Party per fess

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Escudo de Castilla y León Libro abierto, hojas de plata, filo de oro, guardas de gules, tapas de sable.

Avilés, J.; 1780b

J. Avilés, tomo I, página 161 de 1725 y 179 de 1780, cortado

José de Avilés e Iturbide, Marquis of Aviles, member of the Supreme Council of War, «Ciencia heroyca, reducida a las leyes heráldicas del blasón: Ilustrada con exemplares de todas las piezas, figuras y ornamentos de que puede componerse un escudo de armas interior y exteriormente, Tomo II», edition of Joaquín Ibarra, printer of his Majesty's Chamber, at the expense of the Company of Printers and Booksellers of the Kingdom, 440 pages, Madrid, 1780.


The first edition is [Avilés, J.; 1725b] and this edition is 14 years after the death of José de Avilés, that happened in 1766.

Helm of squire, knight, 39, and hidalgo, 40

J. Aviles, volume I, page 42 and plate 3

Bibliographical reference of century XVIII.

Classification: In black and white and Castilian language.

The author is Avilés e Iturbide, José.

Here are the articles quoting this reference:

External link:

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Bermejo Fernandez-Briceño, Francisco Jose

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.

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.

Escudo cortado: 1o de oro, una torre de gules, acompañada en el cantón diestro del jefe de un creciente, y en el siniestro de una estrella de ocho puntas, ambos de azur. 2o de azur, tres caballos corriendo, en barra, nacientes, cada uno, de una onda moviente del flanco siniestro, todo de plata.

Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a rounded external shape and with a watercolor finishing.

This is the coat of arms of Francisco-José Bermejo Fernández-Briceño designed by @Ignacio Koblischek and emblazoned by me for the Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la Granada.


Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Argent, One, Three, Party per fess, Tower, Between, In chief, Crescent, Mullet, Demi, Horse, Courant, In bend sinister, Nascent, Bar, Wavy, Issuant and Sinister.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Rounded and Watercolor.

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

Bearer: Bermejo Fernandez-Briceño, Francisco Jose.

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Escudo de Castilla y León Áncora de oro y la divisa enlace.

Brotherhood of the Apostle Santiago, Chile in Twelve Lineages

Brotherhood of Knights of the Apostle Santiago, Chile, Twelve Lineages

First publication of my heraldic artwork for this Brotherhood of the Apostle Santiago, Chile, on the blog Twelve Lineages of Soria under the following headline: Interpretation by the heraldic artist Mr. Antonio Salmerón Cabañas, of the arms of the Brotherhood of Knights of the Apostle Santiago (Chile).

Brotherhood of Knights of the Apostle Santiago, Chile, Illustration in Twelve Lineages

Second publication of my heraldic artwork for this Brotherhood of the Apostle Santiago, Chile, on the blog Twelve Lineages of Soria with the following description of the illustration: Interpretation of the arms of the Santiago Brotherhood of Chile, by the prestigious heraldist Mr. Antonio Salmerón.

Gratitude to the Brotherhood of Knights of the Apostle Santiago of Chile

Third publication of my heraldic artwork for this Brotherhood of the Apostle Santiago, Chile, on the blog Twelve Lineages of Soria with the following description of the illustration: Coat of arms of the Brotherhood of Knights of the Apostle Santiago in Chile, versioned by the renowned heraldist Mr. Antonio Salmerón.

Jacobean Week

Fourth publication of my heraldic artwork for this Brotherhood of the Apostle Santiago, Chile, on the blog Twelve Lineages of Soria with the following description of the illustration: Brotherhood of Santiago.


Categories: Link, Republic of Chile, Freehand, Emblem, Crest and mantling, Sable, Argent, Or, Azure, Gules, Crown of Knight, Crown, Cross of Saint James, Cross couped, Party per fess, Overall (deprecated) and Mullet.

Root: Twelve Lineages of Soria.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Coat of arms of Stephan Urs Breu

Party per fess: 1 Argent, a rose Gules, barbed and seeded proper; 2 Gules, two swords in saltire Argent, hilted Or.

Party per fess: 1 Argent, a rose Gules, barbed and seeded proper; 2 Gules, two swords in saltire Argent, hilted Or.

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.


Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Argent, One, Rose, Gules, Leaved, Seeded, Two, Sword, In saltire, Hilted and Or.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Breu, Stephan Urs.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Crest and mantling of Jan Bobor

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 helm with 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. Mantling: On the dexter Azure doubled Or and on the sinister Gules doubled Or.

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 helm with 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. Mantling: On the dexter Azure doubled Or and on the sinister Gules doubled Or.

Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a watercolor finish.

Canting arms of Jan Bobor, Slovakia, emblazoned under his directions.


Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Beaver, Erect, Armed, Tailed, Grasping, Dexter, Shoulder, Sword, Hilted, Chief, Embattled, Fleur de lis, Crest, Helm, Wreath, Issuant, Crowned, Winged, Swallow-tail, Party per fess, Overall, Patriarchal cross, Cross couped, Patty, Fitchy, Mantling, Doubled and Sinister.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Watercolor.

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

Bearer: Bobor, Jan.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Crest, mantling and motto of Isadora von Haimb

Argent, a rose Gules, barbed Vert; a bordure Azure. Crest: Dexter, upon a helm, issuant from an ancient coronet Or, a dove Argent, holding in its beak an olive branch Vert; and sinister, upon a helm, issuant from an ancient coronet Or, an arm proper, vambraced Argent, grasping a sabre Argent, between a pair of wings per fess alternately Azure and Argent. Mantling: Dexter Gules doubled Argent, sinister Azure doubled Argent. Motto: «Das Blut erinnert, was die Krone vergisst» Sable, over a scroll Argent doubled Azure.

Argent, a rose Gules, barbed Vert; a bordure Azure. Crest: Dexter, upon a helm, issuant from an ancient coronet Or, a dove Argent, holding in its beak an olive branch Vert; and sinister, upon a helm, issuant from an ancient coronet Or, an arm proper, vambraced Argent, grasping a sabre Argent, between a pair of wings per fess alternately Azure and Argent. Mantling: Dexter Gules doubled Argent, sinister Azure doubled Argent. Motto: «Das Blut erinnert, was die Krone vergisst» Sable, over a scroll Argent doubled Azure.

Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a watercolor finishing.


Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Vert, Azure, Sable, One, Two, Rose, Barbed, Bordure, Crest, Dexter, Helm, Issuant, Ancient coronet, Crown, Dove, Grasping, Beak, Olive tree, Tree, Branch, Sinister, Arm, Vambraced, Sabre, Sword, Between, Wing, Party per fess, Alternately, Mantling, Doubled, Motto and Scroll.

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

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

Bearer: von Haimb, Isadora.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Crown of Graziano Alu

Party per pale: 1 Or, a Georgian dancer proper; 2 Gules, a church Or, ports and windows Azure. Crest: A crown of Baron.

Party per pale: 1 Or, a Georgian dancer proper; 2 Gules, a church Or, ports and windows Azure. Crest: A crown of Baron.

Coat of arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a watercolor finishing.

Coat of arms of Graziano Alu designed by Angelo Musa and emblazoned by me. The blazon in Italian is «Arma: Partito: 1o d'oro, un ballerino georgiano al naturale; 2o di rosso, una chiesa d'oro, finestrata e portata d'azzurro. Cimiero: Una corona di barone».


Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Azure, One, Party per fess, Male figure, Proper, Church, Port and windows, Crest, Crown of Baron and Crown.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Watercolor.

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

Bearer: Alu, Graziano.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Dancetty, ratio, points and blazon

Party per fess Or and Gules dancetty of three full points and two half upwards.

Party per fess Or and Gules dancetty of three full points and two half upwards.

Escudo cortado, encajado de tres piezas enteras y dos medias.

[Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 79], on the appropriate dimensions for outlining an indented shield, he explains that «encaxadas» or «emanchadas» refers to «the partitions of the shield, whose pieces fit into each other in the shape of thick and long triangles, which are regularly one-third of the length», that is, of the width of the shield for parted shields, «or of the height of the shield», that is, the height for fess shields, as in this example, «depending on the direction in which these figures are placed in the parted, fess, bend, and cut shields, etc. but being a Chief, they have half the base and the rest as point; and if it were a Fess, it is formed of alternating triangles, which fill it completely».

[Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 80], on which of the two components of an indented shield acts as the field and which as the piece, he clarifies that «the field of the partition is understood as the one occupying the upper part of the shield, with the lower part at the base considered the piece».

[Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 80], on how the blazon of an indented shield should be drafted, he establishes that «the number of whole and half triangles must be specified when there is more than one, and likewise, the direction in which the partitions are in the parted, fess, etc.», illustrating it with 2 examples that can also be seen in [Avilés, J.; 1725a; plate 8, illustrations 157 and 158].


Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Dancetty, Three and Two.

Style keywords: Semi-circular.

Classification: Schema.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Fernando Marán Bié, The Armorial Register

Iar 17 FernandoMaranBie TheArmorialRegister jpg

Registered by The International Register of Arms, 1st of December of 2022, Registration number 0690, Volume 4.

In Spanish heraldry, there are three terms for supporters: «sostenes» for objects or plants, «tenantes» for human figures, and «soportes» for animal forms. The following applies to sostenes, tenantes, and soportes. Unlike other heraldic traditions such as English heraldry, in Spanish heraldry there are no rules for the use of supporters; their use is at the armiger's discretion, without specific restrictions. Supporters are not reserved only for nobility; their use is free for all.

In the words of [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1975; page 173] «there is no rule that determines the use of tenantes, soportes, and sostenes».


Categories: Armorial roll, Party per fess, Azure, One, Book, Open, Or, Leaved, Argent, Charged, Mullet, Gules, Tree, Erased, Between, Two, Apple, Diminished bordure, Embattled, Crest and mantling, Helm, Fimbriated, Wreath, Mantling, Dexter, Sinister, Crest, Pegasus, Rampant, Nascent, Flame, Supporter (animal), Supporter, Lion, Langued, Quill, Claw, Parchment (scroll), Rolled, Seal, Letter, War cry and Motto.

External link:

Root: The Armorial Register.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Frank, Markus Hermann

Party per fess dancetty of three points Gules and Argent, in chief a winnowing fan reversed Or between two fleams addorsed Argent.

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.

Design rationale

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.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Full achievement of Michael Twist

Party per fess Argent and Or, in chief twenty one fleurs de lis Sable, 8, 7, and 6, in base, a stag passant Gules attired proper, holding in its mouth a sprig Vert, gorged with a wreath Argent and Or. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree, with a wreath Or and Gules, an eagle displayed facing sinister Gules. Mantling: Gules doubled Or. Motto: «Souviens Toi De Vivre».

Party per fess Argent and Or, in chief twenty one fleurs de lis Sable, 8, 7, and 6, in base, a stag passant Gules attired proper, holding in its mouth a sprig Vert, gorged with a wreath Argent and Or. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree, with a wreath Or and Gules, an eagle displayed facing sinister Gules. Mantling: Gules doubled Or. Motto: «Souviens Toi De Vivre».

Coat of arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a freehand finish.

G0130, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant for the arms of Michael Twist, Malta. These arms have been emblazoned by me for such grant.


Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Or, Gules, Vert, Twenty one, One, Party per fess, In chief, Fleur de lis, Stag, Passant, Attired, Grasping, Sprig, Gorged, Wreath, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Eagle, Facing sinister, Mantling, Doubled and Motto.

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

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

Bearer: Twist, Michael.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Jay Geoffrey De Graaf, collage

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.

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.

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Escudo de Castilla y León Áncora de oro y la divisa enlace.

Kimon Andreou Idtg Blog

Kimon Andreou, his gentilitian coat of arms and his motto in Greek

Kimon Andreou edits, from November 2008 to July 2015, his interesting idtg.org on heraldry, genealogy, history and other related topics.

The name and domain of this blog idtg.org are the acronyms of Kimon Andreou's own Greek motto which says:

  • «Ischys Dia Tis Gnoseos»,
  • in Greek «ΙΣΧΥΣ ΔΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΓΝΩΣΕΩΣ»,
  • which could be translated into Castilian as «el poder del conocimiento».

This motto has led him to seek knowledge since he was young and he offers it to us with his enjoyable posts about biographies, books on heraldry, coats of arms that generate controversy, on how to design your own coat of arms (gentilitian), heraldic artists, nobility, orders of chivalry and merit, orthodox orders and many other topics that I recommend.


Categories: Link, Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, Party per fess, Parchment, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Heraldry and heralds, Azure, Argent, Saltire, Overall, Counterchanged, Barn owl, Regardant, Tree, Oak, Erased and Motto.

Root: Andreou, Kimon.

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Escudo de Castilla y León

Lineage Rawson

Party per fess Azure and Sable, overall a four-towered castle Or, port and windows Sable. Motto: «Laus · Virtutis · Actio».

Party per fess Azure and Sable, overall a four-towered castle Or, port and windows Sable. Motto: «Laus · Virtutis · Actio».

Escudo cortado de azur y sable, brochante sobre la partición un castillo de cuatro torres de oro, aclarado de sable. Lema: «Laus · Virtutis · Actio».

Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee triple-pointed external shape and with a leather finish.


Blazon keywords: Azure, Sable, Or, One, Party per fess, Overall, Four-towered, Castle, Port and windows and Motto.

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

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

Bearer: Rawson, Lineage.

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Lory Santiago-Vazquez, structured and parallel blazons

The coat of arms of Lory Santiago-Vazquez emblazoned by me

Party per fess wavy Azure and Argent in chief a dolphin and in base three escallops counterchanged .:. Party per fess wavy: 1 Azure, a dolphin naiant; 2 Argent, three escallops Azure. Escudo cortado ondado de azur y plata, en jefe un delfín nadante, en punta tres veneras de azur. .:. Escudo cortado ondado: 1o de azur, un delfín nadante; 2o de plata, tres veneras de azur. Structured and parallel blazon


Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Three, Party per fess, Wavy, Dolphin, Naiant and Escallop.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Structured and parallel blazons, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Santiago-Vazquez, Lory.

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Margaret Byrne, sealed

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.

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.

Design rationale

This design combines Byrne, O'Byrne, Ó Broin arms: «Gules, a chevron between three dexter hands apaumée couped at the wrist Argent», with O'Hanlon, Ó hAnluain arms: «Vert, on a mount in base proper, a boar passant Ermine».

These features embody the heraldic adaptation by Gaelic chieftains, integrating ancient tribal symbolism deeply rooted in Celtic mythology and rich local traditions from Wicklow and Armagh.

This design, while combining elements from each and respects this symbolism:

  • The layout of the traditional Byrne arms was chosen as the basis for the new arms to reflect the armiger's surname, however, for difference only one of the three dexter hands is employed but in the prime dexter position on the shield and retaining its tinctures. The sinister position has a key to emphasise and reflect the motto «To Thine Own Self Be True» as the essential or key message for one's life, integrity and honesty.
  • The base of the shield has the boar taken from the O'Hanlon arms, an ancient symbol of bravery, courage, and tenacity.
  • The chevron ermine was chosen to incorporate an element used in various versions of the Byrne and O'Hanlon traditional arms and to reflect the nobility of these two ancient clans/septs who fought long and hard to maintain their independence right up to the XVII century.

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

Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Pointed.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Design rationale, Sealed arms and Heraldic document.

Bearer: Byrne, Margaret.

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Martos García, J. C., coat of arms on chinapiería

Party per fess: 1 Gules, five swords erect, in fess Argent; 2 Vairy Or and Gules. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Gules, a lion rampant Or, armed, langued, the fangs and the eyes Gules, grasping in its sinister paw a key Argent. Mantling: Gules doubled Or. Supporters: Two lions rampant Or, armed, langued, the fangs and the eyes Gules. Motto: «Veritas filia temporis» Gules over a scroll Argent.

Party per fess: 1 Gules, five swords erect, in fess Argent; 2 Vairy Or and Gules. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Gules, a lion rampant Or, armed, langued, the fangs and the eyes Gules, grasping in its sinister paw a key Argent. Mantling: Gules doubled Or. Supporters: Two lions rampant Or, armed, langued, the fangs and the eyes Gules. Motto: «Veritas filia temporis» Gules over a scroll Argent.

Escudo cortado: 1o de gules, cinco espadas alzadas, en faja de plata; 2o verado de oro y gules. Timbrado de un yelmo, adornado de dos lambrequines de gules doblados de oro, un burelete de oro y gules, cimado de un león rampante de oro, armado, lampasado, fierezado y encendido de gules, teniendo en la siniestra una llave de plata. Soportes: dos leones rampantes de oro, armados, lampasados, fierezados y encendidos de gules. Lema: «Veritas filia temporis» de gules sobre una filacteria de plata.

Complete coat of arms with motto, crest, and two supporters, illuminated, outlined in Sable and in raised-stroke, and mounted on a circular chinapiería, illuminated in Argent and Or metal; the chinapiería is the same used to damask the mantling and the torse and it bears 269 as its registration number within my chinapiería catalogue.

[Real Academia Española; 2014] defines «adamascar» as «to give fabrics an appearance similar to damask» and «damasco» as «a strong silk or wool fabric with patterns formed by the weave».


Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Gules, Or, Argent, Five, Sword, Point upwards, In fess, Vairy, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, The fangs, The eyes, Sinister, Grasping, Key, Supporter (animal), Supporter and Motto.

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

Classification: Created, Personal and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Martos García, Juan Carlos.

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León Libro abierto, hojas de plata, filo de oro, guardas de gules, tapas de sable.

Mogrovejo de la Cerda, J.; 1636

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.


Contents

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:

  • Title page with the coat of arms of the Veras.
  • Errata and additions.
  • Dedication.
  • Warnings and introduction by Juan Mogrovejo de la Cerda, folios 1 to 4.
  • Tree of the Veras, folios 6 to 66, with 61 genealogical trees.
  • Eulogies of five Christian princes known for their virtue and valor, with trees of their descendants up to the Count of La Roca, folios 67 to 72.
  • Linear trees of descent from Don Fernando Carlos Antonio de Vera, Doña María Antonia de Vera y Tovar, and Doña Catalina de Vera, folios 73 to 114, with 41 trees.
  • Limitations of the work on folio 115.
  • Indexes with handwritten corrections, folios 116 to 122.
  • Additions to the edition, including a genealogical tree of Don Luis Francisco de la Cerda Sandobal y Rojas, Marqués de Alcalá.
  • Additional handwritten documents attached but not bound.
Title page, Árbol de los Veras, Milan, 1636

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.

Bibliographic reference mentioned in the following articles:

External resource:

Internal resources: Physical book..

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Order of Mercy, pointed and rounded

Party per fess: 1 Gules, a cross patty Argent; 2 Or, four pallets Gules.

Order founded in 1218 by Saint Peter Nolasco.

Party per fess: 1 Gules, a cross patty Argent; 2 Or, four pallets Gules.

Escudo cortado: 1o de gules, una cruz patada de plata; 2o de oro, cuatro palos de gules.

Already existing arms interpreted by me in the following way: the mouth of the coat of arms is pointed and rounded; its field has been enameled with Gules and Or flat tinctures; the cross patty and the 4 pales are illuminated; and the whole coat of arms has a hammered metal finish.


Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Gules, Or, Argent, Cross, One, Cross patty, Cross couped and Pale.

Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Metal beaten.

Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Our Lady of Mercy, Order of.

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Ring of Austin Charles Berry

Vert, a chevron, between three cross-crosslets; on a chief Argent, three griffins statant Gules, beaked and armed Or. Crest: Upon a helm, with a wreath Argent and Gules, a griffin's head couped Gules, beaked Or. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Silentium est aureum».

Vert, a chevron, between three cross-crosslets; on a chief Argent, three griffins statant Gules, beaked and armed Or. Crest: Upon a helm, with a wreath Argent and Gules, a griffin's head couped Gules, beaked Or. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Silentium est aureum».

These are the arms of Austin Charles Berry emblazoned by me and crafted as a ring. Austin Charles Berry told me «I don’t plan on using it as seal matrix and therefore declined to have them reverse the engraving».


Blazon keywords: Vert, One, Chevron, Between, Three, Cross-crosslet, Cross couped, Chief, Argent, Griffin, Statant, Gules, Beaked, Armed, Or, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Head, Party per fess and Motto.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Latin language, Collage and Photographic.

Bearer: Berry, Austin Charles.

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Sea of Alborán, plain tincture

Party per fess: 1 Sable, three mullets of eight points Argent, 1 and 2; 2 Azure, three anchors Or, 2 and 1.

Party per fess: 1 Sable, three mullets of eight points Argent, 1 and 2; 2 Azure, three anchors Or, 2 and 1.

Arms devised by me, in flat tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finishing.

Coat of arms of the Sea of Alboran 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, Party per fess, Mullet, Disordered, Anchor and Ordered.

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

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

Imaginary bearer: Alborán, Sea of.

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Sea of the Mediterranean, plain tincture

Party per fess: 1 Sable, three mullets of eight points Argent, 1 and 2; 2 Azure, a ship in full sail Or.

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.

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Sister Esperanza Vega Lanzagorta, plain tincture

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.

Azure, between two palm fronds in pile reversed a Lady of Mercy grasping in her sinister hand a broken chain Argent, and charged on the chest with an escutcheon per fess, 1 Gules, a cross patty Argent, and 2 Or, four pallets Gules.

Coat of arms designed by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finishing.

This is the coat of arms of Sister Esperanza Vega Lanzagorta, designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallin and painted by me. Alternative blazon: «Azure, between two palm fronds in pile reversed a Virgin of Mercy grasping in her sinister hand a broken chain Argent, and charged on the chest the Mercedarian coat of arms».


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 and In pile reversed.

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

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

Bearer: Vega Lanzagorta, Sister Esperanza.

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Vera, lineage of Aragon

Vair ancient, a bordure gules charged with eight saltires couped Or.

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.

 

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