba aullante, sentada en el creciente al natural, armada y ubres de gules.
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an oval external shape and with a watercolor finish.
The coat of arms of Teresa Otxoa Magaña designed by her and her husband Juan Lanzagorta Vallín, and emblazoned by me. The primitive arms of the Otxoa lineage feature wolves, as the name derives from the Basque word «otso» meaning wolf and she-wolf, therefore, both the arms of the lineage and hers are «canting arms», though hers specifically feature a she-wolf.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Sable, Gules, One, Chief, Moon, With human face, Base, Crescent, Chequey, Overall, She-wolf, Ululant, Sejant, Proper, Armed and Udder.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Oval and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Otxoa Magaña, Teresa.
Gules, a base enarched Vert, overall a Latin cross patty fitchy Or, piercing in base the head of a serpent nowed and facing sinister Sable, langued Gules.
Coat of arms of Tomasz Arkadiusz Grzeszkowiak designed by Tomasz Steifer and outlined by me.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Vert, Sable, Or, One, Base, Enarched, Overall, Latin cross patty, Cross patty fitchy, Cross couped, Piercing, Head, Serpent, Nowed, Facing sinister and Langued.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Grzeszkowiak, Tomasz Arkadiusz.
Or, a sun in splendour party per pale Azure and Argent, its rays Azure; a bordure Azure.
Coat of arms of the youngest granddaughter of Jon. It has been designed by her and Juan Lanzagorta Vallín, and emblazoned by me using a lozenge shape. The image illustrates my process in 3 steps: 1) outlined, 2) plain colors and metals, and 3) light and shadows. The face of the sun, being party per pale Azure and Argent, appears as a sun and a crescent moon together, thus forming a figure that is not only cosmic but also almost alchemical; since the rays of the sun are Azure, the rule of tincture is observed on the field of the metal Argent.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Argent, One, Sun in splendour, Party per pale, Ray of the sun and Bordure.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Rhombus.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Jon, youngest granddaughter of.
Argent, a multi-rose, which is a rose charged with ten roses conjoined in orle Rose, barbed Vert, seeded Or; a bordure Azure. Crest: A ribbon Azure doubled Argent.
Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a rhombus external shape and with a watercolor finishing.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Rose, Vert, Or, Azure, One, Ten, Charged, Conjoined, In orle, Barbed, Seeded, Bordure and Ribbon.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Rhombus and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Jon, eldest granddaughter of.
Gules, three fleur de lis Or.
Escudo de gules, tres flores de lis de oro.
Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finish.
Coat of arms of the lineage Patus emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Three and Fleur de lis.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Patus, lineage.
Party per pale Argent and Gules, a mermaid with swan wings for arms counterchanged.
Escudo partido de plata y gules, una sirena con alas de cisne por brazos del uno al otro.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a tiled external shape and with a watercolor finish.
As explained by RegretedEagle9, the arms are canting of her surname, Pekny, which in Czech means «beautiful». For this reason the design combines two traditional symbols of beauty: a mermaid and a swan. The tinctures Argent and Gules refer to her Polish roots.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, One, Party per pale, Mermaid, Swan, Winged, Arm and Counterchanged.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Tiled and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Design rationale, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Pekny, Helen.
Or, a holm oak eradicated Vert, fructed Or, in front of its trunk two boars passant, in pale Sable.
Escudo de oro, una encina arrancada de sinople, frutada de oro, atravesados a su tronco dos jabalíes pasantes, en palo de sable.
Arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a metal beaten finish.
Ancient arms of the lineage Peraza of Cantabria emblazoned by me. I have painted the acorns in Or metal on the Vert leaves so that they stand out, as they would not on the Or metal field. I often write expressions such as metal Or and color Vert, specifying which are metals and which are colors, to take into account the rule of tinctures.
Blazon keywords: Or, Vert, Sable, Holm oak, Tree, Eradicated, Fructed, In front (tree), Trunk, Boar, Passant and In pale.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Metal beaten.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Peraza of Cantabria, lineage.
Azure chapé Argent, in dexter an Indian ringneck parrot proper, in sinister a Japanese red chrysanthemum proper, in base an atom Argent.
Escudo de azur cortinado de plata: 1o, una cotorra india de Kramer al natural; 2o, un crisantemo japonés al natural; 3o, un átomo de plata.
Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a watercolor finish.
Coat of arms of Ria Persad, from Trinidad and Tobago (birth), India and Japan (ancestry), and USA (residence). Her coat of arms has been designed by her, by Rudolph Juchter van Bergen Quast of the Netherlands, and by Kevin D. Couling of the United Kingdom, resident in New Zealand, and painted by me, from the Kingdom of Spain.
Mathematician and astrophysicist from Harvard and Princeton Universities, as well as a classical musician, she represents a woman of the world—scientific and with diverse roots, who expresses her identity through a symbolic language of her own creation. Her design and execution are the result of an international team, in service of an equally international woman, and reflect a path of evolution toward which heraldry is advancing. The Kramer parrot (Psittacula krameri, Indian Ringneck) is shown in its natural colour. It is her favourite animal and at the same time evokes her Indian heritage. The red chrysanthemum, painted in a Japanese style, refers to her Japanese ancestry. The atom symbolises her education and professional career in the field of science. Blue, which dominates the whole, is her favourite colour.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Chapé, Dexter, Parrot, Proper, Sinister, Chrysanthemum, Base and Atom.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Design rationale, Boa, Coat of arms, India and Japan.
Bearer: Persad, Ria.
Argent, a suspended oil lamp of three lions' heads erased and winged Vert, two heads visible, enflamed proper; a bordure Gules, charged with eight crosses botonny Argent. Crest: A galero with two cords, one on each side, each with a tassel Sable. Motto «Lux Orbis».
Escudo de plata, pendiente del jefe una lampara de aceite de tres cabezas de león arrancadas y aladas de sinóple; una bordura de gules cargada de ocho cruces botonadas de plata. Timbrado de un galero con cordones y una borla a cada lado de sable. Lema «Lux Orbis»
Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a iridescent finishing.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Vert, Gules, Sable, One, Three, Two, Eight, Suspended, Oil lamp, Lion, Head, Erased, Winged, Visible, Enflamed, Proper, Bordure, Charged, Cross botonny, Crest, Galero, Cord, Tassel and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Iridescent.
Classification: Religious, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Iacobucci, Peter.
Count of Urgell, Viscount of Àger, Baron of Entença, Antillón, and Alcolea de Cinca (1340–1408).
Dimidiated: 1 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 chequey Or and Sable.
Escudo dimidiado: 1o de oro, cuatro palos de gules; 2o ajedrezado de oro y sable.
Arms interpreted with: the escutcheon in a pointed and rounded shape; the tinctures of the pales and the chequey rendered in flat inks Or, Gules, and Sable; and the whole finished with a highly hammered metal effect.
Peter II of Urgell (1340–1408), Count of Urgell, Viscount of Àger, and Baron of Entença, Antillón, and Alcolea de Cinca, was a prominent figure of 14th-century Catalan nobility and grandson of Alfonso IV of Aragon.
Blazon keywords: Dimidiated, Pale, Chequey, Or, Gules and Sable.
Style keywords: Ogee, Plain tincture and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.
Bearer: Peter II of Urgell.
And II of Valencia and of Ampurias, I of Mallorca and Sardinia, and III of Barcelona.
Or, four pallets Gules.
Escudo de oro, cuatro palos de gules.
Coat of arms of this king of Aragon interpreted by me as follows: the escutcheon shape is curved triangular; the field and the 4 pallets are rendered in flat tinctures Or and Gules; and the whole shield has a watercolored finish.
This curved triangular shape of the escutcheon is inspired by the shield shown in the lower central part of a document issued by the king himself [Pedro IV de Aragón; 1353].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Four, Pale and Gules.
Style keywords: Triangular curved, Illuminated and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.
Bearer: Peter IV of Aragon.
Philip Daubeny ~ Philip Daubeney.
Gules, a fess of five fusils Argent, in chief three mullets Or.
Escudo de gules, una faja de cinco fusos de plata, en jefe tres estrellas de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted in the following manner: the shape of the base is semicircular; the field is illuminated in Gules; the fusils outlined in Sable and illuminated in metal Argent; the fess is 5 fusils in length; the 3 mullets in chief of 5 points, outlined in Sable and illuminated in metal Or; and the whole with an iridescent finish.
This post corresponds to the English post number 61 in the same series.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Fusil, Argent, In fess, Mullet, Or and In chief.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Iridescent.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Daubeny, Philip.
King of France from 1270 to 1285, grandson of Blanche of Castile.
Azure semé of fleurs de lis Or.
Escudo de Azur sembrado de flores de lis de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a pointed base; the field enamelled in flat Azure; the fleurs-de-lis illuminated in Or and outlined in Sable; and finished with a parchment effect.
During his reign, it is believed that the second part of the armorial [Wijnbergen; 1265] was completed, which ends with the coats of arms of several kings, many of them European, beginning this series with the coat of arms of the King of France himself, [Wijnbergen; 1265; shield no. 1,288], which has served as the inspiration for the one recreated here.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Semé and Fleur de lis.
Style keywords: Pointed, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Parchment.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, Kingdom of France and House of the Capetians.
Bearer: Philip III of France.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, and masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Or, an eagle displayed Sable.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2o y 3o de oro, un águila de sable.
Arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of the Infante Philip of Castile, 1231–1274, 7th offspring of the King Ferdinand III of Castile, 1199-1252, and the Queen Beatrice of Swabia, 1205–1235. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me and can be consulted in [Messía de la Cerda y Pita, L.; 1990; page 146] with the field Or in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. He bears a quarterly shield combining the first quarter of his father’s arms, Castile, with his mother’s arms. Among all his siblings, he is the one who most closely combines the arms of both parents.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Quarterly, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned and Eagle.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Kingdom of Castile and Leon, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Philip of Castile, Infante.
225th Pope of the Church, from 1566 to 1572. «Pius V», named Antonio Michele Ghislieri, was canonized in 1712.
Bendy of six Gules and Or.
Escudo bandado de seis piezas de gules y oro.
Papal coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded mouth; the field in flat tincture of Or; the bands outlined in Sable and illuminated in Gules; and the whole with a rough finish.
I have also seen this coat of arms described as «a shield banded of six pieces of Or and Gules».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Bendy, Six, Gules and Or.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Rough.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Papal States.
Bearer: Pius V.
Count of Urgell, Viscount of Àger, deceased in 1243.
Chequey Or and Sable.
Escudo ajedrezado de oro y sable.
Arms interpreted with: a shield shaped as a triangle with curved sides; the chequey pattern in flat metal Or and colour Sable; and a heavily beaten metal finish.
[Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 286] states that he will call «Chequey those ordinaries composed of these small squares, which alternate between metal and colour, or vice versa, just like the boards of those Games.» and he also writes regarding the usual number of panes that «it must have six ranks or rows of these squares, though it is not necessary to specify their number, or at least the shield must include more than fifteen panes; it is only required, to properly blazon it, to always observe the first square, which is in the chief dexter; so that, if this is Or, and the one that follows is Gules, it is said to be Chequey Or and Gules, and so with other colours and metals.»
Although Ponce initially proclaimed himself count of the county of Urgell without sufficient rights, the death of the legitimate heiress and his agreements and assistance to king James I of Aragon enabled him to legalise his title. During this process, the capital of the county ceased to be the municipality of Balaguer only to eventually become it once again.
Blazon keywords: Chequey, Or and Sable.
Style keywords: Triangular curved, Plain tincture and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.
Bearer: Ponce I of Urgell.
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.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Portugal differenced by a baston Sable, as it appears in the arms of the House of Noronha. In the Arquivo Heráldico Genealógico of the Viscount Sanches de Baena this brisure is blazoned as «é por diferença um filete de negro sobreposto em banda», while in the Armaría Portuguesa it is described as «um filete negro em contrabanda». This latter term may be confusing, as «contrabanda» corresponds to the bend sinister, that is, the opposite diagonal. For the purpose of blazoning this coat of arms I use the heraldic term «baston» in English ~ «bastón» in Spanish ~ «bande batonnée» in French ~ «bastone» in Italian, denoting a bend reduced to 1/4 of its normal width. It should be recalled that the diminished bend properly speaking is the «bendlet», whose width ranges between 1/2 and 1/3 of that of the bend; the baston, being thinner, is therefore more suitable and proportionate for this shield. 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. In that coat of arms, the inescutcheon of the House of Noronha bears this differenced Portugal arms in the 1st and 4th quarters.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Gules, Or, Sable, One, Five, Seven, Escutcheon, In cross, Charged, Plate, In saltire, Bordure, Castle, Triple-towered, Cadency and Baston.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Portugal.
Azure, a saltire Argent between two fleurs de lis in fess Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; an inescutcheon in pretence Gules, six fleurs de lis, in chief one Argent between two Or, in fess two Argent, in base one Or.
Escudo de azur, un sotuer de plata acompañado en faja de dos flores de lis de oro; en un jefe de plata, un águila calva de azur, cabeza y cola de plata, picada, armada y membrada de oro, lampasada de gules; un escusón en pretensión de gules con seis flores de lis, en jefe una de plata entre dos de oro, en faja dos de plata y en punta una de oro.
Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a leather finish.
The coat of arms of the House of Potts of Wentworth designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me. These are not quartered arms, but arms bearing an inescutcheon in pretence, representing the arms of a heraldic heiress, Kimberley Ann Potts of Stountenburg, and anticipating their transmission.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Six, Saltire, Between, In fess, Fleur de lis, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Inescutcheon, In pretence, In chief and In base.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Potts of Wentworth, House of.
Gules, six fleurs de lis, in chief one Argent between two Or, in fess two Argent, in base one Or; within a bordure Or.
Escudo de gules, seis flores de lis, en jefe una de plata entre dos de oro, en faja dos de plata, en punta una de oro; una bordura de oro.
Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an invected octagon outer contour and with a leather finishing.
The coat of arms of Kimberley Ann Potts of Stountenburg, a heraldic heiress, emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Or, Six, One, Fleur de lis, In chief, Between, In fess, In base and Bordure.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Invected octagon and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Potts, Kimberley Ann.
Azure, a saltire Argent between in chief a thistle Or, flowered Argent, in fess two fleurs de lis Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; within a bordure gyronny of thirty-six Azure and Argent.
Escudo de azur, un sotuer de plata acompañado en jefe de un cardo de oro, florido de plata, en faja de dos flores de lis de oro; en un jefe de plata, un águila calva de azur, cabeza y cola de plata, picada, armada y membrada de oro, lampasada de gules; una bordura jironada de treinta y seis piezas de azur y plata.
Arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an invected octagon external shape and with a leather finishing.
The coat of arms of Köryn Alexandria Konstånz Potts designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Thirty-six, Saltire, Between, In chief, Thistle, Flowered, Fleur de lis, In fess, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Bordure and Gyronny.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Invected octagon and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Potts, Köryn Alexandria Konstånz.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Azure, a saltire Argent between two fleurs de lis in fess Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; 2 and 3 Gules, six fleurs de lis, in chief one Argent between two Or, in fess two Argent, in base one Or; within a bordure Or; overall a rose Gules, leaved and seeded Or.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de azur, un sotuer de plata acompañado en faja de dos flores de lis de oro; en un jefe de plata, un águila calva de azur, cabeza y cola de plata, picada, armada y membrada de oro, lampasada de gules; 2o y 3o de gules, seis flores de lis, en jefe una de plata entre dos de oro, en faja dos de plata y en punta una de oro; una bordura de oro; brochante sobre el todo una rosa de gules, hojada y botonada de oro.
Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an invected octagon outer contour and with a leather finishing.
The coat of arms of Tiana Rose Lee Robidoux Potts designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Six, Quarterly, Saltire, Between, In fess, Fleur de lis, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Bordure, Overall, Rose, Leaved and Seeded.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Invected octagon and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Potts, Tiana Rose Lee.
Blazon of the Poumola lineage of Catalonia.
Gules, a millstone Argent.
Escudo de gules, una piedra de molino de plata.
Illuminated and a watercolor finishing with shadow in the hole.
It blazon is describe in [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1987; page 1429], [García Carraffa, A.; García Carraffa, A.; 1968; volume 3, page 358], and [Ferrer i Vives, F.; 1995; volume 2, page 362].
In this case, my theory is that this coat of arms is an example of «canting arms». «Canting arms» use a word or words of the surname or inside the surname to make the coat of arms. The surname Poumola is from Catalonia, we can split the surname into 2 parts «pou-mola», in Catalonian language a) «pou» means «well» and b) «mola» means «millstone» ~ «cadascuna de les dues pedres de forma circular que componen el molí», [GDLC; 1998], and this could be the reason of the symbolism of this coat of arms. «Canting» in heraldry means «talking» or «chatting», in Spanish «canting arms» is translated as «armas parlantes». Some heralds call «canting» to this creative technic.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Millstone and Argent.
Style keywords: Watercolor, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Canting.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Purpure, Gules, Or, Azure, Party per pale, Castle, Lion, Port and windows, Masoned, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crowned, Crest and mantling, Crown, Open royal crown, Behind the shield, Cross, Cross of Alcantara and Cross couped.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Coat of arms and Structured and parallel blazons.
Bearer: Cáceres, Province of.
Party per pale: 1 Argent, a lion's forelegerased, bendwise proper, grasping a Latin cross bend sinisterwise Gules charged in chief with eight bezants in cross, 4 and 4, in the dexter chief, a decrescent bend sinisterwise Azure; 2 Gules, a lion rampant proper debruised by a bend Argent charged with three suns in splendour Gules, on a chief Or an eagle displayed Sable; on a chief Azure a sun in splendour Or. Crest: A helm issuant from a crown of Noble above the shield. Mantling: Azure doubled Argent. Motto: «Sol omnibus lucet» Azure over a scroll Argent doubled Azure.
R0032, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's register of Paolo Maria B.C Zampetti's arms, whose full achievement has been emblazoned by me for such register. 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 174], «The Register of Arms, Volume 1 (2019–2024)». This coat of arms has no crest, in accordance with the express wish of the armiger, and was registered without one.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Eight, Three, Party per pale, Lion, Foreleg, Erased, Bendwise, Proper, Grasping, Latin cross, Bend sinisterwise, Charged, In chief, Bezant, In cross, Dexter, Chief, Decrescent, Rampant, Debruised, Bend, Sun in splendour, Eagle, Displayed, Crest, Helm, Issuant, Crown, Above the shield, Mantling, Doubled, Motto and Scroll.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Zampetti, Paolo Maria B.C.
Of the twelve lineages of Noblemen, the tenth is that of Qasqante; they bear as arms a shield Or and, on the shield, an eagle Sable, which is black, as it is now painted.
Or, an Eagle displayed Sable.
Escudo de oro, un águila de sable.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; the field in flat Or; the eagle outlined in the colour of the field and illuminated in Sable; and finished in highly-hammered metal.
Based on the tenth coat of arms of the Navarrese «ricoshombres» from [Bosque, J. del; 1540; folio 1 of the numbering of 1613] and the text is from the transcription made by [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; 1982; pages 122 and 123].
Under the title «Surname of Cascante» it can also be consulted in [Vega, P. J. de; 1702; folio 10 of the manuscript].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Eagle and Sable.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Kingdom of Navarre.
Bearer: Qasqante of Navarre.
Of the twelve lineages of Noblemen, the eighth is that of Rada; they bear as arms a shield Or with a flory cross Vert, in the same manner as painted in this shield.
Or, a Cross flory Sinople.
Escudo de oro, una cruz flordelisada de sinople.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; the field in flat Or; the flory cross outlined in Sable and illuminated in Vert enamel; and finished in highly-hammered metal.
Based on the eighth coat of arms of the Navarrese «ricoshombres» from [Bosque, J. del; 1540; folio 1 of the numbering of 1613] and the text is from the transcription made by [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; 1982; pages 122 and 123].
Under the title «Surname of Rada» it can also be consulted in [Vega, P. J. de; 1702; folio 8 of the manuscript].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Cross flory, Cross couped and Vert.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Kingdom of Navarre.
Bearer: Rada of Navarre.
Azure, two arrows in saltire points upward, the arrow bendwise Or, the arrow bend sinisterwise Argent, overall a double vajra per saltire Or and Argent charged with a bezant per saltire curved Or and Argent.
Escudo de azur, dos flechas alzadas en sotuer, la flecha puesta en banda de oro, la flecha puesta en barra de plata, brochante sobre el todo una vajra doble cuartelada en sotuer de oro y plata cargada de un bezante cuartelado en sotuer curvilíneo de oro y plata.
Coat of arms interpreted and emblazoned by me with different shapes and a freehand finishing.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Two, Arrow, Point upwards, In saltire, Bendwise, Or, Bend sinisterwise, Argent, Overall, One, Double vajra, Quarterly per saltire, Charged, Bezant and plate and Curved.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Freehand, Rounded, Ogee and Pointed.
Classification: Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Rage from Discord.
Or, four pallets Gules.
Escudo de oro, cuatro palos de gules.
Coat of arms of the Count of Barcelona interpreted by me with the following features: the escutcheon shape is semicircular; the field is rendered in flat Or; the pallets are illuminated; and the whole has been given a heavily beaten metal finish.
[Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, F.; 1988; page 537] tells us that, unlike other more territorial emblems, «from his earliest seal the pallets appear on the shield of the equestrian figures on both sides, and in line with this configuration the emblem is inherited, without distinction, by his three sons and all his grandsons... it seems one must conclude that the emblem had a familial, not territorial, character from the very beginning».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Four, Pale and Gules.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and County of Barcelona.
Bearer: Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona.
Party per fess Azure and Sable, overall a four-towered castle Or, port and windows Sable.
Escudo cortado de azur y sable, brochante sobre la partición un castillo de cuatro torres de oro, aclarado de sable.
Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee triple-pointed outer contour and with a leather finish.
One of the ancient arms of the Rawson lineage emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Sable, Or, One, Party per fess, Overall, Four-towered, Castle and Port and windows.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee Triple-Pointed and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Rawson, lineage.
Paly of six Gules and Argent; overall, a fess Or charged with a lance Gules. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Gules, an arm vambraced, bendwise Argent, grasping, bend sinisterwise, a bow Gules, cord Or, and an arrow point sinister Argent. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Inter Primos».
Canting arms of Rex Lancefield emblazoned by me under the directions of his descendant Erik Paul Arnelien. This photograph shows my hand-drawn Nordic scroll alongside the coat of arms in which it is used as a external decoration. The scroll was drawn directly in ink on tracing paper using a fine technical pen and long, continuous strokes, without any preliminary pencil sketch, repeating the design as many times as necessary until the desired result was achieved. The image shows an initial tracing on tracing paper with a second, more refined tracing superimposed over it; this version was later refined a third time digitally, as can be seen in the final rendering of the complete coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Or, Six, One, Paly, Overall, Fess, Charged, Spear, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Lined, Wreath, Arm, Vambraced, Bendwise, Grasping, Bend sinisterwise, Bow, Cord, Arrow, Point sinister, Mantling and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Chasuble.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Lancefield, Rex.
Azure fretty Or.
Escudo de azur fretado de oro.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Fretty and Or.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Freehand and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Ricardo de Mandeville.
Vert, a pall raguly Or between three leopards' faces Or. Crest: Upon a wreath Or and Vert, on a coronet Or a leopard's face Or between two wings Sable.
Escudo de sinople, una perla ecotada de oro entre tres cabezas de leopardo de oro. Timbrado de un burelete de oro y sinople surmontado de una corona de oro surmontada de una cabeza de leopardo de oro acompañada de dos medios vuelos de sable.
Watercolor finishing.
Blazon keywords: Vert, One, Pall, Raguly, Or, Three, Head, Leopard, Crest and mantling, Wreath, Above, Crown, Between, Two, Wing and Sable.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Freehand, Pointed and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Coat of arms, Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Stowe, Richard Allen.
Or, six annulets Gules, 3, 2, and 1. Behind the shield an eight-pointed cross patty Gules.
The eight-pointed cross patty behind the shield has been diapered with Chinapieria.
Blazon keywords: Or, Six, Annulet, Gules, Ordered, Three, Two, One, Behind the shield, Eight-pointed cross and Cross couped.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Semi-circular, Illuminated, Freehand, Diapered and Chinapieria.
Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Richard, Richard.
Lionheart ~ Corazón de León ~ Cœur de Lion.
Escudo de gules, dos leones de oro, afrontados, armados y lampasados de azur.
Coat of arms interpreted as follows: the mouth drawn as a semicircular (round) base; the field enamelled in a flat tint of Gules; the two lions outlined in the colour of the field and illuminated in Or and Azure; and the whole finished with a watercolour effect.
He was born in 1157, being the third of eight children of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, elder brother of Eleanor Plantagenet. He was king of England between 1189 and 1199, although he spent much of his life far from it; in fact, during his ten-year reign, he was on English soil only twice, which together did not amount even to six months. He died in 1199 in Normandy.
In 1198, during the Battle of Gisors, he supposedly used, as watchword or as motto, the expression «Dieu et mon Droit ~ God and my right». This phrase refers to his refusal to bow before Emperor Henry VI, since by his rank Richard acknowledged only God as superior. Later, Henry V of England adopted it as his motto, and since then it has been used by the British monarchy.
According to [Humphery-Smith, C.; 1983], Richard the Lionheart was the first English king who can be proved to have borne arms, although some of his predecessors may also have had them. He bases his statement on the existence of two seals of Richard I: on one, Richard bears a shield with a rampant lion, and on the other there already appear the three lions that are the forerunners of the arms of England. The use of this second seal does not imply that he stopped using the first.
In contrast, there are also British authors who maintain that his shield actually bore two affronted lions; this hypothesis is based on the lion on his first seal facing to sinister. That latter hypothesis is the one interpreted in this shield, remaining a purely artistic interpretation and without my entering into a complex and open discussion about how, when, and why the three leopards, «leones pasantes ~ lions passant» for the English, appeared —a discussion in which there are various alternatives— ranging from the combination of his hereditary arms to the wish to have more lions than his younger brother, who would later be King John I of England, to possible influences from other European realms.
This version of Richard I’s shield is similar to the imaginary shield of Hector of Troy, Gules with two lions Or affronté, which is a term used when «two things are placed facing each other, like two Lions, two Dogs, or other animals that look at one another» [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 32].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Lion, Or, Combatant, Armed, Langued and Azure.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, House of Plantagenet and Kingdom of England.
Bearer: Richard I of England.
Argent, on a cross Gules five fleurs de lis Or.
Escudo de oro, una cruz de gules cargada de cinco flores de lis de oro.
Arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finish.
Ancient arms of the lineage Rivas of Aragon emblazoned by me. Alternative blazon: «Argent, a cross Gules charged with five fleurs de lis Or».
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Or, One, Five, Cross, Charged and Fleur de lis.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Rivas of Aragon, lineage.
Roberto de Malet ~ Robert de Malet
Argent, three buckles Sable.
Escudo de plata, tres hebillas de sable.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 595] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 595].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Three, Buckle, Sable and Ordered.
Style keywords: Triangular curved, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Roberto de Malet.
Gules, three wolves' heads erased Argent.
Escudo de gules, tres cabezas de lobo arrancadas de plata.
Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a rounded trapezoidal outer contour and with a metal and iridescent finish.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Three, Wolf, Head and Erased.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Rounded trapezoid and Metal and iridescent.
Classification: Personal, Kingdom of Scotland, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Robertson of Struan, lineage.
Gules, six wagon-wheels Or, 2, 2, and 2.
Escudo de gules, seis ruedas de carro de oro, 3 y 3.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a pointed ended shape, illuminated, and with a freehand finishing.
Another alternative way of writing this same blazon is the following: «Gules, six wagon-wheels Or, arranged in two pallets».
Blazon keywords: Gules, Six, Wagon-wheel and Or.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Freehand and Pointed.
Classification: Lineage, Interpreted, Canting and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Rodelo lineage from Galicia.
The 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Brigade of the Spanish Army bears its name and its coat of arms.
Argent, three bendlets sinister Azure.
Escudo de plata, tres barras de azur.
For the interpretation of this coat of arms, I have used: a rounded mouth; the angle I use most often, for example in bends, bendlets, bends sinister, or bendlets sinister, which is 50.2o, resulting from calculating the arctangent of 6/5, that is, the opposite side 6 divided by the adjacent side 5; with a division of the main diagonal into 7 equal parts, resulting from crossing this diagonal with the 6 lines that will form the edges of the 3 bend sinisters; and for the whole, a finish of lightly hammered metal.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Azure and Bend sinister.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Soft metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Army and Navy.
Bearer: Lauria, Roger de.
Azure, on a pale Argent, between two lions combatant Or, armed and langued Gules, three chevronels Sable.
Escudo de azur, un palo de plata, cargado de tres tenazas de sable, acostado de dos leones afrontados de oro, armados y lampasados de gules.
Arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a leather finishing.
The coat of arms of Catherine de Romanet emblazoned by me. Blazon in French: «D'azur, au pal d'argent chargé de trois chevrons de sable et accosté de deux lions affrontés d'or, armés et lampassés de gueules». Alternative blazon: «Azure, a pale Argent, charged with three chevronels Sable, between two lions combatant Or, armed and langued Gules».
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Sable, Or, Gules, One, Three, Two, Pale, Charged, Chevronel, Between, Lion, Combatant, Armed and Langued.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Romanet, Catherine de.
Emblem, two two-handed swords in saltire Argent, hilted Or. Crest: A royal crown Or.
Emblema, dos mandobles en sotuer de plata, guarnecidos de oro. Timbrado de una corona real.
Emblem interpretation with: the two-handed swords placed along the diagonals of an imaginary rectangle, with a 5x6 proportion, like a shield, that is, with angles of 50.2°, between the axis of the two-handed swords and the imaginary base of the emblem, unlike the original emblem where the two-handed swords are on the diagonals of a square, therefore with angles of 45°; the two-handed swords and the closed royal crown are outlined in Sable, illuminated and the whole with a raised-stroke execution.
This emblem of the Royal Association of Hidalgos of Spain has 2 two-handed swords that, unlike usual swords, due to their great length and weight, their fencing must be two-handed, hence their name.
The Spanish word «mandoble» comes from «mano doble», meaning «double hand», and refers to a sword wielded with both hands, the equivalent of the English «two-handed sword».
It is known that they are two-handed swords because the 2 that appear in the emblem have a crescent or crossguard in their iron. This crescent is called in Castilian «falsaguarda» and also «ganchos de parada» and its functionality is to protect from the slashes that the opponent could give close to the blade of the two-handed sword.
Blazon keywords: Two-handed sword, Argent, Hilted, Or, In saltire, Crest, Closed royal crown and Crown.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Emblem.
Bearer: Royal Association of Hidalgos of Spain.
In 1523, the Order of Santiago, the Order of Calatrava, and the Order of Alcantara were definitively incorporated into the Crown of Castile, which marked the consolidation of the Royal Council of the Orders of Chivalry of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcantara, and Montesa. However, it is known that this Royal Council already existed at the beginning of the same 16th century, or even earlier, although there are no foundational documents available to date its inception.
The internet address of its website is ordenesmilitares.es where it also hosts the pages dedicated to each of its four orders:
After the Crusades ended and following the model of the military orders created in the Holy Land, European kings established Orders of Chivalry, many of which were military and religious institutions, like the four grouped under this Royal Council.
Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Freehand, Emblem, Cross, Quarterly per saltire, Cross of Saint James, Cross couped, Cross of Calatrava, Cross of Alcantara and Cross of Montesa.
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.
Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Oval, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Freehand, Emblem, Without divisions, Argent, One, Crucible, Enflamed, Bonfire, Gules and Or.
Ermine papelonny, a lion rampant guardant Gules, armed and langued Azure. Crest: A crown of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate. The shield is surrounded by the Grand Collar of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate.
This is his coat of arms of emblazoned by me for the Roll of Arms of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Ermine, Papelonny, One, Lion rampant guardant, Gules, Armed, Langued, Azure, Crest and mantling, Crown, Pomegranate, Surrounded and Grand collar.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Armorial roll and Castilian language.
Bearer: Arjona Berrocal, Rubén.
Ermine, a lion rampant double queued Or, armed and langued Gules; a chief Gules, three castles triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable. Crest: A crown of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate. The shield is surrounded by the Grand Collar of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate.
This is his coat of arms of emblazoned by me for the Roll of Arms of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Ermine, One, Lion, Rampant, Tail, Double queued, Or, Armed, Langued, Gules, Chief, Three, Castle, Port and windows, Azure, Masoned, Sable, Crest and mantling, Crown, Pomegranate, Surrounded and Grand collar.
Style keywords: Pointed, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Armorial roll and Castilian language.
Bearer: González Lara, Rubén.
Gules, three Leopards faces Or, the whole within a Border Or with two Bars Gules.
Watercolor finishing
Blazon keywords: Gules, Three, Head, Leopard, Or, Ordered, Bordure, Two and Bar.
Style keywords: Watercolor, Pointed, Illuminated and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Coat of arms, Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Juchter van Bergen Quast, Rudolph Andries Ulrich.
Azure, a cross ermine fimbriated Or, between four fleurs de lis Argent, each enfiled in a crown Or.
Escudo de azur, una cruz de armiños, perfilada de oro, acompañada de cuatro flores de lis de plata, cada una enfilada de una corona de oro.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a freehand finish.
G0128, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant of the coat of arms of Jean-Yves, de Sainte Croix de la Sabliere, UK. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, One, Four, Cross, Ermine, Fimbriated, Between, Fleur de lis, Enfiled and Crown.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Sainte Croix de la Sabliere, Jean-Yves de.
Azure, a bend Argent between, in chief a sword point upwards Argent, hilted Or, in base a pair of scales Or. 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.
Escudo de azur, una banda de plata, acompañada en jefe de una espada alzada de plata, guarnecida de oro, y en punta de una balanza de oro. Lema: «Ex Homine Lex, Ex Deo Iustitia» de sable, sobre una filacteria de oro cargada en su centro de una estrella de plata, radiante de treinta rayos de oro.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a leather finishing.
G0057, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant of Salvatore Buttaro's arms, whose full achievement has been emblazoned by me. The default number of points of a mullet in Castilian heraldry is 5, which is also the default number of points of the English mullet. [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 279, figure 126] and [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 312, figure 126] state: «Mullets ordinarily have five rays, or straight points,... when blazoning this figure, the usual practice is to specify the number of rays when exceeding five».
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, One, Thirty, Bend, Between, Sinister, Chief, Sword, Point upwards, Hilted, Dexter, Base, Pair of scales, Motto, Scroll, Mullet and Irradiated.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Buttaro, Salvatore.
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 interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finishing.
Coat of arms of Alfonso Sánchez de Perella, 1st Mayor of Burgos, emblazoned by me.
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.
Known as the Brave, king of Castile and León from 1284 to 1295.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2o y 3o de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules, coronado de oro.
Pre-existing arms interpreted by me as described below: the shield of arms has a rounded (semicircular) base; the field, the two castles and the two lions are illuminated; and the whole has a parchment-like finish.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Argent, Purpure, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued and Crowned.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated and Parchment.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Castile and Leon.
Bearer: Sancho IV of Castile.
Party per pale: 1 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, and masoned Sable; 2 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules.
Escudo partido: 1o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2o de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of the Infante Sancho of Castile, 1233–1261, 8th offspring of the King Ferdinand III of Castile, 1199-1252, and the Queen Beatrice of Swabia, 1205–1235. Unlike his siblings, he does not use a quarterly shield but rather impaled arms of Castile and Leon.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, Argent, Purpure, One, Party per pale, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Armed and Langued.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Kingdom of Castile and Leon, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Sancho of Castile, Infante.
Gules, a cross Argent.
Escudo de gules, una cruz de plata.
Coat of arms of the House of Savoy and the Duchy of Savoy, which I have interpreted as follows: the shield has a semicircular (round) base; the field is illuminated in flat tincture Gules; the cross is illuminated in Argent; and the whole coat of arms is rendered with a raised-stroke effect.
This coat of arms is both familial and political, for it is also the coat of arms of the French departments of Savoy and Haute-Savoie, both belonging to the Rhône-Alpes region.
The cross in this shield is an honourable ordinary, for it is a full cross, the result of combining a fess and a pale. This full cross is wide and reaches the edges of the shield and is therefore large enough to bear charges. For this reason these ordinaries are called “honourable,” because they may be honoured with additional charges. In English heraldry they are known as «ordinaries», [The Heraldry Society; 2013; page 11].
This coat of arms is recorded in the armorial [Marshal, L.; 1295; shield number 32] together with the text «Le Counte de Sauveys, Gules a cross argent, Amadeus V, Comte de Savoie».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Argent and Cross.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and House of Savoy.
Bearer: Savoy, Duchy of.
Or, a lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure; a double tressure flory counterflory Gules.
Illuminated and a leather finishing.
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.
Party per fess Azure and Sable, overall a four-towered castle Or, port and windows Sable, in chief two pairs of gouttes Or. Motto: «Laus · Virtutis · Actio».
Escudo cortado de azur y sable, brochante sobre la partición un castillo de cuatro torres de oro, aclarado de sable, en jefe dos pares de gotas de oro. Lema: «Laus · Virtutis · Actio».
Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee triple-pointed outer contour and with a leather finishing.
Coat of arms for Seth Rawson emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Sable, Or, One, Two, Party per fess, Overall, Four-towered, Castle, Port and windows, In chief, Pair, Goutte and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee Triple-Pointed and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Rawson, Seth.
Simon de Croome ~ Simon de Crombe.
Argent, a Chevron Gules, on a Chief Gules, three escallops Argent, in fess.
Escudo de plata: un cabrio de gules; el jefe de azur, tres veneras de plata, en faja.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 623] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 623].
The 3 escallops are in the chief then the description «in fess» are not really needed.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, One, Chevron, Gules, Chief, Three, Escallop and In fess.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Plain tincture, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Simón de Croome.
Simon de Vere ~ Simon de Ver.
Gules, three cinquefoils Argent.
Escudo de gules, tres quinquefolios de plata.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 85] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 85].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Three, Cinquefoil, Argent and Ordered.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Shaded, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Simón de Vere.
Simon FitzSimon ~ Simon le FizSimon.
Gules, three chess rooks Ermine.
Escudo de gules, tres roques de armiños.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 224] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 224].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Three, Chess rooks, Ermine and Ordered.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Simón FitzSimon.
Sir Robert Knollys ~ Sir Robert Knolles (1325-1407).
Gules, on a chevron Argent three roses Gules, barbed Vert and seeded Or.
Escudo de gules, un cabrio de plata cargado de tres rosas de gules, barbadas de sinople y botonadas de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted as follows: the mouth is rounded; the field is illuminated in Gules; the chevron is outlined in Sable and illuminated in Argent metal; the roses outlined in Sable are illuminated the petals in Gules, the leaves in Vert and the central button in Or; and the whole has a parchment finish.
Robert Knolles participated in the Hundred Years' War, on the side of England, and in 1367, he was with Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince, at the Battle of Nájera.
In the Battle of Nájera, on the way to Navarrete, Pedro I of Castile, with direct English support, and his half-brother Don Enrique de Trastámara, with indirect French support, faced each other. English and French hoped that supporting their side's victory would allow them to have the Castilian fleet on their side, which was more powerful than theirs, in their Hundred Years' War.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions and Gules.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Parchment.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Kingdom of England and Army and Navy.
Bearer: Knollys, Robert.
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.
Coat of arms painted by me, in flat tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finishing.
This is the coat of arms of Sister Esperanza Vega Lanzagorta, designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and painted by me. Alternative blazon: «Azure, between two palm fronds in pile reversed a Virgin of Mercy grasping in her sinister hand a broken chain Argent, and charged on the chest the Mercedarian 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 in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Vega Lanzagorta, Sister Esperanza.
Argent, three lozenges Sable; on a chief wavy Azure, three snowflakes Argent.
Escudo de plata, tres losanjes de sable; en un jefe ondeado de azur, tres copos de nieve de plata.
Arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of Jon Sneddon emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Azure, Three, Lozenge, Chief, Charged, Wavy, Snowflake and Ordered.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Sneddon, Jon.
Founded in the year 1987, it is the first organisation of its kind in the world
Azure, an inescutcheon Argent, enflamed in orle of sixteen points and irradiated throughout of sixty-four lines Or.
Escudo de azur, un escusón de plata, llameante en orla de Dieciséis llamas y radiante de sesenta y cuatro líneas movientes todas de oro.
The Society of Heraldic Arts is an international organization founded in 1987, committed to the promotion and preservation of heraldic art. The society brings together artists, craftsmen, and enthusiasts who work in various forms of heraldic expression, from painting and sculpture to calligraphy and jewelry. With members worldwide, the SHA encourages the exchange of knowledge and skill development through exhibitions, publications, and events.
Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Illuminated, Semi-circular, Coat of arms, Azure, Inescutcheon, Argent, Enflamed, In orle, Sixteen, Flame, Irradiated, Sixty-four, Line, Throughout (all sides) and Or.
Ermine, three pomegranates inverted Or, seeded Gules, slipped and leaved Vert, ensigned with an open crown, alternating four rosettes of acanthus leaves, visible three, and four pomegranates Or, visible two, lined Gules.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Ermine, Three, Pomegranate, Reversed, Or, Seeded (pomegranate), Gules, Slipped, Leaved, Vert, On, One, Crown, Alternately, Four, Rosette of acanthus leaves, Visible, Two and Lined.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Pointed, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Granada, Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la.
Azure, a palm tree eradicated, between in sinister a lion rampant supporting it Or, in dexter three millwheels, 2 and 1, and in chief a crescent Argent.
Escudo de azur, una palmera arrancada, acompañada a la siniestra de un león rampante empinado a ella ambos de oro, a la diestra de tres ruedas de molino, 2 y 1, y en jefe un creciente todo de plata.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a shape endend with an ogee arch, illuminated, and with a parchement finishing.
Blazon keywords: Azure, One, Palm tree, Tree, Erased, Between, Sinister, Lion, Rampant, Supporting, Or, Dexter, Three, Millwheel, Ordered, In chief, Crescent and Argent.
Style keywords: Ogee, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Parchment.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Spanò, Diego Pantaleone.
Structure of this standard:
Blazon keywords: Argent, Two, Arrow, Point upwards, In saltire, Sable, Barbed, Feathered, Gules, Surmounted, One, Dagger, In pale, Hilted, Pommelled, Chief, Indented, Label of three points, Or, Cyclamor, Fimbriated, Motto, Male figure, Demi, Proper, Beret, Vert, Grasping, Hand, Dexter and Wreath.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Standard, Flag and English language.
Bearer: Power, Guy Harold.
Argent, a fess Gules between two Lions passant Azure, langued Gules.
I have interpreted this coat of arms with a semi-circular shape; tintures argent, gules, and azure; outlined with sable; and a iridiscent finishing.
Blazon keywords: Argent, One, Fess, Gules, Between, Two, Lion passant, Azure and Langued.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Iridescent (nacar) and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Stauffenberg, Claus von.
Party per fess: 1 Argent, a rose Gules, barbed and seeded proper; 2 Gules, two swords in saltire Argent, hilted Or. Supporters: Two bears Sable, the eyes, pizzled, langued, armed and gorged Gules.
Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Argent, One, Rose, Gules, Leaved, Seeded, Two, Sword, In saltire, Hilted, Or, Proper, Supporter (animal), Supporter, Bear, Sable, The eyes, Pizzled, Langued, Armed, Collared, Motto and Scroll.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Latin language.
Bearer: Breu, Stephan Urs.
Or, a fess chequey Azure and Argent.
Escudo de oro, una faja ajedrezada de azur y plata.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a rough finishing.
Coat of arms of the lineage Stewart of Scotland. I have emblazoned it with a fess chequy of 3 rows, symmetric and with 9 columns of squares, provided that its height is 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Argent, One, Three, Nine, Fess and Chequey.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Stewart of Scotland, lineage.
Of the twelve lineages of Noblemen, the seventh is Subiça, and bears as arms a shield Or, with a chief Sable at the upper part of the shield, in the same manner as painted in this one.
Or; a chief Sable.
Escudo de oro; el jefe de sable.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; the field in flat Or metal; the chief in flat Sable; and the whole finished in highly-hammered metal.
Coat of arms based on the seventh of the Navarrese «ricoshombres» from [Bosque, J. del; 1540; folio 1 of the numbering of 1613]. The text heading it is taken from the transcription made by [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; 1982; pages 122 and 123].
Under the title «Surname of Cubiza» these armorial bearings can be consulted in [Vega, P. J. de; 1702; folio 7 of the manuscript].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Chief and Sable.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Plain tincture and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Kingdom of Navarre.
Bearer: Subiça of Navarre.
Blazon of the Talbot lineage of England.
Escudo de gules, un león rampante dentro de una bordura angrelada todo oro.
Gules, a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed Or.
Illuminated with lights and shadows and with a freehand finish.
[Rietstap, J. B.; 1861] writes it in French as «de gueules, au lion d'or, à la bordure engrelée du même». y [Burke, J.; 1836; volume 3, pages 359-360] writes it in English as «Gu. a lion rampant, within a bordure engr. or».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Lion, Rampant, Within, Bordure, Engrailed and Or.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Kingdom of England.
Azure, two oak trees eradicated proper, leaved Vert, fructed Or, in chief three mullets Or; enté en point Argent, a heart Gules semé of fleurs de lis Or. Motto: «Allahumma inni as'saluka al Afiyah» Sable over a scroll Argent doubled Or.
Escudo de azur, dos robles arrancados al natural, hojados de sinople, frutados de oro, en jefe, tres estrellas de oro; entado en punta de plata, un corazón de gules sembrado de flores de lis de oro. Lema: «Allahumma inni as'saluka al Afiyah» de sable sobre una filacteria de plata doblada de oro.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a leather finishing.
The coat of arms and motto of Dr. Tariq Abbasi MBE FRSA designed by Vittorio Gifra and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Vert, Or, Argent, Gules, One, Two, Three, Oak, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, Leaved, Fructed, In chief, Mullet, Enté en point, Heart, Semé, Fleur de lis, Motto and Scroll.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Abbasi, Tariq.
Cheshire, 1613.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, a crescent Sable; 2 and 3 Gules, a crescent Argent.
Cuartelado: 1 y 4 de plata, un creciente de sable; 2 y 3 de gules, un creciente de plata.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field illuminated in Argent and Gules; the 4 crescents, outlined in Sable, in plain Argent and Sable tinctures; and the whole in raised-stroke style.
Regarding the moon, [Avilés, J.; 1780a; página 306] tells us that «según el error popular figuran con cara humana algunos, se ve muy poco usada en las Armerías de España, y lo mismo en las de Francia; y porque se encuentra así en muchos Escudos de Alemanes.». On the crescent he adds that «es una figura en forma de Luna, llamada por esto de muchos así, ó por su diminución Luneta».
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Argent, Gules, Crescent and Sable.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Tatton de Wythenshawe.
Azure, a cross of Burgundy Or; an inescutcheon Or, six fleurs de lis in orle Azure.
Escudo de azur, una cruz de Borgoña de oro; un escusón de oro, seis flores de lis en orla de azur.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of the Tercio Alessandro Farnese, 4th of the Spanish Legion, emblazoned by me. In honor of Alessandro Farnese, the central inescutcheon bears in orle the 6 fleurs de lis of the Farnese family.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, One, Six, Cross of Burgundy, Cross couped, Inescutcheon, Fleur de lis and In orle.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Military, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Tercio Alessandro Farnese.
Gules, a cross of Burgundy Or; an inescutcheon Or, three bars Gules.
Arms interpreted by me, in plain tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finish.
Coat of arms of the Tercio Great Captain, 1st of the Spanish Legion, emblazoned by me. The inescutcheon represents the coat of arms of Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, 1453-1515, known as «The Great Captain». It was Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba who reorganized the Spanish infantry, laying the foundations for what would later become the Tercios.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, One, Three, Cross of Burgundy, Cross couped, Inescutcheon, Bar and Fess.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Military, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Tercio Great Captain.
Countess of Urgell, Viscountess of Ager, Lady of Alcolea de Cinca, died in 1327.
Dimidiated: 1 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 chequey Or and Sable.
Escudo dimidiado: 1o de oro, cuatro palos de gules; 2o ajedrezado de oro y sable.
Arms interpreted with: a round-bottom shield; all tinctures in flat Or, Gules, and Sable; and a heavily beaten metal finish.
A dimidiated coat of arms is the result of combining two shields of arms by taking the dexter half of the first and the sinister half of the second.
Dimidiation was used in the 13th and 14th centuries to combine, for instance, the arms of two families.
Its blazoning method does not consist of describing what appears in each of the resulting quarters, but rather, by stating from the beginning that it is dimidiated, describing the original coats of arms. Thus, in this particular case of the arms of Teresa of Entenza, it is not stated that there are only two pallets in the first quarter, but that it is dimidiated and has four pallets, so the reader must know that from the four pallets, only the first two are visible due to the dimidiation.
This method of dimidiating the arms of predecessors results in very beautiful and original designs, but depending on the charges and figures involved, in other cases the result may be unrecognisable or even absurd.
Blazon keywords: Dimidiated, Pale, Chequey, Or, Gules and Sable.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Plain tincture and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.
Bearer: Teresa of Entenza.
Azure, a saltire between, in chief and in base, two thistle couped Argent; an inescutcheon Gules.
Escudo de azur, un sotuer acompanado, en jefe y en punta, de dos cardos de nuridos todo de plata; un escusón de gules.
Coat of arms interpreted with the following characteristics: the shape of its shield is semicircular; the field is a flat tint of Azure; the two thistles and the saltire are illuminated of the metal Argent and outlined in Sable; the inescutcheon is illuminated of the colour Gules and, also, outlined in Sable; and the whole with a mother-of-pearl finish with a raised stroke.
The English term «inescutcheon» corresponds to our Spanish term «escusón». It is called an inescutcheon when there is only one and it is placed in the abyss of the shield.
The English term «escutcheon» corresponds to our Spanish term «escudete». It is used when there are several, for example, 3. Although in this case there is only one, this is the term used in the official blazon of this coat of arms, as will be seen below.
This coat of arms of The Heraldry Society of Scotland was registered and granted ~ «granted» on 7th September 1977, by «The Court of the Lord Lyon», which is the official college of arms for Scotland, lyon-court.com, with the following blazon: «Azure, on a saltire argent between two thistles slipped argent, one in chief and one in base, an escutcheon gules» and it contains 2 thistles, which is the national flower of Scotland, and a saltire Argent on an Azure field, like the flag of Scotland.
The usual way of representing the thistle ~ «thistle» in Castile is with its roots visible, it is called «arrancado». In this case the stem is cut and its roots are not visible, it is called «slipped» ~ «nurido».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Saltire, Argent, Thistle, Couped (tree), In chief, In base, Inescutcheon and Gules.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Iridescent (nacar), Freehand and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.
Bearer: The Heraldry Society of Scotland.
With the aim of aiding in the study and perpetuation of heraldry in the United States and abroad.
Sable, a lion rampant Or, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or, holding in the dexter a baton flory Or.
Escudo de sable, un león rampante de oro, armado y lampasado de gules, coronado de oro, teniendo en su diestra un cetro flordelisado de oro.
I interpret its coat of arms with: a Spanish base in semicircular (round) form; the field illuminated in Sable; the lion, its crown and its baton outlined of the field, shaded and illuminated in Or, except the claws and tongue which are Gules; and the whole with a lightly beaten metal finish.
The baton ends in a fleur-de-lis, hence it is blazoned as «flory» and according to [Avilés, J.; 1780a; página 93] «flordelisadas, se dice de las Cruces, cuyos brazos se terminan en flores de Lis».
For a time I distinguished between «flordelisadas» and «florenzadas» crosses depending on the artistic style of the termination, but over time I found that the difference was, precisely, more artistic than heraldic, so I decided to use the term flordelisada in a general way.
Some authors consider them different terms and others equivalent. If they are considered equivalent then florenzadas ~ flordelisadas and, therefore, «cetro florenzado» ~ «cetro flordelisado». In English one says «flory» ~ «flordelisado» and it can also be found written as «fleury» ~ «floretty» ~ «florenté», for example, [The Heraldry Society; 2013; página 6] uses the term «flory» to describe the very arms of The Heraldry Society when it blazons them as «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».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Sable, Lion, Or, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Gules, Crown, Open royal crown, Crowned, Dexter, Grasping, Scepter and Flory.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture, Shaded, Soft metal and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.
Bearer: The American College of Heraldry.
Azure, a plough share points downward Argent between, upon a base enarched Vert, two bell towers Argent, port and window Sable.
This schema shows in 3 steps how I emblazon its coat of arms following the rule of 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, One, Plough share, Point downwards, Argent, Between, Two, Bell tower, Port and windows, Sable, Terrace in base and Vert.
Style keywords: Ogee, Outlined in sable, Freehand, Outlined and Plain tincture.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Schema.
Bearer: Csernely.
Argent, a cross Azure.
Blazon keywords: Argent, One, Cross and Azure.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular, Plain tincture and Freehand.
Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Schema.
Bearer: Hérail, Gilbert.
Party per pale Vert and Azure, overall two cannons dismounted in saltire, between two seagulls volant in pale, and two fish naiant in fess Argent.
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Vert, Azure, Overall, Two, Cannon dismounted, Cannon, In saltire, Between, Seagull, Volant, In pale, Fish, Naiant, In fess and Argent.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Schema.
Bearer: Lanzagorta Escutia, Miguel Francisco.
Party per pale Azure and Or, a tree eradicated and blasted between two starlings respectant all counterchanged.
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Azure, Or, One, Tree, Erased, Blasted, Counterchanged, Between, Two, Starling, Respectant and Counterchanged (side-by-side).
Style keywords: Ogee, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Schema.
Bearer: Bendel, Nathaniel.
Or, three puffins proper.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Three, Puffin and Proper.
Style keywords: Pointed, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Schema.
Bearer: Hartemink, Ralf.
Azure semé of millrinds Or; on a dexter canton Or, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules.
Coat of arms of The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn emblazoned by me in 3 steps: initial geometric scheme, colors and metals, and lights and shadows.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Semé, Millrind, Or, One, Canton, Dexter, Lion, Rampant, Purpure, Armed, Langued and Gules.
Style keywords: Pointed, Outlined in sable, Outlined in the field tincture, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Schema.
Bearer: Lincoln's Inn, The Honourable Society of.
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.
Among its activities stand out the monthly organisation of meetings and conferences, the publication of 2 journals, one for general readership and one more academic, the organisation of a congress every 2 years, the construction and maintenance of a heraldic archive, a presence on the internet through its website and the sale of books at all its meetings, as described in [The Heraldry Society; 2013].
Some of its more academic publications are referenced here, in Blason.es c, such as, for example, [Scott-Giles, C. W.; 1965], [Humphery-Smith, C.; 1983], [Parsons, R. J.; 1989] or [Rabbow, A.; 1999].
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.
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.
Vert, an inescutcheon Argent; overall a compass rose Sable and Or. Motto: «De jure».
Escudo de sinople, un escusón de plata; brochante sobre el todo, una rosa de los vientos de sable y oro. Lema: «De jure».
I have interpreted this coat of arms with: a Spanish base, that is, semicircular (round); the field and the inescutcheon in plain green and Argent; the compass rose illuminated in Sable and Or and outlined in Sable; and the whole with a parchment finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Vert, Inescutcheon, Argent, Surmounted, Overall (deprecated), Compass rose, Sable, Or and Motto.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture, Parchment and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.
Bearer: The International Heraldry Society.
Azure, a saltire Argent between two fleurs de lis in fess Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules. Motto: «In Honorem Victoria» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent. Terraced by rocky mountains and great plains charged with, in dexter, an Indian paintbrush, and in siniester, a thistle proper.
Escudo de azur, un sotuer de plata acompañado de dos flores de lis en faja de oro; en un jefe de plata, un águila calva de azur, cabeza y cola de plata, picada, armada y membrada de oro, lampasada de gules. Lema: «In Honorem Victoria» de sable, con las letras iniciales de gules, sobre una filacteria de plata. Terrazados de montañas rocosas y grandes planicies cargadas de, a la diestra, una castilleja, a la siniestra, un cardo todo al natural.
Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a leather finishing.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Saltire, Between, Fleur de lis, In fess, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Motto, Compartment, Mount, Indian paintbrush, Thistle and Proper.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Potts, Randy David Lee Xavier.
Thomas de Warbrentone ~ Thomas de Warbleton.
Lozengy Or and Azure.
Escudo losanjado oro y azur.
Coat of arms interpreted in the following manner: the shape of the base is a semicircular arch; the field has been enameled with plain metal tint Or; the lozenges with their 4 rectangular and equal angles, are outlined in Sable and illuminated in Azure; the lozengy is 6 lozenges wide by 7 lozenges high, which can also be indicated as 7 lozenges in length by 7 lozenges in latitude; and the whole has received a marble finish.
Lozengy is defined by [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 101] as «it is said of the Shield and pieces covered with lozenges».
Blazon keywords: Lozengy, Or and Azure.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Marmoreal.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Warbleton, Thomas de.
Thomas de Warbleton ~ Thomas de Werblintone.
Lozengy Or and Azure.
Escudo losanjado de oro y azur.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 245] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 245].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Lozengy, Or and Azure.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Plain tincture and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Tomás de Warbleton.
Thomas FitzThomas ~ Thomas le FizThomas.
Lozengy Argent and Gules.
Escudo losanjado de plata y gules.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 245] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 245].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Lozengy, Argent and Gules.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Plain tincture and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Tomás FitzThomas.
Tomás Roscelyn Thomas ~ Roscelyn ~ Thomas Rocelin.
Gules, three buckles Argent.
Escudo de gules, tres hebillas de plata.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 595] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 595].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Three, Buckle, Sable and Ordered.
Style keywords: Triangular curved, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Tomás Roscelyn.
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 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].
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a metal beaten finish.
Coat of arms of the House of Trastámara, founded by Enrique of Trastámara, later King Henry II of Castile, son of Alfonso XI and his mistress Leonor de Guzmán. Adopted at birth by Rodrigo Álvarez de las Asturias, he inherited the lordship of the County of Noreña the following year upon his adoptive father’s death. Later, his father the king granted him the County of Trastámara, among other lordships, giving rise to the House and the Trastámara dynasty, which began when Henry II ascended the throne after killing his half-brother Peter I in 1369. The Trastámara dynasty ruled in Castile, Aragon, Navarre, and Naples, and came to an end with our Queen Joanna of Castile, daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, both members of the House of Trastámara. This coat of arms has been created for Fernando Durán Cabral de Mello d’Alpoim as a preparatory work for his armorial bearings. In that coat of arms, the House of Noronha inescutcheon bears the arms of Trastámara in the 2nd and 3rd quarters.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Purpure, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Two, Eighteen, Party per chevron, In chief, Lion, Combatant, Armed, Langued, In base, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Bordure and Compony.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Metal beaten.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Trastámara, House of.
Purpure, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; on a chief Azure, a cross patty Or, between two escallops Argent.
Escudo de púrpura, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; un jefe de azur, cargado de una cruz patada de oro acompañada de dos veneras de plata.
Coat of arms interpreted as follows: with a semicircular (round) base; the field and the chief in the flat tinctures Purpure and Azure, with a lightly-hammered metal finish; and the four charges outlined in Sable, shaded, illuminated, and with a very hammered metal finish.
I hold the University Specialist degree in Real Estate Management and Administration, awarded by the Department of Private Law of the University of Burgos. These studies are structured over three academic years and are pursued online in combination with periods of traditional classes in the summers and on-site examinations during the winters. This was my first long-term online training experience.
Blazon keywords: Purpure, Or, Azure, Sable, Argent, Castle, Chief, Cross, Cross patty, Cross couped and Escallop.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Shaded, Outlined in sable, Soft metal and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Education.
Bearer: Burgos, University of.
Vert, a Latin cross, raguly, issuant from its sinister a leaved offshoot encircling the cross, its end terminating and debruising the lower limb Or. Crest: Upon a wreath Or and Vert, a pair of wings displayed Vert, debruised by a Latin cross, raguly, couped at random, issuant from its sinister a leaved offshoot encircling the cross, its end terminating and debruising the lower limb Or.
Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of Ugnius Mikučionis-Vizgirda emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Or, One, Two, Latin cross, Raguly, Issuant, Sinister, Leaved, Branch, Environed, Debruised, Crest, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Two wings in vol and Displayed.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Mikučionis-Vizgirda, Ugnius.
Azure, a Tryzub Or.
Escudo de azur, un tryzub de oro.
Interpreted coat of arms: with a pointed shape; illuminated with metals or and color azure; outlined with sable; and an iridescent finish for the field and metallic of the tryzub.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Trident and Or.
Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Iridescent (nacar) and Soft metal.
Classification: Coat of arms, Interpreted, Civic and State of Ukraine.
Bearer: Ukraine.
Emblem Azure, Saint Michael Argent, vested and nimbed Or, grasping in his dexter hand a spear Or, point downward, and in his sinister hand bearing [ Gules, a chain orlewise, crosswise, and saltirewise Or, charged in the fess point with an emerald Vert, of Navarre ], upon a dragon Vert, armed, langued, fanged, and the eyes Gules.
Emblema de azur, un San Miguel de plata, vestido y nimbado de oro, teniendo en su diestra una lanza de oro, con la punta hacia abajo y en su siniestra trae [ escudo gules, una cadena puesta en orla, en cruz y en sotuer de oro, cargada en el centro de una esmeralda de sinople, de Navarra ], sostenido por un dragón de sinople, armado, lampasado, fierezado y encendido de gules.
Emblem interpreted by me as follows: an oval shape with proportions 5x6, wider than the original; the field illuminated in Azure; its charges outlined in Sable and illuminated in the colours Gules and Vert and the metals Argent and Or; the Archangel Saint Michael vested in Or, unlike others who appear in Argent; his emerald simplified into an area enameled Vert; and the whole emblem has a lightly beaten metal finish.
Due to its special characteristics, the difficulty in complying with the first rule of heraldry concerning metals and colours, and out of prudence, I categorize it as an emblem rather than a shield.
In a relief of the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Estella, Saint Michael can be seen fighting a dragon that represents the devil, in a similar but mirrored arrangement to that of this emblem. In that relief, the Archangel Saint Michael bears a pre-heraldic shield with its umbo. According to [Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, F.; 1963], the umbo of the shield is a reinforcing element that is the predecessor of what would later become the pommelly carbuncle of the shield of the Kingdom of Navarre.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Male figure, Angel, Archangel, Argent, Vested, Nimbed, Or, Grasping, Dexter, Spear, Point downwards, Sinister, Gules, One, Chain, Orlewise, Crosswise, Saltirewise, Charged, In the fess point, Emerald, Vert, Upon, Dragon, Armed, Langued, The fangs and The eyes.
Style keywords: Oval, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Soft metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Education, Emblem and Kingdom of Navarre.
Bearer: University of Navarra.
This portrait, attributed by the seller to Frans Pourbus the Younger, was described on the market as that of a Venetian lady holding a «Venetian Lace Fan» and was said to come from a private collection in Florence, Italy. More precisely, its sales title was «Portrait of a Lady with a Venetian Lace Fan c.1595, Remarkable condition 1597».
From a heraldic point of view, the work presents, as a significant element, a coat of arms of oval shape painted on the column accompanying the figure. Oval forms are often associated with the shields of married women; if this late-sixteenth-century shield originated, for example, in England, one could be more confident that there is a relationship between the oval shape of the shield and the lady depicted. Originating in Italy, and more specifically in Venice, this oval shape may have been chosen either because the sitter was a woman or simply as a matter of fashion, since in that period and region oval shields can also be found in ecclesiastical contexts and used by men, the oval then being regarded as a form more architectural and artistic than combative.
I became aware of this painting because I was asked by a university whether I could identify the coat of arms on the column. The identification of coats of arms in historical painting is a slow, uncertain task and, in most cases, an unproductive one. It may require hours, days, weeks or even years, and often does not lead to definitive results. For this reason, I generally try to avoid this type of research.
In this particular case, I was unable to identify it. However, coats of arms, once seen, remain in visual memory; that is precisely what they are designed to do. Twenty months later, while casually reviewing a series of heraldic records published by the Italian heraldist, «Vittorio|Gifra», one of them caught my attention at an unconscious level. I continued moving through the series, but an unmistakable sense arose that something relevant had been overlooked, which led me to go back and examine the entry again with care. At that moment, the lady with the Venetian fan and the coat of arms painted on the column of the portrait immediately came to mind.
The consulted entry stated verbatim: «Stemma famiglia #VOGANZI. @voganzi Arma: d’azzurro, a due tibie in decusse al naturale, accantonate da quattro gigli d’oro. A.S.Mi. Reg. 0002: stemmario Marco Cremosano - 1673; [...] et anco di diverse Famiglie d’Italia, Vol. II°, p. n°333, posizione, 3^ fila e 3° stemma da sx a dx. [Cfr.: Archinto: «de #VOGANZA de Venetia» (I 13 V a)]. Vittorio Gifra. Lun01-12-2025».
Indeed, it had been found: the coat of arms on the column belongs to the Voganzi family of Venice, whose arms are, in Italian «d’azzurro, a due tibie in decusse al naturale, accantonate da quattro gigli d’oro» ~ in English «Azure, two tibiae proper in saltire, between four fleurs de lis Or» ~ in Castilian «escudo de azur, dos tibias al natural en sotuer, cantonadas de cuatro flores de lis de oro».
I then proceeded to document the finding and inform the interested parties.
In the Archinto, the form «Voganza» appears, referring to a specific individual or to the nominal origin of the lineage, in the singular; for example, «una dama de la casa Voganza». By contrast, in the stemmario by Marco Cremosano the form «Voganzi» is recorded, which corresponds to the plural commonly used to designate the collective body of members of the Voganza family. Taking into account that only about 70 years elapsed between the portrait (1597) and the stemmario (1673), it is plausible that at the time the painting was made the surname could already appear as «Voganzi» or in a very similar form. Although surnames do evolve over time, the interval considered is not one of centuries, but of 7 decades.
My most important doubt in this identification concerns the colour of the field; when I first saw it, I hesitated between sable and azure. It seemed too light to be sable, I thought; it could be azure, but it is not very azure, so in my notes I left it as: «either sable or azure».
When I depict elements in saltire, I usually give precedence to the bend over the bend sinister, so my natural inclination would be to place the tibia bendwise above the tibia in bend sinisterwise. In this case, however, I have placed the tibia bend sinisterwise above, in order to remain consistent with the coat of arms on the column. In any event, this is merely an artistic detail, with no relevance from the standpoint of heraldic description, which is the same in both cases.
Categories: Identification, Interpreted, Watercolor, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Without divisions, Azure, Two, Tibia, Proper, In saltire, Cantoned, Four, Fleur de lis and Or.
Universidad de Politécnica de Madrid
Azure, in base an open book Argent, in chief a sun in splendour Or. Crest: An open royal crown. Motto: «Technica impendi nationi».
Escudo de azur, un libro abierto de plata surmontado de un sol de oro. Timbrado de una corona real abierta. Lema: «Technica impendi nationi».
Coat of arms interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; the field and charges are illuminated in the tinctures Azure and the metals Argent and Or, all outlined in Sable; it differs from other versions of this coat of arms in that the rays of the sun are Or instead of black, that the text over the two pages of the book can be read, and also that the three words of the motto are separated by a small dot; and the whole is watercolored.
UPM was founded in 1971 with the integration of the Higher Technical Schools of the Higher Polytechnic Institute to which the University Schools were added in 1972. It is the first university where I studied and the one from which I have the honor of holding a doctorate.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Argent, Or, Book, Sun in splendour, Crest and mantling, Crown, Open royal crown and Motto.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Education.
Bearer: Technical University of Madrid.
182nd Pope of the Church, from 1261 to 1264. «Urbanus IV», born Jacques Pantaleon of Court-Palais, was born in Troyes, France.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Azure, a fleur de lis Or; 2 and 3 Argent, a rose Gules.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de azur, una flor de lis de oro; 2o y 3o de plata, una rosa de gules.
Coat of arms of Urban IV with: a pointed and rounded shield shape; the field in plain Azure and Argent enamels; the figures outlined in the field, shaded and illuminated in Or and Gules; and with a watercolor finish.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Azure, One, Fleur de lis, Or, Argent, Rose and Gules.
Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Shaded, Outlined in the field tincture and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Papal States.
Bearer: Urban IV.
200th Pope of the Church, from 1362 to 1370. «Urbanus V», born Guillaume de Grimoard, was born in Le Pont-de-Montvert, in the Languedoc.
Gules, a chief dancetty of four full points Or.
Escudo de gules, un jefe encajado de cuatro piezas enteras de oro.
Papal coat of arms interpreted with: a round-topped shield; the field in plain Gules; the chief indented, illuminated in metal Or, and outlined in Sable; and the whole design in hammered metal.
[Rietstap, J. B.; 1861] blazons it as Grimoard «de gueules, au chef émanché de quatre pièces d'or».
Blazon keywords: Gules, Chief, Dancetty, Or, Three and Two.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Metal beaten.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Papal States.
Bearer: Urban V.
202nd Pope of the Church, from 1378 to 1389. «Urbanus VI», named Bartolomeo Prignano, born in Itri, near Naples, in the Lazio region.
Or, an eagle displayed Azure.
Escudo de oro, un águila de azur.
Papal coat of arms interpreted with: a pointed mouth; the field in flat tincture of metal Or; the eagle illuminated in Azure, shaded and outlined in the color of the field; and the whole with a rough finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, One, Eagle and Azure.
Style keywords: Pointed, Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture, Shaded and Rough.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Papal States.
Bearer: Urban VI.
Chequey Or and Sable.
Escudo ajedrezado de oro y sable.
Arms interpreted with: a round-topped shield shape; the chequey pattern in flat metal Or and colour Sable; and a heavily beaten metal finish.
[Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 33] writes about the application of the chequey pattern to shields, ordinaries and charges: «chequey is said of the shield, the principal ordinaries, and even some animals, such as eagles, lions, and other charges, when they are composed of alternating square pieces in the fashion of a chessboard.» On the minimum number of panes he generally specifies that «for a shield to be called chequey, it must have at least twenty chessboard panes; because if it has only nine, it is called equipoll; and if it has fifteen, it is said to be of fifteen panes of chequey» and for its application to ordinaries that «other ordinaries, such as bends, fesses, etc., must have at least two rows of chequey to be considered chequey, otherwise they would be called compony.»
Blazon keywords: Chequey, Or and Sable.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Plain tincture and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.
Bearer: Urgell, County of.
De los doce linajes de Ricos Hombres el quinto es la buena villa de Urroz, la torre blanca; y goza en armas un escudo partido por medio, de lo alto ata baxo, a manera de banda, desta forma e deuisas que en este escudo está de presente pintado.
Party per bend: 1 Gules; 2 Argent.
Escudo tronchado: 1o de gules; 2o de plata.
Coat of arms with poco margen for the interpretación con: la base of semicircular (round); el field of tintas planas of Gules and Argent; y con a finish of metal muy batido.
Coat of arms basado in the 5o of los «ricoshombres» of Navarra de [Bosque, J. del; 1540; folio 1o of the numeración of 1613]. El texto previo a su blasón está extraído of the transcripción realizada por [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; 1982; páginas 122 and 123].
Bajo the título «Apellido of Vrroz» también puede consultarse en [Vega, P. J. de; 1702; folio 4B of the manuscrito], estando the 4 in the esquina superior izquierda and the B in the base of the coat of arms. Este folio tendría that estar numerado with a 5.
Blazon keywords: Party per bend, Gules and Sable.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Plain tincture and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Kingdom of Navarre.
Bearer: Urroz of Navarre.
Or, a port Or, with jambs, enarched lintel, and two open leaves, upon a three-step stairway Azure.
Escudo de oro, una puerta con jambas, dintel arqueado, dos hojas abiertas sostenida de una escalinata de tres peldaños todo de azur, aclarada de oro.
Arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finish.
Coat of arms of the lineages Uschiolo and Ustiolo, emblazoned by me following the blazon published by Vittorio Gifra in Italian: «Arma: d’oro, alla porta di due ante a timpano arcuato d’azzurro, scalinata di tre pezzi del medesimo e aperta del campo».
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, One, Two, Three, Port, Arched, Enarched, Upon, Step, Stairway and Port and windows.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Uschiolo and Ustiolo, lineages.
Quarterly Or and Argent, overall a peacock in his splendour proper.
Escudo cuartelado de oro y plata, sobre el todo un pavo real ruante al natural.
Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a watercolor finish.
Coat of arms of Ajay Gopal Valecha granted by the College of Arms, and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, One, Quarterly, Overall, Peacock, In his splendour and Proper.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Valecha, Ajay Gopal.
An eight-pointed cross Azure, cantoned by four fleurs de lis in saltire Argent, conjoined thereto.
It has been depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a texturized finish.
Eight-pointed cross of the Ordo Equestris Reginae Caeli, OERC, cantoned by four fleurs de lis in saltire emblazoned by me. I prepared this artwork in Scalable Vector Graphic, SVG, format for use as an embroidery template. Its vector construction allows the cross and fleurs de lis to be enlarged or reduced while preserving clean contours, precise proportions, and full image quality. I usually draw the figures for my coats of arms and heraldic emblems by hand in ink and then scan them. Although I have many individual figures vectorized, such as lions, horses' heads, eagles, and fleurs de lis, my finished compositions are generally saved as PNG or JPG files. Only when a client specifically requests a fully vectorized design do I painstakingly reconstruct the entire composition, preferably using solid colours. In fact, probably no more than one or two out of every hundred coats of arms and heraldic emblems I create are entirely vectorized.
Blazon keywords: Order, Decoration, Azure, Or, Argent, One, Four, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped, Cantoned, Fleur de lis, In saltire and Conjoined.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Interpreted, Boa and Scalable Vector Graphics.
Bearer: Ordo Equestris Reginae Caeli.
Blazon of the Vera lineage of Aragon.
Vair ancient, a bordure gules charged with eight saltires couped Or.
Escudo de veros antiguos, una bordura de Gules cargada de ocho sotueres cortados de oro.
Illuminated and with a glass finish.
It can be consulted in [Mogrovejo de la Cerda, J.; 1636; cover].
[Friar, S.; 1987; pages 156-157] says of the vair: «originates from the fur of a species of squirrel... which was popular in the Middle Ages as a lining for the garments of those not entitled to wear ermine. The animal was blue-grey on the back and white underneath. By sewing a number of these pelts together, with white and blue-grey alternating,... one which easily translated into the stylized armorial form of Vair and its variants».
Blazon keywords: Vair ancient, One, Bordure, Gules, Charged, Eight, Saltire, Party per fess and Or.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Coat of arms.
Chequey Or and Azure.
Escudo ajedrezado de oro y azur.
Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of the County of Vermandois, France, emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure and Chequey.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Vermandois, County of.
Cheshire, 1533-1580.
Or, on a fess Azure, three Garbs Or.
Escudo de oro, una faja de azur, cargada de tres gavillas de trigo de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field, fess and garbs outlined in Sable and illuminated in Or and Azure; and the shield in leather.
In [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b] for «Sir Raulfe de Vernon ye old». the following blazon is recorded: «Or, on a fesse Azure three garbs of the field».
Background on the bearer of this coat of arms:
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Azure, Fess, Charged, Wheat, Garb and In fess.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Vernon the Elder, Sir Raulfe.
Cheshire, 1533-1580.
Or, a fess Azure.
Escudo de oro, una faja de azur.
Coat of arms with a basic interpretation based on: a rounded base; the field and its fess illuminated in Or and Azure and outlined in Sable; and the shield in leather.
In [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b] for «Vernon, baron of Shubbroc, bulgo Shipbroke» ~ Shipbrook, the following blazon is recorded: «Or, a fesse Azure».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Azure and Fess.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Vernon, Baron of Shubbroc.
Blazon equivalent to: Vidaurre de Navarra.
Cheshire, 1533-1580.
Or, a bend Azure.
Escudo de oro, una banda de azur.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field and the bend illuminated in Or and Azure and outlined in Sable; and the shield with a leather finish.
In [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b] for «Sir Ralfe Vernon». the following blazon is recorded: «Or, a bend Azure».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Azure and Bend.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Vernon, Sir Ralfe.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, a bull salient, guardant Gules, on a chief Azure, three mullets of six points Or [for Testaferrata, baronial line]. 2 Argent, a mulberry tree proper on a terrace in base Vert [for Moroni]. 3 quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, a bull salient, guardant Gules, on a chief Or, a demi-eagle displayed Sable, beaked and langued Gules [for Testaferrata, line of the Knights of the Holy Roman Empire]; 2 quarterly: i and iv Gules, a castle of three towers Or, ii and iii Azure, a griffin segreant Argent [for Castelletti]; 3 Or, a head affronty, couped and vulned Proper, crined Sable between two arms embowed proper, vambraced Sable, grasping it by the hair, in chief three mullets of six points Gules [for Viani]. All within a bordure Gules for difference. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree issuant from a crown of Roman Patrician above the shield, with a wreath Argent and Gules, a demi-bull guardant Gules. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Non nisi per ardua».
G0115: the coat of arms of Dr Martin Testaferrata Moroni Viani, of Malta, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. 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 119], «The Register of Arms, Volume 1 (2019–2024)».
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Azure, Or, Sable, Vert, One, Two, Three, Quarterly, Bull, Salient, Guardant, Chief, Mullet, Mulberry tree, Proper, Terrace in base, Demi, Eagle, Beaked, Langued, Castle, Tower, Griffin, Segreant, Head, Affronty, Couped, Vulned, Crined, Between, Arm vambraced, Embowed, Grasping, In chief, Bordure, Cadency, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Issuant, Crown of Roman Patrician, Crown, Above the shield, Wreath, Mantling and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Testaferrata Moroni, Viani Martin.
Of the twelve lineages of Noblemen, the ninth is Vidaurre, who bears as arms a shield Or and, in the middle, a fess Azure, in the same manner as this shield is now painted.
Or, a fess Azure.
Escudo de oro, una faja de azur.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; the field in flat Or; the fess illuminated in Azure and outlined in Sable; and the whole finished in highly-hammered metal.
Interpreted from the ninth coat of arms of the Navarrese «ricoshombres» from [Bosque, J. del; 1540; folio 1 of the numbering of 1613] and with the preceding text taken from the transcription appearing in [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; 1982; pages 122 and 123].
Under the title «Surname of Vidaurre» this coat of arms can be consulted in [Vega, P. J. de; 1702; folio 9 of the manuscript].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Fess and Azure.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Kingdom of Navarre.
Bearer: Vidaurre of Navarre.
Blazon equivalent to: Vernon, barón de Shubbroc.
Interpreted coat of arms: with a semi-circular shape; illuminated with metals argent and or and colors sable and azure; outlined with sable; and a freehand finish.
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Argent, Cross, Sable, Bordure, Motto, Or, Thirteen, Hurt, Hurt, torteau, pellet, pomme and golpe, Azure, Three, In pale, Four, Five, Chief, Fleur de lis, Label and Suspended.
Style keywords: Freehand, Semi-circular, Illuminated and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Coat of arms, Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Vidriales, C. M..
Interpreted coat of arms: with a semi-circular shape; illuminated with metals argent and or and colors sable and azure; outlined with sable; and a freehand finish.
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Argent, Cross, Sable, Bordure, Motto, Or, Thirteen, Hurt, Hurt, torteau, pellet, pomme and golpe, Azure, Three, In pale, Four, Five, Chief, Fleur de lis, Cantoned and Martlet.
Style keywords: Freehand, Semi-circular, Illuminated and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Coat of arms, Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Vidriales, M. P..
Blazon of the Vilardi lineage of Italy.
Argent, on a pile issuant from the base Azure a saltire Or.
Escudo de plata, una pira de azur cargada de un sotuer de oro.
Illuminated and a free hand finishing.
[Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 2002; page 138] says that the a pile issuant from the base is «a triangle whose base issues from the base of the shield, being a third of its width», but when it is painted in [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 2002; page 268, figure 279] along with the pile the width of the base of both isosceles triangles is 2/3 of the width of the shield. I think the width of 2/3 is, in these 2 cases, better than 1/3 width, because with 1/3 there is not enough room for charges, as shown in the figure below.
There are scholars who say that the pile issuant from the base must not touch the upper edge of the shield and others that its tip should be in the center of the chief. In the previous image, the pile issuant from the base of the 1st shield fulfills the first affirmation, and in the 2nd shield, its tip is in the center of the chief.
I have the doubt if it should not be a saltire raguly.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, One, Pile issuant from base, Azure, Charged, Saltire and Or.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Italian Republic.
Azure, two chevronels Argent between in chief two mullets of six points Or, and in base a Scots pine eradicated proper [Grant G0066]; the whole debruised respectively by a crescent Argent and a mullet Argent for difference. Crest: A crown of Noble surmounted by a crown of Baron. Supporters: Two branches of roses proper held together by a bow Azure. Motto: «Per audacia ad astra».
It has been emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an oval external shape and with a texturized finish.
The arms of Vittoria Pompili and Alessandra Pompili were presented in my lecture Women and Arms: Contemporary Coats of Arms for Women Worldwide (lecture). The presentation included their coats of arms shown together with their blazons unified. They are from Italy. Their arms were registered by Dr Charles A. Gauci, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta (registers R0038 and R0039), and painted by me. The standard displayed below is that of their father, Grant G0066, from which both coats of arms derive through the appropriate marks of cadency.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Two, One, Chevronel, Between, In chief, Mullet, In base, Scots pine, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, Debruised, Cadency, Crescent, Crest, Crown of Noble, Crown, Crown of Baron, Supporter, Branch, Rose, Bow and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Oval.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Slide.
Bearer: Pompili, Vittoria.
Paly of six Azure and Or; over all a bend Azure.
Blazon keywords: Paly, Six, Azure, Or, Surmounted, Overall (deprecated) and Bend.
Style keywords: Rounded, Watercolor, Illuminated and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Coat of arms, Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Gifra, Vittorio.
Blazon of the lineage Voganzi in Venice
Azure, two tibiae proper in saltire, between four fleurs de lis Or
Escudo de azur, dos tibias al natural en sotuer, cantonadas de cuatro flores de lis de oro.
Illuminated and watercolor.
The blazon in Italian is «d’azzurro, a due tibie in decusse al naturale, accantonate da quattro gigli d’oro».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Two, Tibia, Proper, In saltire, Cantoned, Four, Fleur de lis and Or.
Style keywords: Watercolor, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Baron Walker of Worcester
Party per pale Sable and Or semé of portcullises and three turreted towers all counterchanged.
Escudo partido de sable y oro sembrado del uno al otro de rastrillos y torres tridonjonadas.
Illuminated with lights and shadows and with a metallic finish.
Coat of arms of Peter Edward Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, emblazoned by me in 4 steps, notice that it is a double semé.
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Sable, Or, Semé, Counterchanged, Portcullis, Tower, With a turret, Three and Turret.
Style keywords: Soft metal, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Interpreted and Schema.
Bearer: Walker, Peter Edward.
Cheshire, 1533-1580.
Gules, a chevron Argent between three martlets Argent.
Escudo de gules, un cabrio de plata, acompañado de tres marletas de plata, 2 y 1.
Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field and chevron illuminated in Gules and Argent; the martlets illuminated in Argent and outlined in Sable; and with a leather texture.
In [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b] the following blazon is recorded: «Gules, a chevron between three martlets Argent».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Argent, Chevron, Between, Martlet and Ordered.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.
Bearer: Walkington of the County of Cheshire.
Thomas de Warbleton ~ Thomas de Warbrentone.
Lozengy Or and Azure.
Escudo losanjado oro y azur.
Coat of arms interpreted with: the semicircular base shape; the field of plain metal Or; the lozenges illuminated in Azure, outlined in Sable and with their 4 angles at 90o; the lozengy of proportion 5 x 6; and the whole with a raised-stroke effect.
Can be found in [Heralds' Roll, T.; 1280; shield number 647], in [St. George's Roll; 1285; shield number 245] and in [Charles' Roll; 1285; shield number 360].
Blazon keywords: Lozengy, Or and Azure.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Warbrentone, Thomas de.
Guillermo Bardolf ~ William Bardolf ~ Willem Bardulf.
Azure, three cinquefoils Or.
Escudo de azur, tres quinquefolios de or.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 223] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 223].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Three, Cinquefoil, Or and Ordered.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Shaded, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Guillermo Bardolf.
William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby ~ Cunte de Ferrers.
Vairy Or and Gules.
Escudo verado de oro y gules.
Interpreted coat of arms, the shape of the shield is triangular and curved plain tinctures metal Or and color Gules, outlined in sable; and a free hand finishing.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 17] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 17].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Vairy, Or and Gules.
Style keywords: Triangular curved, Plain tincture and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Guillermo de Ferrers.
William de Handsacre ~ William de Hondeshacre.
Ermine, three chess rooks Gules.
Escudo de armiños, tres roques de gules.
Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 469] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 469].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Ermine, Three, Chess rooks, Gules and Ordered.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Guillermo de Handsacre.
Or, on a bend Sable, a spear of the first, steeled Argent.
Escudo de oro, una banda de sable, cargada de una lanza de plata, fustada oro.
Coat of arms interpreted by me with: a semicircular (round) base; the field and bend illuminated in Or and Sable; the lance is a tournament one, similar to other Shakespeare coats of arms, which I have illuminated in Argent and Or and outlined from the field; and finished with a lightly hammered metal effect.
In this version of his blazon in English I have written «steeled Argent», which is how some authors write it, while in another article I have specified it as «headed Argent».
In the figure that is charged upon the bend of this interpretation of the shield, I recreate a tournament lance, which is the type usually used to represent the arms of William Shakespeare. Note that the blazon of his shield only indicates «a Spear» ~ «una lanza», so it could equally be the type of lance used by infantry or light cavalry. However, English tradition usually employs, for William Shakespeare, a tournament lance, both for the one charged on the bend and for the one held by the falcon on his crest.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Sable, Argent, Bend, Bendwise, Spear and Charged.
Style keywords: Soft metal, Outlined in the field tincture and Illuminated.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, Canting and Literature.
Bearer: Shakespeare, William.
Chequey of fifteen Or and Gules.
Escudo ajedrezado de quince piezas de oro y gules.
Arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a watercolor finishing.
Coat of arms of Francisco Ximenez de Cisneros, 1436-1517, better known as the Cardinal Cisneros. This coat of arms have been emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Fifteen and Chequey.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Watercolor.
Classification: Religious, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Ximénez de Cisneros, Francisco.
Azure, a chevron in base ensigned by a pelican in her piety Argent, vulned Gules, in base a mullet of eight points Argent.
Coat of arms of Yaroslav Pototsky emblazoned by me under his directions in 3 steps: outlined, plain colors and metals, and lights and shados. Notice the nest must touch the chevron.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, One, Chevron, In base, Pelican in her piety, Pelican, Vulned and Mullet.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Pototsky, Yaroslav.
Or, a double rose Gules and Argent, barbed Vert, and seeded Or within six fleurs de lis in orle, five Gules and one in chief Azure.
Coat of arms interpreted with a semi-circular shape; metals or and argent and colors gules, sinople and azur; the delineation is color sable; and a freehand finish.
Credits: Rolando Yñigo-Genio is the designer of the coat of arms and Antonio Salmerón y Cabañas is the author of the heraldic art.
Blazon keywords: Or, Double rose, Rose, Gules, Argent, Barbed, Vert, Seeded, Six, Fleur de lis, Orle, Five, One, Azure and In chief.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Freehand and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Yñigo-Genio, Noelia.
Or, on a pile issuant from base Vert between two maunches Gules a displayed scroll Argent with seal pendant proper, the whole debruised by a label of three points Sable.
Escudo de oro, en una pira de sinople acompañada de dos mangas de gules, un pergamino abierto de plata, con un sello de lacre pendiente al natural; brisado de un lambel de tres pendientes de sable.
Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a freehand finishing.
R0047: the coat of arms of Olivia Zangenberg, of United Kingdom, as registered by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this register.
Blazon keywords: Or, Vert, Gules, Argent, Sable, One, Two, Pile issuant from base, Between, Maunch, Displayed scroll, Suspended, Proper, Debruised, Cadency and Label of three points.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Coat of arms and Seal.
Bearer: Zangenberg, Olivia.
Blazon of the Zuzaeta lineage of the Basque Country.
Azure, five mullets Or.
Illuminated and a freehand finishing.
The default arrangement is in saltire, which is why I do not specify it, but if one wished to do so, it could be written as «Azure, five mullets Or in saltire».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Five, Mullet and Or.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted and Lineage.
Justice and High Sheriff of Castile, first knight of the realm, warden of the fortress of Burgos, administrator of the mastership of the Order of Alcántara, nobleman of Castile, 1410–1488.
Argent, a bend Sable; overall a chain orlewise Or.
Escudo de plata, una banda de sable; brochante sobre el todo una cadena puesta en orla de oro.
Coat of arms of Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán, which I have interpreted as follows: the shield has a semicircular (round) base; the field and the bend are illuminated in flat tinctures Argent and Sable; the chain is illuminated in Or; and the whole is rendered with a raised-stroke effect.
For the crafting of the chain in this coat of arms, which has a total of 16 links, of which 8 are long and 8 are round, I have followed the two coats of arms of Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán that appear in what was his copy of [Alfonso X of Castile; 1265; page 6 of the later pencil numbering].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Sable, Or, One, Bend, Chain, Orlewise and Overall.
Style keywords: Freehand and Illuminated.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Zúñiga y Guzmán, Álvaro de.
Atom, Cloud, Crescent, Decrescent, Diamond, Emerald, Estoile, Goutte, Increscent, Lightning flash, Moon, Mount, Mullet, Mullet of four points, Orbital, Plough of Ursa Major, Rainbow, Ray of the sun, River, Sea, Snowflake, Sun, Sun in splendour, Sun of May, Terrestrial globe, Trimount, Water and Wave.
Acorn, Apple, Apple tree, Ash, Bluebonnet, Bunch, Camellia, Chrysanthemum, Cinquefoil, Cornflower, Dogwood flower, Double rose, Easter lily, Eguzki-lore, Elm, Fleur de lis, Flower, Gourd, Grape, Holm oak, Hop cone, Indian paintbrush, Kapok tree, Laurel, Lily, Linden, Lotus flower, Madonna lily, Madrone tree, Mexican cedar tree, Mulberry tree, Oak, Olive tree, Palm tree, Plantain plant, Pomegranate, Poplar leaf, Prickly pear cactus, Rose, Scots pine, Shamrock, Sunflower, Thistle, Tree, Tulip, Vine and Wheat.
Badger, Bald eagle, Barbel, Barn owl, Bear, Beaver, Bee, Beetle, Bighorn sheep, Binson, Black grouse, Blackbird, Boar, Brach hound, Bull, Cat, Cow, Doe, Dog, Dolphin, Dove, Eagle, Elephant, Falcon, Female figure, Fish, Flame, Fly, Fox, Frog, Gazelle, Goat, Goldfinch, Goose, Heron, Horse, Hummingbird, Jaguar, Lark, Leopard, Lion, Lion passant, Lion rampant guardant, Lioness, Lynx, Male figure, Martlet, Merino ram, Monkey, Mountain bluebird, Owl, Panther, Parrot, Peacock, Pelican, Pelican in her piety, Pronghorn, Puffin, Quetzal, Raven, Roe deer, Rooster, Salamander, Savage, Seagull, Serpent, She-wolf, Stag, Starling, Swan, Talbot, Turtle, Tyger, Vulture, Warren hound and Wolf.
Arm, Beak, Branch, Caboshed, Chest, Claw, Covert, Dorsal fin, Eagle claw, Ear of wheat, Ermine spot, Escallop, Feather, Foot (palmiped), Footprint, Foreleg, Forepaw, Hand, Head, Heart, Hoof, Leaf, Neck, Ostrich feather, Palm frond, Paw, Roe deer' attire, Shoulder, Sprig, Stag's attire, Stag's massacre, Stem, Swallow-tail, Tail, Tail addorsed, Tail fin, Talon, Tibia, Tooth, Trunk, Trunk (elephant), Two hands clasped, Two wings in vol, Udder, Wing and Wrist.
Ace of spades, Adze, Anchor, Anvil, Arch, Archer, Arm vambraced, Armillary sphere, Arrow, Axe, Baton of Herald, Bell, Bell tower, Beret, Bonfire, Book, Bookmark, Bow, Branding iron, Bridge, Broken, Buckle, Cannon, Cannon dismounted, Cannon port, Canopy roof, Caravel, Carbuncle, Castle, Cauldron, Celtic Trinity knot, Celtic trefoil knot, Censer, Chain, Chess rooks, Chi-Rho symbol, Church, Clarion, Clay pot, Closed book, Club, Column, Comb, Comedy mask, Compass rose, Conductor's baton, Cord, Covered cup, Crossbow, Crossed staff, Crozier, Crucible, Cuffed, Cup, Cutlass, Cyclamor, Dagger, Displayed scroll, Double vajra, Drum, Ecclesiastical cap, Fanon, Federschwert, Flagpole, Fleam, Four crescents joined millsailwise, Full plate armor, Galician granary, Garb, Gauntlet, Geometric solid, Grenade, Halberd, Hammer, Harp, Host, Hourglass, Incense burner, Key, Key ward, Knight, Knot, Lantern, Letter, Line, Loincloth, Maunch, Menorah, Metal mortar, Millrind, Millstone, Millwheel, Minaret, Monstrance, Mortar, Mullet of six points pierced, Nail, Non-classic artifact, Norman ship, Number, Oar, Oil lamp, Open book, Page, Paintbrush, Pair of pliers, Pair of scales, Pestle, Piano, Pilgrim's staff, Plough share, Polish winged hussar, Port, Portcullis, Potent, Quill, Ribbon, Rolled scroll, Rosette of acanthus leaves, Sabre, Sackbut, Sail, Scepter, Scroll, Scythe, Sheaf of tobacco, Ship, Skirt, Spear, Spear's head, Stairway, Star of David, Step, Sword, Symbol, Tetrahedron, Torch, Tower, Tragedy mask, Trident, Trumpet, Turret, Two-handed sword, Two-man cross-cut saw, Wagon-wheel, Wall between two towers, Wall couped, Water-bouget, Wheel, Winnowing fan and With a turret.
Angel, Archangel, Basilisk, Dragon, Dragon's head, Garuda, Golden fleece, Griffin, Heart enflamed, Justice, Mermaid, Our Lady of Mercy, Ouroboros, Paschal lamb, Pegasus, Phoenix, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Saint George, Sea-griffin, Sea-lion, Trinity, Triton, Unicorn, Winged hand and Wyvern.
Port and windows, Between, Watercolor, Proper, Pointed, Armed, Azure, Boa, Bordure, Wreath, Charged, Castle, Crest, Ogee, Crown, Quarterly, Outlined in sable, Two, In chief, In base, Coat of arms, Mullet, Fess, Fleur de lis, Personal, Gules, Illuminated, Interpreted, Chief, Langued, Motto, Lion, Lineage, Masoned, Semi-circular, Or, Leather, Argent, Without divisions, Civic, Rampant, Sable, Vert, Plain tincture, Freehand, Three, One, Helm and Eagle.
Dr. Antonio Salmerón y Cabañas,
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Paseo de la Castellana 135,
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28046 Madrid, Spain.