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Heraldic document, 2 pages.

The pages have a heraldic frame with the elements of his coat of arms.

The motto, which is the beginning of the Gospel of Saint John, can be seen in [Cnut Gospels; 1020; folio 111].

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Sable, Or, One, Letter, Two, Wolf, Passant, In pale, Number, Gules, Argent, Azure, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, On, Charged, Disordered, Cross, Cross of Burgundy, Cross couped, Book, Open, Motto, Scroll and Fimbriated.

Classification: Created, Personal, Catalogue, Heraldic document and Frame.

Bearer: Salmerón Cabañas, Antonio.

Quarterly: 1 Sable, an «o» Or; 2 and 3 Or, two Wolves passant, in pale Sable; 4 Sable, an «XI» Or.

The o-XI coat of arms, designed and emblazoned by me, over its official tartan also designed by me. It is an unusual asymmetric tartan known as «Spanish Night».

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Sable, Or, One, Letter, Two, Wolf, Passant, In pale and Number.

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

Classification: Tartan, Created and Personal.

Bearer: Salmerón Cabañas, Antonio.

Quarterly: 1 Sable, an «o» Or; 2 and 3 Or, two Wolves passant, in pale Sable; 4 Sable, an «XI» Or.

The image was produced using an alternative method for painting tartans. One of the key considerations has been the orientation of the twill: I have seen it represented both as bend sinisterwise and bendwise. In symmetric tartans, this difference may simply depend on how the cloth is positioned or, in photographs, on the direction from which the picture is taken. Photographing a piece of fabric from the south rather than from the east is enough to switch the diagonal from bend sinisterwise to bendwise, or vice versa. In symmetric tartans nothing essential changes except the visual direction of the twill.

However, in asymmetric tartans, such as the one shown here, these rotations do affect the order in which the design must be read and painted. I have also found books that consistently use one orientation, others that use the opposite one, and some that mix orientations depending on the specific tartan. I have seen a photograph of «The King Charles III tartan», (as can be seen in King Charles III Tartan, collage), worn by His Majesty himself, clearly shows the twill running in a bend sinisterwise direction, which gave me definitive confirmation that this orientation is perfectly valid for illustrating a tartan. Nevertheless, I do not rule out rendering it in the bendwise direction as well, since that is the style most commonly used in Tartan Register publications.

Additionally, the thread counts listed in the Tartan Register are typically double what the eye perceives in a woven cloth. This is because real weaving uses a double-pass system to achieve the density and colour blending characteristic of Scottish twill; consequently, the Register records the full structural count, while an accurate illustrated representation may require halving those numbers to match the visual appearance.

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Sable, Or, One, Letter, Two, Wolf, Passant, In pale and Number.

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

Classification: Tartan, Created and Personal.

Bearer: Salmerón Cabañas, Antonio.

Dyes

This tartan has more black and yellow because these are the color Sable-black and metal Or-yellow of my coat of arms. Also, it has the other two colors Gules-red and Azure-blue, and one metal Argent-grey of my crest.

Structure

Over the black background, its main visual structure is a thin red line, a thick yellow line, and a thin red line because of the flag of Spain.

It is mostly symmetrical tartan because I am a heraldic artist and I love the symmetry and geometry. But there is a bit of asymmetry, two thin lines grey and blue, to break the uniformity.

Thread count

It is based in the 5 first terms (1, 2, 3, 5, 8) of the Fibonacci sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34...). This sequence is intimately connected with the golden ratio, 1.61803... that I use frequently in my designs. But for the thread count, I multiple the Fibonacci sequence by 6 to obtain more than 5 inches, then I use the numbers 6=(1x6), 12=(2x6), 18=(3x6), 30=(5x6), and 48=(8x6).

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Or, Sable, One, Letter, Two, Wolf, Passant, In pale and Number.

Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture and Freehand.

Classification: Tartan, Created and Personal.

Bearer: Salmerón Cabañas, Antonio.

Quarterly: 1 Or, an «o» Sable; 2 and 3 Sable, two wolves passant, in pale Or; 4 Or, an «IX» Sable.

The o-IX coat of arms, designed and emblazoned by me, over its official tartan also designed by me. It is an unusual asymmetric tartan known as «Spanish Night».

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Or, Sable, One, Letter, Two, Wolf, Passant, In pale and Number.

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

Classification: Tartan, Created and Personal.

Bearer: Salmerón Cabañas, Antonio.

Quarterly: 1 Sable, an «o» Or; 2 and 3 Or, two Wolves passant, in pale Sable; 4 Sable, an «XI» Or. Crest: Upon a helm, with a wreath Or and Sable, a cross of Burgundy Gules, charged with three open books Argent, 1 and 2, leathered Sable, inner Gules, garnished Or, charged with twelve numbers «100 100 111 110 011 000 011 001 001 001 011 11» Azure, two in each page. Mantling: Sable doubled Or. Motto: «In principio erat Verbum» Argent over a scroll Azure, fimbriated Or.

Escudo cuartelado: 1^o de sable, una «o» de oro; 2^o y 3^o de oro, dos lobos pasantes, en palo de sable; 4^o de sable, un «XI» romano de oro. Timbrado de un yelmo, adornado de dos lambrequines de sable doblados oro, un burelete de oro y sable, cimado de una cruz de Borgoña de gules, cargada de tres libros abiertos de plata, 1 y 2, de tapas de sable, guardas de gules, filos de oro, cargados de doce números «100 100 111 110 011 000 011 001 001 001 011 11» de azur, dos en cada hoja. Lema: «In principio erat Verbum» de plata sobre una filacteria de azur, perfilada de oro.

Image of one of the web pages of the members belonging to The Heraldry Society where their coats of arms are shown, in this case mine with its blazon written in English, which can be consulted at TheHeraldrySociety.com/membersarms/antoniosalmeron.htm

New website design

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