Argent, a tower with a turret Gules, port and windows Argent, masoned Sable. Crest: A mural crown Or.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Sable, Or, One, Tower, Turret, Port and windows, Masoned, Crest, Mural crown and Crown.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Academia de Letras e Artes da Guiné-Bissau.
All shields has the quarters 2 and 3 equal
Quarterly: 1 Gules; 2 Chequey Argent and Gules; 3 Chequey Gules and Or; 4 Argent.
Quarterly: 1 Or; 2 Chequey Argent and Gules; 3 Chequey Gules and Or; 4 Gules.
Quarterly: 1 Gules; 2 Chequey Argent and Gules; 3 Chequey Gules and Or; 4 Gules.
Quarterly: 1 Or; 2 Chequey Argent and Gules; 3 Chequey Gules and Or; 4 Argent.
Categories: Riddle solution, Gules, Or, Argent, Quarterly and Chequey.
In the following image there are painted 8 shields, but how many different blazons are there? First, think your answer, then write the different blazons and, finally, check if your initial answer was correct.
Write the coats of arms and check your answer
Think before you move the cursor or click on the following link and see the solution.
Categories: Riddle, Gules, Or, Argent, Quarterly and Chequey.
There is a series of nine coats of arms in the ballroom of the castle:
There are so many Fleurs de lis that everyone, except the joker, calls it the «fleurdelisée» room. Nobody knows the reason why the joker says there is none, do you?
Think before you move the cursor or click on the following link and see the solution.
Categories: Riddle, Or, Azure, Fleur de lis, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Bend sinister, Cross, Fess and Saltire.
Categories: Riddle solution, Ogee, Outlined in sable, Freehand, Or, Azure, Fleur de lis, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Bend sinister, Cross, Fess and Saltire.
Publication of my heraldic artwork on the blog Twelve Lineages of Soria under the following headline: Coat of arms for the residential town of Abundanttia, State of Tlaxcala, Mexico, work by Dr. Antonio Salmerón Cabañas.
Categories: Link, Civic, United Mexican States, Freehand, Or, Gules, Vert, Mural crown, Crown, Beetle, Trimount and Motto (identification).
Root: Twelve Lineages of Soria.
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.
Arthur Adams, PhD, F. S. A., «Cheshire Visitation Pedigrees, 1663», 141 pages, edited by J. Whitehead and Son Limited, series Publications of the Harleian Society, volume 93, London, 1941.
This book includes some illustrations, but in black and white. The coat of arms that illustrates this bibliographic reference is a color interpretation of one of those recorded in this book, based on the recreations by Martin S. J. Goldstraw. It specifically corresponds to the coat of arms of Allen de Brindley, with the difference that here its crest is not included.
Bibliographical reference of century XX.
The author is Adams, Arthur.
The following articles cite this bibliographic reference:
Adrian Ailes, «The Origins of the Royal Arms of England: Their Development to 1199», foreword by Rodney Dennys, includes 27 black and white illustrations, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, Reading University, 126 pages, ISBN 07-049077-6-3, Reading, Berkshire, 1982.
An article reviewing this book is: Brigitte Bedos Rezak, Archives nationales de Paris and Metropolitan Museum of Art, «The Origins of the Royal Arms of England, their Development to 1199 by Adrian Ailes», Speculum, volume 60, number 2, pages 373-376, Medieval Academy of America, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April of 1985.
Bibliographical reference of century XX.
Author: Ailes, Adrian.
Bibliographical reference mentioned in the following article:
External link:
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.
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. Motto: «Custos Memoriæ · Custos Fidei». The shield is surrounded by the Grand Collar of the Orde van Sint Jacob.
Escudo cuartelado de oro y plata; brochante sobre la partición, una cruz plena de gules cantonada: en 1o y 4o, de un león rampante de gules, armado y lampasado de azur; en 2o y 3o, de un gallo lira posado al natural. Lema: «Custos Memoriæ · Custos Fidei». El escudo está rodeado del Gran Collar de la Orde van Sint Jacob.
Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee triple-pointed outer contour 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, 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.
Purpure, three dragons passant, in pale Argent; a bordure Gules, eight saltires couped Or. 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, Purpure, Three, Dragon, Passant, In pale, Argent, One, Bordure, Gules, Eight, Saltire, Or, Crest and mantling, Crown, Pomegranate, Surrounded and Grand collar.
Style keywords: Ogee, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Armorial roll and Castilian language.
Bearer: Trujillo Jiménez, Hermanos.
Party per fess: 1 Sable, three mullets of eight points Argent, 1 and 2; 2 Azure, three anchors Or, 2 and 1.
Escudo cortado: 1o de sable, tres estrellas de plata de ocho puntas, 1 y 2; 2o de azur, tres anclas de oro, 2 y 1.
Coat of arms designed by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a watercolor finish.
Blazon keywords: Sable, Argent, Azure, Or, Three, Party per fess, Mullet, Disordered, Anchor and Ordered.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Watercolor.
Classification: Imaginary, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Imaginary bearer: Alborán, Sea of.
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.
Party per pale Sable and Or, two griffins' heads eraticted, and addorsed counterchanged.
Escudo partido de sable y oro, dos cabezas de grifo arrancadas y adosadas del uno en el otro.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a semi-circular shape, illuminated, and with a freehand finishing.
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Sable, Or, Two, Head, Griffin, Erased, Addorsed and Counterchanged (side-by-side).
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Semi-circular, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Socioeconomic, Created and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Alea Capital.
Azure, a cross flory voided Argent; a bordure Gules charged with sixteen saltires couped Or.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finishing.
Alfonso Sánchez de Perella, first mayor of Burgos emblazoned by me. He appears as the [Cofradía de Santiago; Century XIV; 4th knight, 1st of the page 21 V], from this 14th century Book of the Brotherhood of Knights of Santiago de la Fuente. This was a brotherhood founded by the Burgos citizens at the time of King Alfonso XI of Castilla, 1311-1350. In the book, there are 14 saltires instead of 16, as it appears that one is missing on the sinister side of the base, and there are 4 in the chief instead of 5.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, Or, One, Sixteen, Cross, Flory, Voided, Bordure, Saltire and Couped.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Sánchez de Perella, Alfonso.
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.
Alfonso X of Castile, The Wise, «The Seven-Part Code», its estimated completion year is 1265.
This is the copy I can consult, as it is available in the Hispanic Digital Library, it is a manuscript measuring 42 by 30 centimeters that once belonged to Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán, first Duke of Arévalo, which later came into the possession of the Catholic Monarchs, initially Queen Isabella I of Castile, and after her death, King Ferdinand reclaimed it for the price of 5,251 maravedis. The original is housed in the National Library, in display case 4/6.
This copy, in addition to its numerous capital letters, has 8 illustrated pages, which according to its subsequent hand-numbering in pencil are:
The coat of arms that illustrates this bibliographic reference is that of Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán. For the creation of his chain, I followed the illustration of his 2 coats of arms on the already mentioned page 6 of this manuscript.
It is one of my favorite manuscripts and, perhaps, the one with which I have created the most things.
Bibliographical reference of century XIII.
Classification: Castilian language, Manuscript and In color.
The author is Alfonso X of Castile.
Bibliographical reference mentioned in the following article:
External resources:
Internal resources: AlfonsoXDeCastilla1265.7Partidas.10642.pdf.
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.
Registered by The International Register of Arms, 28th of July of 2015, Registration umber 0344, Volume 2.
Categories: Armorial roll, Vert, Party per chevron, Or, In chief, Sackbut, Fesswise, In base, Thistle, Seeded and Purpure.
Root: The Armorial Register.
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.
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. Timbrado de una corona real abierta.
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. Crest: An open royal crown Or.
I emblazoned the coat of arms of the King with an external shape ending in an ogee arch, the field, castles, lions, and crown are outlined; and all have a crystal clear finishing.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Argent, Purpure, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crest, Open royal crown and Crown.
Style keywords: Ogee, Plain tincture, Outlined in sable and Marmoreal.
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.
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.
Sable, semé of Tulips Or; on a chief cousu Azure, two Crowns Or, in fess. Motto «Amat victoria curam».
Escudo de sable, sembrado de tulipanes de oro; el jefe cosido de azur, dos coronas de oro, en faja. Lema «Amat victoria curam» de oro, sobre una filacteria de azur.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Sable, Or, Azure, Chief, Two, Crown, In fess, Semé, Tulip, Motto and Scroll.
Style keywords: Soft metal, Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture, Outlined in sable and Cousu.
Classification: Coat of arms, Created and Personal.
Bearer: Quesada Valles, Bartolomé.
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.
Coat of arms of Amitay Edward von Stiebel emblazoned by me in 3 steps: outlined, plain color and metal, and lights and shadows.
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, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Bull's hide.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Stiebel, Amitay Edward von.
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.
Azure, two chevronels Argent between in chief two mullets of six points Or, and in base a Scots pine eradicated proper.
G0066: the coat of arms of Andrea Pompili, of Italy, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. The hand-drawn tree shown in this photograph was originally created for the coat of arms of Andrea Pompili, commissioned by Dr Charles A. Gauci, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta. Some time later, an art collector asked me for a dedicated hand drawing. I chose this tree because its canopy has a distinctive heraldic shape, setting it apart from the other drawings in his collection, as it was specifically designed to fit beneath the two chevronels. This is also the reason for the handwritten note «under a chevron» beside the drawing, note that chevronel is the heraldic term for a diminished chevron. Before sending it, I inscribed the sheet with a dedication, which explains the handwritten text visible alongside the artwork.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Two, One, Chevronel, Between, In chief, Mullet, In base, Scots pine, Tree, Eradicated and Proper.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.
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]. Crest: Upon a helm affronty, with visor bars Or, lined Gules, enfiled at its base by a crown of Marquis, with a wreath Or and Azure, a crown of Marquis. Mantling: Azure doubled Or.
Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a texturized finish.
Coat of arms of Andrea Tamburelli Lanzara di Pietragavina, Marquis of Prato di Arnesano, painted by me. I painted versions of the coat of arms of Andrea Tamburelli Lanzara di Pietragavina when he was not yet the holder of this marquisate. 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. This way of combining them was an idea jointly developed by Andrea Tamburelli Lanzara di Pietragavina and myself.
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, Vair, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Affronty, Barred, Lined, Wreath and Crown of Marquis.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Cousu.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Tamburelli Lanzara di Pietragavina, Andrea.
Per pale Vert and Azure, overall a sword fesswise Argent, hilted Or, between in chief a Galician granary Or, and in base an escallop Argent between two oak leaves in pile Or.
Escudo partido de sinople y azur, brochante sobre el todo una espada puesta en faja de plata, guarnecida de oro, acompañada en jefe de un hórreo de oro, y en punta de una venera de plata acompañada de dos hojas de roble en pila de oro.
Coat of arms devised by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a leather finish.
Coat of arms of Jesus Angueira Duro from Galicia, designed by him and me, emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Azure, Or, Argent, One, Two, Party per pale, Overall, Sword, Fesswise, Hilted, Between, In chief, Galician granary, In base, Escallop, Oak, Tree, Leaf and In pile.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Angueira Duro, Jesus.
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.
Anonymous, «Armerías de España», 124 double pages, title in the page 9, provenance Duke of Osuna and Infantado, 1800.
The book has no index and its content, written by hand, is as follows:
Bibliographical reference of century XVIII.
Classification: Manuscript, Armorial roll, In black and white and Castilian language.
Author: unknown.
Bibliographical reference mentioned in the following article:
External links:
Internal resources: Osuna1800.ArmeriaEspaña.Manuscrito.pdf.
Emblem containing a [ shield de gules, una Justicia de plata, vestida de oro, en su diestra una espada de plata, alzada, guarnecida de oro y en su siniestra una balanza de oro. Crest: An open royal crown Or ]. Two banners and two mottos surround the shield.
Emblema que contiene un [ escudo de gules, una Justicia de plata, vestida de oro, en su diestra una espada de plata, alzada, guarnecida de oro y en su siniestra una balanza de oro. Timbrado de una corona real abierta ]. Dos divisas y dos lemas rodean el escudo.
Image of the heraldic catalog, which I have made for the ANPC, of 8 pages; 2 double-sided DIN A3; which includes 6 different heraldic pieces for color printing; with the drafting of its blazon and the texts are in sable lettering with gules highlights; and sealed, signed, dated and numbered and registered.
The description of the emblem that appears in this article corresponds to the odd page of the heraldic catalog whose image is attached.
Credits: Dr.ª Marianne Steinbauer tiene los derechos del tipo de letra.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Argent, Or, Female figure, One, Justice, Vested, Dexter, Sword, Point upwards, Hilted, Sinister, Pair of scales, Crest, Open royal crown, Crown, Motto (identification) and Motto.
Style keywords: Watercolor, Illuminated, Shaded, Semi-circular and Outlined in the field tincture.
Classification: Catalogue, Heraldic document, Created and Socioeconomic.
Bearer: ANPC.
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.
Quarterly: 1 Azure, a cross Or; 2 Vert, a saltire Or; 3 Vert, a bend sinister Or; 4 Azure, a fess Or.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o de azur, una cruz de oro; 2o de sinople, un sotuer de oro; 3o de sinople, una barra de oro; 4o de azur, una faja de oro.
Imaginary coat of arms that I have created featuring: a semicircular external shape; a field enamelled with flat azure and green inks; all pieces in metal Or, outlined in Sable and illuminated; and the entire design finished with a watercolor effect.
This coat of arms symbolizes the fundamental area of mathematical science, whose object of study is numbers and the elementary operations that can be performed with them: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Azure, Vert, Or, Cross, Saltire, Bend sinister and Fess.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Watercolor.
Classification: Created, Imaginary and Coat of arms.
Imaginary bearer: Arithmetic.
Quarterly: 1 Gules, a chevron Argent, between three fleurs de lis Or [for Frazão]; 2 Or, five mullets in saltire Gules [for Coutinho]; 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 escutcheons [for Eças]; 4 Sable, on a mount issuant from the base Vert, a tower Argent, port, windows and masoned sable, between two wolves Or supporting it [for Cámara]; enté en point Or, three bars wavy Gules [for Drummond]. Suspended from the shield the cross of Member of The Royal Order of the Golden Fire Dog.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape 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, 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, on a fess Argent, between in chief a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Gules, masoned Sable, between four mullets Argent, 2 and 2, and in base a Merino ram's head caboshed Or, between three mullets Argent, 2 and 1, two wolves passant Sable. Motto: «Amor Non Timet».
The arms of Darryn Carlo and Roberto Luchoro have been featured on page 2 of Ireland's Genealogical Gazette, volume 19, number 4, registered in the Armorial Register, registration 0693, volume 4, included in the Commoners' Roll of Arms, registration 407, and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Argent, Or, Gules, Sable, One, Two, Seven, Fess, Between, In chief, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Mullet, In base, Merino ram, Head, Caboshed, Wolf, Passant and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Collage.
Bearer: Luchoro and Darryn Carlo, Roberto.
Argent, flanched Gules crusilly of cross-crosslets Argent, overall a bear rampant regardant Sable, armed and langued Azure, charged with a key and a sword in saltire Argent, hilted Or, the key debruised by the sword. Crest: Upon a helm with 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. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Fide Gratia Obedientia» Gules over a scroll Argent. Suspended from the shield the cross of Knight of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
Coat of arms of Sean Shriner, designed by The Armorial Register, and revised and emblazoned by me. The image combines his full achievement painted by me, and the web page of The Armorial Register, armorialregister.com/arms-us/shriner-s-arms.html, showing the heraldic registration of Sean Shriner’s full achievement, his heraldic badge, his heraldic standard, and his banner of arms, all painted by me for that register.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Sable, Azure, Or, One, Flanched, Semé, Cross-crosslet, Cross couped, Overall, Bear, Rampant, Regardant, Armed, Langued, Charged, Key, Sword, In saltire, Hilted, Debruised, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Issuant, Enarched, Bridge, Embattled, Masoned, Above, River, Forepaw, Grasping, Cross fitchy, Bend sinisterwise, Mantling, Doubled, Motto, Scroll, Suspended from the shield and Decoration.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Collage.
Bearer: Shriner, Sean.
[Vert, two two-man cross-cut saws in saltire, the one bendwise Argent, handled Or, the one bend sinisterwise Or, handled Argent, in chief an adze Or, handled Argent]; [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]; [Argent, a chevron Sable and an ouroboros Azure, armed and langued Sable, interlaced]; [Azure, a sun in splendour, irradiated of sixteen ears of wheat Or]; [Azure semé of mullets of seven points voided, interlaced, and conjoined Argent; a bordure Argent]; [Or, four bell towers issuant from base Gules, windows Or]; [Or, a sun in splendour party per pale Azure and Argent, its rays Azure; a bordure Azure]; [Argent masoned Sable, a chevron Azure, in chief a wolf and a she-wolf combatant Sable]; [Argent, a multi-rose, which is a rose charged with ten roses conjoined in orle Rose, barbed Vert, seeded Or; a bordure Azure]; and [Or, an eagle displayed Azure].
Poster with the coats of arms of the members of the Lanzagorta Otxoa family, from Jalisco, Mexico, all designed by their bearers and by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and emblazoned and signed by me, exhibited at the 5th International Congress of Genealogy and Heraldry (5th ICGHV), Vilnius. The 5th ICGHV was held at the historic National Museum - Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania and was organized by the Genealogijos, Heraldikos ir Veksilologijos Institutas. This family armorial composition presents ten personal coats of arms, each one created for a specific member of the family, while preserving a shared visual and heraldic language. The arms are those of Iker Lanzagorta Ochoa, Teresa Otxoa Magaña, Ixai Lanzagorta Ochoa, María de los Ángeles Carrillo Padilla, Itziar Lanzagorta Ochoa, Alejandra Espeja Amieva, the youngest granddaughter of Jon Lanzagorta Vallín, Juan Lanzagorta Vallín himself, the eldest granddaughter of Jon Lanzagorta Vallín, and Andrés Cruz Carballo.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Argent, Or, One, Two, Azure, Sable, Gules, Sixteen, Four, Rose, Ten, Two-man cross-cut saw, In saltire, Bendwise, Handled, Bend sinisterwise, In chief, Adze, Chief, Moon, With human face, Base, Crescent, Chequey, Overall, She-wolf, Ululant, Sejant, Proper, Armed, Udder, Chevron, Ouroboros, Langued, Interlaced, Sun in splendour, Irradiated, Ear of wheat, Wheat, Semé, Mullet, Voided, Conjoined, Bell tower, Issuant from base, Port and windows, Party per pale, Ray of the sun, Bordure, Masoned, Wolf, Combatant, Charged, In orle, Barbed, Seeded, Eagle and Displayed.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Semi-circular, Oval, Ogee, Rhombus and Rounded trapezoid.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Photographic.
Bearer: Lanzagorta Vallín, Juan.
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.
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.
Vert, a chevron, between three cross-crosslets; on a chief Argent, three griffins statant Gules, beaked and armed Or. Motto: «Silentium est aureum».
Escudo de sinople, un cabrio, acompañado de tres cruces recrucetadas; un jefe todo de plata, tres grifos parados de gules, picados y armados de oro. Lema: «Silentium est aureum».
Blazon keywords: Vert, One, Chevron, Between, Three, Cross-crosslet, Cross couped, Chief, Argent, Griffin, Statant, Gules, Beaked, Armed, Or and Motto.
Style keywords: Pointed, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Latin language.
Bearer: Berry, Austin Charles.
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.
A mermaid proper, holding in her dexter a sword Argent, hilted Or, and in her sinister a comb Or.
Heraldic device designed by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a rough finishing.
The heraldic badge of The Knights of Cristina designed under her directions and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, One, Mermaid, Proper, Grasping, Dexter, Sword, Hilted, Sinister and Comb.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Rough.
Classification: Imaginary, Created, Boa and Badge.
Imaginary bearer: Cristina, The Knights of.
A sea-griffin erect Sanguine, membered, beaked, nimbed, dorsal and tail fins Or, langued Azure, grasping in its talons a mullet of eight points Or.
Heraldic device painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a iridescent finishing.
Heraldic badge of Rick Kasparek emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Sanguine, Or, Azure, One, Eight, Sea-griffin, Erect, Membered, Beaked, Nimbed, Dorsal fin, Tail fin, Langued, Grasping, Talon and Mullet.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Iridescent.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Badge.
Bearer: Kasparek, Rick.
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.
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.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de sinople, un creciente dentro de ocho estrellas en losange todo de oro; 2o y 3o de azur, una cadena puesta en faja moviente de los flancos acompañada de tres flores de lis, 2 y 1, todos los eslabones y las flores de lis partidos de oro y plata; un escusón de azur, cargado de un águila y una bordura ambos de oro y coronado de una corona de conde.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a watercolor finishing.
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 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, 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 and Crown.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Coat of arms and Link.
Bearer: Balchin, Robert George Alexander.
Gules, an eagle displayed Or.
Escudo de gules, un águila de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finish.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, One, Eagle and Displayed.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Baldovino from Venecia, lineage.
Gules, on a trimount issuant from the base Argent a bighorn sheep salient Or, horned Argent.
Escudo de gules, un monte de tres peñas moviente de la punta de plata sumado de un borrego cimarrón saltante de oro, acornado de plata.
Arms devised by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a chasuble outer contour and with a watercolor finish.
The coat of arms of the Barrio Alto of Mon'Tarena, Queretaro, Mexico, designed by Joaquin Haces Perdomo and me and emblazoned by me. The bighorn sheep is a symbol of strength and is native to the mountains of northern Mexico. Males, like the one depicted in this coat of arms, can weigh up to 300 lbs and are known for their impressive curved horns.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, One, On, Trimount, Issuant from base, Bighorn sheep, Salient and Horned.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Chasuble and Watercolor.
Classification: Civic, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Barrio Alto of Mon'Tarena.
Or semé of millrinds Azure, a chief dancetty of two full points upwards Purpure pierced twice of the field billetwise throughout.
Arms emblazoned by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a texturized finishing.
The coat of arms of Baz Manning, John Basil Edward, emblazoned by me. When it is «voided»~«hueco» the hole matches the shape of the piece or figure, and when it is «pierced»~«perforado» the hole has a different shape, usually circular, but in this case, it is rectangular, like a billet. In both cases, the field, in this case, semé, is visible through the hole, so it would not be necessary to specify this unless the hole is of another tincture, in which case it must be specified. When it is also «throughout»~«moviente» that means that the hole touches the borders, generally all, in this case only the upper and lower border.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Purpure, One, Two, Three, Semé, Millrind, Chief, Dancetty, Pierced, Billet and Throughout (chief base).
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Manning, Baz.
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.
Barry wavy Argent and Azure; on a chief wavy Murrey, three sea-lions sejant-erect in fess Or.
Escudo fajado ondado de plata y azur; en un jefe ondado de morado, tres leones marinos sentados y erguidos en faja de oro.
Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
G0144, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant of the coat of arms of Brian Andrew Beck, USA. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Murrey, Or, Three, Barry, Wavy, Chief, Sea-lion, Sejant-erect and In fess.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Beck, Brian Andrew.
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..
Party per pale Azure and Or, a tree eradicated and blasted between two starlings respectant all counterchanged.
Escudo partido de azur y oro, un árbol arrancado y deshojado del uno al otro acompañado de dos estorninos afrontados del uno en el otro.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a ogee ended shape, illuminated, and with a leather finishing.
The Spanish blazon uses the unique term «afrontados» when 2 animals are facing each other looking at each other and in English 2 different heraldic terms are used:
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, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Bendel, Nathaniel.
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.
[ 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.
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.
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; una bordura componada de dieciseis compones: ocho de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable, ocho de oro, un águila de sable.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
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. There are discrepancies regarding the year of her death, with sources suggesting either 1279 or 1288. She bore her father's arms with a bordure compony featuring the arms of Castile and those of her mother, from Swabia. [Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, F.; 1982; page 104 and illustration between pages 112 and 113] writes «We know of a seal of this infanta that displays in the field the royal quarterly, surrounded like a bordure by 4 castles and 4 eagles, alternating», and in the illustration he depicts the bordure with 8 castles and 8 eagles, which is the version I have interpreted. I am particularly fond of compony arms, and this one is, to me, among the most beautiful and quintessentially Castilian.
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 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: Berenguela of Castile, Infanta.
Party per pale Or and Gules.
Escudo partido de oro y gules.
Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a leather finish.
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules and Party per pale.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Leather.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Bergamo.
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 Plain tincture.
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.
Admiral Sir John Berry (1635-1690)
Or, three fesses Gules.
Escudo de oro, tres fajas de gules.
Coat of arms interpreted as follows: the shape of the shield is pointed; the field is plain metal Or; the fesses outlined in Sable and illuminated in Gules; and the finish is watercoloured.
Sir John Berry bears the arms of the Berry of Molland family of Devonshire. He was born in Knowstone, North Devon, the second son of Reverend Daniel Berry, and served in the British Navy.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Fess and Gules.
Style keywords: Pointed, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Army and Navy.
Bearer: Berry, John.
Blazon equivalent to: Clement V.
Barry of four per pale counterchanged Or and Gules.
Escudo contrafajado de cuatro piezas de oro y gules.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with an ogee-ended shape, illuminated, and with a freehand finishing
Blazon keywords: Barry per pale counterchanged, Four, Or and Gules.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Ogee, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Blanchefort, Bertrand de.
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.
Juan del Bosque, «Libro de Armería del Reino de Navarra», which is currently missing and whose subsequent copy, commissioned in 1572, is kept in the Royal and General Archive of Navarre, estimated year of creation 1540.
The origin of this armorial dates back to 1527, when the Navarrese Courts requested that the Royal Council and the Chamber of Comptos ~ Chamber of Accounts and Fiscal Control, record in a book the coats of arms of the kingdom of Navarre starting with that of the king of Navarre and the houses and lineages of the so-called «ricoshombres», Almorrabides, Guebara, Aybar, Baztanes, Urroz, Lete, Subiça, Rada, Vidaurre, Qasqante, Monteagudo, and Mauleón, also including the coats of arms of other manors, houses, valleys, towns, and nobles [Valverde Ogallar, P. B.; 2001; page 326].
According to [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; 1982; page 35] the book was compiled around the year 1540, and this is the date I use for referencing this armorial.
This first manuscript created by Juan del Bosque was taken by the royal visitor Hernán Suárez de Toledo, under the pretext of taking it to Emperor Charles V, despite being requested back by the Navarrese Courts, it was never returned and was definitively lost. The armorial that has come down to us is a recreation commissioned in 1572 [Valverde Ogallar, P. B.; 2001; page 327].
According to [Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, F.; 1974; page 19] the recreation of this armorial was carried out based on certifications, such as those from the herald Azcárraga, and notes and partial copies of the stolen book, like the copy kept in the monastery of Leyre.
Another noteworthy bibliographic reference about this armorial, in addition to those previously mentioned, is [Martinena Ruiz, J. J.; Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, F.; 2001].
The image illustrating this bibliographic reference is the coat of arms of the king of Navarre, which I recreated based on the illustration in this armorial, on its first folio according to the numbering given to it in 1613.
Bibliographical reference of century XVI.
Author: Bosque, Juan del.
The following articles cite this bibliographic reference:
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.
Party per chevron Gules and Argent, two acorns slipped Or and in base a fleur de lis Azure.
Arms painted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a double pointed external shape and with a texturized finish.
The coat of arms of Brady Brim-DeForest emblazoned by me following his directions. The original blazon states that the acorns are slipped but does not mention them being leaved. Brady Brim-DeForest told me that only two artists, including myself, had noticed that the original blazon from Lord Lyon does not specify leaves, but he asked me to add them despite not being described in the text of the blazon. That is why I include leaved in the blazon in Castilian, while keeping the English blazon as in the original.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, Two, One, Party per chevron, Acorn, Slipped, Base and Fleur de lis.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Double pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Brim-DeForest, Brady.
Party per chevron Sable and Argent, in the dexter of the chief a sun in splendour Or, pointed from the sinister by a dexter hand couped at the wrist, bendwise proper, in base three Brach hounds' heads couped Azure, 1 and 2.
Escudo de sable, mantelado en punta de plata, en la diestra del jefe un sol de oro, apuntado desde la siniestra por una mano diestra puesta en banda de carnación, en la punta tres cabezas de perro braco de azur, 1 y 2.
Coat of arms devised by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee triple-pointed outer contour and with a watercolor finishing.
The coat of arms of John Brady from Ireland, designed and emblazoned by me. To write his blazon here I use my usual style.
Blazon keywords: Sable, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Party per chevron, Dexter, Chief, Sun in splendour, Sinister, Hand, Couped, Wrist, Bendwise, Proper, In base, Brach hound, Dog, Head and Disordered.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee Triple-Pointed and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Brady, John.
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.
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 with: a semicircular (round) base; the field and the chief watercolored in the flat tinctures Purpure and Azure; and the charges illuminated, outlined in Sable, with a very hammered metal finish.
Although it is a university of recent creation, in 1994, its best-known campus is the so-called Hospital del Rey, located on the edge of the Way of St. James and originally intended to care for pilgrims and founded, in 1195, by Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor Plantagenet. The effigies of both monarchs decorate the main gate of the Hospital, called the Gate of the Pilgrims, which is, in turn, the symbol of the University of Burgos.
Regarding the escallop (venera), [Valero de Bernabé, L.; Márquez de la Plata, V. M.; 2003; page 197] notes that among the wide variety of shells, it is the scallop or pilgrim’s shell that is most used in heraldry and in blazons it is named «venera», and that it is drawn with its concave side against the field and its convex side visible, with its ribs vertical and its ears (auricles) toward the chief of the shield, and that when the concave side is shown one must specify it in the blazon as «alzada», and when the ears are in a different tincture it is said «orejada», for example, «an escallop Or, its ears Gules».
Blazon keywords: Purpure, Or, Azure, Sable, Argent, Castle, Chief, Cross, Cross patty, Cross couped and Escallop.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Watercolor and Hard metal.
Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Education.
Bearer: Burgos, University of.
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.
Azure, a bend Argent between, in chief a sword point upwards Argent, hilted Or, in base a pair of scales 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.
Arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a watercolor finish.
G0057, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant of Salvatore Buttaro's arms, whose full achievement has been emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, One, Bend, Between, Sinister, Chief, Sword, Point upwards, Hilted, Dexter, Base and Pair of scales.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Buttaro, Salvatore.
Party per pale: 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.
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, coronado de oro.
Civic coat of arms interpreted by me as follows: the shield has a semicircular (round) base; the field, the castle and the lion are illuminated; the lion and its crown are outlined in the colour of the field; the open royal crown and the castle are outlined in Sable, in the case of the castle because it is masoned; and the whole has a canvas texture.
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Argent, Purpure, Gules, Or, Azure, Castle, Lion, Port and windows, Masoned, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crowned, Crown and Open royal crown.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Fabric.
Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Castile and Leon.
Bearer: Cáceres, Province of.
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, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Dexter, Doubled, Sinister, Wreath, One, Arm, Armed, Nascent, Grasping, Sword, Between, Two and Wing.
Style keywords: Freehand, Semi-circular, Illuminated and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Coat of arms, Interpreted and Personal.
Bearer: Vidriales García y Bustamante, Carlos.
Party per saltire: 1 Or, two quill pens in fess Azure; 2 and 3 Gules, a paintbrush point upwards Or; 4 Or, a mullet of six points voided, interlaced Azure. Crest: Upon a wreath Or and Gules, a griffin segreant Or, langued, supporting with both paws the Messianic Seal of Jerusalem Azure. Motto above the crest: «In YHWH Fidemus».
Arms designed by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a leather finish.
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Azure, One, Two, Quarterly per saltire, Quill, In fess, Paintbrush, Point upwards, Mullet, Voided, Interlaced, Crest, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Griffin, Segreant, Langued, Supporting, Paw, Messianic Seal of Jerusalem, Motto and Above the crest.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Nelson, Carrie.
Party per pale: 1 Argent, an elm eradicated Vert; 2 Gules, a castle with an embattled tower Or.
Arms painted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a texturized finish.
This is the coat of arms of the village of Casas del Olmo, Castilla-La Mancha, emblazoned by me following its original blazon from 2004.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Vert, Gules, Or, One, Party per pale, Elm, Tree, Eradicated, Castle, Embattled, Tower and Crest.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Ogee.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Casas del Olmo.
This heraldic catalogue consists of 14 pages in DIN A4 format; 10 of the pages are framed in Gules and Argent with the arms of the kingdom, combining 78 castles with 78 crowned lions, 152 of which are small figures and 4 large ones; it includes 11 different heraldic elements for colour printing; and the texts are in Sable with highlights in Gules.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Argent, Purpure, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued and Crowned.
Classification: PDF, Created, Civic, Catalogue, Heraldic document, Kingdom of Castile and Leon and Canting.
Bearer: Castile and León.
A Castle Or, triple towered, embattled, port and windows Azure, and masoned Sable.
Un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable.
Some of the characteristics of the Castilian castle are specified in the coat of arms in English, for example, «triple towered, embattled», but they are omitted in the Spanish blason, because the Spanish blason considered that the Castilian castle can not be otherwise. These local characteristics, that decades ago were not necessary to specify, could begin to have to be in this global and interconnected heraldic world. [Valero de Bernabé, L.; 2009a] describe the different characteristics between the Castilian, the French, and the English castles among others.
Blazon keywords: Castle, Or, Port and windows, Azure, Masoned and Sable.
Style keywords: Freehand.
Classification: Schema.
Some of the main characteristics of the heraldry of Castile are:
The following image shows 4 examples of coats of arms, each of which has some of these characteristics, including one Castilian castle.
In the United Kingdom, there are several heraldic traditions, one of them being English heraldry.
In the Kingdom of Spain, there are several heraldic traditions, for example, the Castilian tradition.
In my humble opinion, we should compare at the same level, English heraldry with, for example, Castilian heraldry, but not with all Spanish heraldry. We shouldn't do it for the same reason we don't mix Scottish heraldic tradition with English, as they are so different.
In the case of Castilian heraldry, the 8 main differences with English heraldry are:
Categories: Criterion, Semi-circular, Bordure, Letter, Lion, Wolf, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Or, Azure, Sable, Diminished bordure, Quarterly, Supporter (human form), Supporter, Supporter (animal) and Supporter (thing).
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.
Azure, upon a sea in base an anchor palewise Or entwined by a dolphin Argent; chapé ployé Gules, two fleurs de lis Or.
Escudo de azur, sobre un mar moviente de la punta, un ancla puesta en palo de oro entrelazada de un delfín de plata; cortinado curvilíneo de gules, dos flores de lis de oro.
Coat of arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finish.
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. The English «chapé» is «cortinado» in Castilian, and the English «chapé ployé» is «cortinado curvilíneo» in Castilian; both English terms are of French origin. «Chapé» and «chapé ployé» must issue from the upper edge of the chief. If the division issues from the centre of the shield and is curved, in English it is termed «party per chevron ployé» and in Castilian «mantelado en punta curvilíneo».
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Gules, One, Two, Upon, Sea, In base, Anchor, Palewise, Interlaced, Dolphin, Chapé ployé and Fleur de lis.
Style keywords: Colour on colour, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Catanzaro, Germano.
Alternative coat of arms for the heraldry and its categories.
Quarterly in saltire: 1 Purpure, a crown Or; 2 Vert, a sword point upwards Or; 3 Azure, a crozier Or; 4 Sable, a bezant; an inescutcheon Or charged with a heart Gules; a bordure Argent.
Imaginary coat of arms created by me with the following characteristics: its shape is semicircular; its field is enameled with flat tinctures of Purpure, Vert, Azure, Sable, Or, and Argent; all of its figures are illuminated and enameled in Or, except for the heart, which is Gules; and the whole composition has a metallic finish.
These arms are one of the alternatives created during the process of developing a coat of arms for the categories of heraldry.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly per saltire, Purpure, Vert, Azure, Sable, Or, Argent, Gules, Crown, Sword, Point upwards, Crozier, Bezant and plate, Inescutcheon and Diminished bordure.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Watercolor.
Classification: Created, Imaginary and Coat of arms.
Imaginary bearer: Categories of heraldry.
In this sign, you shall conquer.
Argent, a cross of Montesa. Crest: A closed royal crown Or, with eight arches, visible five. Motto: «In hoc signo vinces».
Escudo de oro, una cruz de Montesa. Timbrado de una corona real cerrada. Lema: «In hoc signo vinces».
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 Sable and Gules; the royal crown is closed, outlined in Sable and illuminated the metal in Or, the pearls in Argent, the orb in Azure and Or, the gemstones in Gules and Vert, the inner cloth in Gules, and the visible hollow at its base in Sable; and the whole has a slightly beaten metal finish.
The Latin motto «In hoc signo vinces» is translated as «In this sign, you shall conquer».
It is called orb ~ «globus cruciger», the first in Spanish and the second in Latin, referring to the part of the royal crown, a jewel, or a jewel itself that recreates the shape of the globe topped with a cross.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Cross of Montesa, 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: Montesa, 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.
Coat of arms (1984-1997 and 1997-2002) of the former Central Military Region, where I serve. I interpreted now this coat of arms with a pointed shape. This kind of shape for this coat of arms are not usual.
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Gules, One, Castle, Or, Port and windows, Azure, Masoned, Sable, Argent, Lion, Rampant and Crowned.
Style keywords: Pointed, 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.
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.
Lino Chaparro D'Acosta, «Heráldica de los Apellidos Canarios», foreword by Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, 2 volumes, Volume I from A to L, 285 surnames, 293 pages, Volume II from M to Z and a heraldic dictionary, 387 surnames, 439 pages, edited by Estudios Tecnicos del Blason, ISBN of the complete work 84-300-2000-4, ISBN of Volume I 84-300-1989-8, ISBN of Volume I II 84-300-418010-8, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1979.
Bibliographical reference of century XX.
Classification: Black and white with color plates and Castilian language.
The author is Chaparro D'Acosta, Lino.
The following article cites this bibliographic reference:
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.
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 interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a forge finish.
Coat of arms of His Majesty King Charles III 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 Forge.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Charles III of the United Kingdom.
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 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.
Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
Arms of Charles, Holy Roman Emperor, emblazoned by me. The decision to depict both Pillars of Hercules in Argent arises from a strictly technical and artistic process. My objective was to paint the commander’s badge of the Imperial Hispanic Order of Charles V, a piece that is entirely made of Argent. Working directly on a fully Argent surface made the visual reading of the whole difficult, so I decided, as a preliminary step, to paint the coat of arms in its proper tinctures and, once the chromatic composition was resolved, to convert it into Argent. The commander’s badge of this order is based on its coat of arms and emblem as interpreted and painted by the heraldist and heraldic artist Fernando Martínez Larrañaga. In that interpretation, Fernando represented the Pillars of Hercules entirely in Argent. For the sake of coherence with this model, which is the direct reference for the badge, I followed the same solution and painted the pillars in Argent. I have also painted this same coat of arms with the pillars having Argent shafts and Or bases and capitals.
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 and Scroll.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
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.
Chequey.
Chequey Or and Gules.
Escudo ajedrezado de oro y gules.
I have encountered several ways of writing the term «chequey» in English, such as «chequy», removing one «e», or «checky», and even other variants like «checkered», «checkie», «chequered», «cheque», «cheques» or «checquy».
[The Heraldry Society; 2013; pages 8 and 11] uses the term «chequey», and that is the one I strive to use.
Categories: Criterion, Tiled, Plain tincture, Hard metal, Chequey, Or and Gules.
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. Supporter: Dexter, a cat rampant Argent.
The coat of arms of Christopher Edwards, from New South Wales, Australia, designed by him, refined and emblazoned by me. This image combines a photograph of my hand-drawn heraldic cat supporter with the corresponding coat of arms featuring two ravens, an oak acorn, and stag antlers, all designed, drawn, and painted by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Vert, Purpure, Sable, One, Two, Party per fess, Acorn, Leaved, Slipped, Between, Raven, Addorsed, Regardant, Stag's massacre, Supporter (animal), Supporter, Cat, Rampant and Dexter.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.
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.
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.
Gules, two castles triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable, in chief, seven mullets Argent, 4 and 3. Crest: A closed royal crown.
Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a iridescent finish.
Coat of arms of the Comunidad de Madrid emblazoned by me. Law 2/1983 of 23 December on the flag, the coat of arms, and the anthem of the Community of Madrid, published in the Official State Gazette, number 33 of 8 February 1984, defines this coat of arms in its Article 2 as follows: «...it consists of a single quarter Gules, charged Or with two castles in pair, embattled, donjoned, masoned Sable and ajouré Azure, surmounted in chief by seven mullets Argent, arranged four and three. For a timbre, a closed Royal Crown, which is a circle Or set with precious stones, composed of eight acanthus-leaf fleurons, of which five are visible, interspersed with pearls, from whose leaves rise diadems topped with pearls, converging in a globe Azure, with the demi-meridian and equator Or, surmounted by a cross Or. The crown is lined Gules».
The castles came from Castile and the 7 mullet from the bordure of the city of Madrid, they are the stars of the Plough, the 7 brightest stars of the Ursa Major. This coat of arms was adopted by the Comunidad de Madrid the 23th of December 23 of 1983.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, Argent, Two, Seven, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, In chief, Mullet, Closed royal crown and Crown.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Iridescent.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Madrid, Comunidad de.
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: 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, 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, 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.
Blazon keywords: Or, Two, Mullet of six points pierced, In fess, Gules, In chief, One, Sabre, Sword, Fesswise and Sable.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Semi-circular and Plain tincture.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Coulot, Fabian.
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.
Escudo de oro, una rosa doble de gules y plata, barbada de sinople y botonada de oro, rodeada de seis flores de lis en orla, cinco de gules y una de azur en jefe.
Credits:
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, Iridescent, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Yñigo-Genio, Noelia.
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.
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, 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. Crest: A ribbon Azure doubled Argent.
The Commoners' Certification of Arms for Köryn Alexandria Konstånz 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, 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, Ribbon and Doubled.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Invected octagon.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Certification and Heraldic document.
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 gyronny of twenty-four Argent and Azure; overall a crescent Argent charged with a label Gules.
The Commoners' Certification of Arms for Ryker 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, Crescent and Label.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Certification and Heraldic document.
Bearer: Lasco, Ryker Scott.
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.
Arms emblazoned by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finishing.
Coat of arms of Crepsi, «Centro Regional de Psicología». These arms were designed by my lieutenant colonel and friend Miguel Angel Nuñez Amador, and in this image, they have been emblazoned by me.
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, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Military, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Crepsi.
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.
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finishing.
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 and Doubled.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Santiago-Vazquez, Lory.
Gules, three bars wavy; in chief two mullets above a fess in base Or. Crest: Upon a helm, befitting her degree, with a wreath Or and Gules, a crown of Noble. Mantling: Gules doubled Or.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a watercolor finish.
Coat of arms of Marilena Marinanza, Italy, 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».
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Three, Two, One, Bar, Wavy, In chief, Mullet, Above, Fess, In base, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Crown of Noble, Crown and Mantling.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Marinanza, Marilena.
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 pale Azure and Gules, overall a lion rampant Argent, winged Or, grasping in his dexter forepaw a sword erect Or. Crest: Upon a helm lined Gules, its bevor charged with a Latin cross patty and pierced with a Latin cross, and with a wreath Argent and Gules, a dexter winged forepaw Or, grasping an 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. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent.
Arms depicted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, displayed as rotated shield, with a semi-circular external shape and with a leather finishing.
Coat of arms of the family of Rui J. Vaz, US, designed by him and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Gules, Argent, Or, One, Six, Five, Party per pale, Overall, Lion, Rampant, Winged, Grasping, Dexter, Forepaw, Sword, Erect, Crest and mantling, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Lined, Bevor, Charged, Latin cross patty, Pierced, Latin cross, Wreath, Escutcheon, Quarterly, Garuda, Sejant, Castle, Triple-towered, Masoned, Pallet, Plate, Mantling and Doubled.
Style keywords: Tilted shield, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Vaz, Rui J..
Quarterly: 1 Argent, an oak eradicated Vert, fructed Or; 2 Azure, a tower with a turret Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 3 Azure, a hound passant Argent, spotted Sable; 4 Argent, a cross Gules. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Azure, five ostrich feathers alternately Azure and Argent. Mantling: Azure doubled Argent.
Coat of arms designed by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a leather finishing.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Vert, Or, Azure, Sable, Gules, One, Five, Quarterly, Oak, Tree, Eradicated, Fructed, With a turret, Port and windows, Masoned, Dog, Passant, Spotted, Cross, Crest and mantling, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Ostrich feathers, Alternately and Mantling.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Simon-Faus, family.
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. Motto: «Ad rem».
Illuminated and a watercolor finishing, and the mantling and the wreath diapered with Chinapieria.
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, Neck and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Pointed, Illuminated, Watercolor and Chinapieria.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Latin language.
Bearer: Wright, Charles F. M..
Azure, in chief a lozenge Argent between two antlers in pile issuant from a chalice Or. Crest: upon a wreath Argent and Azure, a sun Or issuant from clouds Argent, debruised by a demi-stag proper, attired Or. Motto: «In Honorem Dei».
Arms emblazoned 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 Elijah R. emblazoned by me. The English term «debruised» is written in Castilian as «resaltado»; I usually write it as «debruised by» ~ «resaltado de», where the charge below is debruised by the one above. It is analogous to «charged by» ~ «cargado de», except that the upper charge projects beyond the surface of the lower one; in this case, parts of the stag project beyond the surface of the sun and the clouds. In English, «stag» corresponds to the Castilian «ciervo», although «deer» is occasionally found instead. When a stag's antlers are of a different tincture from its body, the English term is «attired»; in Castilian I prefer «ramado» to «arcornado». When the animal issues from the wreath, rather than standing upon it, I write «demi» in English and «saliente» in Castilian; «demi» is reminiscent of the Castilian prefix «semi». When the animal is «demi», the animal's default attitude is «rampant» ~ «rampante» unless otherwise specified.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, One, Two, In chief, Lozenge, Between, Stag's attire, In pile, Issuant, Cup, Crest, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Sun, Cloud, Debruised, Demi, Stag, Attired and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: R., Elijah.
Party per chevron Azure semé of unicorns passant, and Argent, a rainbow throughout proper. Crest: Upon a wreath Argent and Azure a demi-unicorn Azure, horned, crined and semé of mullets Or. Motto: «Live your Magic».
Credits: SkyL.designer and Antonio Salmerón y Cabañas is the author of the heraldic art.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Party per chevron, Argent, In chief, One, Semé, Unicorn, Passant, In base, Rainbow, Throughout, Proper, Wreath, Crest, Demi, Horned, Crined, Mullet, Or and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Pointed, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and English language.
Bearer: Sparkles, Marie Unicorn.
Argent, two arrows points upwards in saltire Sable, barbed and feathered Gules, surmounted of a commando dagger point upwards in pale Gules, hilted and pommelled Sable; on a chief indented Sable, a label of three points Or. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Sable, a demi-man proper, wearing a beret Vert, grasping in his dexter hand a commando dagger point upwards Or, hilted and pommelled Sable. Mantling: Sable doubled Argent. Motto: «Liberare oppressos». Motto above the crest: «Follow me».
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, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Male figure, Demi, Proper, Beret, Vert, Grasping, Hand, Dexter and Motto.
Style keywords: Pointed, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Latin language and English language.
Bearer: Power, Guy Harold.
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.
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.
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.
Arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a watercolor finish.
Canting arms of Jan Bobor, Slovakia, emblazoned under his directions. I blazoned the beaver in the crest as «issuant», but it could also have been blazoned as a «demi-beaver». In fact, I consider «demi-beaver» more accurate, and I recommend using it rather than «issuant».
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 and Fitchy.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Coat of arms, Pennon and Flag.
Bearer: Bobor, Jan.
Argent, a stag springing, in base an acorn leaved and slipped proper, on a chief invected Gules, a sabre fesswise, point sinister proper, debruised by a rose Or, leaved Vert. Crest: Upon a wreath Argent and Gules, a bald eagle displayed proper.
Arms designed by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a rough finishing.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Or, Vert, One, Stag, Springing, In base, Acorn, Leaved, Slipped, Proper, Chief, Invected, Sabre, Sword, Fesswise, Facing sinister, Debruised, Rose, Crest, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Bald eagle, Eagle and Displayed.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Knox, Kelly Kathleen.
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. Crest: A ribbon Azure doubled Argent.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an invected octagon outer contour and with a leather finish.
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, Seeded, Ribbon and Doubled.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Invected octagon and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Potts, Tiana Rose Lee.
Party per bend sinister Or and Gules, a clenched gauntlet Sable. Crest: Upon a helm, with a wreath Or and Gules, a peacock in his splendour proper, on a coronet trefoiled Or. Mantling: Gules doubled Or.
Blazon keywords: Party per bend sinister, Or, Gules, Surmounted, Gauntlet, Sable, Palewise, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Coronet trefoiled, Ancient coronet, Crown, Trefoiled, Peacock, In his splendour and Proper.
Style keywords: Pointed, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Wilkins, Tim.
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. Motto: «Alyahya» in letters Gules upon a scroll Argent.
Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a watercolor finishing.
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. These arms exemplify how modern heraldry operates on a global scale, the process involved several countries: a design originating in Italy following the instructions of the armiger in Saudi Arabia, revised by experts in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and rendered by me in Spain, it serves as an example of international collaboration within the field. In an ordinary, I distinguish between engrailed and invected from the ordinary's point of view; for instance, I define a bordure as invected if, from the interior of the bordure, the edge appears invected (meaning the arcs appear concave); conversely, I say a bordure is engrailed if the arcs appear convex from its interior point of view; in this specific case, regarding a line of division, I describe it as engrailed because, from the perspective of the base of the coat of arms, the arcs of the partition line appear convex [Nisbet, A.; 1816; page 21, pictures 1 and 2].
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, Wreath and Motto (identification).
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Alyahya, Abdulelah.
Quarterly Or and Argent, overall a peacock in his splendour proper. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Azure, a god Garuda sejant Or, crowned and vested azure. Mantling: Azure doubled Or. Motto: «Acquiescere et Miserescere».
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined 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. Grant of arms and crest for Ajay Gopal Valecha of the City of Westminster, issued by Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms, dated 2nd November 2020, reference 183/76.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, Azure, One, Quarterly, Overall, Peacock, In his splendour, Proper, Crest and mantling, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Garuda, Sejant, Crowned, Vested, Mantling and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Valecha, Ajay Gopal.
Azure, issuant from base a frog's head and from flanks its forelegs in chevron Or, in chief a mullet of seven points Argent. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Azure, a demi-frog erect Or, grasping with its forelegs an apple and a closed book Azure. Mantling: Azure doubled Or. Motto: «Clama a mí».
Coat of arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finishing.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, One, Seven, Issuant from base, Frog, Head, Flank, Foreleg, In chevron, In chief, Mullet, Crest and mantling, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Demi, Erect, Grasping, Apple, Closed book, Book, Mantling, Doubled and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Taborda, Arturo.
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.
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. Crest: Upon a helm, with a wreath Or, Azure, Gules, and Vert, a sun in splendour Or. Mantling: Azure, Gules, and Vert doubled Or. Motto: «Allahumma inni as'saluka al Afiyah» Sable over a scroll Argent doubled Or.
Arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a leather finish.
Coat of arms of Dr. Tariq Abbasi MBE FRSA, United Kingdom, designed by Vittorio Gifra, Italy, and emblazoned by me, Spain.
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, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Sun in splendour, Mantling, Doubled, Motto and Scroll.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Abbasi, Tariq.
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.
Azure, a chevron engrailed Or between three lozenges Argent, each charged with a fleur de lis Gules; a bordure compony of eight sections, four Vert each charged with a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable, and four Argent each charged with a bull's head caboshed Sable. Crest: Upon a helm lined Gules, with a wreath Or and Azure, five ostrich feathers, alternately three Azure and two Or. Mantling: Azure doubled Or. Motto: «Honor et Veritas Semper Prorsus» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.
Arms devised by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a watercolor finishing.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Gules, Vert, Sable, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Eight, Chevron, Engrailed, Lozenge, Fleur de lis, Bordure, Compony, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Bull, Head, Caboshed, Crest and mantling, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Lined, Wreath, Ostrich feathers, Alternately, Mantling and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Gutiérrez Benítez, Jose Manuel.
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. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Sanguine, a raven proper. Mantling: Sanguine doubled Or. Motto: «Incipit Vita Nova» Or, over a scroll Sanguine doubled Or.
Coat of arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a leather finishing.
Coat of arms of Marcio Vieira Nastri emblazoned by me. This full achievement of Marcio Vieira Nastri, emblazoned by me, is registered and published in The International Register of Arms, 13th August 2026, registration number 0812, volume 5, armorialregister.com/arms-br/nastri-mv-arms.html.
The arms symbolise the dawn of a new life. The field is tierced per fess to evoke the sky in 3 stages: Sable for the darkness of night, Azure for the horizon at first light, and Sanguine for the rising sun. The 7 stars of Ursa Major, in their traditional arrangement, evoke guidance, constancy, and a Dantesque reference, as the constellation appears in the Divine Comedy. The demi-sun in base, gold upon sanguine, marks the moment of emotional awakening, the dawn of love. The scroll motto «Incipit Vita Nova», the first line of Dante’s Vita Nuova, reflects a personal spiritual transformation. The Azure speaks of eternal loyalty, and the silver stars of purity. The choice of Sanguine, both for the sunlit sky and for the scroll and mantling, is also an homage to Beatrice’s dress as described by Dante at their first encounter. All of the above holds a parallel with the bearer’s personal life, which gives this composition a dual significance, both literary and deeply intimate. The raven as crest, a symbol of memory and intelligence, represents the collector’s spirit and a deep inner life.
Blazon keywords: Sable, Azure, Sanguine, Argent, Or, Seven, One, Tierced per fess, Mullet, Plough of Ursa Major, Demi, Sun, Issuant from base, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Raven, Proper, Mantling, Motto and Scroll.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Design rationale, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Nastri, Marcio Vieira.
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. Motto: «Vis Artis» Sable over a scroll Argent doubled Azure.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a leather finishing.
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, Mantling, Motto and Doubled.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Hatsis, Mark Antony.
Tierced per bend: 1 vairy Or and Azure; 2 Azure, two ships in full sail, in bend Argent; 3 Or, four bars wavy Azure. Crest: Upon a helm, with a wreath Argent and Azure, a demi-red fox proper, grasping dexter four ears of wheat Or. Mantling: Azure doubled Argent. Motto: «Ignis Aurum Probat».
Coat of arms designed by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a rough finishing.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Argent, One, Two, Four, Crest, Tierced per bend, Vairy, Ship, Full sail, Bend, Bar, Wavy, Crest and mantling, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Demi, Fox, Rampant, Proper, Grasping, Dexter, Ear of wheat, Wheat, Mantling and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Milian, family.
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.
A Gules and Or comparison between cross potent, cross moline, and cross of Jerusalem
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Cross potent, Cross couped, Cross moline, Cross of Jerusalem and Cross.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Schema.
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. Motto: «Muy noble, muy leal y decidida por la libertad» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a metal beaten finish.
Coat of arms of the city of Almeria, Andalusia, emblazoned by me. The motto of the official coat of arms includes the text «Ciudad de Almería», which I have chosen not to include in my rendition, as it is redundant given that the city is already represented by the coat of arms itself.
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, Crown, Motto and Scroll.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Metal beaten.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Almeria, city of.
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.
Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a rounded outer contour and with a leather finishing.
Coat of arms of Francisco-José Bermejo Fernández-Briceño designed by Ignacio Koblischek and emblazoned by me.
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 and Crown.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Rounded and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Bermejo Fernandez-Briceño, Francisco Jose.
Argent, a bear rampant Sable, langued and armed Gules. Crest: A mural crown with eight vine leaves, five visible, Or.
Coat of arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a rounded trapezoidal outer contour and with a freehand finish.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Gules, Or, One, Eight, Five, Bear, Rampant, Langued, Armed, Mural crown, Crown, Vine and Leaf.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Rounded trapezoid and Freehand.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Berlin.
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.
Sable, upon three bars wavy a four arch bridge Or, masoned Sable, throughout. Motto: «Patiens Quia Aeternus».
Escudo de sable, un puente de cuatro ojos de oro, mazonado de sable, moviente de los flancos, sostenido por tres burelas ondadas de oro. Lema: «Patiens Quia Aeternus».
Coat of arms devised by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a rough finishing.
The symbols represent resilience over time, a bridge over the passage of waters. The design is simple and conceptual, a coat of arms without lines of divisions, and with only two tinctures, the color Sable of the field and the metal Or of the bridge and the waves of water. The motto «Patiens quia aeternus» ~ «Patient because eternal» comes from Augustine of Hippo and reinforces the meaning of this coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Sable, Or, Three, Four, Upon, Wavy, Bar, Arch, Bridge, Masoned, Throughout and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Created, Design rationale, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: García Martínez, Daniel.
Azure, two quills in saltire Argent, in chief an ancient coronet Or. Motto: «Да Живее Знаећето!».
Escudo de azur, dos plumas en sotuer de plata surmontadas por una corona antigua de oro. Lema: «Да Живее Знаећето!».
Coat of arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a leather finish.
The coat of arms of Dario Postolovski, Macedonia, emblazoned by me. His Macedonian motto translates into English as «Long Live Knowledge!».
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Two, One, Quill, In saltire, In chief, Ancient coronet, Crown and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Postolovski, Dario.
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.
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. Motto: «Siempre Adelante».
I have used my non-repetitive diapering for the inner Or of his mantling and wreath.
Blazon keywords: Sable, Dolphin, Naiant, Or, Chief, Embattled, Vert, Fimbriated, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Speaking, Proper, Grasping, Mullet, Gules and Motto.
Style keywords: Ogee and Chinapieria.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Castilian language.
Bearer: Shorey, David Ryan.
Azure, flanched Argent: in chief, an open book Argent, garnished Or; in base, an oak eradicated Argent, fructed Or; in each flank, a torch Vert, enflamed proper.
Coat of arms designed by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finish.
Coat of arms of Del Fabbro Universidad, Tlaxcala, Mexico, designed and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Vert, One, Two, Flanched, In chief, Open book, Book, Garnished, In base, Oak, Tree, Eradicated, Fructed, In each flank, Torch, Enflamed and Proper.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Socioeconomic, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Del Fabbro Universidad.
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.
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. Motto: «Deo gratias».
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. Lema: «Deo gratias».
Blazon keywords: Azure, One, Palm tree, Tree, Erased, Between, Sinister, Lion, Rampant, Supporting, Or, Dexter, Three, Millwheel, Ordered, In chief, Crescent, Argent and Motto.
Style keywords: Ogee, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Parchment.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Latin language.
Bearer: Spanò, Diego Pantaleone.
My heraldic Discord wall is The Discord Roll of Arms # Antonio.
Categories: Technology, Social networks, Party per pale, Vert, One, Compass rose, Argent, Between, In chief, Ancient coronet, Crown, In base, Sun in splendour, Or, Sable, Overall (line of division), Spear, Shafted, Helm, Mantling, Doubled, Wreath, Lynx, Couchant, Proper, Langued, Azure, Motto and Giclée.
Party per fess, the chief per pale: 1 Or; 2 Gules; 3 Argent.
Party per pale, the sinister per fess: 1 Argent; 2 Or; 3 Gules.
Party per fess, the base per pale; 1 Argent; 2 Gules; 3 Or.
Per per pale, the dexter per fess: 1 Gules; 2 Or; 3 Argent.
Medio partido y cortado: 1o de oro; 2o de gules; 3o de plata.
Partido y medio cortado: 1o de plata; 2o de oro; 3o de gules.
Cortado y medio partido: 1o de plata; 2o de gules; 3o de oro.
Medio cortado y partido: 1o de gules; 2o de oro; 3o de plata.
In the illustration:
Each blazon is made up of 2 parts:
Remarks to the description of the division of the field:
Remark to the description of the 3 quarters:
Blazon keywords: Party per fess, the chief per pale, Party per pale, the sinister per fess, Party per fess, the base per pale, Party per pale, the dexter per fess, Or, Gules and Argent.
Classification: Schema.
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.
Party per pale Azure and Gules, overall in chief two lions rampant, double queued Argent, armed, langued and crowned Or, and in base upon three bars wavy Argent, a ship Or, in full sail Argent.
Escudo partido de azur y gules, sobre el todo en jefe dos leones rampantes, de cola horquillada de plata, armados, lampasados y coronados de oro, y en punta un barco de oro, con velas de plata, sostenido de tres burelas ondadas de plata.
Arms designed by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a rough finishing.
Coat of arms of the family of Milos Dukat from Czechia and the Basque Country, designed by them and me, and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Gules, Argent, Or, One, Two, Three, Party per pale, Overall, In chief, Lion, Rampant, Double queued, Armed, Langued, Crowned, In base, Upon, Wavy, Bar, Ship and Full sail.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Dukat, family of Milos.
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.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o 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 [de Durán]; 2o de azur, un creciente ranversado de plata, en la diestra del jefe una flor de lis de oro, una bordura de gules [de Alpoim]; 3o de plata, dos cabras en palo de púrpura, acornadas de sable [de Cabral]; 4o de gules, una cruz doble y plena de oro cantonada de seis bezantes de plata, una bordura de oro [de Melo]; un escusón de azur, cinco flores de lis de oro.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a freehand finish.
Arms of the cadet branches of Fernando Durán Cabral de Melo e Alpoim, certified by Dr. Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera Gila, Chronicler of Arms of Castile and León, and emblazoned by me.
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 and Inescutcheon.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Durán Cabral de Melo e Alpoim, cadet branches of Fernando.
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.
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.
Edward IV King of England and Lord of Ireland, «The Armorial of Edward IV», «The Edward IV Roll», armorial in the form of a roll about 6 meters long, created to celebrate the coronation of Edward IV as the first King of England from the House of York and illustrated, probably, by different artists, 1461.
The image illustrating this reference corresponds to the banner, which is number 27 in the 2nd column, the final one of this armorial. This banner is held by a white deer, which was a personal badge of King Richard II of England, and also, two white deer were the supporters of his shield. The reason for the inclusion of this white deer might be to contribute to the legitimization of Edward IV as king.
It is notable that in row 25 of the 2nd column of this armorial there is a banner with the arms of the shield of Castilla y León, probably because Edward IV, like his predecessors, claimed their throne. In this version of the shield of Castilla y León:
This shield of Castilla y León also appears:
Bibliographical reference of century XV.
Author: Edward IV of England.
Bibliographic reference mentioned in the following articles:
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King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307.
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 with the following features: the mouth is semicircular (round); the field enamelled in a flat tint of Gules; the three leopards illuminated in the metal Or and the colour Azure, outlined in Sable, and the leopard closest to the base has a different shape and size; and the whole finished with a fabric-like texture.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Azure, Three, Leopard, Armed, Langued and In pale.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Fabric.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, House of Plantagenet and Kingdom of England.
Bearer: Edward I of England.
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.
Imaginary coat of arms for the poolgame called Eight-ball.
Or, a Billiard 8 ball proper.
Coat of arms I created with: the shape semicircular at base; the field with a metallic finishing; and the charge with an iridescent finishing.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, One, Non-classic artifact and Proper.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Crystalline, Soft metal, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Created, Imaginary and Coat of arms.
Imaginary bearer: Bola 8.
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 interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a watercolor finish.
Coat of arms of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 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 Watercolor.
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.
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Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Bendlet, Martlet, In pale, Sun in splendour, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Supporter (animal), Supporter, Lion rampant guardant, Dexter, Sinister, Armed, Langued, The fangs, The eyes and Motto.
Classification: Video, Created, Personal, Catalogue and Heraldic document.
Bearer: Fernández Marqués, Enrique.
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. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Azure, a griffin segreant Or. Capitular mantle of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia. Motto: «Ad Esse Veracem». Behind the shield a crossbow proper of the Noble Compañía de Ballesteros Hijosdalgo de San Felipe y Santiago. Suspended from the shield the insignias of the Imperial Hispanic Order of Charles V and the Maestranza de Caballería de Castilla.
This is the coat of arms of Ernesto Juan Anaya designed by him and emblazoned by me. The finished digital version of the coat of arms, fully coloured and the hand-drawn ink outline of the capitular mantle of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia, drawn with a fine-line pigment ink pen, both the coat of arms and the hand-drawn outline are by me.
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, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Griffin, Segreant, Motto, Behind the shield, Proper, Suspended from the shield and Decoration.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Anaya, Ernesto Juan.
Party per pale Gules and Vert, overall a chevron wavy Or between two plates in pale.
Escudo partido de gules y sinople, brochante sobre el todo un cabrio ondado de oro acompañado de dos bezantes en palo de plata.
Coat of arms designed by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of Angel España Herranz designed by him and me, and emblazoned by me.
The first quarter of Gules with the dexter of the chevron Or are España, his surname. In the second quarter, the Vert is the green, the wavy chevron Or a bunker, and the two plates represent a ball and a hole of golf, his passion.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Vert, Or, Argent, One, Two, Party per pale, Overall, Chevron, Wavy, Between, Plate and In pale.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: España Herranz, Angel.
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.
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.
Escudo 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.
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.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Pointed and Plain tincture.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: McCarthy, Eugene.
Azure, five fleurs de lis Or. War cry above the shield: «:Notra:Dama:Dallpoy:» Or.
Escudo de azur, cinco flores de lis de oro. Grito sobre el escudo: «:Notra:Dama:Dallpoy:» de oro.
Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a metal beaten finish.
«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.: ... o grito Nostre Dame de Puy» and also in French «D'azur à cinq fleurs-de-lis d'or. C.: ... 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, War cry and Above the shield.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Metal beaten.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: d’Alpoim, family.
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.
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.
A symbolic image representing, through 3 coats of arms, the creation of the coat of arms of the King Ferdinand III the Saint from the arms of Alfonso IX, King of León, and Berenguela, Queen of Castile. The shapes of all three shields are rounded; all their components are illuminated; and the whole composition features a watercolor finish.
Ferdinand III the Saint was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berenguela of Castile. During his reign, the crowns of Castile and León were united forever. When, in 1230, Ferdinand III succeeded his father, he adopted a quarterly coat of arms, placing his mother's arms, the castle, in the 1st and 4th quarters, and his father's arms, the lion, in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. His goal was likely to achieve balance between the two kingdoms and to give his coat of arms a greater sense of continuity over time compared to impaled arms. The coat of arms of Ferdinand III the Saint was the first quarterly shield in history, and the idea spread into the heraldry of Spain and other kingdoms, such as Aragon-Sicily, Brabant, England, Navarre, and Bohemia.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Argent, Purpure, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crest, Open royal crown and Crown.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Tilted shield and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Accolé arms, Family tree, Genealogical, Kingdom of Castile, Kingdom of León 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.
Gules, a chevron Or.
Arms of Gilbert des Essarts, France, emblazoned by me. This scheme (outlined and then in plain tincture) depicts a chevron with a wider, more obtuse angle than usual. This design shows that the chevron is constructed with the side lines forming an angle where the tangent of half the angle is 56.3o, arctan(3/2), its width is made one-fourth of the shield's overall width, and the position of the chevron's lower point (the apex) is governed by the shield's geometric center, resulting in a visually more open shape than the standard.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, One and Chevron.
Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Kingdom of France, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Gilbert des Essarts.
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.
Transform the blazon «Or» into «Or, five Pommes in saltire» and the blazon «Argent» into «Argent, five Hurts in saltire» moving the pommes and hurts through both metals, without breaking the rule of tinctures.
You can change one charge by another one, but only once.
For example, if you change «Sable, a Bend Argent» by «Sable, a Pale Argent», then the Pommes can arrive to «Or» blazon. However, this is not a solution, because the Hurts cannot walk to «Argent» blazon.
Think before you move the cursor or click on the following link and see the solution.
Categories: Riddle, Ogee, Outlined in sable, Freehand, Or, Argent, Vert, Azure, Gules, Sable, Hurt, torteau, pellet, pomme and golpe, Hurt, Pomme, In saltire, Fess, Saltire, Bend sinister, Cross, Pale and Bend.
For example, if you change «Azure, a Cross Argent» by «Azure, a Pall Argent», then the Pommes can arrive to «Or» blazon and the Hurts can arrive to «Argent» blazon. You can view both paths azure and vert in the following image.
Other solution is to change «Azure, a Cross Argent» by «Azure, a Bordure Argent».
Categories: Riddle solution, Ogee, Outlined in sable, Freehand, Or, Argent, Vert, Azure, Gules, Sable, Hurt, torteau, pellet, pomme and golpe, Hurt, Pomme, In saltire, Fess, Saltire, Bend sinister, Cross, Pale, Bend and Pall.
Founding document of the Ordo Equestris Reginae Caeli, OERC, oerc.eu, designed by David Pérez Álvarez and me, and emblazoned by me, and surrounded by the Grand Collar of the Order. Since its foundation, the OERC has carried out numerous humanitarian aid projects in various countries. Among them are the donation of 25 first-aid kits provided by one of its postulants, and a major joint initiative in which 60 volunteers loaded complete hospital equipment for the war-affected Sumy region of Ukraine, including more than one hundred hospital beds, in Radolfzell am Bodensee in April 2025.
Blazon keywords: Order, Azure, Or, Argent, One, Four, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped, Cantoned, Fleur de lis, In saltire, Conjoined, Monogram, Crown, Lined, Grand collar and Surrounded.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Interpreted, Boa, Certification and Heraldic document.
Bearer: Ordo Equestris Reginae Caeli.
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 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.
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.
Azure, a cow's head caboshed proper; on a chief Argent, a scroll palewise proper. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree, with a wreath Argent and Azure, a dexter arm embowed, garbed in a maunch Gules, holding in its hand carnation, a quill bend sinisterwise Argent, shafted Or. Mantling: Azure doubled Argent. Motto: «Volenti Nil Difficile».
Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
G0143, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant for the arms of Daniel John Bugeja, Malta. These arms have been emblazoned by me for such grant.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, Or, One, Cow, Head, Caboshed, Proper, Chief, Scroll, Palewise, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Dexter, Arm, Embowed, Vested, Maunch, Grasping, Quill, Bend sinisterwise, Mantling and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Bugeja, Daniel John.
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.
Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a freehand finish.
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, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Wright, John Anthony.
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.
Chequey of fifteen Or and Gules. Crest: A galero with two cords, one on each side, each with fifteen tassels, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Gules. Behind the shield a crossed staff Or.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a parchment finishing.
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Fifteen, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Chequey, Crest, Galero, Cord, Tassel, Behind the shield and Crossed staff.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Parchment.
Classification: Religious, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Ximénez de Cisneros, Francisco.
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.
The genealogical chart with the coats of arms of the House of Potts of Wentworth, all designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me and signed by me, exhibited at the 5th International Congress of Genealogy and Heraldry (5th ICGHV), Vilnius. The 5th ICGHV was held at the historic National Museum - Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania and was organized by the Genealogijos, Heraldikos ir Veksilologijos Institutas. This armorial genealogical chart is intended to be read from the House of Potts of Wentworth at its centre, with each family branch radiating outwards. Rather than following the conventional vertical layout of a pedigree, it presents the family's heraldic relationships in a more compact form. As Randy Potts himself expressed after seeing the finished work, it represents not only genealogy and heraldry, but also the identity, history, and shared legacy of the entire family. The House of Potts of Wentworth are Randy David Lee Xavier Potts, Kimberley Ann Potts, Britania Anastoshia Korÿn McCoy, Köryn Alexandria Konstånz Potts, Konstånz Chantal Leóné Potts, Tiana Rose Lee Potts, Makayla Danée Robidoux, Corey Scott Lasco, Sebastian Artemis Cole McCoy, Evander Graham Wylder McCoy, Bradlee Tatym LaRue Botkin, Rhettlee Cooper Jones, Easton Michael Jones, Hudson Hayes Lasco, and Ryker Scott Lasco.
Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Six, Twenty-four, Thirty-six, Armed, Bald eagle, Eagle, Beaked, Bee, Between, Bordure, Charged, Chief, Crescent, Displayed, Doubled, Escallop, Fimbriated, Fleur de lis, Flowered, Gyronny, Head, Heart, In base, In chief, In fess, Inescutcheon, In pretence, Label, Langued, Leaved, Membered, Overall, Proper, Quarterly, Ribbon, Rose, Saltire, Seeded, Tail and Thistle.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Photographic, Family tree and Genealogical.
Bearer: Potts of Wentworth, House of.
Azure, two rolled scrolls in saltire Argent, tied with a ribbon fesswise Vert; a bordure trefoiled Or; overall a chief Or charged with an oak branch leaved and fructed proper.
Escudo de azur, dos pergaminos enrollados en sotuer de plata, ligados con una cinta puesta en faja de sinople, una bordura trebolada de oro; brochante sobre el todo un jefe de oro cargado de una rama de roble hojada y frutada al natural.
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 the Genealogical Society of Ireland, GSI, emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Vert, Or, One, Two, Rolled scroll, In saltire, Tied, Ribbon, Fesswise, Bordure, Trefoiled, Overall, Chief, Charged, Oak, Tree, Branch, Leaved, Fructed and Proper.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Leather.
Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Genealogical Society of Ireland.
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 shape of the shield is pointed; the field has been enameled in flat azure; the 6 lions are illuminated and cast shadows on the field; and the entire composition has a hammered metal finish.
The shield of Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou is considered the first documented coat of arms in history, dated to 1127, when Henry I of England gifted it to him on the occasion of his marriage to his daughter Matilda of England [The Heraldry Society; 2013].
There is no direct evidence that Henry I possessed a coat of arms, nor that it featured a rampant lion [Humphery-Smith, C.; 1983], but the gift of a shield with 6 lions to his future son-in-law could be an indication of such.
Geoffrey is buried in the Cathedral of Saint Julian in Le Mans, and his tomb is decorated with an enamel depicting him with his shield, where of his 6 lions: 4 are fully visible, and 2 are suggested by their claws.
However, it is possible that both the wedding gift narrative and the enamel on the tomb are from years after his death in 1151, so [Pastoureau, M.; Garvie, F.; 1997; page 18] asserts that «this account was written after Geoffrey's death... and his funerary enamel commissioned by his widow Matilda between 1155 and 1160... therefore it is possible that Geoffrey Plantagenet never had a coat of arms».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Six, Lion, Or, Rampant and Three, two and one.
Style keywords: Pointed, Illuminated, Shaded, Outlined in the field tincture and Metal beaten.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and House of Plantagenet.
Bearer: Godfrey V, Count of Anjou.
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.
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.
Escudo partido: 1o de azur, dos espadas en sotuer de plata, guarnecidas de oro sumadas de una lámpara de aceite (oleum lucerna) de oro, con su orificio de plata, encendida de tres llamas al natural; 2o de gules, en el ombligo, un barbo nadante de plata acompañado en jefe de una flor de lis de oro y en punta de un monte de tres peñas moviente de la punta de sinople.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a freehand finish.
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. In the 2nd quarter, a trimount color Vert can be seen on a field color Gules, that is, color on color. In many heraldic traditions, a trimount color Vert should not be placed on a field color Gules. However, this is not universal; for example, the arms of Slovakia display a trimount color Azure on a field color Gules. There are other differences between heraldic traditions: in Polish heraldry, for instance, Sable is not regarded as a color but as a neutral tincture, neither metal nor color, and may therefore be placed upon color Gules. These arms, granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta to Alessandro Giannelli and Mariana von Atzingen Gorga, belong to an Italian marriage, and similar combinations can be found in the Italian heraldic tradition. One example is the arms of the family of Prince Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, author of the novel on which Luchino Visconti's film Il Gattopardo is based. The heraldic beast that gave its name to both the novel and the film is itself shown above a trimount color Vert on a field color Azure: «D'azzurro al leopardo d'oro, illeonito, sostenuto da un monte di tre cime di verde cucito». The heraldic term «cucito», literally «sewn», equivalent to the French heraldic term «cousu», also in English, indicates precisely that a color has been placed upon another color. Some heraldists use this term and others do not. I personally like to use it because it makes clear that one is fully aware of the breach of this rule. In this case, for this particular blazon, I have followed more closely the terminology published for the grant in The Malta Government Gazette and have therefore not used the term «cousu» in the text of the blazon.
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 and Trimount.
Style keywords: Colour on colour, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Giannelli and Mariana von Atzingen Gorga, Alessandro.
Party per pale: 1 Vert, a compass rose Argent between, in chief a coronet Or, in base a Taino sun Or; 2 Sable, a Taino sun Or between, in chief a coronet Or, in base a compass rose Argent; overall a spear Or, headed Argent. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Vert, a lynx couchant proper, langued Azure. Mantling: Vert doubled Or. Motto: «Numquam reside».
Giclée artwork of the coat of arms of family of Lucas Cruz (UK, Puerto Rico, Belarus, US Army) designed by him and me and emblazoned by me. The Taino were an indigenous people of the Caribbean, the Taino sun is one of their symbolic representations of the sun, and the lynx came from Gomel~Homyel, Belarus.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Sable, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Party per pale, Compass rose, Between, In chief, Ancient coronet, Crown, In base, Sun, Overall, Spear, Shafted, Crest, Helm, Wreath, Lynx, Couchant, Proper, Langued, Mantling and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa, Giclée, Sealed arms and Heraldic document.
Bearer: Cruz, family of Lucas.
Party per fess Azure and Sable, overall a four-towered castle Or, port and windows Sable, in chief two pairs of gouttes Or. Crest: Upon a wreath Or and Azure, a raven's head Sable, charged upon the neck with three gouttes, 1 and 2, and holding in its beak an annulet Or. Motto: «Laus · Virtutis · Actio».
Small-sized Giclée proof for the coat of arms of Seth Rawson emblazoned, dated and signed by me. I usually employ the Giclée printing technique on Hahnemühle paper, produced by the paper mill founded in 1584 in southern Lower Saxony. This paper is made from 100% cotton, weighs 280 g/m² (sometimes 300 g/m²), and is manufactured using natural fibres and tones. These reduced-size proofs are printed to verify the fitting of the armorial achievement on the sheet, to check the registration marks that frame it, and to assess the rendering and balance of the heraldic tinctures before producing the final print.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Sable, Or, One, Two, Three, Party per fess, Overall, Four-towered, Castle, Port and windows, In chief, Pair, Goutte, Crest, Wreath, Raven, Head, Charged, Neck, Grasping, Beak, Annulet and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee Triple-Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Photographic and Giclée.
Bearer: Rawson, Seth.
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.
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. This photograph shows my hand-drawn Cirneco dell’Etna hound passant, gorged with a collar of meander motifs, alongside the coat of arms in which it appears as the crest. The drawing was executed directly in ink on tracing paper using a fine technical pen, without any preliminary pencil sketch. Two sheets of tracing paper can be seen in the image: an initial version used to establish the proportions and posture of the hound, and a second version in which the design was corrected and refined before its subsequent digital finishing, visible in the final rendering of the complete achievement.
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 and Mantling.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Bella, Giovanni de.
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.
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.
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.
Escudo de armiños, un león rampante de cola horquillada de oro, armado y lampasado de gules; un jefe de gules, tres castillos de oro, aclarados de azur, mazonados de sable.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a heater shape that I call pointed, illuminated, and its finishing is that seems watercolor.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Ermine, One, Lion, Rampant, Tail, Double queued, Or, Armed, Langued, Gules, Chief, Three, Castle, Port and windows, Azure, Masoned and Sable.
Style keywords: Pointed, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: González Lara, Rubén.
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.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado y mazonado de sable; 2o y 3o de oro, trece roeles de gules, cuatro, cinco y cuatro.
I have interpreted this coat of arms with a pointed and rounded shape; tintures gules, or and sable; outlined with sable; and a watercolor finish.
The blazon in Spanish specifies the number of elements in each column and the blazon in English specifies the number of elements in each row.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, One, Castle, Or, Port and windows, Masoned, Sable, Thirteen and Torteau.
Style keywords: Ogee, Watercolor and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Coat of arms.
Bearer: González López, Manel.
I also had a heraldic wall in Google+ the social network created and closed by Google. Google + taught us that we should not put all our efforts into a single social network.
Categories: Technology, Social networks, Tower, Ordered, Or, Port and windows and Azure.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, a wolf rampant Sable; 2 and 3 Gules, a garb Or.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de plata, un lobo rampante de sable; 2o y 3o de gules, una gavilla de oro.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a shape ended with an rounded arch, illuminated, and its finishing is that seems watercolor.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Argent, One, Wolf, Rampant, Sable, Gules, Garb and Or.
Style keywords: Rounded, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Gräupl, Edwin.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Coat of arms of Julia Íñiguez Cruz designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and refined and emblazoned by me. This image shows a composition consisting of the hand-drawn salient gazelle, subsequently digitally processed, together with its final representation within the coat of arms, all entirely created by me.
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, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Íñiguez Cruz, Julia.
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.
Gules, two lions combatant Or.
Escudo de gules, dos leones rampantes, afrontados de oro.
Imaginary arms of the Trojan hero that I have interpreted with: the mouth in the form of a semicircular (round) base; the field enameled in flat Gules tincture; the 2 combatant lions illuminated in Or, outlined with the field tincture and shaded; and all with a beaten metal finish.
Coat of arms interpreted from the imaginary blazon described by [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 7], which is as follows: «of red with two lions combatant Or».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Lion, Or and Combatant.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture, Shaded and Metal beaten.
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.
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.
Heraldic document for the arms of Antonio Ruiz Porras. His coat of arms, standard, and badge have been emblazoned by me, and this heraldic document has been edited, signed, sealed, and dated by me. The image shows the pages 8 and 9.
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 and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Catalogue, Heraldic document and Frame.
Bearer: Ruiz Porras, Antonio.
Heraldic document for the arms of Dr. Jacques William Normand Delfin. His coat of arms has been created by him and me, and emblazoned by me, and this heraldic document has been edited, signed, sealed, and dated by me. The image shows 2 pages of this heraldic document.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Eight, In base, On, Wavy, Bar, Norman ship, Ship, Full sail, Chief, Leopard, Armed, Langued, Bordure, Acorn, Bendwise and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa, Catalogue, Heraldic document and Frame.
Bearer: Normand Delfin, Jacques William.
Heraldic document for the arms of László Linett Regina. Her coat of arms has been created by her, and emblazoned by me, and this heraldic document has been edited, signed, sealed, and dated by me. The image shows 2 pages of this heraldic document.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Three, 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, Catalogue, Heraldic document and Frame.
Bearer: László Linnet Regina.
Quarterly: 1 per pale: 1 Argent, a madrone tree (Arbutus unedo) Vert, fructed Gules; 2 Azure, a tower Argent; 2 Vert, on a wall between two towers Or, masoned Sable, by five archers Argent in shooting stance; 3 barry wavy Azure and Argent, three caravels in pale Or, sails and pennons Argent charged with crosses Gules, between two flanches Vert; 4 Azure, a tower Argent, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable, between two lozenges Or, each charged with four pallets Gules, in chief four towers in fess Or, port and windows Gules, masoned Sable. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Vert, a bleeding heart Gules, debruised by a crown of thorns Or, tipped by a flame Or, fimbriated Gules, charged with a Latin cross Azure. Mantling: Vert doubled Argent. Motto: «Pro Deo et Patria». Supporters: Two knights in full plate armor Argent, lined Gules. Suspended from the shield the cross of Knight of the National Monarchist Brotherhood of Spain, the cross of Merit of the Noble Chapter of Ferdinand VI and the insignia of Honorary Lieutenant of the Duke of Braganza Regiment of the Legion of Frontiersmen.
Heraldic giclée for the coat of arms of Ilmo. Sr. D. Manuel Novo Dabrio designed by him and me and emblazoned by me. Printed as a Giclée on DIN A3+ paper, slightly larger than DIN A3, using natural pigment inks, on Hahnemühle Torchon paper, from a mill founded in 1584, 285 gsm, 100% cotton. Size approximately 33 x 48 cm (13 x 19 inches). Sealed, dated, and signed by me.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Vert, Azure, Or, Gules, One, Five, Three, Four, Two, Quarterly, Party per pale, Madrone tree, Tree, Fructed, Tower, Masoned, On, Wall between two towers, Archer, In shooting stance, Barry, Wavy, Caravel, Ship, In pale, Sail, Charged, Cross, Between, Flanched, Port and windows, Lozenge, Pallet, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Vulned, Heart, Crown of thorns, Crown, Flame, Latin cross, Motto, Supporter (human form), Supporter, Knight, Full plate armor, Lined, Mantling, Doubled, Suspended and Decoration.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Diapered, Chinapieria and Ogee.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa, Giclée, Sealed arms, Heraldic document, Pennon and Flag.
Bearer: Novo Dabrio, Manuel.
Barry of six, Argent and Azure, a pile throughout, counterchanged. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Azure, upon a trimount Gules, an eagle wings addorsed and inverted Azure, the head and tail Argent, nimbed and grasping a closed book Or. Mantling: Azure doubled Argent.
These are the arms of Herbert Leo Buffenbarger, designed by his son John Alan Francis Buffenbarger, and emblazoned by me. As shown in the image diagram, I have used a 2:2:3 ratio between the height of the crest, the height of the helm, and the height of the shield.
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 and Mantling.
Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Jousting.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Buffenbarger, Herbert Leo.
Argent, an oak eradicated Vert, fructed Or, to its dexter a cauldron, and in front of its trunk a boar passant Sable.
Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a freehand finish.
Historic 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; page 129].
Blazon keywords: Argent, Vert, Or, Sable, One, Oak, Tree, Eradicated, Fructed, Dexter, Cauldron, 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.
Gules, a saltire Or charged with a fillet saltire Sable between in chief three escallops reversed Or; in dexter, a dexter arm embowed, vambraced Argent, holding an anchor Or; in sinister a two masted warship, with cannons ports and sails hoisted Or, two flags Gules, Argent and Azure flying to dexter, one in the main mast and one in the stern, on the hull the inscription «La Liberta» Sable; in base a crowned double-headed eagle displayed Or, holding two tassels, one in each beak, and two mullets of six points pierced, one in each talon Argent. Crest: A helm befitting his degree with a mantle Gules lined Or, pleated in chief at both dexter and sinister, and bearing an Adelskrone held in its place by two men Sable, vested with feather skirts Gules, each standing on the shield, and holding in his outer hand a diagonally placed tournament spears, headed Argent, and issuant from the Adelskrone, between two elephants' trunks, the one at dexter Or, the one at sinister Gules, two ostrich feathers in saltire, the one bendwise Argent, and the one bend sinisterwise Sable.
This is the coat of arms of Johann Anton Freiherr von Quast. The image above shows the historical illustration as it appears in the «Freiherren-Diploma Johann Anton Freiherr von Quast, 1790, Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Königlich-Bayerisches Heroldsamt, Bd. 20-1 nr. 26, Opvallend zijn de onmiskenbare verwijzingen naar het verblijf in de West», which can be consulted on the website juchtervanbergenquast.wordpress.com and below is my current interpretation of this coat of arms. In heraldry there are two kinds of tinctures: colours, for example Gules, Azure, and Sable, and metals, Or and Argent. There is also a heraldic rule of tinctures that states not colour on colour and not metal on metal. The vambraced arm was originally Azure over a Gules field, which is colour on colour and against the rule. I corrected it with the family’s permission by changing the vambraced arm to Argent, so now it is metal Argent on colour Gules, which is correct, and Argent is a good tincture for armory. For this reason, I also used Argent for the helm and for the tips of the tournament spear. The flags also show colour on colour, but they are decorative details and not important, and changing their colours would alter the ship’s nationality, which must remain as it is. It is possible that the Azure we now see originated from the fact that the arm vambraced , the spearheads, and the helm were originally depicted as iron or proper and that over the course of time this natural greyish tone gradually turned into Azure.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cecil Humphery-Smith, FHS - Fellow of The Heraldry Society, «Why three Leopards?», Coat of Arms, COA, An Heraldic Quarterly Magazine, issue 126, The Heraldry Society, Baldock, Hertfordshire, summer of 1983.
The coat of arms illustrating this bibliographic reference is that of the Kingdom of England, which was also that of the queen of Castile Leonor Plantagenet.
Bibliographical reference of century XX.
The author is Humphery-Smith, Cecil.
Bibliographic reference mentioned in the following articles:
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Internal resources: HumpherySmithC1983.3Leopards.docx.
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.
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 IESE interpreted by me as follows: the shield has a semicircular (round) base; the field is illuminated in flat tinctures Or and Gules; the eight pales and the four bezants are illuminated in Gules and Or; and the whole coat of arms has a beaten metal finish.
IESE was founded in 1958 under the name Institute of Higher Business Studies, it is the business management school of the University of Navarra and is currently known as IESE Business School.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Pale, Bezant and plate and In pale.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Metal beaten.
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.
Gules, a lion rampant Or, charged with a pallet gemel chequey Argent and Sable. Motto: «Quem Timebo» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent.
Escudo de gules, un león rampante de oro, cargado de un palo gemelado ajedrezado de plata y sable. Lema: «Quem Timebo» de sable con iniciales de gules sobre una filacteria de plata.
Arms devised by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finish.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Sable, One, Lion, Rampant, Charged, Pallet, Gemel, Chequey and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Pérez de Bartolome, Ignacio.
Vert, two two-man cross-cut saws in saltire, the one bendwise Argent, handled Or, the one bend sinisterwise Or, handled Argent, in chief an adze Or, handled Argent.
The coat of arms of Iker Lanzagorta Ochoa, designer, and manufacturer of wooden furniture. This coat of arms has been designed by him, his father Juan Lanzagorta Vallín, and me, and outlined by me.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Argent, Or, One, Two, Two-man cross-cut saw, In saltire, Bendwise, Handled, Bend sinisterwise, In chief and Adze.
Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined, Outlined in sable and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Created, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lanzagorta Ochoa, Iker.
Azure, three crowns in fess, fesswise Or.
Escudo de azur, tres coronas en faja, puestas en faja de oro.
Crown with the main axis being the vertical and central axis of symmetry and which is usually placed palewise.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Crown, In fess and Fesswise.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Outlined in sable and Watercolor.
Classification: Criterion.
Bearer: In and wise.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A lozenge Or, charged with a fox rampant, guardant, holding in its dexter paw a federschwert bend sinisterwise proper, within a bordure Vert.
Heraldic badge of Jason Landers Northam from Illinois. The image combines a photograph of a drawing of a fox rampant, guardant, holding in its dexter paw a federschwert bend sinisterwise, together with his badge shown both in plain tinctures and with lights and shadows, all painted by me.
Blazon keywords: Or, Vert, One, Lozenge, Fox, Rampant, Guardant, Federschwert, Sword, Proper, Within and Bordure.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Northam, Jason Landers.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Azure, five Bezants in saltire; 2 and 3 Or, three hearts Gules ordered. Crest: Upon a Helm Argent with a Wreath Or and Azure a Lion rampant Or, langued and armed Gules. Mantling: Azure doubled Or. Suspended from the base the badge of commander of the Hermandad Nacional Monárquica de España. Lema: «Tan fuerte como valiente y leal es Cortés».
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Azure, Five, Bezant, Bezant and plate, In saltire, Or, Three, Heart, Gules, Ordered, Crest and mantling, Helm, Argent, Mantling, Wreath, Lion, Rampant, Langued, Armed, Suspended, Base (lower 1/3), Decoration and Motto.
Style keywords: Freehand, 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.
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.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a shape ended with an ogee arch, illuminated, and its finishing is that seems leather.
General Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Dukes of Istrie, and Marshal of the Empire.
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 Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Bessières, Jean-Baptiste.
Or, a wolf passant Gules; on a chief Gules, three bells Or.
The coat of arms of Jean-Christophe Loubet del Bayle emblazoned by me in 9 steps.
Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, One, Three, Wolf, Passant, Chief and Bell.
Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Loubet del Bayle, Jean-Christophe.
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.
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.
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».
Credits: Felipe Trujillo Jiménez is the designer of the coat of arms and Antonio Salmerón y Cabañas is the author of the heraldic art.
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 painted by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finish.
Coat of arms of Jose Manuel Villauriz Alvarez, emblazoned 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 in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Villauriz Álvarez, José Manuel.
Argent, a Mexican cedar tree eradicated proper, fructed Or, its trunk charged with the letters «JML» Or, branded with a branding iron.
The coat of arms of Jose Maria Lanzagorta Aras designed by grand nephew Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and emblazoned by me. The image illustrates my process in 3 steps: 1) outlined, 2) plain colors and metals, and 3) lights and shadows. He was a cattle rancher and built the «hacienda» known as «Cedro Viejo» in Veracruz. The Mexican cedar tree (Cedrela salvadorensis) is different from the cedar of the Pinaceae family.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, One, Mexican cedar tree, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, Fructed, Trunk, Charged, Branding iron and Letter.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lanzagorta Aras, José María.
Azure, a trumpet bend sinisterwise Or, debruised by a fish haurient Argent, debruised by a sword bendwise point downwards Or, all between two fleurs de lis in fess Argent.
Coat of arms of Julio Hector Aspe designed by him and me, and outlined by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, One, Two, Trumpet, Bend sinisterwise, Debruised, Fish, Haurient, Sword, Point downwards, Between, Fleur de lis and In fess.
Style keywords: Outlined and Ogee Triple-Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Aspe, Julio Hector.
Azure, a castle triple-towered per pale Argent and Or, masoned Sable, port and windows Azure, between in chief two bars wavy Argent, in base two bars wavy Argent.
Arms designed by me, in plain tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finishing.
The arms of Kevin Larkin from Ireland and Spain, designed and emblazoned by me. Alternative blazon using the heraldic term gemel: «Azure, a castle triple-towered per pale Argent and Or, masoned Sable, port and windows Azure, between two bars gemel wavy Argent, one in chief and one in base». Note that since there are 2 bars and both are gemel, they total the same 4 as when we describe 2 in chief and 2 in base.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, One, Two, Castle, Triple-towered, Party per pale, Masoned, Port and windows, Between, In chief, Bar, Wavy, In base and Gemel.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Larkin, Kevin.
The first badge of Kimberly Louise Severson designed by her and emblazoned by me. I have painted 3 heraldic badges for Kimberly Louise Severson: the first featuring 2 Easter lilies and Aslan's paw print, the second featuring a cross bottony, and the third, rather than a heraldic badge, depicting her earliest personal emblem with a harp and other elements. This is her earliest personal emblem. The photograph shows the development of a painted harp created for Kimberly Louise Severson. The translucent tracing paper shows successive hand-drawn stages in the development of the artwork, while the finished digital rendering appears above in its final painted form. The image documents the progression from the hand-drawn drawings to the completed artwork.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Or, Argent, One, Letter, Incense burner, Censer, Enflamed, Harp and Bordure.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Square.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Severson, Kimberly Louise.
Gules, three crowns Or.
Escudo de gules, tres coronas de oro.
Imaginary coat of arms interpreted in the following manner: the mouth of the shield is semicircular; the field has been enameled with flat color Gules; the crowns are illuminated Or and shaded; and the finish is crystalline.
This imaginary coat of arms proposal for King Arthur can be seen in [Ingeram, H.; 1459; page 30, 2nd shield], sharing the page with Charlemagne, 1st shield, and Godfrey I of Louvain and Duke of Brabant, 3rd shield.
This variant of the imaginary coat of arms of King Arthur is one of the 6 that are illustrated, although more are listed, in the article [Scott-Giles, C. W.; 1965; paragraph 8, figure 2nd], with variants of 10 and up to 13 crowns.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Crown and Ordered.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Shaded, Outlined in sable, Crystalline and Ogee.
Classification: Interpreted, Imaginary, Coat of arms and Kingdom of England.
Imaginary bearer: Arthur of Britain.
Daniel King, «The Vale-Royal of England or, The County Palatine of Chester Illustrated, wherein is Contained a Geographical and Historical Description of that Famous County, with all its Hundreds and Seats of the Nobility, Gentry and Freeholders», edited and published by Daniel King, engraver, book sponsored by Peter Venables, Baron of Kinderton, Chester, Cheshire County, 1656.
The book includes around 520 coats of arms of Cheshire, with black and white illustrations, where the metals and colors are indicated by a letter code.
The coat of arms that illustrates this bibliographic reference is one of those recorded in this book and corresponds to the coat of arms of Abadía de Delacres, with the difference that here the crozier faces the right side of the shield, unlike the one represented in this book, which, like other croziers in this book, faces the left side of the shield.
Bibliographical reference of century XVII.
The author is King, Daniel.
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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 [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].
The image shows the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Spain and, surrounding it, the coats of arms that compose it, arranged radially in order to make their integration into the greater arms visually explicit, there are the arms of Castile, Leon, Aragon, Navarre, and Granada, together with the central inescutcheon of the reigning dynasty. The technical delineation visible in the dexter part of the image reveals a geometric construction based on regular proportions. The central shield establishes the main module, from which arcs and axes are drawn to fix the placement of the surrounding shields.
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 and Bordure.
Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Civic, Kingdom of Spain, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Spain, Kingdom of.
Partido de dos y cortado de lo mismo: en cada cuartel una paloma del color del cuartel que le precede: 1o de gules, una paloma de oro; 2o de plata; 3o de sinople; 4o de oro; 5o de azur; 6o de oro; 7o de púrpura; 8o de plata; y 9o de sable.
Coat of arms of Ignacio Koblischek, founder and director of the RIAG, interpreted as follows: with a semicircular (round) base; the quarters in plain Gules, Azure, Vert, Sable and Purpure and plain Or and Argent metals; the doves outlined in Sable and illuminated in Gules, Azure, Vert, Purpure, Or and Argent; and the whole with a raised-stroke finish.
The blazon appearing in this article comes from its original wording as published in the RIAG on page 2 of the armorial with registration number 50/2006.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Azure, Vert, Sable, Purpure, Or, Argent and Dove.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Freehand, Illuminated and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Heraldry and heralds, Interpreted, Personal and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Koblischek Zaragoza, Ignacio.
Or, the symbol of the Royal House of Kupang Sable.
Escudo de oro, el símbolo de la Casa Real de Kupang de sable.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a pointed shape, also called heater, illuminated, and its finishing is that seems watercolor.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, One, Symbol and Sable.
Style keywords: Pointed, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Watercolor.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Kupang, Royal House of.
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 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 104], «The Register of Arms, Volume 1 (2019–2024)».
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, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Panayi, Kyriakos.
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.
Paly of six Gules and Argent; overall, a fess Or charged with a lance Gules.
Escudo palado de seis piezas de gules y plata; brochante sobre el todo, una faja de oro cargada de una lanza de gules.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a chasuble outer contour and with a watercolor finish.
Canting arms of Rex Lancefield emblazoned by me under the directions of his descendant Erik Paul Arnelien. My interpretation is based on a painting of this coat of arms, c. XIX, somewhat deteriorated by handling and the passage of time.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Or, Six, One, Paly, Overall, Fess, Charged and Spear.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Chasuble and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lancefield, Rex.
Party per pale bendy wavy Azure and Or and bendy wavy Azure and Argent, overall three fish naiant in pale Argent.
Escudo 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.
Arms emblazoned 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 Juan Lanzagorta Aras designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and emblazoned by me. In the case of bendy fields like these, it is not immediately clear whether they should be blazoned as bendy Azure and Or and bendy Azure and Argent, or rather as bendy Or and Azure and bendy Argent and Azure. I have followed the criterion of starting to list the tinctures from the dexter chief of each quarter, and for that reason I blazon them as bendy, in this case wavy bendy, Azure and Or and wavy bendy Azure and Argent, since in both quarters it is Azure that begins at the dexter chief.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Three, Party per pale, Bendy, Wavy, Overall, Fish, Naiant and In pale.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lanzagorta Aras, Juan.
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.
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.
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 creciente de gules.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finishing.
The coat of arms of Hudson Hayes 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 and Crescent.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lasco, Hudson Hayes.
Gules, three lozenges Or; a bordure lozengy Gules and Or.
Escudo de gules, tres losanjes de oro; una bordura losanjada de gules y oro.
Arms devised by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a leather finishing.
Coat of arms of Javier Lasuncion Patus designed by him and me and emblazoned by me.
The field is Gules with charges of Or, as in the coats of arms of the lineages Asuncion and de la Asuncion and lineage Patus. In both lineages, there are three well-ordered Or elements, 2 and 1. The lozenges come from the first lineage and are complemented by a lozengy border. The lineage Patus, instead of three lozenges, features three fleurs de lis on a field of Or.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, One, Three, Lozenge, Lozengy and Bordure.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Created, Design rationale, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lasuncion Patus, Francisco Javier.
Gules: a warren hound parado statant Or; a base hearty Or. Motto: «Latidos Podencos» Or.
Escudo de gules: un podenco parado de oro; la campaña encajada de corazones de oro. Divisa: «Latidos Podencos» de oro.
Coat of arms that I have designed for the shelter Latidos Podencos as follows: the outline of the shield is pointed and rounded; its field is painted in flat tincture Gules; the motto, its warren hound, and its base of interlocking hearts are delineated Sable and illuminated with the metal Or; and the whole shield has a softly hammered metallic finish.
A coat of arms in Or and Gules has been created, with and without motto, together with a seal, a decorative bordure featuring ten hounds and twelve hearts to frame documents, and also a variant of the shield in Argent and Azure for complementary uses.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Warren hound, Dog, Base, Base (lower 1/3), Dancetty, Heart and Motto (identification).
Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Soft metal.
Classification: Created, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Latidos Podencos.
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 passant, guardant Or.
Escudo de gules, un leopardo de oro.
Arms interpreted by me with: the shape of the coat of arms rounded; the field illuminated in Gules; the leopard illuminated in Or, outlined in Sable, and shaded; and the whole composition finished with a marble texture.
A description of the leopard in heraldry can be found in [Medél, R.; 1846; page 38].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Leopard and Or.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Marmoreal.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, Duchy of Aquitaine, Kingdom of France and Kingdom of England.
Bearer: Leonor de Aquitania.
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.
Existing armorial bearings interpreted as follows: the shape of the shield is pointed and rounded; the field has been enamelled in flat Gules; the three leopards are outlined in Sable and illuminated in metal Or with details in Azure; and the whole composition has a watercolor finish..
In [Humphery-Smith, C.; 1983; paragraph 2] the coat of arms of Eleanor Plantagenet, Queen Consort of Castile, is described, as part of an analysis on the origin of the three leopards in the coat of arms of England. However, in this description, an error is made by replacing the V with an X in the numeral of her husband and king, thus naming Alfonso VIII of Castile as if he were King Alfonso XIII: «Eleanor who married Alfonso XIII, King of Castile and Leon, has depicted on her tomb in the Huelgas monastery of the Cistercian nuns at Burgos, a thirteenth-century shield depicting three crowned leopards (lions passant guardant) gold on red».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Azure, Three, Leopard, Armed, Langued and In pale.
Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Watercolor.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, House of Plantagenet, Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Castile.
Bearer: Leonor Plantagenet.
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]; the whole debruised by a label of three points Azure.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable [de Castilla]; 2o de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, lampasado y armado de gules, coronado de oro [de León]; 3o de oro, con cuatro palos de gules [de Aragón]; 4o de gules, una cadena puesta en orla, en cruz y en sotuer de oro, cargada en el centro de una esmeralda de sinople [de Navarra]; entado en punta de plata, una granada al natural, tajada de gules, tallada y hojada de sinople [de Granada]; un escusón de azur, tres flores de lis de oro, 2 y 1, una bordura de gules [de Borbón]; brisado de un lambel de tres pendientes de azur.
Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
This is the coat of arms of Her Royal Highness Doña Leonor Princess of Asturias, Princess of Girona, and Princess of Viana, heiress of the throne of Spain as the elder daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. This version of her coat of arms has been emblazoned by me. The coat of arms of the Princess of Asturias is the same as her father's, the King, but with a mark of cadency which, in heraldic terms, is also know as brisure. In this case, the cadency mark is a label Azure with three points, which will be removed in due course. The label of three points is the main and most classic of the brisures, usually assigned to the eldest heir. It is said to originate from a piece of cloth the son would tie at the top of his shield to distinguish it from his father's. Other common brisures include the crescent, the mullet of five point, the marlet, the annulet, or the fleur de lis. In addition to these simple brisures, there are also combined brisures, which are brisures charged with another or others. For example, a crescent charged with a fleur de lis. Labels may also have their points charged with other marks. Many cadency systems become more complicated as generations progress and branches open up, so they tend to be rarely used except in very clear cases like this one.
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 and Label of three points.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Kingdom of Spain, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Leonor Princess of Asturias.
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, a holm oak proper, fructed and eradicated Or, between two goats Argent supporting it. Motto: «In Deo Spes Mea».
Escudo de azur, una encina al natural, frutada y arrancada de oro, con dos cabras de plata empinadas al tronco. Lema: «In Deo Spes Mea».
Coat of arms depicted 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 lineage Argüello of Extremadura emblazoned by me. This motto was found by Eleonora on a pair of Chinese porcelain plates made for the Spanish market, Qianlong period, circa 1770, which bear the arms of the Argüello lineage.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, One, Two, Holm oak, Tree, Proper, Fructed, Eradicated, Goat, Supporting and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Argüello of Extremadura, 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.
Or, three lion’s paws erect and erased Or, 2 and 1, each grasping a Madonna lily Argent.
Arms interpreted by me, in plain tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finishing.
Coat of arms of the lineage Terraza of Aragon, emblazoned 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 in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Terraza of Aragon, lineage.
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.
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.
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.
Vert, a chevron Argent between three linden sprigs, three-leaved, enarched bend sinisterwise Or.
Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a rounded trapezoidal outer contour and with a texturized finishing.
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. The image shows in 2 stages how I painted it: 1) delineation of the shield, including the calculation of a broad chevron so that the linden sprigs have enough space, since, as has been seen, they are a principal element of these canting arms, and delineation of the 3 linden sprigs, slightly different from each other to fit the shape of its space; 2) finished shield with highlights and shading.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Argent, Or, One, Three, Chevron, Between, Linden, Tree, Sprig, Leaved, Enarched and Bend sinisterwise.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Rounded trapezoid.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Lukas Podlipny.
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.
Sinister Mantling Azur doubled Or.
This image shows 3 working steps: a) drawing the diapering called Chinapieria, b) plain tinctures color azur and metal or and c) the sinister mantling diapered and already finished.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or and Mantling.
Style keywords: Chinapieria, Freehand, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Diapered.
Classification: Created and Schema.
Bearer: Club Ecuestre Val'Quirico.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a fess Azure; 2 and 3 Or, a fess dancetty Argent. 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: Quarterly, Gules, One, Fess, Azure, Or, Dancetty, Argent, Crest and mantling, Crown, Pomegranate, Surrounded and Grand collar.
Style keywords: Colour on colour, Metal on metal, Semi-circular, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Armorial roll and Castilian language.
Bearer: Beninger, Manuel.
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. Behind the shield the cross of the Real Cuerpo de la Nobleza of Madrid.
Arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a rough finishing.
R0037, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's register of the coat of arms of Manuel Ladrón de Guevara e Isasa. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me.
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, Behind the shield and Cross.
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.
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.
Or, an eagle displayed bendy Azure and Argent.
Coat of arms of María Dolores Escutia Sánchez designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and emblazoned by me. The image shows in 3 steps how I emblazoned an eagle displayed bendy.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Argent, One, Eagle, Displayed and Bendy.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Escutia Sánchez, María Dolores.
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.
Or, three pallets Vair.
The coat of arms of the Marquis Prato di Arnesano, requested by Andrea Tamburelli Lanzara di Pietragavina and painted by me. When a field is charged with 3 pallets, it results in 7 vertical areas: 4 belong to the field, 1 on the dexter, 2 between the pallets, and 1 on the sinister, and 3 correspond to the pallets themselves. In most cases, and especially in the present one, it is ideal that these 7 areas be of equal width. This allows me to apply a fur pattern like vair using a 7 columns structure, with 7 little bells of vair in the chief, so that each pallet contains the same vair arrangement. In this case, for greater harmony, I have also arranged the vair in 7 rows, although this is not required. The figure illustrates this concept.
Blazon keywords: Or, Three, Pale and Vair.
Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Ogee.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Prato di Arnesano, Marquis.
Juan José Martinena Ruiz, «Book of Armory of the Kingdom of Navarra: Introduction, Study, and Notes», published by the Institución Príncipe de Viana, 350 pages, ISBN 84-235-0557-X, Pamplona, 1982.
Introduction, study, and notes on the armorial [Bosque, J. del; 1540]. On pages 122 and 123, the coats of arms of the «ricoshombres» of Navarra, or «twelve barons of the major houses» as they are also called, surrounding the king's coat of arms in this armorial are compiled and transcribed.
The coat of arms accompanying this bibliographic reference is that of Almorrabides de Navarra following Juan del Bosque.
Bibliographical reference of century XX.
Author: Martinena Ruiz, Juan José.
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Gules, three ancient coronets, 2 and 1, within a bordure Or.
Escudo de gules, tres coronas antiguas de oro, 2 y 1, dentro de una filiera todo de oro.
Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finish.
G0124, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant of the coat of arms of Luigi Gerard Martini, United Kingdom. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Three, One, Ancient coronet, Crown, Ordered, Within and Diminished bordure.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Martini, Luigi Gerard.
Party per fess: 1 Gules, five swords erect, in fess Argent; 2 Vairy Or and Gules.
Escudo cortado: 1o de gules, cinco espadas de plata, alzadas, en faja; 2o verado de oro y gules. Soporte: Un león de oro, rampante, armado, lampasado, fierezado y encendido de gules a la siniestra.
Supporter and shield inclined to dexter with: a pointed base of the shield; its two fields enamelled with flat inks, Gules and Or respectively; the rest of the elements illuminated; everything outlined in Sable; and the whole executed with a raised-stroke technique.
Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Gules, Or, Argent, Five, Sword, Point upwards, In fess, Vairy, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, The fangs, The eyes, Supporter (animal) and Supporter.
Style keywords: Pointed, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Created, Personal and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Martos García, Juan Carlos.
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, 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 cross Argent charged with four ermine spots conjoined in cross Sable, in the dexter of the chief a lion’s head erased Or.
Escudo de gules, una cruz de plata cargada de cuatro colas de armiño unidas en cruz, en la diestra del jefe una cabeza de león arrancada de oro.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a freehand finish.
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 grant describes this cross as «Erminé». In English heraldry, a cross erminée is a cross formed of four ermine spots, not a cross covered with ermine fur, which would be blazoned a cross Ermine. Parker [Parker, J.; 1894] records that some heralds have blazoned as a cross erminée the cross of four ermine spots with their heads meeting at the centre. Just as I paint it in detail, I blazon it in detail, so that there is no room for doubt.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Sable, Or, One, Four, Cross, Charged, Ermine spot, Conjoined, In cross, Dexter, Chief, Lion, Head and Erased.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: McMillan Bell of Auchinreoch, Andrew Ronald.
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.
Faustino Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, «Book of Armory of the Kingdom of Navarra: Transcription and Study», published by La Gran Enciclopedia Vasca, 160 pages, ISBN 84-248-0119-9, Bilbao, 1974.
Transcription and study of the Navarrese manuscript armorial [Bosque, J. del; 1540], preserved in the General Archive of Navarra.
This book contains an introduction, the transcription of the armorial texts, its photographic reproduction, which also includes the Navarrese coats of arms of the Reyneck armorial and the coat of arms of the refectory of the Cathedral of Santa María la Real de Pamplona, an index of names, a heraldic table, and a set of appendices [Martínez de Aguirre, J.; 2007; page 351].
The coat of arms accompanying this bibliographic reference is that of Qasqante de Navarra following, precisely, the armorial of Juan del Bosque.
Bibliographical reference of century XX.
Author: Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, Faustino.
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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.
My personal Minds wall is minds.com/asalmeron.
Categories: Technology, Social networks, Party per pale, Wavy, Azure, One, Dolphin, Naiant, Argent, Three, Escallop, Or, Stag, Gules, Attired, Bordure, Charged, Eight and Saltire.
MP: E, E :- C, then C.
Tierced per pale: 1 Vert, a mullet of eight points Or; 2 Gules, a potent Argent, in chief a mullet of eight points, in base a crescent Or; 3 Azure, a crescent Or. Motto: «Lógica» Gules charged on a scroll Argent.
Escudo terciado en palo: 1o de sinople, una estrella de ocho puntas de oro; 2o de gules, una potenza de plata, en jefe una estrella de ocho puntas, en punta un creciente ambos de oro; 3o de azur, un creciente de oro. Divisa: «Lógica» de gules cargado sobre una filacteria de plata.
Imaginary coat of arms of Logic with: a semicircular (round) base; the field in plain tinctures Vert, Gules, and Azure; the figures outlined in Sable and illuminated in Or and Argent; and the whole with a marbled finish.
In the tierced coat of arms, each of the quarters can be of metal or colour.
Blazon keywords: Tierced per pale, Vert, Gules, Azure, Mullet, Crescent, Or, Potent, Argent, In chief, In base and Motto (identification).
Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Marmoreal.
Classification: Created, Imaginary and Coat of arms.
Imaginary bearer: Logic.
Endika de Mogrobejo Zabala, «Blasones y Linajes de Euskalerria», 10 volumes, Volume I A-Alcerreca, Volume II Alciba-Angui, Volume III Angulo-Astu, Volume IV Astun-Bun, Volume V Busta-Elua, Volume VI Elus-Gorniz, Volume VII Gordu-Laca, Volume VIII Lacar-Merca, Volume IX Mere-Salez, Volume X Salinas-Z, edited by Editorial Amigos del Libro Vasco, printed by Grafo SA, ISBN of the complete work 84-7886-026-6, legal Deposit BI-469-1991, Bilbao, 1991.
Bibliographical reference of century XX.
Classification: De bibliotheca, Black and white with color plates and Castilian language.
The author is Mogrobejo Zabala, Endika de.
Juan Mogrovejo de la Cerda, «Árbol de los Veras compuesto por Alonso López de Haro, Criado de Su Majestad y Ministro de su Real Consejo de las Órdenes y Cronista de los Reinos de Castilla y León», bound in original parchment, Milan, 1636.
The book contains a total of 66 main genealogical trees, each with an average of 28 nodes/persons, totaling over 1700 nodes. Additionally, it includes 41 lines of descent with approximately 1150 individuals. The content is composed of:
In the previous image, The canting arms of Juan Antonio de Vera y Zúñiga, Count of La Roca, in this book about his genealogy, are canting because «vair~veros~Vera».
The motto in the beak of his sable eagle is «Veritas Vincit», although some authors claim that not all his trees honor this motto [Vera-Ortiz, J.A.; 2009].
The colored version of the coat of arms in this image was painted by me. Blazon: Vair ancient, a bordure gules charged with eight saltires couped Or.
Bibliographical reference of century XVII.
Classification: De bibliotheca, In black and white and Castilian language.
Author: Mogrovejo de la Cerda, Juan.
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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.
[Gules, on a trimount issuant from the base Argent a bighorn sheep salient Or, horned Argent. Motto: «Barrio Alto» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent]; [Party per pale Azure and Argent, a hummingbird volant bendwise counterchanged. Motto: «Barrio del Artista» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent]; [Argent, a bend Azure charged with a jaguar rampant Argent, spotted Azure. Motto: «Barrio Bajo» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent]; and [Argent, a wolf passant Gules, a chief dancetty Azure. Motto: «Barrio de los Quereres» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent].
The coats of arms of Barrio Alto, Barrio del Artista, Barrio Bajo, and Barrio de los Quereres of Mon'Tarena, Querétaro, Mexico, all designed by Joaquín Haces Perdomo and me and emblazoned and signed by me, exhibited at the 5th International Congress of Genealogy and Heraldry (5th ICGHV), Vilnius. The 5th ICGHV was held at the historic National Museum - Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania and was organized by the Genealogijos, Heraldikos ir Veksilologijos Institutas, whose President is Remigijus Bimba, with whom I had the honour of being photographed in the second image.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Or, Argent, Sable, One, On, Trimount, Issuant from base, Bighorn sheep, Salient, Horned, Party per pale, Hummingbird, Volant, Bendwise, Counterchanged, Bend, Charged, Jaguar, Rampant, Spotted, Wolf, Passant, Chief, Dancetty, Motto and Scroll.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Chasuble.
Classification: Civic, Created, Boa and Photographic.
Bearer: Barrio de los Quereres of Mon'Tarena.
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.
Or, a griffin segreant Sable, on a chief invected Azure three naval crowns Or, the whole debruised by a crescent Argent.
Escudo de oro, un grifo rampante de sable; en un jefe acanalado de azur, tres coronas navales de oro, brisado de un creciente de plata.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a leather finishing.
Coat of arms of Eóin S. Morgan, UE, emblazoned by me. He is the youngest son of Commander Stephen T. Morgan, and as such, his cadency mark is a crescent, the heraldic difference traditionally assigned to a second son.
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 Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Morgan, Eóin S..
Or, a griffin segreant Sable, on a chief invected Azure three naval crowns Or, the whole debruised by a label of three points Argent.
Escudo de oro, un grifo rampante de sable; en un jefe acanalado de azur, tres coronas navales de oro, brisado de un lambel de tres pendientes de plata.
Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a leather finish.
Coat of arms of Michael W. Morgan, UE, emblazoned by me. He is the eldest son of Commander Stephen T. Morgan and his cadency mark is a label.
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 Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Morgan, Michael W..
Azure, a tower Or, embattled and masoned Sable, overall a lion rampant barry Purpure and Argent.
Escudo de azur, una torre de oro, almenada y mazonada de sable, brochante sobre el todo un león rampante fajado de púrpura y plata.
Coat of arms interpreted 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 Jean Mortes from Brittany, France, emblazoned by me with a shield with a semi-circular base.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Sable, Argent, Purpure, One, Tower, Embattled, Masoned, Overall, Lion, Rampant and Barry.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Mortés, Jean.
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. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me. I have written the blazon in English and Castilian in a structured way to observe the parallelism between both forms. Someone asked me a interesting question about the first quarter: «Why is the lion overlapping the fess (i.e., colour on colour)?» This was my answer: I had no choice in the design, since each quarter represents one of her ancestral lineages, and the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta provided the precise blazon for each of them. My work was to paint the coat of arms according to those official instructions. In the case of the lion, it overlaps slightly because it is shown walking upon the fess. And importantly, the rule of tincture does not apply to tiny details. A well-known example is the lions of the arms of the Kingdom of England, whose claws are color Azure over a color Gules field. In this case, the lion’s claws and the underside of its paws are color Gules over an color Azure fess, perfectly acceptable for such small elements.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Argent, Vert, One, 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 and Fesswise.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Structured and parallel blazons, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Spiteri Debono, Myriam.
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.
Current coat of arms of Navarre interpreted with: the point of the shield in the shape of a semicircular (round) arch; its field enamelled in flat Gules; the chains, formed by round and elongated links, illuminated in Or and shaded by the light emitted by the emerald; the emerald illuminated in Vert; and the whole outlined in Sable and finished with a hammered-metal effect.
Unlike other ways of blazoning it, I like the emerald to be overall. I truly believe it is better that the emerald of Vert colour lies over the Or metal, whether of the chain or of the carbuncle, and not over the Gules field, since it avoids placing colour upon colour or metal upon metal.
It can be consulted in [Vega, P. J. de; 1702; folio XV of the manuscript].
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Chain, Orlewise, Crosswise, Saltirewise, Or, Charged, In the fess point, Emerald and Vert.
Style keywords: Metal beaten, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Shaded.
Classification: Interpreted, Civic and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Navarre.
Party per pale Or and Gules, on a bend counterchanged three fleur de lis palewise counterchanged Argent and Sable between six martlets, 3 and 3 in pale, counterchanged Sable and Argent.
Escudo partido: 1o de oro, en la diestra de la punta tres marletas en palo de sable; 2o de gules, en la siniestra del jefe tres marletas en palo de plata; brochante sobre el todo una banda del uno al otro cargada de tres flores de lis puestas en palo, la primera de plata, la segunda partida de plata y sable y la tercera de sable.
Arms devised by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a watercolor finishing.
Coat of arms of Matthew Nelson designed by him and me and emblazoned by me. Alternative blazon: «Party per pale: 1 Or, in the dexter of the base three martlets in pale Sable; 2 Gules, in the sinister of the chief three martlets in pale Argent; overall a bend counterchanged charged with three fleurs de lis palewise, the first Argent, the second per pale Argent and Sable, and the third Sable».
This design combines elements and tinctures from the arms of his lineages: Luttrell, Anglo-Irish, and Nelson from Ireland, along with personal details. The bend, martlets, Or, and Sable are from Luttrell. The fleurs de lis Argent, Sable, and per pale Argent and Sable are from Nelson. As personal elements, the layout includes the letter N from his surname, and the color Gules.
Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, Gules, Argent, One, Three, Party per pale, Dexter, Base, Martlet, In pale, Sinister, Chief, Overall, Bend, Counterchanged, Counterchanged (side-by-side), Charged, Fleur de lis and Palewise.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Created, Design rationale, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Nelson, Matthew.
Or, on a chevron, between three crosses flory Gules, three crescents Argent. Motto: «Fides et pietas».
Escudo de oro, un cabrio de gules, cargado de tres crecientes de plata, acompañado de tres cruces flordelisadas de gules. Lema: «Fides et pietas».
Blazon keywords: Or, One, Chevron, Gules, Charged, Three, Crescent, Argent, Between, Cross, Flory and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Pointed, Illuminated and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Created, Coat of arms and Latin language.
Bearer: Rica II, Nick Allen.
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.
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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.
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.
Gules, two axes addorsed Argent, hafted Or, issuant from the base; overall, at the nombril, an escutcheon Or.
Escudo de gules, dos hachas adosadas de plata, fustadas de oro, movientes de la punta; brochante sobre el todo, en el ombligo, un escudete de oro.
Interpretation I have made with the following characteristics: the escutcheon is semicircular, in the classic Castilian style; its field is illuminated with the tincture gules; its 2 axes and escutcheon are outlined in sable and illuminated with the metal Or, and the axe heads in Argent; and the execution is in a raised line style.
The term «hafted» in English is specifically used for weapons with handles, such as axes and hammers. This refers to the part of the weapon where the user grips, which is typically made of wood or metal and is essential for wielding the weapon effectively. The haft is integral to the weapon's function, providing the necessary leverage and control during use.
On the other hand, «shafted» is a term used in English for weapons with a shaft, which is a longer, slender part of the weapon, as seen in spears, arrows, and sometimes in lances. The shaft is usually the primary structural component, providing the length and reach, while also serving as the backbone of the weapon.
In both cases, the term indicates that this part of the weapon is of a different tincture from the rest of the figure.
In Castilian, however, both «hafted» and «shafted» translate to «fustadas», which broadly refers to a similar concept where the handle or shaft is of a different color than the head or blade.
Then, I prefer using «hafted» when referring to axes and hammers due to the specificity of the term in English.
This contrasts with the term «guarnezidas» ~ «hilted», which is used for swords, indicating a different color for the guard or hilt, rather than for the shaft or handle.
For the arrangement of the axes in relation to each other, the one on the dexter facing dexter, the one on the sinister facing sinister, I use the term «addorsed» as it is the most common, but I previously used «back to back», which is said of «two animals, rampant, with their backs against each other, each facing the opposite flank. Two keys are also described as back to back when they are positioned with the bits outward, each to its side; the same applies to sickles, or scythes and generally to all long objects that have two faces, like two axes...» [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 98], this being the case for the axes in this shield.
«Dalla» is a synonym for «scythe» used in and originating from Aragon and Navarra, [Real Academia Española; 2001].
In the English blazon, «adosadas», «de espaldas», is rendered as «addorsed», from the French «adossé», which is said, for example, when «two animals turned back to back» and some also use «endorsed».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Axe, Argent, Hafted, Or, Addorsed, Issuant from base, Overall, At the nombril and Escutcheon.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Norsk Heraldisk Forening.
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].
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.
My heraldic NFTs in Objkt objkt.com/profile/antonios.
These historical coats of arms, emblazoned by me in order to be minted as unique Non-Fungible Tokens, are only available in this NFT format. By buying them you acquire an unrepeatable signed piece for your collection.
Categories: Technology, Social networks, NFT, Quarterly, Argent, One, Lion, Rampant, Purpure, Armed, Langued, Gules, Winged hand, Grasping, Sword and Or.
Party per pale: 1 Vair; 2 Sable, a barn owl Argent, the eyes Sable, beaked and armed Or.
Escudo partido: 1o de veros; 2o de sable, una lechuza de plata, encendida de sable, picada y armada de oro.
Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Argent, Azure, Vair, Sable, Or, Barn owl, The eyes, Beaked and Armed.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Parchment.
Classification: Created, Imaginary, Coat of arms and Greco-Roman antiquity.
Imaginary bearer: Odysseus of Ithaca.
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. Crest: A crown of Noble surmounted by a crown of Baron. The whole surrounded by a cordelier bearing two tassels Or. Motto: «Aliter Cogita».
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. These arms have been included in the book [Gauci, C. A.; Cassar, R. M.; 2025; page 189] as shown in the photograph of the image.
Blazon keywords: Or, Vert, Gules, Argent, Sable, One, Two, Pile issuant from base, Between, Maunch, Displayed scroll, Suspended, Proper, Debruised, Cadency, Label of three points, Crest, Crown of Noble, Crown, Crown of Baron, Cord, Tassel and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Collage, Photographic and Seal.
Bearer: Zangenberg, Olivia.
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.
These already existing arms have been interpreted with: the mouth of the coat of arms rounded; its field has received an enamel of flat tincture style, of Gules color and Or metal; its cross patty and its 4 pales are illuminated; and the whole coat of arms has received a cloth-like finish.
The party per fess coat of arms of the Royal and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of Captives is the fusion of 2 gifts: the cross patty that was donated to the Order by Bishop Berenguer de Palou on the day of its foundation and the coat of arms of Aragon that King James I of Aragon, the Conqueror, also present at the ceremony, on August 10, 1218, gave to the Order as a symbol of support for the redemptive work of Peter Nolasco.
Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Gules, Or, Argent, Cross, One, Cross patty, Cross couped and Pale.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Fabric.
Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Our Lady of Mercy, 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.
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.
Or, a sun in splendour party per pale Azure and Argent, its rays Azure; a bordure Azure.
Arms depicted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a rhombus outer contour and with a texturized finishing.
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.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Argent, One, Sun in splendour, Party per pale, Ray of the sun and Bordure.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Rhombus.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, 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.
Arms depicted by me, in flat tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a rhombus outer contour and with a texturized finishing.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Rose, Vert, Or, Azure, One, Ten, Charged, Conjoined, In orle, Barbed, Seeded, Bordure and Ribbon.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Rhombus.
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.
Pedro IV of Aragon, also known as Pedro III of Aragon as he himself called, «Ordinance made by the very high and excellent Prince and Lord Lord Don Pedro the third King of Aragon, on the manner in which the Kings of Aragon will be consecrated and they themselves will be crowned», in the Royal Aragonese Chancery, 1353.
Bibliographical reference of century XIV.
The author is Pedro IV de Aragón.
The following article cites this bibliographic reference:
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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; an inescutcheon Azure, three crowns in bend, bendwise 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; un escuson de azur, tres coronas en banda, puestas en banda de oro.
Banner interpreted as follows: with the 5x6 proportions of a shield; the field, including that of the escutcheon, is enamelled with flat tinctures Gules and Azure; the crowns, castles, fleurs-de-lis, and leopards are outlined in Sable; except the lions, which are outlined in their field; and the whole composition is watercoloured.
In the armorial [Edward IV of England; 1461; row 27, 1st column, final banner], these arms appear twice:
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, Crowned, Inescutcheon, Crown, In bend and Bendwise.
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.
Nigel Pennick, «Pagan Magic of the Northern Tradition: Customs, Rites, and Ceremonies», edited by Simon and Schuster, publicado por Destiny Books, ISBN.13 9781620553909, ISBN.10 1620553902, alternative ISBN.13 9781620553893, 352 pages, New York, 21th of May of 2015
On page 119, Nigel Pennick wrote «According to Aristotelian precepts, each of the metals and tinctures», maybe he should have written heraldic term color, «possesses a spiritual virtue related to a particular planetary sphere. Or signifies and relates to the Sun; Argent, the Moon; Sable, Saturn; Azure, Jupiter; Gules, Mars; Vert, Venus; and Purpure, Mercury».
Bibliographical reference of century XXI.
The author is Pennick, Nigel.
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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, on four bars wavy Argent a barbel bendwise Or and a three arch bridge Or, masoned Sable, throughout, supporting a elm couped Argent leaved Or, between, in dexter a tower Or, port and windows Azure, mazoned Sable, and in sinister three escutcheon Or, 2 and 1.
Arms designed by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finishing.
The coat of arms of Pesquera de Ebro, Burgos, Castile and Leon, designed and emblazoned by me, has been carved by a local craftsman and placed on the wall that marked the old entrance to the town. I am proud to display it.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Three, On, Bar, Wavy, Barbel, Bendwise, Bridge, Masoned, Throughout, Upon, Elm, Tree, Couped (tree), Leaved, Tower, Port and windows, Escutcheon and Ordered.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Civic, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Pesquera de Ebro.
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.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a shape ended with an ogee arch, illuminated, and its finishing is that seems leather.
This coat of arms was augmented with the Royal drum of the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara.
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 Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Gummersbach, Peter Ferdinand.
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.
Gules, three bees Or; a chief azure, an eagle displayed Or.
Escudo de gules, tres abejas de oro; un jefe de azur, un águila de oro.
Arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a watercolor finishing.
This is the coat of arms of Jean-Eudes Pierra emblazoned by me. Blazon in Italian by Massimo Ghirardi «Di rosso, a tre api d'oro, al capo cucito d'azzurro carico dell'aquila pure d'oro». Blazón in French by Michel Froger «De gueules à trois mouches à miel d'or, 2 et 1; au chef cousu d'azur à l'aigle éployée d'or».
Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Or, Three, One, Bee, Ordered, Chief and Eagle.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee, Cousu and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Pierra, Jean-Eudes.
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.
My heraldic Pixiv wall is Dr.A.Salmeron @antoniosheraldry and pixiv.me/antoniosheraldry.
Pixiv is a Japanese online community for artists. I post in Pixiv 2 or 3 coats of arms per week. They use a strict form to post with many mandatory input fields. This week, they have added a new mandatory field «AI-generated work: Yes / No», AI ~ Artificial Intelligence. In the image, I have highlighted this new field in red.
My animation of the coat of arms of Juan Lanzagorta reached position 33 in Pixiv’s daily Ugoira animation ranking. I am very happy about this, as it is not easy to achieve.
Categories: Technology, Social networks, Quarterly, Gules, One, Chevron, Argent, Between, Three, Fleur de lis, Or, Five, Mullet, In saltire, Four, Escutcheon, In cross, Azure, Charged, Nine, Bezant and plate, Two, Flank, Fesswise, Center, Overall, Carbuncle, Cord, In orle, Knotted, Purpure, Overall (all), Sable, Mount, Issuant from base, Vert, On, Tower, Port and windows, Masoned, Wolf, Supporting, Enté en point, Fess, Wavy, Crown of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate, Crown and Motto.
Party per fess, the base per pale: 1 Or, a hurt; 2 Gules and 3 Argent, over both a cross of Malta counterchanged. Crest: A closed royal crown.
Arms painted by me, in plain tinctures, outlined in Sable, and with a texturized finishing.
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 with a closed royal crown for Valeriano Labara. [Labara Ballestar, V. C.; 2019; pages 358] «The Maltese cross, with the enamels reversed, seeks to manifest the history of the town, secularly linked to the Royal Monastery of Sijena since its foundation in 1188».
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Argent, One, Party per fess, the base per pale, Hurt, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped, Counterchanged, Crest, Closed royal crown and Crown.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Plain tincture.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Candasnos, municipality of.
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.
Escudo de azur, dos tenazas de plata, acompañadas en jefe de dos estrellas de seis puntas de oro y en la punta un pino silvestre (Pinus sylvestris) arrancado al natural [concesión G0066]; brisado de una corona de barón.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a rhombus external shape and with a freehand finishing.
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.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Two, One, Chevronel, Between, In chief, Mullet, In base, Scots pine, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, Debruised, Cadency, Crown of Baron and Crown.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Rhombus and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Pompili, Lia.
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.
Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a freehand finishing.
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Portugal with 7 castles and 5 plates in each escutcheon since 1481. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me. From 3 elements onwards, in English, I usually specify the distribution by rows. In this way I write 3, 2 and 2, whereas in Spanish I usually specify the distribution by columns, writing 3, 1 and 3. In both cases the total must be the same; in this case, 7 castles. In Portuguese these escutcheons are known as «quinas».
Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Gules, Or, Five, Seven, Escutcheon, In cross, Charged, Plate, In saltire, Bordure, Castle and Triple-towered.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Portugal.
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.
Or, two lions passant, guardant in pale Azure, armed Sable, langued Gules; in a base dovetailed Azure, two oak branches, leaved, fructed in pile Or.
Escudo de oro, dos leopardos en palo de azur, armados de sable, lampasados de gules; en una punta encajada de colas de milano dos ramas de roble, hojadas y frutadas en pila de oro.
Arms designed by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a leather finish.
Coat of arms of the Promet family and they company Promet Restoration, Seattle, Washington, USA. Promet Restoration is a company founded and owned by the Promet family. This coat of arms has been designed by Dakota Promet and me, and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Two, Leopard, In pale, Langued, Armed, Base, Dovetailed, Oak, Tree, Branch, Leaved, Fructed and In pile.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Promet, family.
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.
Party per chevron Azure and Or, in chief a fleur de lis Argent, in base four pallets Gules.
Escudo de azur, en jefe una flor de lis de plata, mantelado en punta de oro cargado de cuatro palos de gules.
Arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a triangular curved external shape and with a metal and iridescent finishing.
The coat of arms of Ignasi Pujol was designed by him based on the ancient arms of the Pujol lineage and refined and emblazoned by me. In the English blazon, I used the term «pallet», which is the diminished pale, and in the Castilian blazon, I used the term «palo». However, in Castilian, the term «vara», which is a diminished pale, could have been used, writing «cuatro varas de gules» in the same style as it was written in English «four pallet Gules».
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Party per chevron, In chief, Fleur de lis, In base, Pallet and Pale.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Triangular curved and Metal and iridescent.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Pujol, Ignasi.
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.
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, a cross patty Gules; 2 and 3 Azure, a bend Or
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de plata, una cruz patada de gules; 2o y 3o de azur, una banda de oro.
Blazon keywords: Azure, One, Bend, Or, Quarterly, Argent, Cross patty, Cross couped and Gules.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Molay, Jacques de.
The rule of tincture, «metal should not be put on metal, nor color on color», is the most famous rule of the heraldry. In the divisions of the field, for example, party per fess, party per pale, quartered, etc., the tinctures are beside each other, not one on top of the other, because the divisions are not charges, so the rule of tincture does not apply. Although as a rule of aesthetics may be useful in the case of divisions.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Argent, Gules and Or.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Illuminated.
Classification: Schema.
Arnold Rabbow, «The Origin of the Royal Arms of England - a European Connection», Coat of Arms, COA, An Heraldic Quarterly Magazine, número 186, The Heraldry Society, Baldock, Hertfordshire, verano de 1999.
This bibliographical reference is illustrated wit the coat of arms of the Kingdom of England interpreted by me with the with a semi-circle shape.
Bibliographical reference of century XX.
Author: Rabbow, Arnold.
Bibliographic reference mentioned in the following articles:
External link:
Internal resources: RabbowA1999.OriginRoyalArmsEnglandEuropeanConnection.docx.
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.
Barry of ten Argent and Azure, overall a double-headed eagle displayed Sable, nimbed, beaked, and membered Or, grasping in each claw an elephant's tusk proper, and charged on its breast with a double vajra Argent.
Escudo fajado de diez piezas de plata y azur, brochante sobre el todo un águila bicéfala de Sable, nimbada, picada y membrada de oro, teniendo en cada garra un colmillo de elefante al natural y su pecho cargado de una vajra doble.
Coat of arms interpreted and emblazoned by me with different shapes and finishings.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Barry, Ten, Argent, Azure, Overall, One, Eagle, Double-headed, Sable, Nimbed, Beaked, Membered, Or, Grasping, Claw, Tusk, Elephant, Proper, Chest, Charged and Double vajra.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Freehand, Rough, Rounded, Ogee and Pointed.
Classification: Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Rage from Discord.
Or, three puffins proper.
Escudo de oro, tres frailecillos (Fratercula arctica) al natural.
To standout attributes is a characteristic of the heraldry, which means great eyes, tongues, claws,... and of course sex. Then for the puffins we must standout their sexual attributes, in this case in their distinctive beaks, and also the colors around their eyes, that we can see in their breeding period, and we must do it and I did, although these attributes are not specified in the blazon.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Three, Puffin and Proper.
Style keywords: Pointed, Outlined in sable and Plain tincture.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Hartemink, Ralf.
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.
The coat of arms of Randy David Lee Xavier Potts 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, Or, Gules, One, Two, Saltire, Between, Fleur de lis, In fess, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered and Langued.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Structured and parallel blazons, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Potts, Randy David Lee Xavier.
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.
Argent, a cross patty Gules, cantoned of four mullets of eight points Azure; on a chief Sable, an elephant passant Or.
Escudo de plata, una estrecha patada de gules, cantonada de cuatro estrellas de ocho puntas de azur; en un jefe de sable, un elefante pasante de oro.
Coat of arms of the Registro Internacional de Armas Gentilicias interpreted as follows: with a pointed base; the field in plain Argent metal; the chief illuminated in Sable; the elephant illuminated in Or and outlined of the field; the narrow patty cross illuminated in Gules and outlined in Sable; the eight-pointed stars illuminated in Azure and outlined of the field; and the whole with a lightly beaten metal finish.
At the following RIAG address escueladeheraldica.es/armorial-riag-pagina-1 the blazon of this coat of arms can be found written as «De plata, crus estrecha paté de gules, cantonada de cuatro estrellas de ocho puntas de azur; jefe de sable, con un elefante de oro pasante».
The most common star is the five-pointed one, therefore, when the number of points is not stated five are assumed, so, for example, [Avilés, J.; 1780a; página 27, ilustración 6] on Guillaume in France writes «trae de plata, y una Faxa de azur, cargada de una Estrella de oro, y acompañada de tres mirletas de sable» and in his illustration number 6 the star has 5 points. But when the number is other than 5, it must be specified, for example, [Avilés, J.; 1780a; página 92, ilustración 197] on Oschoven on the Rhine writes «trae de plata, y una Estrella de seis rayos de gules en Gefe, flanqueado en óvalo de sable» and it is for this reason that in the blazon included in this article, in addition to specifying the number 8, the term «rayos» has been used instead of its synonym «puntas».
Blazon keywords: Argent, Diminished cross, Patty, Gules, Cantoned, Mullet, Eight, Azure, Chief, Sable, Elephant, Passant, Or and Motto.
Style keywords: Pointed, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Outlined in the field tincture and Soft metal.
Classification: Socioeconomic.
Bearer: Registro Internacional de Armas Gentilicias.
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.
Lozengy Or and Gules. Behind the shield a cross patty Gules.
Blazon keywords: Lozengy, Or, Gules, Behind the shield, One, Cross patty and Cross couped.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Craon, Robert de.
Azure, a carbuncle of twelve rays Argent; on a chief Or, a hop cone Vert between two apples Gules, slipped and leaved Vert. Motto: «Omnia tempus habent».
Escudo de azur, un carbunclo de doce rayos de plata; en un jefe de oro, una flor de lúpulo de sinople acompañada de dos manzanas de gules, talladas y hojadas de sinople. Lema: «Omnia tempus habent».
Blazon keywords: Azure, Carbuncle, Twelve, Argent, Chief, Or, Hop cone, Flower, Vert, Between, Two, Apple, Gules, Slipped, Leaved and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Created, Coat of arms and Latin language.
Bearer: Sales, Robert Edward.
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.
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.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an invected octagon outer contour and with a leather finish.
The coat of arms of Makayla Danée Robidoux 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 Heart.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Invected octagon and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Robidoux, Makayla Danée.
Gules, six wagon-wheels Or, 2, 2, and 2.
Escudo de gules, seis ruedas de carro de oro, 3 y 3.
I have always thought that they are canting arms because of the similar sounds between «rodelo», «rodar»~«rolling», and «rueda»~«wheel».
The expression «Heralds don’t pun – they cant» is itself a form of wordplay. At first glance, one might think that «cant» derives from «can’t», meaning that heralds cannot make puns. However, in heraldry, «cant» refers to the practice of creating a coat of arms that visually alludes to the bearer’s name, surname, or sometimes to a toponym. Such arms are known as «canting arms» ~ «armas parlantes» in Castilian. For example, if one were to design a coat of arms for someone named Megan Fox, and considering that the name Megan derives from Margaret, meaning «pearl» in Greek, a possible canting design could include a fox surrounded by a bordure of pearls. In this sense, canting arms represent the heraldic equivalent of verbal wordplay. Thus, «heralds do not pun — they cant».
Blazon keywords: Gules, Six, Wagon-wheel and Or.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Pointed.
Classification: Lineage, Interpreted, Canting and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Rodelo lineage from Galicia.
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.
Azure, a sun in splendour, irradiated of sixteen ears of wheat Or.
Arms emblazoned by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, and with a texturized finish.
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 with a rounded outer edge, terminating in a semicircular arch.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, One, Sixteen, Sun in splendour, Irradiated, Ear of wheat and Wheat.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Plain tincture.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Carrillo Padilla, María de los Ángeles.
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. Motto above the crest: «Oruganda Rw'Abahinda» in letters Sable over a scroll Argent. Motto: «Abazira Nkyende» in letters Sable upon a scroll Argent.
Coat of 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. The motto over the coat of arms, «Oruganda Rw'Abahinda», means "Clan of Abahinda", and the motto below, «Abazira Nkyende», states that their totemic animal is the monkey.
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, Inescutcheon, Motto (identification), Above the crest, Scroll and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Vesica piscis and Leather.
Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Abahinda Clan, Royal.
Or, a lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure; a double tressure flory counterflory Gules.
Illuminated and a leather finishing.
This coat of arms can be seen in [Bergshammars; 1440; page 4] and in [Lutzelbourg, N. de; 1530; page 26].
Blazon keywords: Or, One, Lion, Gules, Armed, Langued, Azure, Double tressure, Flory and Counterflory.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Pointed.
Classification: Civic, Kingdom of Scotland, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Scotland.
The Royal Association of Hidalgos of Spain was founded under the name «Asociación de Hidalgos, Infanzones y Noblezas a Fuero de España» by Vicente and Francisco de Cadenas y Vicent, the Marquises of Siete Iglesias and of Zayas, and also by Valentín Dávila Jalón, Marquis of Dávila.
This association brings together nobles of Spanish lineages with the aim of maintaining and promoting the traditional values of the hidalguía and is inspired by the principles of Christian humanism. It fulfills its duty to provide services to Spain, its institutions and its citizens, with loyalty to the Crown and commitment to Spanish culture and history.
Its magazine Hidalgos, also known as «La Gacetilla de Hidalgos de España», or simply «La Gacetilla», as this was its name until the end of 2010, precisely until its issue 524 of October, November and December 2010. This magazine is an excellent source of knowledge and information, and some of its articles are cited throughout Blason.es, for example, those by [Valero de Bernabé, L.; 2009b], [Valero de Bernabé, L.; 2010] and [Valero de Bernabé, L.; 2012b].
In saltire arrangements, I prefer to place the element in bend over the element in bend sinister, since the bend takes precedence over the bend sinister. Therefore, in my interpretation of this coat of arms and unlike other interpretations, the two-handed sword placed in bend is drawn above the one placed in bend sinister.
Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Metal beaten, Emblem, Two-handed sword, Argent, Hilted, Or, In saltire, Crest, Closed royal crown and Crown.
Argent, a crucible Argent, enflamed and on a bonfire hoguera Gules and Or. Crest: A closed royal crown Or, with eight arches, visible five. Motto: «Limpia, fixa, y da esplendor» Or over a scroll Azure.
Escudo de plata, un crisol de plata, llameante y sumado a una hoguera de gules y oro. Timbrado de una corona real cerrada. Lema: «Limpia, fixa, y da esplendor» de oro sobre una filacteria de azur.
Interpretation made from the Royal Academy emblem: transforming it into a semicircular-based shield, instead of its oval shape; with its motto on a scroll beneath the base, instead of surrounding it; keeping the closed royal crown in its place; with everything illuminated except the field which is in plain color; and the whole outlined in sable and with a parchment-like finish.
In this interpretation, on the Argent field, the Gules fire of the bonfire completely surrounds the Argent crucible, to avoid the metal Argent on the same.
To write the blazon for this coat of arms I use the heraldic term «llameante». Therefore, I do not follow [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 82 and figure 163] when he writes «...y un Fénix de gules sobre una hoguera encendida de lo mismo.». He uses this example to illustrate the 2 fundamental uses of the term «encendido» which is said when «the Eyes of animals... are of a different color» and «also of a burning Bush and the same for a Torch, when the flame is of a different tincture».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, One, Crucible, Enflamed, Bonfire, Gules, Or, Closed royal crown, Crown, Motto, Scroll and Azure.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Parchment.
Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Royal Spanish Academy.
Real Academia Española, «Diccionario de la lengua española», known as DRAE, acronym for Diccionario de la Real Academia Española, 22nd edition, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 2001.
The DRAE's latest edition, the 23rd, is from October 2014, but the current online version corresponds to the 22nd edition with amendments incorporated until 2012.
This bibliographic reference is illustrated with one of my interpretations of the emblem of the Real Academia Española, with its crucible over a bonfire and its motto around it.
Bibliographical reference of century XXI.
Classification: Dictionary and Castilian language.
Author: Royal Spanish Academy.
Bibliographical reference mentioned in the following article:
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Real Academia Española, «Diccionario de la lengua española», known as DRAE, acronym for Diccionario de la Real Academia Española, 23rd edition, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 2014.
This bibliographic reference of the DRAE is illustrated with one of my interpretations of the emblem of the Real Academia Española. Oval emblem with its crucible over a bonfire, surmounted by a closed Royal crown and its motto «Limpia, fija y da esplendor», around the emblem in letters of Or on Azure.
Bibliographical reference of century XXI.
Classification: Dictionary and Castilian language.
Author: Royal Spanish Academy.
Bibliographic reference mentioned in the following articles:
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Upon an oval, pean an Indian elephant statant Or, armed Argent, strapped over the belly, hump and rump Sable, cottised Or, charged on his left flank with a rose Gules, barbed Vert, seeded Or; seated on his neck a mahout, in his sinister hand a stick in bend sinister Argent.
Watercolor finishing
Blazon keywords: Pean, Elephant, Statant, Or, Tusked, Sable, Cotised, Rose, Gules, Barbed, Vert, Seeded, Male figure, Sinister, Hand and In bend sinister.
Style keywords: Watercolor and Oval.
Classification: Badge and Personal.
Bearer: Juchter van Bergen Quast, Rudolph Andries Ulrich.
Sable, three Towers Or, two and one
The classic heraldic layout for three charges on a coat of arms is two in chief and on in base. The layout one in chief and two at base are considered disordered in many heraldic traditions.
The blazon of this coat of arms, «Sable, three Towers Or, two and one», is disordered, and the entropy refers to disorder, and more entropy means more disorder. Then this imaginary coat of arms is full of entropy, and it could belong to the entropy.
Categories: Riddle solution, Imaginary, Sable, Three, Tower, Or, Two, One and Disordered.
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.
Son of Alfonso X of Castile and Violant of Aragon.
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 king interpreted by me as follows: the shield of arms has a rounded (semicircular) base; the quarters are in flat tinctures Argent and Gules; the castles, lions and crown are illuminated; the castles and lions are shaded; and the whole has a parchment finish.
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 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.
My heraldic channel on Satellite was https://satellite.earth/@as, but sadly, this social network didn't evolve properly.
Categories: Technology, Social networks, Without divisions, Argent, Five, Escutcheon, In cross, Azure, Charged, Bezant and plate, Plate, In saltire, Bordure, Gules, Seven, Castle, Or, Two, In chief, One, In each flank, Three, In base, Crown of Marquis and Crown.
Charles Wilfred Scott-Giles, OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary, «Some Arthurian Coats of Arms», Coat of Arms, COA, An Heraldic Quarterly Magazine, issue 64 of October 1965 (which is the date I use as reference) and issue 65 of January 1966, The Heraldry Society, Baldock, Hertfordshire, October 1965.
The coat of arms illustrating this bibliographic reference is one of the variants described in this article attributed to King Arthur, which in Blason.es is cataloged as Arthur of Britain.
Bibliographical reference of century XX.
Author: Scott-Giles, C. W..
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Internal resources: ScottGilesCW1965.SomeArthurianCoA.docx.
Party per fess: 1 Sable, three mullets of eight points Argent, 1 and 2; 2 Azure, a ship in full sail Or.
Coat of arms designed by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finish.
Coat of arms of the Sea of the Mediterrean designed and emblazoned by me as imaginary heraldry. This coat of arms is one of my very first heraldic designs.
Blazon keywords: Sable, Argent, Azure, Or, Three, Eight, One, Party per fess, Mullet, Disordered, Ship and Full sail.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Imaginary, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Imaginary bearer: Mediterranean, Sea of the.
Gules, a lion rampant Or, langued and armed Vert; a bordure Azure charged with six escallops Argent.
Escudo de gules, un león rampante de oro, lampasado y armado de sinople; una bordura de azur cargada de seis veneras de plata.
Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a watercolor finishing.
The coat of arms of the Jean-Philippe Sendat emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Vert, Azure, Argent, One, Six, Lion, Rampant, Langued, Armed, Bordure, Charged and Escallop.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Watercolor.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Sendat, Jean-Philippe.
William Shakespeare, «Coriolanus», Tragedy in 5 acts and 29 scenes, written in verse, dated to either 1608 or 1609, depending on the sources.
It is one of the last works written by William Shakespeare, a tragedy based on the life of Caius Marcius Coriolanus, a legendary Roman general from the 5th century B.C. Some authors consider General Coriolanus to be a historical figure, while others do not.
Initially known only as Caius Marcius, during the war against the Volsci he becomes a hero by entering the city of Corioli with a few soldiers, and from then on, he is called Caius Marcius Coriolanus.
I prithee now, my son,
Go to them, with this bonnet in thy hand;
And thus far having stretch'd it (here be with them)
Thy knee bussing the stones (for in such business
Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the ignorant
More learned than the ears) waving thy head,
Which often, thus, correcting thy stout heart,
Now humble as the ripest mulberry
That will not hold the handling: or say to them,
Thou art their soldier, and being bred in broils
Hast not the soft way which, thou dost confess,
Were fit for thee to use as they to claim,
In asking their good loves, but thou wilt frame
Thyself, forsooth, hereafter theirs, so far
As thou hast power and person.
Bibliographical reference of century XVII.
The author is Shakespeare, William.
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Party per chevron Vert and Or, in chief a sackbut fesswise Or, in base a thistle slipped and leaved proper.
Escudo de sinople, mantelado en punta de oro, en jefe un sacabuche de oro puesto en faja, en punta un cardo de sinople, florido de púrpura.
Illuminated, freehand finishing, and the inner of the thistle is outlined in the metal Or of its field.
Note the different way of writing the blazon in English and Castilian, «...a thistle slipped and leaved proper» ~ «...un cardo de sinople, florido de púrpura».
Blazon keywords: Vert, Party per chevron, Or, In chief, Sackbut, Fesswise, In base, Thistle, Leaved, Slipped and Proper.
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable, Outlined in the field tincture, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Sky, Laird.
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.
Zurich, Switzerland.
Argent, an eagle displayed Gules, crowned, langued, membered and armed, charged on its chest with a mullet of six points voided, and interlaced Or.
Escudo de plata, un águila de gules, coronada, lampasada, membrada y armada, cargada en su pecho de una estrella de seis puntas, hueca y entrelazada todo de oro.
Illuminated with lights and shadows and with a iridescent finish.
Another version of this blazon «Argent, a eagle displayed Gules, crowned, langued, membered and armed, charged on its chest with a star of David Or».
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, One, Eagle, Gules, Crowned, Langued, Membered, Armed, Charged, Mullet, Six, Base (lower 1/3), Voided, Interlaced and Or.
Style keywords: Iridescent (nacar), Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Personal and Created.
Bearer: Sosa-Garcia, Rodolfo.
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. 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.
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, Lined, Crest and mantling, Surrounded and Grand collar.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Leather and Pointed.
Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Armorial roll and Castilian language.
Bearer: Granada, Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la.
Quarterly: 1 Argent, a bend Gules, overall a lion rampant Azure; 2 Azure, three crowns in pale Or; 3 Azure semé of bezants; 4 Argent, a salamander fesswise Azure, spotted Or, enflamed Or and Gules. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Azure, a rooster Gules, beaked and membered Or. Mantling: Azure doubled Argent. Supporters: Two lions rampant Or, armed and langued Azure. The shield is surrounded by two oak branches Vert, fructed Or, tied with a ribbon Gules. Motto: «Quid Pro Quo».
Stained glass window with the coat of arms of the family Sanchez-Esteban. These arms were designed and emblazoned by me for them.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Azure, Or, Vert, One, Three, Two, Quarterly, Bend, Overall, Lion, Rampant, Crown, In pale, Semé, Bezant, Salamander, Fesswise, Spotted, Enflamed, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Rooster, Beaked, Membered, Mantling, Supporter, Armed, Langued, Surrounded, Oak, Tree, Branch, Fructed, Tied, Ribbon and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa, Stained glass and Photographic.
Bearer: Sanchez-Esteban, family.
It has been interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a freehand finish.
G0076: the heraldic standard of Claes Zangenberg, of United Kingdom, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. Structure: coat of arms; badge; 1st line of the motto «Aliter»; crest; 2nd line of the motto «Cogita»; badge.
Blazon keywords: Or, Vert, Gules, Argent, Carnation, One, Two, Pile issuant from base, Between, Maunch, Displayed scroll, Suspended, Escutcheon, In base, Trimount, Proper, In chief, Open, Pair of pliers, Fesswise, Facing sinister, Crest, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Hand, Couped, Grasping and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Standard, Flag and Seal.
Bearer: Zangenberg, Claes.
Party per fess: 1 Argent, a rose Gules, barbed and seeded proper; 2 Gules, two swords in saltire Argent, hilted Or. Motto: «Ingenuus et fortis» Sable over a scroll Argent doubled Gules.
Escudo cortado: 1o de plata, una rosa de gules, hojada de sinople, botonada de oro; 2o de gules, dos espadas en sotuer de plata, guarnecidas de oro. Lema: «Ingenuus et fortis» de sable sobre una filacteria de plata doblada de gules.
Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Argent, One, Rose, Gules, Leaved, Seeded, Two, Sword, In saltire, Hilted, Or, Proper, 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.
Azure, on waves of the sea in base Argent, a ship oars in action Or, pennant flying, and in full sail Argent; on a chief Argent, a closed book Gules, edges and clasps Or. Motto: «Ubi concordia ibi victoria» Sable over a scroll Or.
Escudo de azur, en punta un mar ondado de plata sumado de un barco con remos de oro, con vela y gallardete de plata; en un jefe de plata, un libro cerrado y brochado de oro, tapas de gules. Lema: «Ubi concordia ibi victoria» de sable sobre una filacteria de oro.
Coat of arms designed by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, with a pointed external shape and with a freehand finishing.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, Sable, One, Wavy, Sea, In base, On, Ship, Oar, Sail, Chief, Closed book, Book, Clasped, Motto and Scroll.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Socioeconomic, Created, Boa, Coat of arms, Pennon and Flag.
Bearer: Strategy Department of Consultoria.IO.
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.
Party per fess: 1 Azure, an open book Argent, garnished Or, charged with a mullet Azure; 2 Gules, a tree eradicated between two apples Or; within a bordure embattled Or. Crest: Upon wreath Or, Azure and Gules, a demi-pegasus Argent issuant from flames of fire Gules, fimbriated Or. Supporters: Two lions rampant guardant Or, langued Gules, the one at dexter grasping in his sinister forepaw a quill Argent, the one at sinister grasping in his dexter forepaw a rolled scroll Argent, bearing a wax seal Gules, inscribed with the letters «MB» Sable. Warcry above the crest «Epimeleia Heautou». Motto: «Officium otium cum dignitate».
Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a freehand finishing.
The coat of arms of Fernando Marán Bié designed by Ignacio Koblischek and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Gules, Argent, Or, Six, One, Two, Party per fess, Open, Book, Garnished, Charged, Mullet, Tree, Eradicated, Between, Apple, Bordure, Embattled, Crest, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Demi, Pegasus, Issuant, Flame, Fimbriated, Supporter, Dexter, Sinister, Lion rampant guardant, Langued, Grasping, Forepaw, Quill, Rolled scroll, Inscribed, Letter, War cry, Above and Motto.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Coat of arms and Seal.
Bearer: Fernando Marán Bié.
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.
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.
Escudo cortado encajado de oro y azur, brochante sobre la partición una faja de azur cargada de una estrella de cinco puntas de oro; en un jefe cosido de oro, un águila surmontada de una corona ambas de sable.
Coat of arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour 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. These arms have been requested by Andrea Tamburelli Lanzara di Pietragavina. There are heraldists who consider the chief to be an ordinary, and therefore a metal chief on a metal field violates the rule of tincture, which prohibits metal on metal, I share this view. Others understand the chief as a division of the field, and thus a metal chief may appear next to a metal field without breaking the rule. For this reason, in these cases, I use the term «cousu» not as a heraldic attribute or a justification, but rather as a signal that, depending on whether the chief is seen as an ordinary or a field division, this arrangement may or may not be problematic. It also serves to show that I am fully aware of the issue. In Italy, and this is an Italian coat of arms, there are numerous arms with an eagle displayed Sable over a chief Or, which clearly corresponds to the imperial arms, «Or, an eagle displayed Sable». These chiefs have their origin in the Guelph and Ghibelline conflicts, the papacy against the empire, with the Ghibellines, supporters of the Holy Roman Empire, frequently adopting the so-called «capo dell'Impero», a chief Or with an eagle Sable, as a symbol of their allegiance to the Emperor. Many of these «capo dell'Impero» resulted metal on metal.
Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Sable, One, Party per fess, Indented, Overall (line of division), Fess, Charged, Mullet, Chief, Eagle, Displayed, Crown and Above.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee, Freehand and Cousu.
Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Tamburelli, family.
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Categories: Technology, Social networks, Argent, Or, Azure, One, Quarterly, Overall, Peacock, In his splendour, Proper, Crest and mantling, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Garuda, Sejant, Crowned, Vested and Mantling.
Azure, a cross of Burgundy Or; an inescutcheon Or, six fleurs de lis in orle Azure.
Coat of arms of the Tercio Alessandro Farnese, 4th of the Spanish Legion, emblazoned by me in 9 steps. Because «1/3» ~ «one third» ~ «un tercio», and the height and witdh of the inescutcheon is 1/3 of its coat of arms, I use these arms to show a geometric method to calculate it. The inescutcheon has in orle the six fleurs the 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: Ratio, Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Semi-circular.
Classification: Military, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Tercio Alessandro Farnese.
Gules, a cross of Burgundy Or; an inescutcheon Or, three bars Gules.
Escudo de gules, una cruz de Borgoña de oro; un escusón de oro, tres fajas de gules.
Arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a metal beaten 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». During the Italian campaigns in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, especially during the wars of Naples, Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba reformed the Spanish army, adapting it to the new conditions of Renaissance warfare. He created a flexible tactical system based on the combination of pikemen, inspired by the Swiss; «espingarderos», forerunners of the arquebusiers; and «espadas» or shock troops, this combination would form the foundation of the future «Tercios».
Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, One, Three, Cross of Burgundy, Cross couped, Inescutcheon, Bar and Fess.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Metal beaten.
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.
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.
Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de plata, un toro saltante, guardante de gules, en un jefe de azur, tres estrellas de seis punta de oro [de Testaferrata, línea baronial]. 2o de plata, una morera al natural, terrazada de sinople [de Moroni]. 3o cuartelado: 1o y 4o de plata, un toro saltante, guardante de gules, en un jefe de oro, un águila saliente de sable, picada y lampasada de gules [de Testaferrata, línea de los caballeros del Sacro Imperio Romano]; 2o cuartelado: i y iv de gules, un castillo de tres torres de oro, ii y iii de azur, un grifo rampante de plata [de Castelletti]; 3o de oro, una cabeza de frente, cortada y ensangrentada al natural, cabellada de sable, acompañada de dos brazos curvados al natural, armados de sable, teniéndola por los cabellos, en jefe tres estrellas de seis punta de gules [de Viani]. El todo brisado de una bordura 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 finishing.
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.
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 and Cadency.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Testaferrata Moroni, Viani Martin.
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.
Or, a roe deer springing Gules, in base a triple mount Vert.
Credits:
Blazon keywords: Or, One, Roe deer, Springing, Gules, In base, Trimount and Vert.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Semi-circular, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Schema.
Bearer: Rehberger, Alena.
An antiquarian, writing from Rostov-on-Don, sent me this image asking about the coat of arms with the tortoise.
The coat of arms with the tortoise is that of the city of Bugia, or Bujía in Spanish, or Bougie in French. It is a city in Algeria with a port on the Mediterranean. Bugia was conquered by the Crown of Castile in 1510 and remained under its rule until 1555. Therefore, Bugia belonged to Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire (1500–1558), and in some books and documents concerning the territories of Charles V the coat of arms of Bugia is included, whose blazon in English is «Gules, a turtle fesswise Or», and in Castilian, «escudo de gules, una tortuga puesta en faja de oro». For its identification I relied on [Sánchez Badiola, J. J.; 2010; pages 102 and 103].
In my humble opinion, I believe that in this illustration the city of Bugia is given greater importance than it actually had, especially when compared with the rest of the coats of arms represented in it, for example, León, Castile, Aragon, Navarre, Minorca, Sardinia or Granada. It is possible that the city of Bugia was included because it was an African possession.
Categories: Identification, Gules, One, Turtle, Fesswise and Or.
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.
Escudo cuartelado de azur y gules; brochante sobre el todo, una cabeza de leopardo coronada de oro, lampasada de gules, dentro de un trechor flordelisado de oro.
Interpretation I have made: as a pointed shield; with its quarters enamelled in plain Azure and Gules; its tressure flory and its leopard face outlined in Sable, shaded and illuminated in Or with the tongue in Gules; and the whole with a beaten metal finish.
In its own publication [The Heraldry Society; 2013; página 6] the blazon is written 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» where:
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Azure, Gules, Overall, Head, Leopard, Crowned, Or, Langued, Within, Tressure and Flory.
Style keywords: Pointed, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Shaded and Metal beaten.
Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.
Bearer: The Heraldry Society.
The Heraldry Society, «Education Pack, A brief explanation of Heraldry for teachers together with explanatory sheets and templates for students», Baldock, Hertfordshire, 2013.
This bibliographical reference is illustrated with the quartered coat of arms of The Heraldry Society.
Bibliographical reference of century XXI.
Author: The Heraldry Society.
Bibliographic reference mentioned in the following articles:
External resource:
Internal resources: TheHeraldrySociety2013.EducationPack.pdf.
Vert, an inescutcheon Argent; overall a compass rose Sable and Or.
Escudo de sinople, un escusón de plata; brochante sobre el todo, una rosa de los vientos de sable y oro.
It was founded in 2013 by The Armorial Register Limited, traditionally known by its former name «Burke's Peerage & Gentry International Register of Arms» and which currently holds the position of sponsor and patron of the society.
Founded in 2013, the objectives of The International Heraldry Society are to serve as an international discussion forum in the field of heraldry and to provide information and be a source of knowledge for the creation and adoption of arms.
The International Heraldry Society has its Facebook group at the following address facebook.com/groups/int.herald and welcomes members from all geographical areas of the globe.
This article is illustrated with the new coat of arms of this society adopted in April 2015 and bearing the motto «de jure» ~ «by right» ~ «legalmente», which was agreed upon in May of the same year 2015.
Categories: Institution, Without divisions, Vert, Inescutcheon, Argent, Surmounted, Overall (deprecated), Compass rose, Sable and Or.
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.
Lord of the manors of Stowe in the parish of Kilkhampton in Cornwall and of Bideford in Devon, and Sheriff of Cornwall.
Gules, three Clarions Or.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Three, Clarion and Or.
Style keywords: Iridescent (nacar), Soft metal, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Interpreted and Kingdom of England.
Bearer: Grenville, Thomas.
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Categories: Technology, Social networks, Without divisions, Argent, Five, Escutcheon, In cross, Azure, Charged, Bezant and plate, Plate, In saltire, Bordure, Gules, Seven, Castle, Or, Two, In chief, One, In each flank, Three, In base, Crown of Marquis and Crown.
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. The shield is surrounded by the Golden Fleece.
Coat of arms emblazoned by me, in plain tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finishing.
This is my interpretation of the coat of arms of His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain, bearing the Collar of the Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece.
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, Crown, Surrounded and Collar.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Kingdom of Spain, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Felipe VI of Spain.
Illuminated and a rough finishing.
Blazon keywords: Gules, Cross, Or, Lily, Flower, Slipped, Seeded, Argent, Azure, Vert, In chief, Charged, Trimount, Counterchanged, Torch, In base and Two hands clasped.
Style keywords: Rough, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.
Classification: Socioeconomic, Created and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Trading Pro School.
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.
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.
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.
Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, with a chasuble outer contour and with a watercolor finish.
The coat of arms of the Hacienda de Triana, Val’Quirico, Tlaxcala, Mexico, designed by Joaquin Haces Perdomo and me and emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Sable, Argent, Murrey, Or, One, Two, Three, Party per pale, Tree, Issuant, Base, Annulet, Interlaced, In pale, Chief and Arch.
Style keywords: Illuminated, Chasuble and Watercolor.
Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Triana, Hacienda de.
Quarterly of four in four: 1 Vert, chaussé Or; 2 Azure, contre-embrassé Or; 3 Argent, chaussé Azure; 4 Or, contre-embrassé Azure; 5 Azure, embrassé Or; 6 Vert, chapé Or; 7 Or, embrassé Azure; 8 Argent, chapé Azure; 9 Or, chaussé Vert; 10 Argent, contre-embrassé Vert; 11 Azure, chaussé Argent; 12 Vert, contre-embrassé Argent; 13 Argent, embrassé Vert; 14 Or, chapé Vert; 15 Vert, embrassé Or; 16 Azure, chapé Argent.
Escudo partido de cuatro y cortado de lo mismo: 1o de sinople, calzado de oro; 2o de azur, contraembrazado de oro; 3o de plata, calzado de azur; 4o de oro, contraembrazado de azur; 5o de azur, embrazado de oro; 6o de sinople, cortinado de oro; 7o de oro, embrazado de azur; 8o de plata, cortinado de azur; 9o de oro, calzado de sinople; 10o de plata, contraembrazado de sinople; 11o de azur, calzado de plata; 12o de sinople, contraembrazado de plata; 13o de plata, embrazado de sinople; 14o de oro, cortinado de sinople; 15o de sinople, embrazado de oro; 16o de azur, cortinado de plata.
Imaginary coat of arms created with an aesthetic purpose with: a rounded base; its fields enameled with plain tinctures Or, Argent, Azure, and Vert; the charges that accompany the fields, that is, those that form the embrassé, contre-embrassé, chapé, and chaussé, outlined in Sable and illuminated in Or, Argent, Azure, and Vert; and the shield has received a beaten metal finish.
«Embrazado a la diestra» is how [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 69] names the contre-embrassé, since the two charges, one upper and one lower, enter from the dexter of the shield, leaving their points in the sinister. It must be kept in mind that what remains between both charges is the field.
Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Chapé, Chaussé, Embrassé, Contre-embrassé, Or, Argent, Azure and Vert.
Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Metal beaten.
Classification: Imaginary.
Imaginary bearer: Triangulation.
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.
Escudo de gules, un monte de sinople moviente de la punta, brochante sobre el todo una cruz latina patada y fijada de oro, perforando la cabeza de una sierpe nudada y alterada de sable, lampasada de gules.
Coat of arms of Tomasz Arkadiusz Grzeszkowiak designed by Tomasz Steifer and interpreted by me using abbreviations, this method is called tricking, it was useful for black and white illustrations. My abbreviations are the following: metals) Or-golden = «or»; Argent-silver = «ar»; colores) Gules-red = «gu», Vert-green = «ve» and Sable-black by itsself, painting all its surface black.
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: Tricking, Outlined, Outlined in sable and Semi-circular.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Grzeszkowiak, Tomasz Arkadiusz.
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.
Escudo cortado de plata y oro, en jefe veintiuna flores de lis de sable, 8, 7 y 6, en punta un ciervo pasante de gules, ramado al natural, teniendo en su boca una ramita de sinople, colletado de un burelete de plata y oro.
Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a freehand finish.
G0130, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant of the coat of arms of Michael Twist, Malta. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me.
Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Or, Gules, Vert, Twenty-one, One, Party per fess, In chief, Fleur de lis, Stag, Passant, Attired, Grasping, Sprig, Gorged and Wreath.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Twist, Michael.
My heraldic channel @ntoniosalmeron at Twitter is twitter.com/ntoniosalmeron.
Categories: Technology, Social networks, Castle, Or, Port and windows, Azure, Masoned and Sable.
Vert, a Latin cross, raguly, issuant from its sinister a leaved offshoot encircling the cross, its end terminating and debruising the lower limb Or.
Arms depicted by me, in flat tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a texturized finish.
Coat of arms of Ugnius Mikučionis-Vizgirda emblazoned by me using a ratio of 2/3 between its width and height.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Or, One, Latin cross, Raguly, Issuant, Sinister, Leaved, Branch, Environed and Debruised.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Pointed.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Mikučionis-Vizgirda, Ugnius.
Trident~Tryzub.
Azure, a Tryzub Or.
Interpreted coat of arms: with a rounded and pointed shape; illuminated with metals or and color azure; outlined with sable; and a Watercolor finish.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Trident and Or.
Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.
Classification: Coat of arms, Interpreted, Civic and State of Ukraine.
Bearer: Ukraine.
Azure, in chief three keys in bend, fesswise, to dexter, facing downwards Or, in base an open book Argent, garnished Or, the pages inscribed «Ad usum per artes» Gules. Motto: «Universitas Peñafortis».
Illuminated and a freehand finishing.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Three, Key, Or, In chief, In bend, Fesswise, Book, Open, Motto and Motto (identification).
Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.
Classification: Socioeconomic, Created and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Peñafort, Universidad.
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.
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.
Luis Valero de Bernabé y Martín de Eugenio, «Los Castillos en la Heráldica Española», 2009.
I received this article directly from the author, to whom I am grateful for his kind submission. I consider it a preliminary and preparatory work for the article [Valero de Bernabé, L.; 2009b; pages 32-34] published later.
Bibliographical reference of century XXI.
Classification: Castilian language.
Author: Valero de Bernabé y Martín de Eugenio, Luis.
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Internal resources: ValeroBernabeL2009.ElCastilloEnLaHeraldicaEspañola.pdf.
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.
Escudo de azur, una Virgen de la Merced teniendo en su mano siniestra una cadena rota de plata, y cargada en su pecho de un escudete cortado, 1o de gules, una cruz patada de plata y 2o de oro, cuatro palos de gules, acostada de dos hojas palmas en pira.
Arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a freehand finishing.
This is the coat of arms of Sister Esperanza Vega Lanzagorta, designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and painted by me. Usually, the English term «between» is translated into Castilian as «acompañado». However, when the 3 elements are elongated in the same direction, the appropriate term in Castilian is «acostado», which means lying down.
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, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Vega Lanzagorta, Sister Esperanza.
Pedro José de Vega, «Compendio de la Maior Parte Ð los Blassones, Armas, e Ynsignias Ð las Ylustres Casas, Familias, y Apellidos del Reyno Ð Navarra i Parte Ð la Provincia de Gvipvzcoa, Segvn las Vsan y Traen los Svccesores Ðellas» ~ «Compendium of the Greater Part of the Blazons, Arms, and Insignias of the Illustrious Houses, Families, and Surnames of the Kingdom of Navarre and Part of the Province of Guipuzcoa, As Used and Carried by Their Successors», manuscript in 2 volumes, Volume I, catalog number MSS/7835 V.1, and Volume II, catalog number MSS/7836 V.2, in the National Library of Spain, 1702.
As stated on the title page, the Field Master «Pedro Ioseph Ð Vega» was a native of the Kingdom of Navarre, deputy of the Kingdom of Navarre from 1688 to 1691, governor of the provinces of Cotabamba and Parinacochas in Peru, written as «governador», and gentleman of the «Voca de su Majestad» (His Majesty's Voice).
Bibliographical reference of century XVIII.
The author is Vega, Pedro José de.
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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.
Party per pale Vert and Sable, a sun in splendour Or issuant from the dexter chief.
Escudo partido de sinople y sable, un sol de oro moviente de la diestra del jefe.
Arms designed by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a leather finishing.
Canting arms of the French family of Fr. Marc Vernoy designed by him and me and emblazoned by me. A field Vert and Sable ~ Vert Noir ~ Vernoy. This coat of arms plays on the pronunciation and meaning in both English and French: «Vert» is green in English, and «Noir» is black in French. Together, «Vert Noir» sounds phonetically similar to the surname «Vernoy». This play on words is reflected in the design: A field Vert (green) and Sable (black) ~ Vert Noir ~ Vernoy. French blazon by Hyacinthe de Keranrouë: Parti de sinople et de sable, au soleil d'or mouvant de l'angle dextre.
Blazon keywords: Vert, Sable, Or, One, Party per pale, Sun in splendour, Issuant from, Dexter and Chief.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.
Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Vernoy, French family of Fr. Marc.
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.
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 mullet Argent and a crescent 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».
R0038 and R0039: the coats of arms of Alessandra and Vittoria Pompili, of Italy, as registered by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for these registers. These arms have been included in the book [Gauci, C. A.; Cassar, R. M.; 2025; pages 180-181] as shown in the photograph of the image, each on a page. 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. In the case of two daughters of a baron, each may bear above her shield the coronet corresponding to her personal status as a noble, while above it is displayed the baronial coronet representing the rank of her father and of the family line.
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, Collage and Photographic.
Bearer: Pompili, Alessandra.
Paly of six Azure and Or; over all a bend Azure.
Blazon keywords: Paly, Six, Azure, Or, Surmounted, Overall (deprecated) and Bend.
Style keywords: Pointed, Metal beaten, 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.
Arms of von Harten Family
Azure, three plates, 1 and 2. Crest: Upon a helm affronty, crowned Or, three ostrich feathers Azure, Argent and Azure. Mantling: Azure doubled Argent.
Blazon keywords: Azure, Three, Bezant and plate, Argent, Disordered, Crest and mantling, Helm, Affronty, Mantling, Crowned, Or, Crest and Quill.
Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Rounded trapezoid, Illuminated and Rough.
Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Harten, von.
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.
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.
Wijnbergen, unknown authors, «Wijnbergen Armorial», currently located in The Hague and owned by the Royal Dutch Society of Genealogy and Heraldry, Île-de-France, 1265.
This armorial is called «Wijnbergen» because it was named after one of its early owners, and the names of its authors are unknown. I have retained this name in the key to this bibliographic reference for easier identification.
Among known manuscripts, it is the oldest armorial of French heraldry.
It is composed of 15 parts, although some authors divide it into 23, belonging to 2 different temporal stages of creation: a 1st stage from 1265 to 1270 and a 2nd stage, more difficult to date, from 1270 to 1285.
The armorial is written in French and contains a total of 1,312 coats of arms, of which 256 belong to the 1st stage and 1,056 to the 2nd stage.
Those of the 1st stage belong to the vassals of the Île-de-France under the reign of Luis IX de Francia, Saint Louis King of France.
Those of the 2nd stage, probably already under the reign of Felipe III de Francia, contain coats of arms from Normandy, Anjou and Poitou, Lorraine, Germany, Artois, Champagne, Vermandois, Brittany, Beauvais, Burgundy, Brabant, Hainaut (Belgium), Flanders, and finally, the coats of arms of 25 kings, mainly European.
Bibliographical reference of century XIII.
Author: Wijnbergen, Anonymous.
Bibliographic reference mentioned in the following articles:
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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.
Or, on a bend Sable, a spear Or, steeled Argent. Motto: «Non sanz droict»
Escudo de oro, una banda de sable, cargada de una lanza de plata, fustada oro. Lema: «Non sanz droict».
Coat of arms interpreted with: a semicircular (round) base; field and bend in flat tinctures Or and Sable; a lance with a broad and long iron illuminated in Argent; shaft illuminated in Or; motto in Sable upon a scroll of Argent; and the whole finished with a parchment effect.
Its motto in French «Non sanz droict» means «Not without right» and it is considered a canting (speaking) arm by the pun Spear ~ Shakespeare.
Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Sable, Argent, Bend, Bendwise, Spear and Charged.
Style keywords: Parchment and Illuminated.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, Canting and Literature.
Bearer: Shakespeare, William.
Or, six fleurs de lis in orle, five Gules and one in chief Azure.
I have interpreted this coat of arms with a semi-circular shape; tintures or, azure and gules; outlined with sable; and a freehand finish.
Rolando Yñigo-Genio publish on his website DeviantArt his interpretation of my coat of arms as I publish here in Blason.es I my interpretation of his arms and those of his brothers Noelia Yñigo-Genio and Elias Yñigo-Genio. p>
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Blazon keywords: Or, Six, Fleur de lis, Orle, Five, Gules, One, Azure and In chief.
Style keywords: Semi-circular, Freehand and Outlined in sable.
Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Coat of arms.
Bearer: Yñigo-Genio, Rolando.
Alonso Zamora Vicente, «Historia de la Real Academia Española», Real Academia Española, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1999.
This bibliographic reference is illustrated with one of my interpretations of the emblem of the Real Academia Española. It is an oval emblem in Argent, with its crucible, also in Argent, over a bonfire of Gules and Or and surrounded by its flames, surmounted by a closed Royal crown with 8 arches, 5 of which are visible, and its motto, as originally written «Limpia, fixa, y da esplendor», around it.
Bibliographical reference of century XX.
Classification: Castilian language.
Author: Zamora Vicente, Alonso.
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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, Overall, Wreath, Charged, Castle, Crest, Ogee, Crown, Created, Quarterly, Outlined in sable, Two, In chief, In base, Coat of arms, Mullet, Fleur de lis, Personal, Gules, Illuminated, Interpreted, Chief, Langued, Motto, Lion, Masoned, Semi-circular, Or, Party per pale, Leather, Argent, Without divisions, Rampant, Sable, Vert, Plain tincture, Freehand, Three, One, Helm and Eagle.
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