Double-headed

A double-headed bear erased Sable, langued Azure, charged with a key and a sword in saltire Argent, hilted Or, the key debruised by the sword.

Heraldic device emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, and with a leather finishing.

Heraldic badge of Sean Shriner, designed by The Armorial Register, and revised and emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Sable, Azure, Argent, Or, One, Double-headed, Bear, Erased, Langued, Charged, Key, Sword, In saltire, Hilted and Debruised.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Badge.

Bearer: Shriner, Sean.

Party per fess: 1 party per pale: 1 quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable [for Castile]; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or [for Leon]. 2 quarterly: 1 Or, four pallets Gules [for Aragon]; 2 quarterly per saltire: 1 and 4 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 and 3 Argent, an eagle displayed Sable [for Aragon-Sicily]. 3 Argent, a cross potent cantoned of four crosslets Or [for Jerusalem]. 4 Gules, a chain orlewise, crosswise, and saltirewise Or, charged in the fess point with an emerald Vert [for Navarre]. Enté en point Argent, a pomegranate proper, seeded Gules, slipped and leaved Vert [for Granada]. 2 quarterly: 1 Gules, a fess Argent [for Austria]; 2 Azure semé of fleurs de lis Or within a bordure compony Argent and Gules [for Burgundy modern]; 3 bendy Or and Azure within a bordure Gules [for Burgundy ancient]; 4 Sable, a lion rampant Or, armed and langued Gules [for Brabant]; overall an inescutcheon party per pale: 1 Or, a lion rampant Sable, armed and langued Gules [for Flanders]; 2 Argent, an eagle displayed Gules, crowned, armed, beaked, langued and membered Or, charged on the wings with two trefoiled stems Or [for Tyrol]. Crest: An imperial crown with two fanons Argent, fringed Or. Behind the shield a double-headed eagle displayed Sable, nimbed, beaked and armed Or, langued and membered Gules, enfiled by an open royal crown above the shield. Supporters: two columns Argent between in base waves Azure, in chief an imperial crown the dexter and a closed royal crown the sinister. Moto environing the columns: «Plus Ultra» Or over a scroll Gules. The shield is surrounded by the Golden Fleece.

The illustration brings together two different aspects. On the one hand, the photograph captures the moment in which I explain the coat of arms of Charles, Holy Roman Emperor, during one of my heraldic art exhibitions, pointing directly to its components while the audience observes. On the other hand, it shows the coat of arms of Charles V as painted by me. All the works visible in the image have been created by me. In this exhibition, I combined the presentation of my coats of arms with a live music concert featuring works by Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Komitas, and Carlos Gardel.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Sable, Argent, Purpure, Or, Vert, One, Two, Four, Party per fess, Party per pale, Quarterly, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crowned, Pale, Quarterly per saltire, Eagle, Displayed, Cross potent, Cross couped, Cantoned, Crosslet, Chain, Orlewise, Crosswise, Saltirewise, Charged, In the fess point, Emerald, Enté en point, Pomegranate, Proper, Seeded, Slipped, Leaved, Fess, Semé, Fleur de lis, Bordure, Compony, Bendy, Overall, Inescutcheon, Beaked, Membered, Wing, Trefoiled, Stem, Crest, Imperial crown, Crown, Fanon, Fringed, Behind the shield, Double-headed, Nimbed, Enfiled, Open royal crown, Above the shield, Supporter (thing), Supporter, Column, Shafted, Between, In base, Wave, In chief, Dexter, Closed royal crown, Sinister, Motto, Environed, Scroll, Surrounded and Collar.

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

Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Boa, Collage and Photographic.

Bearer: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

Gules, a saltire Or charged with a fillet saltire Sable between in chief three escallops reversed Or; in dexter, a dexter arm embowed, vambraced Argent, holding an anchor Or; in sinister a two masted warship, with cannons ports and sails hoisted Or, two flags Gules, Argent and Azure flying to dexter, one in the main mast and one in the stern, on the hull the inscription «La Liberta» Sable; in base a crowned double-headed eagle displayed Or, holding two tassels, one in each beak, and two mullets of six points pierced, one in each talon Argent. Crest: A helm befitting his degree with a mantle Gules lined Or, pleated in chief at both dexter and sinister, and bearing an Adelskrone held in its place by two men Sable, vested with feather skirts Gules, each standing on the shield, and holding in his outer hand a diagonally placed tournament spears, headed Argent, and issuant from the Adelskrone, between two elephants' trunks, the one at dexter Or, the one at sinister Gules, two ostrich feathers in saltire, the one bendwise Argent, and the one bend sinisterwise Sable.

This is the coat of arms of Johann Anton Freiherr von Quast. The image above shows the historical illustration as it appears in the «Freiherren-Diploma Johann Anton Freiherr von Quast, 1790, Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Königlich-Bayerisches Heroldsamt, Bd. 20-1 nr. 26, Opvallend zijn de onmiskenbare verwijzingen naar het verblijf in de West», which can be consulted on the website juchtervanbergenquast.wordpress.com and below is my current interpretation of this coat of arms. In heraldry there are two kinds of tinctures: colours, for example Gules, Azure, and Sable, and metals, Or and Argent. There is also a heraldic rule of tinctures that states not colour on colour and not metal on metal. The vambraced arm was originally Azure over a Gules field, which is colour on colour and against the rule. I corrected it with the family’s permission by changing the vambraced arm to Argent, so now it is metal Argent on colour Gules, which is correct, and Argent is a good tincture for armory. For this reason, I also used Argent for the helm and for the tips of the tournament spear. The flags also show colour on colour, but they are decorative details and not important, and changing their colours would alter the ship’s nationality, which must remain as it is. It is possible that the Azure we now see originated from the fact that the arm vambraced , the spearheads, and the helm were originally depicted as iron or proper and that over the course of time this natural greyish tone gradually turned into Azure.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Two, Saltire, Fillet saltire, Between, In chief, Escallop, Reversed, In dexter, Dexter, Arm, Embowed, Vambraced, Grasping, Anchor, Ship, Cannon port, Sail, Inscribed, In base, Crowned, Double-headed, Eagle, Tassel, Beak, Mullet of six points pierced, Talon, Crest, Helm, Mantle, Sinister, Lined, Crown, Male figure, Vested, Feather, Skirt, Upon, Hand, Spear, Issuant, Trunk (elephant), Ostrich feather, In saltire, Bendwise and Bend sinisterwise.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Collage and Flag.

Bearer: Quast, Johann Anton Freiherr von.

«La Mesa de los Notables» is now the most active heraldic blog in Castilian. It is associated with the Heraldic and Genealogical Academy of Asturias. The blog editor, Riestra Martínez, asked me to write an article about the coat of arms of Johann Anton Freiherr von Quast painted by me under the supervision of Bob Juchter van Bergen Quast, and we have made it. You can visit it at this link lamesadelosnotables.blogspot.com/2020/04/el-escudo-de-armas-de-ja-freiherr-von.html.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Two, Saltire, Fillet saltire, Between, In chief, Escallop, Reversed, In dexter, Dexter, Arm, Embowed, Vambraced, Grasping, Anchor, Ship, Cannon port, Sail, Inscribed, In base, Crowned, Double-headed, Eagle, Tassel, Beak, Mullet of six points pierced, Talon, Crest, Helm, Mantle, Sinister, Lined, Crown, Male figure, Vested, Feather, Skirt, Upon, Hand, Spear, Issuant, Trunk (elephant), Ostrich feather, In saltire, Bendwise and Bend sinisterwise.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Collage and Flag.

Bearer: Quast, Johann Anton Freiherr von.

Barry of ten Argent and Azure, overall a double-headed eagle displayed Sable, nimbed, beaked, and membered Or, grasping in each claw an elephant's tusk proper, and charged on its breast with a double vajra Argent.

Escudo fajado de diez piezas de plata y azur, brochante sobre el todo un águila bicéfala de Sable, nimbada, picada y membrada de oro, teniendo en cada garra un colmillo de elefante al natural y su pecho cargado de una vajra doble.

Coat of arms interpreted and emblazoned by me with different shapes and finishings.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Barry, Ten, Argent, Azure, Overall, One, Eagle, Double-headed, Sable, Nimbed, Beaked, Membered, Or, Grasping, Claw, Tusk, Elephant, Proper, Chest, Charged and Double vajra.

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

Classification: Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Rage from Discord.

Heraldic device emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a leather finish.

Heraldic standard of Sean Shriner, designed by The Armorial Register, and revised and emblazoned by me. Structure: Coat of arms; Badge; 1^st line of the motto «Fide Gratia»; Crest; 2^nd line of the motto «Obedientia»; Badge.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Sable, Azure, Or, Flanched, Semé, Cross-crosslet, Cross couped, Overall, Bear, Rampant, Regardant, Armed, Langued, Charged, Key, Sword, In saltire, Hilted, Debruised, Crest, Upon (wreath), Wreath, Issuant, Enarched, Bridge, Embattled, Masoned, Above, River, Forepaw, Grasping, Cross fitchy, Bend sinisterwise, Double-headed and Erased.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Standard and Flag.

Bearer: Shriner, Sean.

Party per fess: 1 party per pale: 1 quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable [for Castile]; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or [for Leon]. 2 quarterly: 1 Or, four pallets Gules [for Aragon]; 2 quarterly per saltire: 1 and 4 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 and 3 Argent, an eagle displayed Sable [for Aragon-Sicily]. 3 Argent, a cross potent cantoned of four crosslets Or [for Jerusalem]. 4 Gules, a chain orlewise, crosswise, and saltirewise Or, charged in the fess point with an emerald Vert [for Navarre]. Enté en point Argent, a pomegranate proper, seeded Gules, slipped and leaved Vert [for Granada]. 2 quarterly: 1 Gules, a fess Argent [for Austria]; 2 Azure semé of fleurs de lis Or within a bordure compony Argent and Gules [for Burgundy modern]; 3 bendy Or and Azure within a bordure Gules [for Burgundy ancient]; 4 Sable, a lion rampant Or, armed and langued Gules [for Brabant]; overall an inescutcheon party per pale: 1 Or, a lion rampant Sable, armed and langued Gules [for Flanders]; 2 Argent, an eagle displayed Gules, crowned, armed, beaked, langued and membered Or, charged on the wings with two trefoiled stems Or [for Tyrol]. Crest: An imperial crown with two fanons Argent, fringed Or. Behind the shield a double-headed eagle displayed Sable, nimbed, beaked and armed Or, langued and membered Gules, enfiled by an open royal crown above the shield. Supporters: two columns Argent between in base waves Azure, in chief an imperial crown the dexter and a closed royal crown the sinister. Moto environing the columns: «Plus Ultra» Or over a scroll Gules. The shield is surrounded by the Golden Fleece.

Arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a freehand finish.

Arms of Charles, Holy Roman Emperor, emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Sable, Argent, Purpure, Or, Vert, One, Two, Four, Party per fess, Party per pale, Quarterly, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crowned, Pale, Quarterly per saltire, Eagle, Displayed, Cross potent, Cross couped, Cantoned, Crosslet, Chain, Orlewise, Crosswise, Saltirewise, Charged, In the fess point, Emerald, Enté en point, Pomegranate, Proper, Seeded, Slipped, Leaved, Fess, Semé, Fleur de lis, Bordure, Compony, Bendy, Overall, Inescutcheon, Beaked, Membered, Wing, Trefoiled, Stem, Crest, Imperial crown, Crown, Fanon, Fringed, Behind the shield, Double-headed, Nimbed, Enfiled, Open royal crown, Above the shield, Supporter (thing), Supporter, Column, Shafted, Between, In base, Wave, In chief, Dexter, Closed royal crown, Sinister, Motto, Environed, Scroll, Surrounded and Collar.

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

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

Bearer: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

The origin of the Casa Troncal of the Twelve Lineages of Soria dates back to the time of the repopulation of Soria by King Alfonso I of Aragon, although some authors suggest that its origin lies in the time of King Alfonso VII or King Alfonso VIII, the latter being the monarch from whom the well-known privilege of the one hundred suits of armour derives.

My interpretation of the coat of arms of Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire, on the blog Twelve Lineages of Soria in an article entitled Interpretation of the coat of arms of Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire, by the heraldic artist Mr. Antonio Salmerón.

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Categories: Link, Holy Roman German Empire, Freehand, Crest and mantling, Imperial crown, Crown, Open royal crown, Fanon, Eagle, Double-headed, Nimbed, Gules, Sable, Or, Argent, Vert and Azure.