Canting arms

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Castile and Leon

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or.

Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2o y 3o de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules, coronado de oro.

This coat of arms can be seen in [Bergshammars; 1440; page 2] and in [Lutzelbourg, N. de; 1530; page 35].


Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Argent, Purpure, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crowned, Crown and Open royal crown.

Style keywords: Semi-circular and Plain tincture.

Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Coat of arms, Kingdom of Castile and Leon and Canting.

Bearer: Castile and Leon.

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Poumola, lineage of Catalonia

Gules, a millstone Argent.

Blazon of the Poumola lineage of Catalonia.

Gules, a millstone Argent.

Escudo de gules, una piedra de molino de plata.

Illuminated and a watercolor finishing with shadow in the hole.

It blazon is describe in [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1987; page 1429], [García Carraffa, A.; García Carraffa, A.; 1968; volume 3, page 358], and [Ferrer i Vives, F.; 1995; volume 2, page 362].

In this case, my theory is that this coat of arms is an example of «canting arms». «Canting arms» use a word or words of the surname or inside the surname to make the coat of arms. The surname Poumola is from Catalonia, we can split the surname into 2 parts «pou-mola», in Catalonian language a) «pou» means «well» and b) «mola» means «millstone» ~ «cadascuna de les dues pedres de forma circular que componen el molí», [GDLC; 1998], and this could be the reason of the symbolism of this coat of arms. «Canting» in heraldry means «talking» or «chatting», in Spanish «canting arms» is translated as «armas parlantes». Some heralds call «canting» to this creative technic.


Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Millstone and Argent.

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

Classification: Interpreted, Lineage and Canting.

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Rodelo lineage from Galicia

Gules, six wagon-wheels Or, 2, 2, and 2.

Gules, six wagon-wheels Or, 2, 2, and 2.

Escudo de gules, seis ruedas de carro de oro, 3 y 3.

Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a pointed ended shape, illuminated, and with a freehand finishing.

Another alternative way of writing this same blazon is the following: «Gules, six wagon-wheels Or, arranged in two pallets».


Blazon keywords: Gules, Six, Wagon-wheel and Or.

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

Classification: Lineage, Interpreted, Canting and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Rodelo lineage from Galicia.

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

The coat of arms of Rodelo lineage from Galicia in 3 steps

Gules, six wagon-wheels Or, 2, 2, and 2.

Gules, six wagon-wheels Or, 2, 2, and 2.


Blazon keywords: Gules, Six, Wagon-wheel and Or.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated, Freehand and Pointed.

Classification: Lineage, Interpreted, Canting, Coat of arms and Schema.

Bearer: Rodelo lineage from Galicia.

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

The coat of arms of Rodelo lineage from Galicia outlined

Gules, six wagon-wheels Or, 2, 2, and 2.

Gules, six wagon-wheels Or, 2, 2, and 2.

A wagon-wheel is an outer circle of iron, with an inner circle of wood and spokes also of wood, then the wagon-wheel proper has the color of the wood.

The number of spokes could be specified in the blazon, but most of the time it is left to the license of the artist, 6, 8, I like to paint more, for example, 12.


Blazon keywords: Gules, Six, Wagon-wheel and Or.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Outlined and Pointed.

Classification: Lineage, Interpreted, Canting and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Rodelo lineage from Galicia.

 

Dr. Antonio Salmerón y Cabañas,
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