Savoy, Duchy of

Gules, a cross Argent.

Escudo de gules, una cruz de plata.

Coat of arms of the House of Savoy and the Duchy of Savoy, which I have interpreted as follows: the shield has a semicircular (round) base; the field is illuminated in flat tincture Gules; the cross is illuminated in Argent; and the whole coat of arms is rendered with a raised-stroke effect.

This coat of arms is both familial and political, for it is also the coat of arms of the French departments of Savoy and Haute-Savoie, both belonging to the Rhône-Alpes region.

The cross in this shield is an honourable ordinary, for it is a full cross, the result of combining a fess and a pale. This full cross is wide and reaches the edges of the shield and is therefore large enough to bear charges. For this reason these ordinaries are called “honourable,” because they may be honoured with additional charges. In English heraldry they are known as «ordinaries», [The Heraldry Society; 2013; page 11].

This coat of arms is recorded in the armorial [Marshal, L.; 1295; shield number 32] together with the text «Le Counte de Sauveys, Gules a cross argent, Amadeus V, Comte de Savoie».

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Argent and Cross.

Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Freehand.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and House of Savoy.

Bearer: Savoy, Duchy of.

Gules, a cross Argent.

Escudo de gules, una cruz de plata.

Existing coat of arms interpreted by me of the following form: the shape of the shield is semi-circular; the tincture of the field is gules; the tincture of the cross is metal argente; and all the coat of arms has a watercolor finish.

In French its blazon is «de gueules à la croix d'argent».

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Argent and Cross.

Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Watercolor.

Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Coat of arms and House of Savoy.

Bearer: Savoy, Duchy of.

Proportions of the cross and its similarity with the fess.

This schema shows two coats of arms, the first with the proportion scheme of a fess, the second with the proportion scheme of a cross, and allows us to observe the common proportions between a fess and a cross.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Fess and Cross.

Style keywords: Semi-circular.

Classification: Schema and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Savoy, Duchy of.

Proportions of the cross and its similarity with the pale.

This schema shows two coats of arms, the first with the proportion scheme of a pale, the second with the proportion scheme of a cross, and allows us to observe the common proportions between a pale and a cross.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Pale and Cross.

Style keywords: Semi-circular.

Classification: Schema and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Saboya, Ducado de.

Lord Marshal, «The Lord Marshal's Roll», deposited in the Society of Antiquaries of London, code ms664, volume 1, ff 19-25, contains 565 painted shields, of which 42 are blank and 48 do not have the name of their associated holder, dated 1295.

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This armorial contains the systematic error of representing, in many of its registered shields, the metal gold as metal silver, and some of its shields are not easy to decipher. Therefore, this armorial cannot be considered a completely reliable and definitive source of certain coats of arms.

[Brault, G. J.; 1997] is a good reference for the analysis of this armorial and in Brian Timms you can see a current interpretation of the coats of arms recorded in it, among them the shield of William de Colebrand that illustrates this bibliographic reference.

At the beginning of the second half of the 13th century, the use of coats of arms increased, this increase led to the appearance of the first armorials in which the name of their holders was recorded along with the blazon describing their coats of arms, possibly including the painted shields.

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Bibliographical reference of century XIII.

The author is Marshal, Lord.

Bibliographic reference mentioned in the following articles:

• Brault, G. J.; 1997
• Colebrand, William de
• Savoy, Duchy of

External link:

• Boydell and Brewer.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 and 3 Gules, two bezants in pale.

Escudo cuartelado: 1^o y 4^o de oro, cuatro palos de gules; 2^o y 3^o de gules, dos bezantes en palo de oro.

Coat of arms of the IESE Business School, which I have interpreted as follows: the shield has a semicircular (round) base; the field is illuminated in flat tinctures Or and Gules; the pales and the bezants are illuminated in Gules and Or; and the whole coat of arms has a watercolor finish.

I have the honour of holding a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from IESE of the University of Navarra. I always say that, as a whole, the IESE Executive MBA is the best education I have received throughout my life. I keep very good memories and friends from those two years of study.

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Pale, Bezant and plate and In pale.

Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Watercolor.

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Education and Coat of arms.

Bearer: IESE.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 and 3 Gules, two bezants in pale.

Escudo cuartelado: 1^o y 4^o de oro, cuatro palos de gules; 2^o y 3^o de gules, dos bezantes en palo de oro.

Coat of arms of IESE interpreted by me as follows: the shield has a semicircular (round) base; the field is illuminated in flat tinctures Or and Gules; the eight pales and the four bezants are illuminated in Gules and Or; and the whole coat of arms has a beaten metal finish.

IESE was founded in 1958 under the name Institute of Higher Business Studies, it is the business management school of the University of Navarra and is currently known as IESE Business School.

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Pale, Bezant and plate and In pale.

Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Metal beaten.

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Education and Coat of arms.

Bearer: IESE.

Emblem Azure, Saint Michael Argent, vested and nimbed Or, grasping in his dexter hand a spear Or, point downward, and in his sinister hand bearing [ Gules, a chain orlewise, crosswise, and saltirewise Or, charged in the fess point with an emerald Vert, of Navarre ], upon a dragon Vert, armed, langued, fanged, and the eyes Gules.

Emblema de azur, un San Miguel de plata, vestido y nimbado de oro, teniendo en su diestra una lanza de oro, con la punta hacia abajo y en su siniestra trae [ escudo gules, una cadena puesta en orla, en cruz y en sotuer de oro, cargada en el centro de una esmeralda de sinople, de Navarra ], sostenido por un dragón de sinople, armado, lampasado, fierezado y encendido de gules.

Emblem interpreted by me as follows: an oval shape with proportions 5x6, wider than the original; the field illuminated in Azure; its charges outlined in Sable and illuminated in the colours Gules and Vert and the metals Argent and Or; the Archangel Saint Michael vested in Or, unlike others who appear in Argent; his emerald simplified into an area enameled Vert; and the whole emblem has a lightly beaten metal finish.

Due to its special characteristics, the difficulty in complying with the first rule of heraldry concerning metals and colours, and out of prudence, I categorize it as an emblem rather than a shield.

In a relief of the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Estella, Saint Michael can be seen fighting a dragon that represents the devil, in a similar but mirrored arrangement to that of this emblem. In that relief, the Archangel Saint Michael bears a pre-heraldic shield with its umbo. According to [Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, F.; 1963], the umbo of the shield is a reinforcing element that is the predecessor of what would later become the pommelly carbuncle of the shield of the Kingdom of Navarre.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Male figure, Angel, Archangel, Argent, Vested, Nimbed, Or, Grasping, Dexter, Spear, Point downwards, Sinister, Gules, One, Chain, Orlewise, Crosswise, Saltirewise, Charged, In the fess point, Emerald, Vert, Upon, Dragon, Armed, Langued, The fangs and The eyes.

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

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Education, Emblem and Kingdom of Navarre.

Bearer: University of Navarra.

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