Ajay Gopal Valecha

Quarterly Or and Argent, overall a peacock in his splendour proper. Motto: «Acquiescere et Miserescere».

Escudo cuartelado de oro y plata, sobre el todo un pavo real ruante al natural. Lema: «Acquiescere et Miserescere».

Arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a watercolor finish.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, One, Quarterly, Overall, Peacock, In his splendour, Proper and Motto.

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

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

Bearer: Valecha, Ajay Gopal.

Quarterly Or and Argent, overall a peacock in his splendour proper. Crest: Upon a wreath Or and Azure, a god Garuda sejant Or, crowned and vested azure.

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

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, Azure, One, Quarterly, Overall, Peacock, In his splendour, Proper, Crest, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Garuda, Sejant, Crowned and Vested.

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

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

Bearer: Valecha, Ajay Gopal.

Quarterly Or and Argent, overall a peacock in his splendour proper. Crest: Upon a wreath Or and Azure, a god Garuda sejant Or, crowned and vested azure. Motto: «Acquiescere et Miserescere».

Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a watercolor finish.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, Azure, One, Quarterly, Overall, Peacock, In his splendour, Proper, Crest, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Garuda, Sejant, Crowned, Vested and Motto.

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

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

Bearer: Valecha, Ajay Gopal.

Quarterly Or and Argent, overall a peacock in his splendour proper. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Azure, a god Garuda sejant Or, crowned and vested azure. Mantling: Azure doubled Or.

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

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, Azure, One, Quarterly, Overall, Peacock, In his splendour, Proper, Crest and mantling, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Garuda, Sejant, Crowned, Vested and Mantling.

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

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

Bearer: Valecha, Ajay Gopal.

Quarterly Or and Argent, overall a peacock in his splendour proper. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Azure, a god Garuda sejant Or, crowned and vested azure. Mantling: Azure doubled Or. Motto: «Acquiescere et Miserescere».

Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a watercolor finish.

Coat of arms of Ajay Gopal Valecha granted by the College of Arms, and emblazoned by me. Grant of arms and crest for Ajay Gopal Valecha of the City of Westminster, issued by Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms, dated 2^nd November 2020, reference 183/76.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, Azure, One, Quarterly, Overall, Peacock, In his splendour, Proper, Crest and mantling, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Garuda, Sejant, Crowned, Vested, Mantling and Motto.

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

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

Bearer: Valecha, Ajay Gopal.

Perched upon a lotus flower Argent a peacock in his splendour proper.

Heraldic device painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a watercolor finishing.

This is the heraldic badge of Ajay Gopal Valecha granted by the College of Arms and emblazoned by me. Grant of standard and badge for Ajay Gopal Valecha of the City of Westminster, issued by Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms, dated 8^th February 2022.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, One, Perched, Lotus flower, Flower, Peacock, In his splendour and Proper.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Watercolor.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Badge.

Bearer: Valecha, Ajay Gopal.

Heraldic device interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a watercolor finishing.

This is the heraldic standard of Ajay Gopal Valecha granted by the College of Arms and emblazoned by me. Grant of standard and badge for Ajay Gopal Valecha of the City of Westminster, issued by Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms, dated 8^th February 2022. Structure: coat of arms; badge; 1^st line of the motto; crest; 2^nd line of the motto; badge.

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Blazon keywords: Or, Argent, Azure, Gules, One, Quarterly, Overall, Peacock, In his splendour, Proper, Upon, Lotus flower, Flower, Motto, Crest, Garuda, Sejant, Crowned and Vested.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Watercolor.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Standard, Flag and Badge.

Bearer: Valecha, Ajay Gopal.

Denis Martineau Du Plessis, author of the text of the work «Nouvelle Géographie», calcographic engraving on copper plates, printed in black on paper, the general format of the plates being smaller than 19 x 25 centimetres, with folded maps where necessary, 3 volumes, volume I with illustrations 1 to 27, volume II with illustrations 28 to 62, including illustration 30 «Carte dépl. en reg. p.126 : carte de l'Espagne», volume III with illustrations 63 to 91, published by G. Gallet, Amsterdam, circa 1700.

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For the identification of this book and of the map with coats of arms documented below I have used Gallica, the digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), which publishes all the illustrations of «Nouvelle Géographie», under the reference «Réserve A 200 189». These illustrations come from the Médiathèque du musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac.

This book is an illustrated geographical work edited in 3 volumes; it is composed of explanatory text and a set of maps and plates engraved on copper ~ engraved in intaglio, without signature or explicit attribution of the engravers.

L'Espagne ~ La Spagna

Of this book I own the Italian version of its cartographic illustrations; this concerns the map entitled «L'Espagne», corresponding to volume II, illustration 30, page 126 of the original work, and «La Spagna», corresponding to volume I, page 359 of the Italian edition, with place-names in Italian, which adds details such as, for example, the cardinal points indicated along the sides of the map and similar coats of arms, although engraved by a different hand, etc.

The Italian version of the map was given to me by Dottor Gian Carlo Onida, from Frugarolo, Alessandria, Italy.

The map represents the Iberian Peninsula and, in the original book, is presented as a folded map; in the Italian version the fold line is clearly visible. It shows the hydrographic network, pictorial relief and abundant toponymy, and is flanked by the heraldic shields of the former kingdoms and regions of Spain, including Portugal as a distinct heraldic entity. Political borders are not represented, following a French geographical convention common in cartography of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

The authorship of the engraving is not indicated either on the plate or in the book. On the antiquarian market this map, in its original version, has been attributed to Daniel de La Feuille (1640–1709), an engraver who moved from France to Amsterdam, the place of publication of this book; therefore this attribution may be considered plausible, although I have not been able to document it conclusively. The engraver of the Italian version is unknown to me.

In later periods, many of these plates were separated from their original volumes and circulated as loose sheets on the antiquarian market. The existence of copies with wide margins, such as mine, also allows one to consider the possibility of independent impressions taken from the original plate, a point that cannot be confirmed with the available documentation.

Curious error

Both in the original French version and in the Italian one, on the shield beneath the legend «L'Espagne» ~ «La Spagna», a shield framed between parallels 37 and 36 and meridians 21 and 22, in the 1^st quarter is the lion and in the 2^nd quarter is the castle, that is, their order appears reversed.

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Bibliographical reference of century XVII.

Classification: In black and white and French language.

The author is Martineau du Plessis, D..

Bibliographical reference mentioned in the following article:

• Alfonso X the Wise

External links:

• Illustrations de Nouvelle géographie at the National Library of France.
• Volume II. Carte dépl. en reg. p.126 : carte de l'Espagne at the BnF.

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