Warren hound

Gules: a warren hound parado statant Or; a base hearty Or.

Escudo de gules: un podenco parado de oro; la campaña encajada de corazones de oro.

Coat of arms that I have created with: the shield’s shape pointed and rounded; its field painted in flat tint gules; the warren hound and the base hearty are illuminated Or and delineated Sable; and the whole is executed in raised-line drawing.

Symbolism

A base made of generous hearts Or, interlocked with hearts Gules, red as blood, gives its support to a Spanish warren hound standing upon it. They are the hearts of those who love, protect and care for the hounds, intertwined with the hearts of the hounds whose noble heartbeats are evoked in the motto.

The founders of this Spanish warren hound shelter did not wish for a dog armed and langued, since those heraldic attributes would imply that the animal is not truly in need of protection. They preferred instead to highlight the podenco’s loyalty and faithfulness.

Types of lines of division

In English heraldry, ordinary lines of partition such as «almenado» ~ «embattled», «acanalado» ~ «invected», or «angrelado» ~ «engrailed» have well-established names. There is, however, no general rule for blazoning lines formed by repeated and more elaborate figures, such as fir trees, fleurs de lis, or other shapes.

Each case tends to receive a descriptive or newly coined term, such as «sapiné» or «flory» «flory counterflory», in these last two cases depending on whether the figures all point in one direction or alternate upward and downward.

Note that in «sapiné» the charm lies precisely in that alternation: the fir trees point alternately upward and downward, so that the figures interlock with each other.

Therefore, if a new figure appears, such as the heart in this case, with hearts pointing upward, one might say «hearty» or, more specifically, «hearty counterhearty»; but following the example of «sapiné», we shall simply blazon «hearty».

For example, the line formed by dovetail shapes, called «dovetailed» in English, is blazoned in Spanish as «encajada de colas de milano», even changing the name of the bird. Note that in this case they interlock precisely because some point upward and others downward, hence their use in joinery, cabinetry, and related arts.

In Spanish there are classical terms for the most common forms, such as «almenado», «acanalado» or «angrelado», with «encajado» ~ «dancetty» being perhaps the most characteristic, where the angles interlock alternately upward and downward.

When facing new or uncommon shapes, instead of inventing a new term we prefer to use the basic one, «encajado», adding afterwards the specific figure that forms the interlock, for example, «encajado de abetos» ~ «sapiné».

Thus, in this case we blazon «the base hearty», with the hearts alternating upward and downward, just as in the traditional «encajado» the angles alternate both ways.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Warren hound, Dog, Base, Base (lower 1/3), Dancetty and Heart.

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

Classification: Created, Socioeconomic, Design rationale, Criterion and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Latidos Podencos.

Azure: a warren hound parado statant Argent; a base hearty Argent.

Escudo de azur: un podenco parado de plata; la campaña encajada de corazones de plata.

Coat of arms that I have created as follows: the shape of the shield is pointed and rounded; the field in flat tincture Azure; the warren hound and the base hearty are illuminated Argent and delineated Sable; and the whole has a roughened finish.

Etymology of the hearty line

In [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 79, fourth paragraph from the beginning] we are told that «no fixed idea can be formed about the origin and representation of these figures» «encajadas» «in Armory, since the» different «authors do not agree in their opinions for a complete understanding», or comprehension, «of them; nor can one derive their proper name, for each author explains it with different words and terms». And he continues on the next page, [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 80, second paragraph from the beginning], stating that «We shall call them, as has been said, encajadas or emanchadas, which are the common terms by which they will be better understood, and which many use in Blazon for the resemblance that the figure has to the fitting of a wedge» and, indeed, the hearts form such a fitting, the upper ones with the lower ones, appearing difficult to separate.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Argent, Warren hound, Dog, Base, Base (lower 1/3), Dancetty and Heart.

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

Classification: Created, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Latidos Podencos.

Gules: a warren hound parado statant Or; a base hearty Or. Motto: «Latidos Podencos» Or.

Escudo de gules: un podenco parado de oro; la campaña encajada de corazones de oro. Divisa: «Latidos Podencos» de oro.

Coat of arms that I have designed for the shelter Latidos Podencos as follows: the outline of the shield is pointed and rounded; its field is painted in flat tincture Gules; the motto, its warren hound, and its base of interlocking hearts are delineated Sable and illuminated with the metal Or; and the whole shield has a softly hammered metallic finish.

Heraldic objects

A coat of arms in Or and Gules has been created, with and without motto, together with a seal, a decorative bordure featuring ten hounds and twelve hearts to frame documents, and also a variant of the shield in Argent and Azure for complementary uses.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Warren hound, Dog, Base, Base (lower 1/3), Dancetty, Heart and Motto (identification).

Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Soft metal.

Classification: Created, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Latidos Podencos.

Azure: a warren hound parado statant Argent; a base hearty Or. Motto: «Latidos Podencos» Argent.

Escudo de azur: un podenco parado de plata; la campaña encajada de corazones de plata. Divisa: «Latidos Podencos» de azur.

Coat of arms that I have created with the following features: the shield’s outline is pointed and rounded; its field is painted in flat tincture Azure with a softly hammered metallic finish; its warren hound is delineated Sable, illuminated Argent, and given a crystalline finish; its base hearty is delineated Sable, illuminated Argent, and given a crystalline finish; and its motto is delineated Sable, illuminated Azure, and also given a crystalline finish.

Where is the charge in a hearty line?

[Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 80, third paragraph from the beginning] clarifies that «the field of the first partition is understood as the one occupying the upper part of the shield, the lower part, or base, being considered the piece» and, in this case, the base is the piece; therefore, it is to be blazoned as «...Azure... the base hearty Argent».

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Argent, Warren hound, Dog, Base, Base (lower 1/3), Dancetty, Heart and Motto (identification).

Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Soft metal and Crystalline.

Classification: Created, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Latidos Podencos.

This heraldic catalogue consists of eight DIN A4 pages; four of the pages are framed with a decorative bordure featuring ten hounds and twelve hearts; it includes five different heraldic elements for color printing; and all texts are in Sable with capital letters in Gules.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Warren hound, Dog, Base, Base (lower 1/3), Dancetty, Heart and Motto (identification).

Style keywords: Illuminated and Outlined in sable.

Classification: Created, Socioeconomic, Catalogue, Heraldic document, Frame and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Latidos Podencos.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Warren hound, Dog, Base, Base (lower 1/3), Dancetty, Heart and Motto (identification).

Style keywords: Illuminated and Outlined in sable.

Classification: Created, Socioeconomic, Catalogue, Heraldic document, Frame and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Latidos Podencos.