Tartan

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, three lions passant, guardant, in pale Or, armed and langued Azure; 2 Or, a lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure, within a double tressure flory counterflory Gules; 3 Azure, a harp Or, stringed Argent.

It has been interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a metal beaten finishing.

Coat of arms of His Majesty King Charles III emblazoned by me, displayed over the known «King Charles III Tartan», registration 14030 at the Scottish Register of Tartans. It was created by the Scottish Tartans Authority for His Majesty on the occasion of his coronation, drawing from the sett of the Balmoral Tartan circa 1850, and features a central triple-stripe motif (one broad and two narrow) found in previous royal tartans worn by the King. Its palette, including green, blue and a soft red, has been matched to eighteenth-century natural-dye examples from the Scottish Tartans Authority collection.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, One, Three, Quarterly, Leopard, Pale, Armed, Langued, Lion, Rampant, Double tressure, Flory, Counterflory, Harp and Stringed.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Tartan.

Bearer: Charles III of the United Kingdom.

Or, on a pile issuant from base Vert between two maunches Gules a displayed scroll Argent with seal pendant proper.

It has been interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a texturized finish.

The coat of arms of Claes Zangenberg emblazoned by me over his personal tartan registered in the Scottish Register of Tartans.

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Blazon keywords: Or, Vert, Gules, Argent, One, Two, Pile issuant from base, Between, Maunch, Displayed scroll, Suspended and Proper.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Tartan and Seal.

Bearer: Zangenberg, Claes.

Argent, a tetrahedron Azure, pierced by a sword bendwise, point downwards Or, garnished Azure.

Heraldic device depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finish.

G0102, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant for the coat of arms of Dr. James Patrick Howard II, USA. This coat of arms has been emblazoned by me over his personal tartan registered in the Scottish Register of Tartans.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Or, One, Tetrahedron, Geometric solid, Pierced, In bend, Sword, Point downwards and Garnished.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Tartan.

Bearer: Howard II, Dr. James Patrick.

Argent, three lozenges Sable; on a chief wavy Azure, three snowflakes Argent.

Heraldic device emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a watercolor finishing.

The coat of arms of Jon Sneddon emblazoned by me over his personal tartan registered in the Scottish Register of Tartans. John Sneddon designed his tartan with the help of Elliot Nesterman.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Azure, Three, Lozenge, Chief, Charged, Wavy, Snowflake and Ordered.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Tartan.

Bearer: Sneddon, Jon.

Argent, on a chevron Gules three feathers Argent, between three swords erect Gules. Motto: «Ab Initio Goostrey».

This is the coat of arms of Martin Goldstraw emblazoned by me over his family tartan. This tartan was designed by Don Smith and is registered in the Scottish Register of Tartans, 2002.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Gules, Chevron, Charged, Sword, Point upwards, Ordered, Between, Quill and Motto.

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

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Cheshire County and Tartan.

Bearer: Goldstraw, Martin S. J..

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

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

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

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

Classification: Tartan, Created and Personal.

Bearer: Salmerón Cabañas, Antonio.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Classification: Tartan, Created and Personal.

Bearer: Salmerón Cabañas, Antonio.

Sanguine, a lion rampant, double queued Argent, tufted Or and langued Gules holding in its paws by the bows three keys fesswise bows interlaced wards to dexter facing downwards Or, in chief a mullet of eight points Or; all within a tressure Or.

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

The coat of arms of Rick Kasparek emblazoned by me over his personal tartan registered in the Scottish Register of Tartans.

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Blazon keywords: Sanguine, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Three, Eight, Lion, Rampant, Double queued, Tufted, Langued, Grasping, Paw, Key, Fesswise, Interlaced, In chief, Mullet and Tressure.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Tartan.

Bearer: Kasparek, Rick.

Scottish Register of Tartans, registration number 13980.

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

Escudo cortado: 1^o de plata, una rosa de gules, hojada de sinople, botonada de oro; 2^o de gules, dos espadas en sotuer de plata, guarnecidas de oro.

Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a semi-circular shape, illuminated, and with a leather finishing, over his personal tartan registered in the Scottish Register of Tartans.

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

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

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

Bearer: Breu, Stephan Urs.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Or, a lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure, within a double tressure flory counterflory Gules; 2 Gules, three lions passant, guardant, in pale Or, armed and langued Azure; 3 Azure, a harp Or, stringed Argent.

It has been depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a iridescent finishing.

Coat of arms of His Majesty King Charles III in Scotland emblazoned by me, displayed over the known «King Charles III Tartan», registration 14030 at the Scottish Register of Tartans. It was created by the Scottish Tartans Authority for His Majesty on the occasion of his coronation, drawing from the sett of the Balmoral Tartan circa 1850, and features a central triple-stripe motif (one broad and two narrow) found in previous royal tartans worn by the King. Its palette, including green, blue and a soft red, has been matched to eighteenth-century natural-dye examples from the Scottish Tartans Authority collection.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, One, Three, Quarterly, Leopard, Pale, Armed, Langued, Lion, Rampant, Double tressure, Flory, Counterflory, Harp and Stringed.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Tartan.

Bearer: Charles III of the United Kingdom.