Crown of Ria Persad

Azure chapé Argent, in dexter an Indian ringneck parrot proper, in sinister a Japanese red chrysanthemum proper, in base an atom Argent. Crest: A crown of Marquise.

Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a watercolor finish.

Coat of arms of Ria Persad, Mathematics and Astrophysics at Harvard University and Princeton University, designed by Kevin D Couling and Bob Juchter van Bergen Quast and emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Chapé, Dexter, Parrot, Proper, Sinister, Chrysanthemum, Base, Atom, Crest, Crown of Marquis and Crown.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Watercolor.

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

Bearer: Persad, Ria.

Azure chapé Argent, in dexter an Indian ringneck parrot proper, in sinister a Japanese red chrysanthemum proper, in base an atom Argent.

It has been interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a texturized finish.

The arms of Ria Persad was presented in my lecture Women and Arms: Contemporary Coats of Arms for Women Worldwide (lecture). The presentation included her coat of arms shown together with the blazon and the design rationale. She is from Trinidad and Tobago (birth), India and Japan (ancestry), and USA (residence). Her coat of arms has been designed by her, by Rudolph Juchter van Bergen Quast of the Netherlands, and by Kevin D. Couling of the United Kingdom, resident in New Zealand, and painted by me, from the Kingdom of Spain.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Chapé, Dexter, Parrot, Proper, Sinister, Chrysanthemum, Base and Atom.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Illuminated.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Slide, India and Japan.

Bearer: Persad, Ria.

The July 2025 edition of Ireland’s Genealogical Gazette, the monthly newsletter of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, is now available online.

My lecture «Women and Arms: Contemporary coats of arms for women worldwide», delivered for the Royal Association of Hidalgos of Spain, has been featured on page 4 of Ireland's Genealogical Gazette (Volume 20, Number 7, July 2025), the official publication of the Genealogical Society of Ireland.

The article highlights my presentation on the relationship between women and heraldry, as well as my longstanding commitment to the principle of equality in the assumption, inheritance and enjoyment of coats of arms.

The Gazette also refers to the reforms promoted by the late Brendan O’Donoghue, Chief Herald of Ireland from 1997 to 2003, who ensured that the provisions of the «Equal Status Act» were applied to heraldic services in Ireland.

Particular mention is made of the cases of the arms of Margaret Byrne and Kathleen Kane, two Irish armigerous women discussed during the lecture.

I am grateful to the Genealogical Society of Ireland and Ireland's Genealogical Gazette for this recognition, which represents an important international acknowledgement of my work in support of a more inclusive and equitable approach to heraldry.

You can read the Gazette here: familyhistory.ie/gazette.

Publius Vergilius Maro, from 70 to 19 BC, «Aeneid», Rome, 1^st Century BC.

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Virgil, or Publius Vergilius Maro (70–19 BC), was the greatest epic poet of ancient Rome. Commissioned during the reign of Emperor Augustus, he composed the «Aeneid» between approximately 29 and 19 BC to provide Rome with a national epic comparable to the Greek «Iliad» and «Odyssey». The poem recounts the journey of Aeneas from the fallen city of Troy to Italy, where his descendants would eventually found Rome. Although Virgil wished the unfinished work to be destroyed upon his death, Augustus ordered its preservation and publication. The «Aeneid» soon became one of the masterpieces of Latin literature and has profoundly influenced Western culture, literature, and heraldic tradition. It is included in this bibliography because it is an excellent source of classical Latin mottoes suitable for coats of arms in heraldry, among them the mottos «Miseris succurrere disco» and «Sic itur ad astra» .

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Bibliographical reference of century I B.C.

Classification: Latin language.

Author: Virgil, Publius Vergilius.

The following articles cite this bibliographic reference:

• Crown and motto of Amber Martinez
• Family of Paul and Kari Herndon

Luis Valero de Bernabé y Martín de Eugenio, «The Castles in Heraldry», Cuadernos de Ayala, issue 103, pages 26 and 27, Segovia, July–September 2025.

This article presents a series of current castle coats of arms, the first of them corresponds to my interpretation of the Castilian castle, which is described in this article in a similar way to how I paint it, which makes me extremely pleased.

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Bibliographical reference of century XXI.

Classification: Article, In color and Castilian language.

Author: Valero de Bernabé y Martín de Eugenio, Luis.

Internal resources: CAyala.103.Castillo.Castilian.pag.26-27.pdf Complete journal.

Azure, a holm oak proper, fructed and eradicated Or, between two goats Argent supporting it.

Escudo de azur, una encina al natural, frutada y arrancada de oro, con dos cabras de plata empinadas al tronco.

Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a watercolor finishing.

Coat of arms of the lineage Argüello of Extremadura emblazoned by me. Its blazon may be found in the books [Atienza y Navajas, J. de; 1959; page 171] and [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1987; page 167], where it is described as Vert with its acorns and roots Or. In this rendition, I have interpreted the holm oak as proper, but also fructed and eradicated Or.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, One, Two, Holm oak, Tree, Proper, Fructed, Eradicated, Goat and Supporting.

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

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

Bearer: Argüello of Extremadura, lineage.

Azure, a holm oak proper, fructed and eradicated Or, between two goats Argent supporting it. Motto: «In Deo Spes Mea».

Escudo de azur, una encina al natural, frutada y arrancada de oro, con dos cabras de plata empinadas al tronco. Lema: «In Deo Spes Mea».

Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a watercolor finish.

Coat of arms of the lineage Argüello of Extremadura emblazoned by me. This motto was found by Eleonora on a pair of Chinese porcelain plates made for the Spanish market, Qianlong period, circa 1770, which bear the arms of the Argüello lineage.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, One, Two, Holm oak, Tree, Proper, Fructed, Eradicated, Goat, Supporting and Motto.

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

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

Bearer: Argüello of Extremadura, lineage.

Gules, a cross flory voided Or; within a bordure Gules with eight saltires couped Or.

Escudo de gules, una cruz hueca flordelisada de oro; bordura de gules, ocho sotueres de oro.

Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a freehand finishing.

Ancient arms of Alarcon of Cantabria emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Or, Gules, Three, Cross, Flory, Voided, Bordure, Saltire and Couped.

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

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

Bearer: Alarcon of Cantabria, lineage.

Continue with: Lineage Ceballos of Cantabria, schema 1x2.