Thistle

Registered by The International Register of Arms, 28^th of July of 2015, Registration umber 0344, Volume 2.

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Categories: Armorial roll, Vert, Party per chevron, Or, In chief, Sackbut, Fesswise, In base, Thistle, Seeded and Purpure.

Root: The Armorial Register.

Azure, a saltire Argent between in chief a thistle Or, flowered Argent, in fess two fleurs de lis Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; within a bordure gyronny of thirty-six Azure and Argent; overall a heart Gules, fimbriated Or.

Escudo de azur, un sotuer de plata acompañado en jefe de un cardo de oro, florido de plata, en faja de dos flores de lis de oro; en un jefe de plata, un águila calva de azur, cabeza y cola de plata, picada, armada y membrada de oro, lampasada de gules; una bordura jironada de treinta y seis piezas de azur y plata; brochante sobre el todo un corazón de gules perfilado de oro.

Coat of arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an invected octagon outer contour and with a leather finishing.

The coat of arms of Bradlee Tatym LaRue Botkin designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.

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Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Thirty-six, Saltire, Between, In chief, Thistle, Flowered, Fleur de lis, In fess, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Bordure, Gyronny, Overall, Heart and Fimbriated.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Invected octagon and Leather.

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

Bearer: Botkin, Bradlee Tatym LaRue.

Azure, a saltire Argent between in chief a thistle Or, flowered Argent, in fess two fleurs de lis Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; within a bordure gyronny of thirty-six Azure and Argent. Crest: A ribbon Azure doubled Argent.

The Commoners' Certification of Arms for Köryn Alexandria Konstånz Potts with his arms designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.

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Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Thirty-six, Saltire, Between, In chief, Thistle, Flowered, Fleur de lis, In fess, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Bordure, Gyronny, Ribbon and Doubled.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Invected octagon.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Certification and Heraldic document.

Bearer: Potts, Köryn Alexandria Konstånz.

It has been painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a freehand finish.

The genealogical chart with the coats of arms of the House of Potts of Wentworth, all designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me. The House of Potts of Wentworth are Randy David Lee Xavier Potts, Kimberley Ann Potts, Britania Anastoshia Korÿn McCoy, Köryn Alexandria Konstånz Potts, Konstånz Chantal Leóné Potts, Tiana Rose Lee Potts, Makayla Danée Robidoux, Corey Scott Lasco, Sebastian Artemis Cole McCoy, Evander Graham Wylder McCoy, Bradlee Tatym LaRue Botkin, Rhettlee Cooper Jones, Easton Michael Jones, Hudson Hayes Lasco, and Ryker Scott Lasco. The composition of this entire family set of coats of arms follows an assumed American heraldic practice rather than a strictly British or Scottish legal model. Kimberly is a heraldic heiress, and her daughter Tiana quarters both parents' arms, Randy and Kimberly, accordingly. Randy's other son, Britania, and his two daughters, Korÿn and Konstänz, as well as his grandchildren, use Randy's arms, each with their own marks of difference. Kimberly's other daughter, Makayla, her son Corey, and their descendants are not presented as inheriting arms by right under British rules, but rather by family courtesy and internal consistency within the assumed system used by this family; that is, they bear Randy's arms quartered with Kimberly's arms, each again with their own marks of difference. In the United States of America, where arms are commonly assumed, as in Castilian heraldic tradition, rather than formally granted, such arrangements are a matter of family tradition, agreement, and personal decision, rather than enforceable heraldic law. The overall composition of the arms of this extended family is a clear and good example of this approach. It should be noted that the English expression «assumption of arms» does not translate well into Castilian as «asunción de armas», but rather as «adopción de armas», «adoption of arms» a much more accurate and meaningful term. The concept of adoption conveys incorporation into a family: we adopt fundamental bonds, such as a child; deeply personal relationships, such as a companion animal; and also highly symbolic and identity-defining elements, such as a coat of arms.

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Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Six, Twenty-four, Thirty-six, Armed, Bald eagle, Eagle, Beaked, Bee, Between, Bordure, Charged, Chief, Crescent, Displayed, Doubled, Escallop, Fimbriated, Fleur de lis, Flowered, Gyronny, Head, Heart, In base, In chief, In fess, Inescutcheon, In pretence, Label, Langued, Leaved, Membered, Overall, Proper, Quarterly, Ribbon, Rose, Saltire, Seeded, Tail and Thistle.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Family tree and Genealogical.

Bearer: Potts of Wentworth, House of.

Publication on the blog Twelve Lineages of Soria about the armorial I produced for the ISCH under the title: The eminent heraldist Mr. Antonio Salmerón Cabañas brings us his latest edition of February 25, 2018 of the Roll of Arms of the International Society of Commoners Heraldry ISCH.

This armorial contains coats of arms painted by different heraldic artists, although all those shown in the illustration heading this article were painted by my own hand.

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Categories: Link, Gules, Azure, Vert, Sable, Purpure, Or, Argent, Without divisions, Gyronny, Party per pale, Quarterly, Bend, Saltire, Bordure, Chevron, Cross, Pile, Bendlet, Inescutcheon, Chequey, Hurt, torteau, pellet, pomme and golpe, Cadency, Thistle, Fleur de lis, Horse, Crown, Sun in splendour, Martlet, Wolf, Letter, Unicorn, Griffin, Dragon's head and Engouled.

Root: Twelve Lineages of Soria.

Or, a fess chequey Argent, charged with an ermine spot, and Azure, between in chief two cross patty Gules, in base a thistle proper; a diminished bordure Azure.

The coat of arms of Reverend John Stuart, XVIII century, emblazoned by me in 3 approaches: 1) Classic bordure: Using a bordure with a width equal to 1/6 of the coat of arms' base. In the image, this is marked with texts and lines in Vert. Notice that the squares in columns 2 and 8 are split by the inner border of the bordure, which is unfortunate as it disrupts the design. 2) Diminished bordure: Using a narrower bordure with a width equal to 2/3 of the classic bordure, corresponding to 1 square of the fess chequey. In the image, this is marked with texts and lines in Gules. This approach avoids splitting any squares, allows for larger figures, and is my preferred solution. In England, diminished bordures, often simply blazoned as bordure, are more common than in Castile. 3) Without squares splitted: Retaining the classic bordure but shifting the fess chequey 1/2 square to either dexter or sinister to prevent splitting squares. However, this sacrifices the symmetry of the design. This last adjustment was used in the hatchment of Reverend John Stuart in St. George's Cathedral, Kingston, Ontario, 1785.

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Blazon keywords: Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Nine, Two, Fess, Chequey, Charged, Ermine spot, Between, In chief, Cross, Patty, In base, Thistle, Proper and Diminished bordure.

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

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

Bearer: Stuart, John.

Party per chevron Vert and Or, in chief a sackbut fesswise Or, in base a thistle slipped and leaved proper. Crest: Upon a helm, with a wreath Or and Vert, a bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) proper. Mantling: Vert doubled Or. Motto above the crest: «Less Is More».

Illuminated, an irisdiscent finishing, and the inner of the thistle is outlined in the metal Or of its field.

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Blazon keywords: Vert, Party per chevron, Or, In chief, Sackbut, Fesswise, In base, Thistle, Leaved, Slipped, Proper, Motto, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath and Crest.

Style keywords: Iridescent (nacar), Outlined in sable, Outlined in the field tincture, Illuminated and Pointed.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Grant of arms, Heraldic document and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Sky, Laird.

Azure, a saltire between, in chief and in base, two thistle couped Argent; an inescutcheon Gules.

Escudo de azur, un sotuer acompanado, en jefe y en punta, de dos cardos de nuridos todo de plata; un escusón de gules.

Coat of arms interpreted with the following characteristics: the shape of its shield is semicircular; the field is a flat tint of Azure; the two thistles and the saltire are illuminated of the metal Argent and outlined in Sable; the inescutcheon is illuminated of the colour Gules and, also, outlined in Sable; and the whole with a mother-of-pearl finish with a raised stroke.

Inescutcheon ~ escusón

The English term «inescutcheon» corresponds to our Spanish term «escusón». It is called an inescutcheon when there is only one and it is placed in the abyss of the shield.

Escutcheon ~ escudete

The English term «escutcheon» corresponds to our Spanish term «escudete». It is used when there are several, for example, 3. Although in this case there is only one, this is the term used in the official blazon of this coat of arms, as will be seen below.

Thistle ~ cardo

This coat of arms of The Heraldry Society of Scotland was registered and granted ~ «granted» on 7^th September 1977, by «The Court of the Lord Lyon», which is the official college of arms for Scotland, lyon-court.com, with the following blazon: «Azure, on a saltire argent between two thistles slipped argent, one in chief and one in base, an escutcheon gules» and it contains 2 thistles, which is the national flower of Scotland, and a saltire Argent on an Azure field, like the flag of Scotland.

Slipped ~ nurido

The usual way of representing the thistle ~ «thistle» in Castile is with its roots visible, it is called «arrancado». In this case the stem is cut and its roots are not visible, it is called «slipped» ~ «nurido».

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Saltire, Argent, Thistle, Couped (tree), In chief, In base, Inescutcheon and Gules.

Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Iridescent (nacar), Freehand and Semi-circular.

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.

Bearer: The Heraldry Society of Scotland.

Azure, a saltire Argent between two fleurs de lis in fess Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules. Motto: «In Honorem Victoria» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent. Supporters: Dexter a binson and sinister a pronghorn Argent, terraced by rocky mountains and great plains charged with, in dexter, an Indian paintbrush, and in siniester, a thistle proper.

Escudo de azur, un sotuer de plata acompañado de dos flores de lis en faja de oro; en un jefe de plata, un águila calva de azur, cabeza y cola de plata, picada, armada y membrada de oro, lampasada de gules. Lema: «In Honorem Victoria» de sable, con las letras iniciales de gules, sobre una filacteria de plata. Soportes: Diestro un bisonte y siniestro un berrendo ambos de plata, terrazados de montañas rocosas y grandes planicies cargadas de, a la diestra, una castilleja, a la siniestra, un cardo todo al natural.

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

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Saltire, Between, Fleur de lis, In fess, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Motto, Supporter, Dexter, Binson, Sinister, Pronghorn, Compartment, Mount, Indian paintbrush, Thistle and Proper.

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

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

Bearer: Potts, Randy David Lee Xavier.