Palewise

Full achievement of Daniel John Bugeja

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.

Full achievement of Germano Catanzaro

Azure, upon a sea in base an anchor palewise Or entwined by a dolphin Argent; chapé ployé Gules, two fleurs de lis Or. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree issuant from a crown of Noble above the shield, with a wreath Or and Azure, a unicorn Argent, issuant from a crown of Duke. Mantling: Azure doubled Or. Motto: «Sat cito si sat bene».

Coat of arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finishing.

G0087: the coat of arms of Germano Catanzaro, of Italy, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant. «A sea in base», as I have blazoned it, specified in the original grant as «a wavy base», I have translated into Castilian as «un mar moviente de la punta». It should be noted that the tinctures of this «wavy» are not specified in the blazon. In the original painted representation of these arms, this sea appears Azure upon a field likewise Azure, with the crests of the waves heightened by an Argent highlight in the form of a circumflex accent «^». My interpretation follows the model of that original image, although I have emphasized the whole of the wave pattern slightly more, not merely the crests of the waves, so that it stands out more clearly against the Azure field.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Gules, One, Two, Upon, Sea, In base, Anchor, Palewise, Interlaced, Dolphin, Chapé ployé, Fleur de lis, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Issuant, Crown of Noble, Crown, Above the shield, Wreath, Unicorn, Crown of Duke, Mantling and Motto.

Style keywords: Colour on colour, Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.

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

Bearer: Catanzaro, Germano.

Heidi Garcia-Bosch-de Morales-de Sola née Adriaensen, hand-drawn

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].

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. The image combines a photograph of a drawing of a doe sejeant along with her coat of arms, both painted by me. The figures, especially natural charges, are drawn by my hand. I trace them directly in black ink, without preliminary pencil sketches, using strokes as long as possible and trying not to lift the pen, with fine technical pens and without passing twice over the same line. This method produces long, flowing lines that seem to move freely around the figure, but it has one obvious disadvantage: mistakes and retracing are difficult to conceal. When something goes wrong, I usually prefer to complete the whole figure first, so that I can assess the final result and identify any difficult points that may arise towards the end of the drawing. I then draw the entire figure again on a fresh sheet of translucent tracing paper, using the previous version only as a visual guide. It is quite normal for me to repeat this process several times until I obtain a result that satisfies me. This doe is particularly characteristic of my way of drawing natural figures. Curiously, unlike its final appearance in the coat of arms and unlike my usual working orientation, I originally drew it facing the sinister side of the shield and later reversed it digitally before incorporating it into the arms. If the errors are small, however, I do not redraw the whole figure by hand. This may be the case when a line has gone slightly beyond another instead of stopping at it, when my hand has fallen a little short, or when a stroke has wandered away from where I intended it to go. In this photograph, for example, a small imperfection of this kind can be seen on the front leg close to the hoof. Once the drawing has been digitized, I correct these minor defects digitally. Curiously, this cleaning stage usually takes me longer than the original hand drawing. Contrary to what one might expect, at least in my own way of working, the manual part of the process is considerably faster than the digital one.

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 and In orle.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Rhombus.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.

Bearer: Garcia-Bosch-de Morales-de Sola née Adriaensen, Heidi.

Unicornio saltante sobre la divisa, criterio.

In bend and palewise

Azure, three crowns in bend, palewise Or.

Escudo de azur, tres coronas en banda, puestas en palo de oro.

Although the crowns are placed palewise, their natural position, since they are also along the bend, then specifying in the blazon that they are placed palewise can avoid the error of placing them rotated.

En banda ~ in bend.
Puesto en palo ~ palewise.

In the coats of arms of the members of The Heraldry Society, as in many other places, cases of «puesto en palo» ~ «palewise» can be seen, for example:

Stephen Richard Shires tiene por armas «Gyronny of eight Gules and Vert on a bend Argent between two pairs of keys saltirewise wards upwards and outwards Or a bend Sable charged with three towers palewise masoned in stretcher blocks Argent and header blocks Sable». The natural position of a tower is «puesta en palo», that is, «palewise», but in this case, being charged on a bend, «...a bend Sable charged with three towers...» there might be doubt if its orientation also follows that of the bend, which is why the clarification «palewise» seems most appropriate to me.
David Boven tiene por armas «Per bend grady Sable and Gules two vines in bend overall a bow palewise all within a bordure Or, for difference».
«palewise» is also used in the crest, as is the case with John Hamilton Gaylor, who bears the arms «Per fess Argent and Gules a dance flory parted per dance Sable and Argent» and for crest «A demi-griffin Sable armed Or holding a key palewise its wards in chief and to the sinister proper».

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Crown, In bend and Palewise.

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

Classification: Criterion.

Bearer: In and wise.

King Arthur, banner with 3 crowns in pale

Banner gules, three crowns in pale Or.

Pendón de gules, tres coronas en palo de oro.

Imaginary banner of Arthur of Britain interpreted in the following way: rectangular shape; maintaining the 5x6 proportion of a shield; the field enameled with flat color Gules; the crowns illuminated Or and outlined in Sable; and with an old parchment finish.

This banner can be found in [Edward IV of England; 1461; row 15, 2^nd column].

In the article [Scott-Giles, C. W.; 1965; paragraph 8, figure 2^nd] you can consult both this organization and other variants of King Arthur's coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Crown, In pale and Palewise.

Style keywords: Rectangular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Old parchment and Ogee.

Classification: Interpreted, Imaginary, Flag, Banner of arms and Kingdom of England.

Imaginary bearer: Arthur of Britain.

Margaret Byrne, motto

Party per chevron Gules and Vert, overall a chevron ermine between, in the dexter of the chief a dexter hand apaumée couped at the wrist, in the sinister of the chief a key palewise, ward to dexter chief, and in base a boar passant Argent. Motto: «To Thine Own Self Be True» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.

Escudo mantelado en punta de gules y sinople, brochante sobre el todo un cabrio de armiño acompañado, en la diestra del jefe, de una mano diestra apalmada y cortada por la muñeca, en la siniestra del jefe, de una llave puesta en palo, con el dentado hacia la diestra del jefe, y en la punta, de un jabalí pasante de todo de plata. Lema: «To Thine Own Self Be True» de sable, con letras iniciales de gules, sobre una filacteria de plata.

The arms of Margaret Byrne was presented in my lecture Women and Arms: Contemporary Coats of Arms for Women Worldwide (lecture). The presentation included her coat of arms shown together with the blazon and the design rationale.

Blazon keywords: Party per chevron, Gules, Vert, Overall, One, Chevron, Ermine, Between, Dexter, Chief, Hand, Appaumée, Party per fess, Wrist, Sinister, Key, Palewise, Key ward, Base (lower 1/3), Boar, Passant, Argent, Motto and Scroll.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms, English language and Slide.

Bearer: Byrne, Margaret.

Nelson, Matthew

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: 1^o de oro, en la diestra de la punta tres marletas en palo de sable; 2^o 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».

Design rationale

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.

Peregrina Corona, Dolores

Tierce: 1 Argent, two keys points upwards, in saltire, between in chief an escallop, and in base a mullet of five points environed at dexter by a crescent bendwise azure; 2 Azure, a dexter arm vested, issuant from sinister, grasping a pilgrim's staff palewise, issuant from base, tied to it a gourd bendwise Argent.

Escudo adiestrado: 1^o de plata, dos llaves alzadas en sotuer, acompañadas en jefe de una venera, y en punta de una estrella circundada a la diestra de un creciente puesto en banda todo de azur; 2^o de azur, un brazo diestro vestido, moviente de la siniestra, teniendo un bordón de peregrino puesto en palo, moviente de la punta, y atada a él una calabaza puesta en banda todo de plata.

Arms devised by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finish.

Canting arms of Dolores Peregrina Corona designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and me and 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». In Castilian heraldic tradition, the «adiestrado» ~ «tierce» used in this coat of arms and its symmetrical «siniestrado» ~ «tierce sinister» are «irregular divisions of the field by one line» ~ «particiones irregulares». That is why I use «tierce» and «tierce sinister» in English. There is another possibility, which is to call the «adiestrado» ~ «pale in dexter flank» and the «siniestrado» ~ «pale in sinister flank», thus ceasing to be a type of «divisions of the field» ~ «particiones» and becoming «ordinaries» ~ «piezas fundamentales». This has implications, as the rule of tinctures would apply if it were considered a «pale» ~ «palo». In any case, I will write the blazon in both ways. Alternative blazon: Azure, a dexter arm vested, issuant from sinister, grasping a pilgrim's staff palewise, issuant from base, tied to it a gourd bendwise; on a pale in dexter flank Argent two keys points upwards, in saltire, between in chief an escallop, and in base a mullet of five points environed at dexter by a crescent bendwise azure.

Design rationale

These are canting arms because her surname is «Peregrina» ~ «pilgrim», and her coat of arms depicts the arm of a pilgrim, as she is one herself, with her staff and her gourd for carrying water, advancing towards the dexter, in order to reach the destination of her three most important life pilgrimages: Santiago de Compostela, Rome, and Jerusalem. Following [Petra Sancta, S.; 1634; pages 417–418], in seventeenth-century academic emblematics the staff symbolizes the road understood as an intellectual journey, proper to a traveller who appears humble yet is rich in knowledge, while the gourd, which may seem empty, represents the wisdom preserved within it and from which learning ultimately emerges.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Two, Tierce, Key, Point upwards, In saltire, Between, In chief, Escallop, In base, Mullet, Environed, Dexter, Crescent, Bendwise, Arm, Vested, Issuant from the sinister flank, Grasping, Pilgrim's staff, Palewise, Issuant from base, Tied and Gourd.