Bendlet

A Bendlet is a diminutive of the bend. I use a bendlet width of 1/2 or 1/3 of the width of the bend. If the width of the bend is 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms, then the width of the bendlet is 1/6 or 1/9 of the width of the coat of arms (1/3 x 1/2 = 1/6 and 1/3 x 1/3 = 1/9). The following schema shows how I draw 2 bendlets based on their bend and the theorem of Thales to split a segment into several equal parts, in this case, 4 and 3. The first bendlet has a width of 1/2 of the width of its bend and the second bendlet has a width of 1/3 of the width of its bend.

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Category: Bendlet.

From 1992 to 1998

Azure, a bendlet Argent between six fleurs de lis Or.

Illuminated with lights and shadows and with a metallic and iridescent finish.

Coat of arms of Stephen Tvrtko I (circa 1338-1391) of the House of Kotromanic and 1^st King of Bosnia and it was also the coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1998.

The bendlet is a diminutive of the bend. It is a diminished bend, narrower, and typically reduced to 1/2 (as in this case) or to 1/3 of the width of a normal bend. This piece is called «cotiza» in Castilian, «cotice» in French, and «cotissa» in Italian. Remember that the width of the bend is usually 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms, therefore the width of the bendlet is between 1/3 * 1/2 = 1/6 and 1/3 * 1/3 = 1/9 of the width of the coat of arm.

Stephen Tvrtko I of Bosnia, from the House of Kotromanic, was a vassal of Louis I of Hungary. Louis I or Louis of Anjou, known as «the Great», from the Royal House of Anjou-Sicily, of the Capetian Dynasty, hence his coat of arms's 2^nd quarter is seeded with fleur de lis, a feature also present in his father Charles I's arms, known as Charles Robert or Caroberto of Anjou. The Kotromanic family had in their coat of arms fleur de lis Or on a Azure field as a symbol of subordination to the Hungarian royal family.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, One, Bendlet, Argent, Six, Fleur de lis and Or.

Style keywords: Metal beaten, Iridescent, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.

Classification: Civic, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The cottise is the bend diminished to 1/2 or 1/3 of its width, depending on the author.

Cottise 1/2 of the bend width

If the bend width is 1/3 of the shield width b, then that of the cottise is 1/2 x b/3 = b/6. From a bend I can, for example, draw on it the vertical V1-V2 and divide it by Thales into 4 segments, assigning the 2 central ones to the cottise, drawing its sides parallel to the bend. When dividing by 2, an even number, no segment remains centred. Therefore, I divide by 4, double of 2, and group the 2 central segments. The width of each segment is 1/4 x b/3 = b/12 and the 2 central ones sum b/12 + b/12 = b/6.

Cottise 1/3 of the bend width

If the diminution is to 1/3 of the bend width, then the cottise width is 1/3 x b/3 = b/9. From the previous bend I can follow the same process, drawing on the bend the vertical line V1-V2 and dividing it by Thales. In this second case it is divided by 3 which, being odd, leaves one of the segments centred and it is not necessary to divide by double as in the first case. To finish constructing this cottise it suffices to draw through the ends of the central segment 2 lines parallel to the bend of which this cottise is a diminution.

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Blazon keywords: Bendlet and Bend.

Style keywords: Freehand and Pointed.

Classification: PDF and Schema.

Gules, a fess between, in chief a Maltese cross between two mullets of eight points Argent, in base three bendlets Or. Crest: Upon a helm issuant from a crown of Noble above the shield a with a wreath Argent and Gules, a Cirneco dell’Etna hound passant proper, gorged of a collar of meanders motifs Azure and Argent. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent.

Coat of arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a watercolor finishing.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Or, Azure, One, Two, Three, Fess, Between, In chief, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped, Mullet, In base, Bendlet, Upon (wreath), Helm, Issuant, Crown of Noble, Crown, Above the shield, Wreath, Dog, Gorged and Mantling.

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

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

Bearer: Bella, Giovanni de.

Checky of nine Or and Azure, the checks Or: 1^st, 3^rd, 5^th, 7^th, and 9^th, two cotises Azure; 2^nd, a sun Or; 4^th, 6^th, and 8^th, two martlets Or, palewise. For a crest, on a wreath Or and Azure, a sun Or; the mantling dexter Azure doubled Or, sinister Or doubled Azure, with a martlet Or on the helm. Supporters: Two leopards rampant guardant, the dexter Or, armed, langued, fanged, and inflamed Azure, and the sinister Azure, armed, langued, fanged, and inflamed Or. Motto: «Unitas est fortitudo»

Escudo equipolado de oro y azur: 1^o, 3^o, 5^o, 7^o y 9^o, dos cotizas de azur; 2^o, un sol de oro; 4^o, 6^o y 8^o, dos marletas de oro, en palo. Timbrado de un yelmo adornado con una marleta de oro y lambrequines, el diestro de azur y oro, el siniestro de oro y azur y burelete de oro y azur, cimado de un sol de oro. Soportes: Dos leopardos leonados, el diestro de oro, armado, lampasado, fierezado y encendido de azur y el siniestro de azur, armado, lampasado, fierezado y encendido de oro. Lema: «Unitas est fortitudo»

Complete coat of arms with motto, crest, and two supporters, illuminated, outlined in Sable, and in watercolor, mounted on a rectangular chinapiería, illuminated in warm metal Or; the chinapiería is the same one used to damask the mantling and the wreath and has the registration number 201 within my chinapiería catalog.

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Blazon keywords: Chequy of nine squares, Or, Azure, Bendlet, Martlet, In pale, Sun in splendour, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Supporter (animal), Supporter, Lion rampant guardant, Dexter, Sinister, Armed, Langued, The fangs, The eyes and Motto.

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

Classification: Created, Personal and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Fernández Marqués, Enrique.

Checky of nine Or and Azure, the checks Or: 1^st, 3^rd, 5^th, 7^th, and 9^th, two cotises Azure; 2^nd, a sun Or; 4^th, 6^th, and 8^th, two martlets Or, palewise. For a crest, on a wreath Or and Azure, a sun Or; the mantling dexter Azure doubled Or, sinister Or doubled Azure, with a martlet Or on the helm. Supporters: Two leopards rampant guardant, the dexter Or, armed, langued, fanged, and inflamed Azure, and the sinister Azure, armed, langued, fanged, and inflamed Or. Motto: «Unitas est fortitudo»

Escudo equipolado de oro y azur: 1^o, 3^o, 5^o, 7^o y 9^o, dos cotizas de azur; 2^o, un sol de oro; 4^o, 6^o y 8^o, dos marletas de oro, en palo. Timbrado de un yelmo adornado con una marleta de oro y lambrequines, el diestro de azur y oro, el siniestro de oro y azur y burelete de oro y azur, cimado de un sol de oro. Soportes: Dos leopardos leonados, el diestro de oro, armado, lampasado, fierezado y encendido de azur y el siniestro de azur, armado, lampasado, fierezado y encendido de oro. Lema: «Unitas est fortitudo»

Coat of arms and ornamentation created by me in the following manner: the mouth of the coat of arms is rounded; its fields have been enameled in flat tinctures Azure and Or; the rest of the elements are illuminated in Or and Azure; everything is outlined in Sable; the mantling and the wreath have been stamped with chinapiería; and the whole assembly has received a watercolor finish.

I call the stamping patterns of the wreath and the mantling «chinapiería» and they are registered as automatic painting in [Salmerón Cabañas, A.; 2008] and as a registered trademark in [Salmerón Cabañas, A.; 2009].

The original design of the coat of arms with its crest and supporters, along with many other heraldic objects, is registered in [Salmerón Cabañas, A.; 2016a; page 4].

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Blazon keywords: Chequy of nine squares, Or, Azure, Bendlet, Martlet, In pale, Sun in splendour, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Supporter (animal), Supporter, Lion rampant guardant, Dexter, Sinister, Armed, Langued, The fangs, The eyes and Motto.

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

Classification: Created, Personal and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Fernández Marqués, Enrique.

Gules, a fess between, in chief a Maltese cross between two mullets of eight points Argent, in base three bendlets Or. Crest: Upon a helm issuant from a crown of Noble above the shield a with a wreath Argent and Gules, a Cirneco dell’Etna hound passant proper, gorged of a collar of meanders motifs Azure and Argent. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Pete ex Animo Sapientiam».

Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a watercolor finish.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Or, Azure, One, Two, Three, Fess, Between, In chief, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped, Mullet, In base, Bendlet, Upon (wreath), Helm, Issuant, Crown of Noble, Crown, Above the shield, Wreath, Dog, Gorged, Mantling and Motto.

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

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

Bearer: Bella, Giovanni de.

Publication on the blog Twelve Lineages of Soria about the armorial I produced for the ISCH under the title: The eminent heraldist Mr. Antonio Salmerón Cabañas brings us his latest edition of February 25, 2018 of the Roll of Arms of the International Society of Commoners Heraldry ISCH.

This armorial contains coats of arms painted by different heraldic artists, although all those shown in the illustration heading this article were painted by my own hand.

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Categories: Link, Gules, Azure, Vert, Sable, Purpure, Or, Argent, Without divisions, Gyronny, Party per pale, Quarterly, Bend, Saltire, Bordure, Chevron, Cross, Pile, Bendlet, Inescutcheon, Chequey, Hurt, torteau, pellet, pomme and golpe, Cadency, Thistle, Fleur de lis, Horse, Crown, Sun in splendour, Martlet, Wolf, Letter, Unicorn, Griffin, Dragon's head and Engouled.

Root: Twelve Lineages of Soria.