Morgan, Michael W.

Or, a griffin segreant Sable, on a chief invected Azure three naval crowns Or, the whole debruised by a label of three points Argent.

Escudo de oro, un grifo rampante de sable; en un jefe acanalado de azur, tres coronas navales de oro, brisado de un lambel de tres pendientes de plata.

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

Coat of arms of Michael W. Morgan, UE, emblazoned by me. He is the eldest son of Commander Stephen T. Morgan and his cadency mark is a label.

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Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, Gules, Azure, Argent, One, Three, Griffin, Segreant, Chief, Invected, Naval crown, Cadency and Label of three points.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.

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

Bearer: Morgan, Michael W..

Vert, a chevron Argent between three linden sprigs, three-leaved, enarched bend sinisterwise Or.

Coat of arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a rounded trapezoidal external shape and with a texturized finishing.

Coat of arms of Lukas Podlipny, Slovakia, emblazoned by me. These are canting arms, in Slovak, «lipa» ~ linden tree, and the surname Podlipný would mean «under the linden tree», «pod» ~ under, «lip-» ~ linden, hence the arched linden sprigs in the coat of arms. The image shows in 2 stages how I painted it: 1) delineation of the shield, including the calculation of a broad chevron so that the linden sprigs have enough space, since, as has been seen, they are a principal element of these canting arms, and delineation of the 3 linden sprigs, slightly different from each other to fit the shape of its space; 2) finished shield with highlights and shading.

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Blazon keywords: Vert, Argent, Or, One, Three, Chevron, Between, Linden, Sprig, Leaved, Enarched and Bend sinisterwise.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Rounded trapezoid.

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

Bearer: Lukas Podlipny.

Vert, a chevron Argent between three linden sprigs, three-leaved, enarched bend sinisterwise Or.

Escudo de sinople, un chevron de plata acompañado de tres ramitas de tilo, de tres hojas, arqueadas, puestas en barra de oro.

Coat of arms interpreted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a rounded trapezoidal external shape and with a watercolor finish.

Coat of arms of Lukas Podlipny, Slovakia, emblazoned by me. His name, with the diacritical marks used in Slovak, is written as Lukáš Podlipný. These are canting arms, in Slovak, «lipa» ~ linden tree, and the surname Podlipný would mean «under the linden tree», «pod» ~ under, «lip-» ~ linden, hence the arched linden sprigs in the coat of arms.

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Blazon keywords: Vert, Argent, Or, One, Three, Chevron, Between, Linden, Sprig, Leaved, Enarched and Bend sinisterwise.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Rounded trapezoid and Watercolor.

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

Bearer: Lukas Podlipny.

Vert, a chevron Argent between three linden sprigs, three-leaved, enarched bend sinisterwise Or. Crest: Upon a tilting helm with a wreath Or and Vert, a blackbird (Turdus merula) proper, armed, membered and beaked Gules, holding in the beak over its back a linden sprig, three-leaved, enarched Or. Mantling: Vert doubled Argent.

Arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a rounded trapezoidal outer contour and with a watercolor finishing.

Coat of arms of Lukas Podlipny, Slovakia, emblazoned by me. These are canting arms, in Slovak, «lipa» ~ linden tree, and the surname Podlipný would mean «under the linden tree», «pod» ~ under, «lip-» ~ linden, hence the arched linden sprigs in the coat of arms and the blackbird beneath another linden sprig.

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Blazon keywords: Vert, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Three, Chevron, Between, Linden, Sprig, Leaved, Enarched, Bend sinisterwise, Crest, Upon (wreath), Tilting helm, Helm, Wreath, Mantling, Blackbird, Proper, Armed, Membered, Beaked, Grasping and Beak.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Rounded trapezoid and Watercolor.

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

Bearer: Lukas Podlipny.

Azure, a wolf's head caboshed Argent, in chief three monstrances in fess proper.

Escudo de azur, una cabeza de frente de lobo de plata, acompañada en jefe de tres custodias en faja al natural.

Arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a rounded trapezoidal external shape and with a metal and iridescent finish.

Coat of arms of Barbaro Jonathan Lopez Linares, Cuba, designed by him and emblazoned by me. In English heraldry the term caboshed applies to the head of any animal shown affronty, but it always refers only to the head, with no part of the neck visible; for example, one may blazon «a bull’s head caboshed» or «a wolf’s head caboshed», whereas if the neck is shown the proper term is «a bull’s head couped affronty»; in other words, a head caboshed does not show any of the neck, it is just the animal’s face; this usage of caboshed is valid both for horned animals such as the stag, the goat, or the bull, and also for hornless animals such as the wolf; in Castilian heraldry, however, [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 2002] defines reencuentro specifically for the frontal head of the bull, and by extension for other horned animals such as the stag or the goat; thus, for a wolf, one should properly blazon simply «una cabeza de lobo de frente» ~ «a wolf’s head affronty»; finally, the [Real Academia Española; 2014] standardizes the spelling «reencuentro» with double «e», although it also accepts the shorter variant «rencuentro», which is the one I personally prefer to use. In heraldry, when a monstrance is blazoned proper, it is understood that the entire structure of the object is of the metal Or, with its characteristic details such as rays, sunburst, or base also in gold, and that inside it the Host is visible in Argent; therefore, a «monstrance proper» must always appear in gold with the silver Host at its center.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Three, Wolf, Head, Caboshed, In chief, Monstrance, Proper and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Rounded trapezoid and Metal and iridescent.

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

Bearer: Lopez Linares, Barbaro Jonathan.

Azure, a wolf's head caboshed Argent, in chief three monstrances in fess proper. Motto: «Fiat Voluntas Tua».

Escudo de azur, una cabeza de frente de lobo de plata, acompañada en jefe de tres custodias en faja al natural. Lema: «Fiat Voluntas Tua».

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

Coat of arms of Barbaro Jonathan Lopez Linares, Cuba, designed by him and emblazoned by me. These are canting arms, as the main charge of the coat of arms is a wolf ~ lupus ~ Lope ~ Lopez. In heraldry, beasts are usually depicted in an aggressive attitude, for example, with gaping jaws, protruding tongue, and visible fangs; in this case, it was the armiger’s wish that his wolf should not display such an aggressive expression; in my interpretation, I deliberately avoided those features of ferocity and instead sought to give the wolf a dignified and imposing look, one that inspires respect rather than open aggressiveness.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, One, Three, Wolf, Head, Caboshed, In chief, Monstrance, Proper and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Rounded trapezoid and Watercolor.

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

Bearer: Lopez Linares, Barbaro Jonathan.

Martin Fernandez de Enciso, «Sum of Geography, which deals with all the parts and provinces of the world: especially the Indies. And deals extensively with the art of navigation, together with the sphere in the vernacular, with the regulation of the Sun and the North: newly made. With royal privilege.», 148 pages, House of Trade (Casa de la Contratación), Seville, 1519.

Preliminary note

Note that I try to use, even in these non-heraldic cases, the language of blazon, thus I speak of positions such as in chief, in base, dexter or sinister, arrangements such as in bend and in bend sinister and tinctures such as sable, azure or gules.

Zodiacal bands in armillary spheres: A comparative analysis of Marchant (1499) and Fernández de Enciso (1519) engravings

[Marchant, G.; 1499; page 15] and [Fernández de Enciso, M.; 1519; page 1] depict an armillary sphere with the zodiac signs, &Aries; Aries, &Taurus; Taurus, &Gemini; Gemini, &Cancer; Cancer, &Leo; Leo, &Virgo; Virgo, &Libra; Libra, &Scorpio; Scorpio, &Sagittarius; Sagittarius, &Capricorn; Capricorn, &Aquarius; Aquarius and &Pisces; Pisces, represented on a band around the sphere. I have compared both zodiacal bands by means of the composition of the previous image.

In this image I have made there are:

• In the 3^rd row, the band of zodiac signs of the armillary sphere by [Marchant, G.; 1499].
• Above, in the 2^nd row, the band of my interpretation of the same previous engraving.
• In chief, at the very top, in the 1^st row, the zodiac signs in sable and azure, with those not visible, in the order of [Marchant, G.; 1499], that is, as read by the reader of the book, from his frontal perspective of the engraving, in counterclockwise direction, &Gemini;, &Taurus;, &Aries;, &Pisces;, &Aquarius;, &Capricorn;, &Sagittarius;, &Scorpio;, &Libra;, &Virgo;, &Leo; and &Cancer; which is not visible. Note that, for example, Taurus appears before Aries so the sequence is geocentric, that is, arranged from the point of view of an observer located at the center of the Earth, which is different from the book reader.
• Below, in the 4^th row, the band of zodiac signs of the armillary sphere by [Fernández de Enciso, M.; 1519].
• In base, at the very bottom, in the 5^th row, the zodiac signs in black and in cyan, with those not visible, in the order of [Fernández de Enciso, M.; 1519], that is, as read by the same reader of the book in counterclockwise direction, &Capricorn;, &Aquarius;, &Pisces;, &Aries;, &Taurus;, &Gemini;, &Cancer; which is not visible, &Leo;, &Virgo;, &Libra;, &Scorpio;, and &Sagittarius; which is also not visible. Note that in this case, for example, Aries appears before Taurus so the sequence is ecliptic, that is, from the point of view of an observer located in outer space, the point of view of the ecliptic sequence coinciding with the point of view of the book reader.

The 3 main differences observed are:

• [Marchant, G.; 1499], number 6 in the image, places at the top the zodiac signs that [Fernández de Enciso, M.; 1519], number 7 in the image, places at the bottom, as a curiosity it can be seen in my interpretation of [Marchant, G.; 1499] that for aesthetic reasons I placed at top and bottom the zodiac signs as [Fernández de Enciso, M.; 1519] does.
• They do not start in the same position, it is &Aries; Aries that has a more similar position in both but with one slot of difference.
• The signs in [Marchant, G.; 1499] and [Fernández de Enciso, M.; 1519] rotate in opposite directions.

The only important conceptual difference is the reverse rotation of the zodiac signs, that is, that [Marchant, G.; 1499] uses the geocentric sequence and [Fernández de Enciso, M.; 1519] uses the ecliptic sequence. In no case is it a printing error of an engraving in mirror, since neither of the two armillary spheres is engraved in mirror, as both have the zodiacal band in bend, and if they were engraved in mirror the zodiacal band would appear placed in bend sinister.

We could also study the few non-symmetrical signs that can be distinguished completely:

• For example, on the back side of the band of [Marchant, G.; 1499], &Scorpio; Scorpio has the scorpion’s stinger in the shape of an m pointing to sinister (the reader’s right), so it makes sense from the point of view of a geocentric observer.
• For example, on the back side of the band of [Fernández de Enciso, M.; 1519], &Leo; Leo seems to have the circle of its head to dexter (the reader’s left) and the curl of its tail to sinister (the left of a geocentric observer), while in &Scorpio; Scorpio, the stinger of the m-scorpion seems to point to dexter (the reader’s left) as if the sign were intended to be seen from the other side of the outside, piercing the band, so that the book reader sees the sign in mirror. Be that as it may, the arrangement of these 2 signs does not seem consistent with each other.

Although it is not a case of printing the engraving in mirror, such errors exist since, if we go beyond the armillary sphere of [Fernández de Enciso, M.; 1519] to study its outer decoration, we see that the SPQR, of «Senatus Populusque Romanus», is in mirror, I have marked it with a square of gules with the number 8 in the image, so that, although its armillary sphere is well printed, in the outer decoration the printer made a mistake and printed it the other way round.

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Bibliographical reference of century XVI.

Classification: In black and white and Castilian language.

The author is Fernández de Enciso, Martín.

Bibliographic reference mentioned in the following articles:

• Fernández de Enciso, M.; 1519
• Marchant, G.; 1499

External links:

• At the Naval Chair, Spanish Navy, University of Murcia,.
• Link to the full PDF.

Internal resources: FernandezDeEncisoM1519.SumaDeGeographia.CatedraNaval.pdf in scanned PDF format at the Naval Chair, Spanish Navy, University of Murcia..

Banner Argent, a stag trippant Gules, attired and hoofed Sable, standing on a terrace in base Vert charged with a fess Or; on a chief Sable, three geese volant contourné Argent

Pendón de plata, un ciervo pasante de gules, ramado y uñado de sable, terrazado de una campaña de sinople cargada de una faja de oro; en un jefe de sable, tres gansos volantes alterados de plata

The image shows the design created for its production, alongside the finished fabric banner.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, One, Stag, Tripant, Gules, Attired, Hoofed, Sable, Terrace in base, Base, Vert, Charged, Fess, Or, Chief, Three, Goose, Volant and Facing sinister.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Photographic, Banner of arms and Flag.

Bearer: McCarthy, Eugene.

Sigue por: Arturo Taborda, schema 2x2.