Outlined

...three wolves' heads erased in fess...

...tres cabezas de lobo arrancadas en faja...

The image shows three wolves' heads outlined by me Azure.

Categories: Outlined and Glossary.

Argent, a double tressure flory Sanguine, overall a raven (Corvus corax) volant saltirewise proper.

These are the arms of Alton Thompson of the family Josserand de Bourgogne emblazoned by me in 6 steps: 1, 2) structure and delineation of the double tressure, 3, 4) structure and delineation of the Corvus corax trian volant, 5) plain tincture, and 6) lights and shadows.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Sable, One, Double tressure, Flory, Overall, Raven, Volant, Saltirewise and Proper.

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

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

Bearer: Thompson, Alton.

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 outlined by me.

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 and Bull's hide.

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

Bearer: Stiebel, Amitay Edward von.

Quarterly: 1 Argent, a dolphin haurient Azure; 2 Azure, a sunflower Or; 3 Azure, on a closed book Or a diamond Azure; 4 Argent, a lark Azure.

The coat of arms of Antonio Ruiz Porras emblazoned by me in 3 steps: 1) outlined, 2) plain metals and color, and 3) light and shadows.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Or, One, Quarterly, Dolphin, Haurient, Sunflower, Closed book, Book, Charged, Diamond and Lark.

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

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

Bearer: Ruiz Porras, Antonio.

Or, a eagle displayed Sable.

Coat of arms of the Arrano Beltza, the black eagle, emblazoned by me in 6 steps: 1) Given a rectangle of any proportion, draw its vertical and horizontal axes of symmetry in Azure. Draw a line parallel to the horizontal axis at any distance; in the figure, it is drawn above the axis and in Vert. To achieve this, draw an arc, in gules in the figure, with its center at the point Pcj and of any radius, where Pd is the intersection of the arc with the dexter side and Ps the intersection with the sinister side. The parallel line runs from Pd to Ps. 2) Draw the diagonal in bend of the 3^rd quarter, from Pd to Pcp, and the diagonal in bend sinister of the 4^th quarter, from Ps to Pcp, both in Gules in the figure. Then draw their two perpendicular bisectors, which will intersect the Pd-Ps line at the points Cs and Cd. 4) With Cd as the center, draw the dexter arc of the base passing through Pd, with a radius of Cd-Pd. Similarly, with Cs as the center, draw the sinister arc of the base passing through Ps, with a radius of Cs-Ps. Both arcs intersect at the point Pcp at the base and are shown in Gules in the figure. 5) Draw in Sable the external shape of the coat of arms, formed by the arcs from Ps to Pcp and Pd to Pcp, the dexter flank from Pd to Pdj at the dexter of the chief, the sinister flank from Ps to Psj at the sinister of the chief, and the upper horizontal line of the chief from Pdj to Psj. 6) Draw an eagle displayed using the rule of plenitude. 7) Finally, paint the field of the shield Or and the eagle Sable.

Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, One, Eagle and Displayed.

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

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

Bearer: Arrano Beltza.

Azure, issuant from base a frog's head and from flanks its forelegs in chevron Or, in chief a mullet of seven points Argent.

Coat of arms of Arturo Taborda, Venezuela, emblazoned by me. Four-step schema showing how I planned the construction of this coat of arms, based on two in pale, centered circles, each with a diameter equal to half the width of the shield, the first circle is used to inscribe the mullet of seven points, and the second to inscribe the frog’s head, in addition, I extended the axes of two rays of the mullet, specifically the two that form the angle of a chevron, and used those two axes as guides for placing the frog’s forelegs.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, One, Seven, Issuant from base, Frog, Head, Flank, Foreleg, In chevron, In chief and Mullet.

Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Ogee.

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

Bearer: Taborda, Arturo.

Or semé of millrinds Azure; a chief dancetty of two full points upwards Purpure pierced twice of the field billetwise throughout.

The coat of arms of Baz Manning, John Basil Edward, emblazoned by me in 4 steps. In the English blazon, I followed his style, and in the Spanish blazon, I followed mine, counting the pieces of the chief that fit from the perspective of the chief.

Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Purpure, One, Two, Three, Semé, Millrind, Chief, Dancetty, Pierced, Billet and Throughout (chief base).

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

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

Bearer: Manning, Baz.

Party per chevron Gules and Argent, two acorns slipped Or and in base a fleur de lis Azure.

Coat of arms of Brady Brim-DeForest. This is my initial design, made so that the color Gules occupies twice the surface area of the metal Argent.

Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Party per chevron, Acorn, Slipped, Base and Fleur de lis.

Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Double pointed.

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

Bearer: Brim-DeForest, Brady.

Party per pale: 1 Gules, in base a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, and masoned Sable; 2 Argent, in base a lion rampant Gules, crowned Or; overall a psi letter sable; a diminished bordure Or.

Coat of arms of Crepsi, military psychology, former Central Military Region, Kingdom of Spain emblazoned by me. These arms were designed by my lieutenant colonel and friend Miguel Angel Nuñez Amador. The image shows three steps of my artwork: a) ratio, b) outlined, and c) plain colors and metals. The Castilian «filiera» is a diminished bordure; its width is usually 1/2 or 1/3 of the width of the bordure. The bordure itself is usually 1/6 of the width of the coat of arms. Therefore, the «filiera» is typically 1/(2×6) = 1/12 or 1/(3×6) = 1/18 of the width of the coat of arms.

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

Classification: Military, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Crepsi.

Design ideas

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.

Water-bouget

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.

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.

My interpretation endows the coat of arms of His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain with the golden proportion, based on the golden number Phi, which is present in many works of art, in architecture, in mathematics, and in Nature itself; there are official arms established by Royal Decree 527/2014, and the arms shown here constitute only a new personal interpretation of the same blazon; the shape of the shield is that of the Spanish type with a semicircular base, of height h and base b, with the proportion b/h = 5/6; the shield is placed at the center of a golden rectangle, of height 2h, twice the height of the shield, and of width 2h/Phi, Phi being the golden number, equal to 1.6180339887…; to the set formed by the shield and the golden rectangle a circle of radius h/Phi is added, tangent to both vertical sides of the rectangle and also tangent at the center of the upper boundary of the chief of His Majesty’s shield; this circle forms the edge of the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and from its lowest point the fleece hangs down until it nearly touches the base of the golden rectangle; the golden rectangle is divided into four equal parts, each of height h/2, assigned respectively to the closed royal crown, to Castile and León, to Aragon, Navarre and Granada, and to the lower part of the collar and the Golden Fleece; in this way, the entire coat of arms of His Majesty King Felipe VI can be defined as a function of a single parameter h, corresponding to the height of the shield, and the dimensions specified in terms of the base b are likewise functions of h thanks to the proportion b = 5h/6.

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

Classification: Personal, Kingdom of Spain, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Felipe VI of Spain.

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.

Coat of arms of Fernando Marán Bié designed by Ignacio Koblischek and outlined by me.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Gules, Argent, Or, Six, One, Two, Party per fess, Open, Book, Garnished, Charged, Mullet, Tree, Eradicated, Between, Apple, Bordure and Embattled.

Style keywords: Outlined and Semi-circular.

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

Bearer: Fernando Marán Bié.

Azure, a seagull volant Argent, carrying in its feet a sheaf of tobacco proper, bound Gules.

The coat of arms of Gregorio Lanzagorta Llaguno, harbor of San Blas, and cigar maker in Nayarit, Mexico. This coat of arms was designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and painted by me in 3 steps: 1) outlined, 2) plain colors and metals, and 3) lights and shadows. The heraldic terms «gavilla» ~ «garb» in Castilian and English. Note that the English term «sheaf» also corresponds to the Castilian «gavilla». At first, I thought I remembered that in Castilian this sheaf of tobacco had the very specific name «tonga», and that is why I initially used «tonga de tabaco» ~ «tobacco sheaf». But I discovered that «tonga» is a more local than general term, [Real Academia Española; 2014] «Canarias y Cuba: Pila o porción de cosas apiladas en orden», so «tonga» is not as general as I believed, and therefore I moved on to use «gavilla de hojas de tabaco» ~ «sheaf of tobacco leaves», although this is somewhat long, and moreover the words «hojas» and «leaves» are redundant, since these sheaves are only made of leaves—just as wheat sheaves are always made of ears, so one does not say a sheaf of wheat ears. That is why I finally use for the blazon «gavilla de tabaco» ~ «sheaf of tobacco» in Castilian and English, respectively.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, One, Seagull, Volant, Grasping, Foot (palmiped), Sheaf of tobacco, Proper and Bound.

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

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

Bearer: Gregorio Lanzagorta Llaguno.

Above, the digital rendering of a goldfinch speaking proper, drawn for the arms of Ignacio Perez de Bartolome. Below, the original artwork executed in Sakura Pigma Micron archival ink for the crest of his coat of arms. Archival ink is that which, due to being pH-neutral and lightfast, guarantees permanence and stability of the line in artworks and documents.

Blazon keywords: Goldfinch, Speaking and Proper.

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

Classification: Schema, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.

Bearer: Pérez de Bartolome, Ignacio.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a hand Carnation, embowed, vambraced and winged Or, holding a sword point upwards Argent, hilted Or; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules. Crest: An open royal crown.

Coat of arms of the Infante Manuel of Castile, 1234–1283, 7^th son of the King Ferdinand III of Castile, 1199-1252, and the Queen Beatrice of Swabia, 1205–1235. This coat of arms has been delineated with proportions by me.

Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Purpure, One, Quarterly, Hand, Arm, Vambraced, Embowed, Winged, Sword, Point upwards, Hilted, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crest, Open royal crown and Crown.

Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined, Outlined in sable and Ogee.

Classification: Personal, Kingdom of Castile and Leon, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Manuel of Castile, Infante.

Argent, a chevron Sable and an ouroboros Azure, armed and langued Sable, interlaced.

The coat of arms of Ixai Lanzagorta Ochoa, designed by him, his father, Juan Lanzagorta Vallin, and me, and emblazoned by me in 4 steps: proportions, delineation, plain colors and metal, and lights and shadows. His favorite version is the flat, classic representation of his coat of arms.

Credits: Juan Lanzagorta Vallin is the designer of the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Azure, One, Chevron, Ouroboros, Armed, Langued and Interlaced.

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

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

Bearer: Lanzagorta Ochoa, Ixai.

Azure, a tower Or, embattled and masoned Sable, overall a lion rampant barry Purpure and Argent.

Coat of arms of Jean Mortes from Brittany, France, emblazoned by me in 2 steps: an outline drawing and flat colors and metals.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Sable, Argent, Purpure, One, Tower, Embattled, Masoned, Overall, Lion, Rampant and Barry.

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

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

Bearer: Mortés, Jean.

Or, a wolf passant Gules; on a chief Gules, three bells Or.

The coat of arms of Jean-Christophe Loubet del Bayle outlined by me.

Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, One, Three, Wolf, Passant, Chief and Bell.

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

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

Bearer: Loubet del Bayle, Jean-Christophe.

Or, a badger rampant Sable.

Coat of arms of Jose Manuel Villauriz Alvarez, emblazoned by me in 3 steps: outlined, plain color and metal, and lights and shadows. A heraldic artwork made under the directions of Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera Gila, Cronista de Armas de Castilla y Leon.

Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, One, Badger and Rampant.

Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated 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 outlined by me. 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, Eradicated, Proper, Fructed, Trunk, Charged, Branding iron and Letter.

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

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

Bearer: Lanzagorta Aras, José María.

Party per pale bendy wavy Azure and Or and bendy wavy Azure and Argent, overall three fish naiant in pale Argent.

Coat of arms of Juan Lanzagorta Aras designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and outlined by me.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Three, Party per pale, Bendy, Wavy, Overall, Fish, Naiant and In pale.

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

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

Bearer: Lanzagorta Aras, Juan.

Argent masoned Sable, a chevron Azure, in chief a wolf and a she-wolf combatant Sable.

Coat of arms of Juan Lanzagorta Vallin designed by him and outlined by me. The image illustrates my working process in 3 steps: 1) outlined, 2) flat colors and metal, and 3) lights and shadows. I have never painted a field masoned sable. The chevron Azure symbolizes the firmament seen through an open hole in the masoned wall, like a window open to the sky.

Credits: Juan Lanzagorta Vallin is the designer of the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Sable, One, Two, Masoned, Chevron, In chief, Wolf, She-wolf and Combatant.

Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Ogee.

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

Bearer: Lanzagorta Vallín, Juan.

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.

Vert, an eagle displayed Argent, beaked, langued, membered and armed Gules; on a chief wavy Argent, three plantain plants issuant from the line of division Vert.

Coat of arms of Kurth Mayrl, of Austrian origin, and in charge of banana plantations in San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico. This coat of arms has been designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and outlined by me.

Blazon keywords: Vert, Argent, Gules, One, Three, Eagle, Displayed, Beaked, Langued, Membered, Armed, Chief, Wavy, Plantain plant, Issuant and Line of division.

Style keywords: Outlined.

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

Bearer: Mayrl, Kurth.

Azure, a chief wavy and barry wavy of twelve Azure and Argent debruised and interlaced by a fish urinant Argent.

Escudo de azur, un jefe ondado y burelado ondado de doce piezas de azur y plata, resaltado y entrelazado de un pez sumergido de plata.

Coat of arms of Juan Bautista Lanzagorta Escutia designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and emblazoned by me. It recalls the sad story of a shipwreck.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Twelve, Chief, Wavy, Barry, Debruised, Interlaced, Fish and Urinant.

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

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

Bearer: Lanzagorta Escutia, Juan Bautista.

Gules, an eagle displayed Or.

Coat of arms of the lineage Baldovino from Venecia, emblazoned by me in 4 steps: guideline drawing, outlined, plain color and metal, and lights and shadows. From Jean-Baptiste Rietstap, «Armorial général», 1^st edition, 1861, [Rietstap, J. B.; 1861; P1 CXII B, row 7, column 7].

Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, One, Eagle and Displayed.

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

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

Bearer: Baldovino from Venecia, lineage.

Or, a fess chequey Gules and Argent.

Coat of arms of the lineage Mark of Germany. Symmetrical geometry of a fess chequey of 3 traits: a) The height of the fess is 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms. b) The fess is chequey with 3 traits. c) Therefore, the height of each trait is calculated as 1/3 x 1/3 = 1/9 of the width of the coat of arms. d) In a square, the height is equal to the width. e) Consequently, the width of each square in the chequey is also 1/9 of the width of the coat of arms. f) The first trait must contain 9 squares, as the width of the fess allows for an exact division into 9 equal squares, 9 being an odd number. g) If the first square is Gules, the last square of the same row will also be Gules, ensuring symmetry in the design.

Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Argent, One, Three, Nine, Fess and Chequey.

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

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

Bearer: Mark of Germany, lineage.

Or, a holm oak eradicated Vert, fructed Or, in front of its trunk two boars passant, in pale Sable.

Ancient arms of the lineage Peraza of Cantabria outlined by me. In the art of blazon, it is important to highlight the ferocity of heraldic beasts, for example, in this case of boars.

Blazon keywords: Or, Vert, Sable, Holm oak, Eradicated, Fructed, In front (tree), Trunk, Boar, Passant and In pale.

Style keywords: Outlined and Semi-circular.

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

Bearer: Peraza of Cantabria, lineage.

Or, three lion’s paws erect and erased Or, 2 and 1, each grasping a Madonna lily Argent.

Coat of arms of the lineage Terraza of Aragon, emblazoned by me in 3 stages: guideline drawing and outlining, plain colors and metals, and light and shadow work, following the instructions of Enrique de Álzaga Aliena.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Three, One, Lion, Paw, Erect, Erased, Ordered, Grasping and Madonna lily.

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

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

Bearer: Terraza of Aragon, lineage.

Sable, a tyger rampant Argent; a bordure Argent charged with eight crosses crosslet fitchy Sable.

Coat of arms of the Lord of South Clifton emblazoned by me in 3 steps, showing how the tyger is placed within the bordure, and the crosses crosslet fitchy are arranged on it.

Blazon keywords: Sable, Argent, One, Eight, Tyger, Rampant, Bordure, Charged and Cross crosslet fitchy.

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

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

Bearer: South Clifton, Lord of.

Sable, a kapok tree eradicated and fructed between in base two lozenges Argent.

The coat of arms of Luis Gerardo Oyervides Ochoa, Mexico, designed and outlined by me.

Blazon keywords: One, Two, Kapok tree, Tree, Eradicated, Fructed, Between, In base and Lozenge.

Style keywords: Outlined and Semi-circular.

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

Bearer: Oyervides Ochoa, Luis Gerardo.

Azure, a moon with human face environed by nine concentric annulets Argent.

The coat of arms of María Asunción de León González designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and myself outlined by me.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Nine, Moon, With human face, Environed, Concentric and Annulet.

Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable and Rounded trapezoid.

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

Bearer: María Asunción de León González.

Or, an eagle displayed bendy Azure and Argent.

Coat of arms of María Dolores Escutia Sánchez designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and outlined by me.

Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Argent, One, Eagle, Displayed and Bendy.

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

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

Bearer: Escutia Sánchez, María Dolores.

Or, three pallets Vair.

The coat of arms of the Marquis Prato di Arnesano, requested by Andrea Tamburelli Lanzara 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.

Party per fess, the base per pale: 1 Or, a hurt; 2 Gules and 3 Argent, over both a cross of Malta counterchanged.

Coat of arms of the municipality of Candasnos, Huesca, designed by Valeriano Labara Ballestar, approved by the Government of Aragon. It has been an honor for me to emblazon this version for Valeriano Labara. The image illustrates my process in 3 steps: 1) outlined, 2) plain colors and metals, and 3) light and shadows. [Labara Ballestar, V. C.; 2019; pages 341-368] describes the «reconstruction of the recovery process and adaptation of the municipal historical emblems of Candasnos (Huesca)».

Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Argent, One, Party per fess, the base per pale, Hurt, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped and Counterchanged.

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

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

Bearer: Candasnos, municipality of.

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.

The coat of arms of Pesquera de Ebro, Burgos, Castile and Leon, designed and outlined by me.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Three, On, Bar, Wavy, Barbel, Bendwise, Bridge, Masoned, Throughout, Upon, Elm, Couped (tree), Leaved, Tower, Port and windows, Escutcheon and Ordered.

Style keywords: Outlined and Semi-circular.

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

Bearer: Pesquera de Ebro.

Supporting document illustrating my proposal, pages 4 and 5.

I have made a suggestion to the Lexicography Institute of the Royal Spanish Academy regarding the heraldic term «pira» in the Dictionary of the Spanish Language. I drafted a document that justified my suggestion, illustrated it, and proposed two ways to refine its definition within the Dictionary. I am honored that they have accepted my proposal and chosen the first of the alternative definitions I suggested. The following images are some of those I used to illustrate the supporting document.

Schema.

Delineation.

Coats of arms of the Burr, Osona, Gangoiti and Egado lineages.

I used the following bibliographical references [Académie internationale d'héraldique; 1952], [Arco y García, F. del; 1996a], [Avilés, J.; 1725a], [Avilés, J.; 1780a], [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1987], [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1975], [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 2002], [Messía de la Cerda y Pita, L.; 1990], and [Messía de la Cerda y Pita, L.; 1980].

Categories: Schema, Ratio, Outlined, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Doctor.

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 figure illustrates my construction scheme outlined with my main proportions for the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Spain. The scheme is conceptually divided into three horizontal rectangles of equal height: the first one dedicated to the Royal Crown, the second to the quarters of Castile and and Leon, and the third rectangle to the quarters of Aragon and Navarre. The width of the central inescutcheon is defined as 1/3 of the total shield width. The curve of the enté en point of Granada is designed such that the resulting shapes in the quarter for Aragon and the quarter for Navarre are symmetrical, evoking the form of a pointed shield.

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 and Semi-circular.

Classification: Civic, Kingdom of Spain, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Spain, Kingdom of.

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.

Coat of arms of Sean Shriner, designed by The Armorial Register, and revised and emblazoned by me. Image showing the different steps, delineations, and proportions used in the creation of it.

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 and Debruised.

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

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

Bearer: Shriner, Sean.

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.

This is the coat of arms of Sister Esperanza Vega Lanzagorta, designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallin and painted by me in 2 steps. In the 1^st row is the selected version of her coat of arms, and in the 2^nd row is an alternative version; both are based on the same structure and concepts. The blazon for the alternative version is as follows, note that the only change is the arrangement of the two palm fronds, from pile reversed to pile: «Azure, between two palm fronds in pile 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».

Credits: Juan Lanzagorta Vallin is the designer of the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, Or, One, Two, Our Lady of Mercy, Grasping, Sinister, Hand, Broken, Chain, Charged, Chest, Escutcheon, Party per fess, Cross patty, Cross couped, Between, Palm frond, In pile reversed and In pile.

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

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

Bearer: Vega Lanzagorta, Sister Esperanza.

Azure, a cross of Burgundy Or; an inescutcheon Or, six fleurs de lis in orle Azure.

Coat of arms of the Tercio Alessandro Farnese, 4^th 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.

Coat of arms of the Tercio Great Captain, 1^st of the Spanish Legion, emblazoned by me in 12 steps. The inescutcheon represents the coat of arms of Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, 1453-1515, «The Great Captain». To paint the coat of arms of the Tercio Gran Capitán, I applied a geometric method that involves dividing both the width and the height of the shield into three equal parts. This way, the central inescutcheon, bearing the arms of Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, occupies exactly one third of the width and one third of the height of the main shield. Beyond its compositional function, this method also serves as a symbolic nod to the name of this historic military unit. The shield of the Tercio has been quite literally built using thirds. It is a small play on words and shapes that combines geometry with heraldic tradition.

Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, One, Three, Cross of Burgundy, Cross couped, Inescutcheon, Bar and Fess.

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

Classification: Military, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Tercio Great Captain.

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.

The coat of arms of Teresa Otxoa Magaña designed by her and her husband Juan Lanzagorta Vallín, and emblazoned by me with an oval shape in 3 steps: ratios, outlined, and tinctures.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Sable, Gules, One, Chief, Moon, With human face, Base, Crescent, Chequey, Overall, She-wolf, Ululant, Sejant, Proper, Armed and Udder.

Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Oval.

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

Bearer: Otxoa Magaña, Teresa.

Azure, a plough share points downward Argent between, on a base enarched Vert, two bell towers Argent, port and window Sable.

This schema shows in 3 steps how I emblazon its coat of arms following the rule of 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Azure, One, Plough share, Point downwards, Argent, Between, Two, Bell tower, Port and windows, Sable, Terrace in base and Vert.

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

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

Bearer: Csernely.

Gules, on a fess invected Argent, a lioness Azure, armed, langued and the udders Gules.

Blazon keywords: Gules, One, Fess, Invected, Argent, Charged, Lioness, Azure, Armed, Langued and Udder.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Vallín de Lanzagorta, María Concepción.

Party per pale Vert and Azure, overall two cannons dismounted in saltire, between two seagulls volant in pale, and two fish naiant in fess Argent.

Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Vert, Azure, Overall, Two, Cannon dismounted, Cannon, In saltire, Between, Seagull, Volant, In pale, Fish, Naiant, In fess and Argent.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Lanzagorta Escutia, Miguel Francisco.

Party per pale Azure and Or, a tree eradicated and blasted between two starlings respectant all counterchanged.

Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Azure, Or, One, Tree, Erased, Blasted, Counterchanged, Between, Two, Starling, Respectant and Counterchanged (side-by-side).

Style keywords: Ogee, Outlined in sable and Outlined.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Bendel, Nathaniel.

Gules, six wagon-wheels Or, 2, 2, and 2.

A wagon-wheel is an outer circle of iron, with an inner circle of wood and spokes also of wood, then the wagon-wheel proper has the color of the wood.

The number of spokes could be specified in the blazon, but most of the time it is left to the license of the artist, 6, 8, I like to paint more, for example, 12.

Blazon keywords: Gules, Six, Wagon-wheel and Or.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Outlined and Pointed.

Classification: Lineage, Interpreted, Canting and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Rodelo lineage from Galicia.

Azure, a chevron in base ensigned by a pelican in her piety Argent, vulned Gules, in base a mullet of eight points Argent.

Coat of arms of Yaroslav Pototsky emblazoned by me under his directions in 3 steps: outlined, plain colors and metals, and lights and shados. Notice the nest must touch the chevron.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, One, Chevron, In base, Pelican in her piety, Pelican, Vulned and Mullet.

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

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

Bearer: Pototsky, Yaroslav.

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.

The coat of arms of Yishay Ifrah outlined by me. The internal structure of this design is that the lion's forepaws fall below the center of the dexter heart, the central vertical axis passing through the center of the Star of David runs between the lion's eyes, and the tip of the tail falls below the center of the sinister heart.

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 and Semi-circular.

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

Bearer: Ifrah, Yishay.