Academia de Letras e Artes da Guiné-Bissau, Learn and Aspire

Argent, a tower with a turret Gules, port and windows Argent. Supporters: Two palm fronds Vert issuant from an escallop reversed Or. Motto: «Disce et Aspirant» Sable over a scroll Or.

It has been interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finish.

The heraldic emblem of the Academia de Letras e Artes da Guiné-Bissau, ALAB, designed by Joseph Crews and emblazoned by me. The motto «Disce et Aspirant» might not be entirely accurate in Latin, as the more conventional form would be «Disce et Aspira», meaning «Learn and Aspire».

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Or, Vert, One, Two, Tower, Turret, Port and windows, Supporter (thing), Supporter, Palm frond, Issuant, Escallop, Reversed, Motto and Scroll.

Style keywords: Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.

Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted, Boa and Emblem.

Bearer: Academia de Letras e Artes da Guiné-Bissau.

Argent, a tower with a turret Gules, port and windows Argent. Crest: A mural crown Or. Supporters: Two palm fronds Vert issuant from an escallop reversed Or. Motto: «Disce et Aspirant» Sable over a scroll Or.

It has been emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finishing.

The heraldic emblem of the Academia de Letras e Artes da Guiné-Bissau, ALAB, designed by Joseph Crews and emblazoned by me. The motto «Disce et Aspira» is a Latin phrase meaning «Learn and Aspire»

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Or, One, Two, Tower, Turret, Port and windows, Crest, Mural crown, Crown, Supporter (thing), Supporter, Palm frond, Issuant, Escallop, Motto and Scroll.

Style keywords: Illuminated, Semi-circular and Leather.

Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted, Boa and Emblem.

Bearer: Academia de Letras e Artes da Guiné-Bissau.

Party per fess, fimbriated Gules: 1^st Azure, two royal drums in fess Argent, stringed Or, each charged with a bar Sable; 2^nd Vert, a monkey statant Argent; overall a fess tierced per fess Azure, Gules, and Vert, fimbriated Argent; overall an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Argent.

Escudo cortado, perfilado de gules: 1^o de azur, dos tambores reales en faja de plata, cordados de oro, cargados cada uno con una burela de sable; 2^o de sinople, un mono parado de plata; brochante sobre la partición una faja terciada en faja de azur, gules y sinople, perfilada de plata; brochante sobre el todo un escusón de gules, perfilado de plata.

Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a leather finishing.

This is the traditional coat of arms of the Royal Abahinda Clan of the Ankore Kingdom (1478), Uganda, renewed by them under the supervision of Crowned Prince Tugume Salim, and emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Argent, Or, Sable, Vert, One, Two, Party per fess, Fimbriated, Drum, In fess, Stringed, Charged, Monkey, Statant, Overall (line of division), Fess, Tierced per fess, Overall and Inescutcheon.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.

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

Bearer: Abahinda Clan, Royal.

Party per fess, fimbriated Gules: 1^st Azure, two royal drums in fess Argent, stringed Or, each charged with a bar Sable; 2^nd Vert, a monkey statant Argent; overall a fess tierced per fess Azure, Gules, and Vert, fimbriated Argent; overall an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Argent. Supporters: Two royal spears in saltire, the dexter per pale Argent and Sable, the sinister per pale Sable and Argent, both shafted Argent.

Coat of arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a leather finishing.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Argent, Or, Sable, Vert, One, Two, Party per fess, Fimbriated, Drum, In fess, Stringed, Charged, Monkey, Statant, Overall (line of division), Fess, Tierced per fess, Overall, Inescutcheon, Supporter (thing), Supporter, Spear, In saltire, Dexter, Party per pale, Sinister and Shafted.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.

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

Bearer: Abahinda Clan, Royal.

Party per fess, fimbriated Gules: 1^st Azure, two royal drums in fess Argent, stringed Or, each charged with a bar Sable; 2^nd Vert, a monkey statant Argent; overall a fess tierced per fess Azure, Gules, and Vert, fimbriated Argent; overall an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Argent. Motto above the crest: «Oruganda Rw'Abahinda» in letters Sable over a scroll Argent. Motto: «Abazira Nkyende» in letters Sable upon a scroll Argent.

Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a leather finish.

This is the traditional coat of arms of the Royal Abahinda Clan of the Ankore Kingdom (1478), Uganda, renewed by them under the supervision of Crowned Prince Tugume Salim, and emblazoned by me. The motto over the coat of arms, «Oruganda Rw'Abahinda», means "Clan of Abahinda", and the motto below, «Abazira Nkyende», states that their totemic animal is the monkey.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Argent, Or, Sable, Vert, One, Two, Party per fess, Fimbriated, Drum, In fess, Stringed, Charged, Monkey, Statant, Overall (line of division), Fess, Tierced per fess, Overall, Inescutcheon, Motto (identification), Above the crest, Scroll and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.

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

Bearer: Abahinda Clan, Royal.

Party per fess, fimbriated Gules: 1^st Azure, two royal drums in fess Argent, stringed Or, each charged with a bar Sable; 2^nd Vert, a monkey statant Argent; overall a fess tierced per fess Azure, Gules, and Vert, fimbriated Argent; overall an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Argent. Supporters: Two royal spears in saltire, the dexter per pale Argent and Sable, the sinister per pale Sable and Argent, both shafted Argent. Motto above the crest: «Oruganda Rw'Abahinda» in letters Sable over a scroll Argent. Motto: «Abazira Nkyende» in letters Sable upon a scroll Argent.

Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a leather finish.

This is the traditional coat of arms of the Royal Abahinda Clan of the Ankore Kingdom (1478), Uganda, renewed by them under the supervision of Crowned Prince Tugume Salim, and emblazoned by me. The motto over the coat of arms, «Oruganda Rw'Abahinda», means "Clan of Abahinda", and the motto below, «Abazira Nkyende», states that their totemic animal is the monkey. This coat of arms was renewed by the Clan under the supervision of Crowned Prince Tugume Salim, and I have had the honour of refining and rendering its design. Harmonising the European rules of heraldry with African expressiveness is no easy task, yet it can yield great results.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Argent, Or, Sable, Vert, One, Two, Party per fess, Fimbriated, Drum, In fess, Stringed, Charged, Monkey, Statant, Overall (line of division), Fess, Tierced per fess, Overall, Inescutcheon, Supporter (thing), Supporter, Spear, In saltire, Dexter, Party per pale, Sinister, Shafted, Motto (identification), Above the crest, Scroll and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.

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

Bearer: Abahinda Clan, Royal.

Party per pale: 1 Argent, an elm eradicated Vert; 2 Gules, a castle with an embattled tower Or.

Arms painted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a texturized finish.

This is the coat of arms of the village of Casas del Olmo, Castilla-La Mancha, emblazoned by me following its original blazon from 2004.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Vert, Gules, Or, One, Party per pale, Elm, Eradicated, Castle, Embattled, Tower and Crest.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Ogee.

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

Bearer: Casas del Olmo.

Party per pale: 1 Argent, an elm eradicated Vert; 2 Gules, a castle with an embattled tower Or.

Escudo partido: 1^o de plata, un olmo arrancado de sinople; 2^o de Gules, un castillo con una torre almenada de oro.

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

Design rationale

The arms of Castilla-La Mancha and many of its towns are party per pale; the 1^st quarter is a canting elm = olmo = Casas del Olmo; the 2^nd quarter symbolizes that historically, until 1861, this village belonged to Alarcón town whose castle, of Muslim origin, has a single tower. My heraldic artwork has been supervised by the Casas del Olmo Residents Association.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Vert, Gules, Or, One, Party per pale, Elm, Eradicated, Castle, Embattled, Tower and Crest.

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

Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Design rationale, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Casas del Olmo.

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