Escutcheon: Arms of Hugo Frazão Coutinho Dias with crown, motto, and Fire Dog. Badge of Malta's grant of Claes

Arms of Hugo Frazão Coutinho Dias with crown, motto, and Fire Dog

Quarterly: 1 Gules, a chevron Argent, between three fleurs de lis Or; 2 Or, five mullets in saltire Gules; 3 Argent, four escutcheons in cross Azure, each charged with nine plates, those in flank with points to center, overall a carbuncle and orle of knotted cords Purpure debruised by the center escutcheon; 4 Sable, on a mount issuant from the base Vert, a tower Argent, port, windows and masoned sable, between two wolves Or supporting it; enté en point Or, three bars wavy Gules. Crest: a crown of the Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la Granada. Motto: «Progrediendo Laborando Efficiendo Vinces». Suspended from the shield the cross of Member of The Royal Order of the Golden Fire Dog.

Escudo cuartelado: 1^o de Gules, un cabrio de plata acompañado de tres flores de lis de oro; 2^o de oro, cinco estrellas de seis puntas en sotuer de gules; 3^o de plata, cuatro escudetes en cruz de azur, cada uno cargado de nueve bezantes de plata, 3, 3, 3, los dos escudetes de los flancos puestos en faja apuntando al del centro, brochante sobre el todo un carbunclo de cuerdas, orlado y anudado de púrpura, y brochante sobre el todo del todo, un quinto escudete como los anteriores; 4^o de sable, un monte moviente de la punta de sinople, sumado de una torre de plata, aclarada y mazonada de sable, con dos lobos de oro empinados a ella; Entado en punta de oro, tres fajas ondadas de gules. Timbrado de una corona de la Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la Granada. Lema: «Progrediendo Laborando Efficiendo Vinces». Pendiente de la punta la cruz de miembro de la Real Orden del Golden Fire Dog.

Arms painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finishing.

Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Argent, Azure, Purpure, Sable, Vert, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Nine, Quarterly, Chevron, Between, Fleur de lis, Mullet, In saltire, Escutcheon, In cross, Charged, Plate, In each flank, Center, Overall, Carbuncle, Orle, Knotted, Cord, Debruised, Mount, Issuant, Base, Tower, Port and windows, Masoned, Wolf, Supporting, Enté en point, Bar, Wavy, Crown of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate, Crown, Motto, Suspended and Decoration.

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

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

Bearer: Frazão Coutinho Dias, Hugo.

Badge of Malta's grant of Claes Zangenberg

Escutcheon Argent, in base a trimount, in chief a pair of open pliers bend sinisterwise proper.

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

G0076, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant of Claes Zangenberg's badge, whose heraldic badge has been emblazoned by me.

Blazon keywords: Argent, One, Escutcheon, In base, Trimount, In chief, Open, Pair of pliers, Bend sinisterwise and Proper.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Badge.

Bearer: Zangenberg, Claes.

Ceuta

City of Ceuta, Spain, Africa

Argent, five escutcheons in cross Azure, each charged with five plates in saltire; a bordure Gules, charged with seven castles triple-towered Or, 2, 2, 2, and 1.

Escudo de plata, cinco escudetes en cruz de azur, cada uno cargado de cinco bezantes en sotuer de plata; una bordura de gules, cargada de siete castillos de oro, dos en jefe, una en cada flanco y tres en punta

Illuminated and a leather finishing.

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Five, Escutcheon, In cross, Azure, Charged, Bezant and plate, Plate, In saltire, Bordure, Gules, Seven, Castle, Or, Two, In chief, One, In each flank, Three and In base.

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

Classification: Civic, Interpreted and Kingdom of Spain.

Bearer: Ceuta.

Crest, mantling and motto of the family of Rui J. Vaz

Party per pale Azure and Gules, overall a lion rampant Argent, winged Or, grasping in his dexter forepaw a sword erect Or. Crest: Upon a helm lined Gules, its bevor charged with a Latin cross patty and pierced with a Latin cross, and with a wreath Argent and Gules, a dexter winged forepaw Or, grasping an escutcheon quarterly: 1 Azure, a god Garuda sejant Argent; 2 Gules, a castle triple-towered Or, masoned Sable; 3 Argent, six pallets Gules; 4 Azure, five plates. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Audacia,Veritas et Libertas».

Arms interpreted by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, displayed as rotated shield, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finish.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Gules, Argent, Or, One, Six, Five, Party per pale, Overall, Lion, Rampant, Winged, Grasping, Dexter, Forepaw, Sword, Erect, Crest and mantling, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Lined, Bevor, Charged, Latin cross patty, Pierced, Latin cross, Wreath, Escutcheon, Quarterly, Garuda, Sejant, Castle, Triple-towered, Masoned, Pallet, Plate, Mantling, Doubled, Motto and Scroll.

Style keywords: Tilted shield, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Semi-circular and Leather.

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

Bearer: Vaz, Rui J..

Fernando Durán Cabral de Melo e Alpoim, scheme of 6 coats of arms

Quarterly: 1 Gules, a pale Or upon six waves Azure and Argent, a bordure Or charged with eight lions' heads erased Gules [for Durán]; 2 Azure, a crescent reversed Argent, in dexter chief a fleur de lis Or, a bordure Gules [for Alpoim]; 3 Argent, two goats in pale Purpure, horned Sable [for Cabral]; 4 Gules, a double cross throughout Or cantoned by six plates, a bordure Or [for Melo]; an inescutcheon quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, five escutcheons in cross Azure, each charged with five plates in saltire; a bordure Gules, charged with seven castles triple-towered Or, 3, 2, and 2 [for Portugal]; the whole debruised by a baston Sable; 2 and 3 party per chevron Argent and Gules, in chief two lions combatant Purpure, armed and langued Gules [for Leon], in base a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable [for Castile]; a bordure compony of eighteen sections Or and vair [for Álvarez de las Asturias].

Scheme of the arms of Fernando Durán Cabral de Melo e Alpoim y Ayala-Schiaffino. These arms have been certified by Dr. Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera Gila, Chronicler of Arms of Castile and León. Both the scheme and the arms have been emblazoned by me. This plate shows this coat of arms and, around it, the coats of arms that compose it, arranged radially so as to make their integration into the greater shield clearly visible. These are the arms of the Durán, Alpoim, Cabral, and Melo lineages, together with the central inescutcheon, which is the coat of arms of the House of Noronha.

Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Azure, Argent, One, Two, Six, Seven, Eight, Eighteen, Quarterly, Pale, Upon, Wave, Bordure, Charged, Lion, Head, Erased, Crescent, Reversed, In the dexter chief, Fleur de lis, Goat, In pale, Horned, Double cross throughout, Cantoned, Plate, Inescutcheon, Escutcheon, In cross, In saltire, Castle, Triple-towered, Cadency, Baston, Party per chevron, In chief, Combatant, Armed, Langued, In base, Port and windows, Masoned, Compony and Vair.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.

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

Bearer: Durán Cabral de Melo e Alpoim, Fernando.

Full achievement of Pesquera de Ebro

Azure, on four bars wavy Argent a barbel bendwise Or and a three arch bridge Or, masoned Sable, throughout, supporting a elm couped Argent leaved Or, between, in dexter a tower Or, port and windows Azure, mazoned Sable, and in sinister three escutcheon Or, 2 and 1. Motto: «El porqué yo me le sé» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent. Behind the shield a Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) displayed proper.

Coat of arms devised by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a watercolor finish.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Three, On, Bar, Wavy, Barbel, Bendwise, Bridge, Masoned, Throughout, Upon, Elm, Couped (tree), Leaved, Tower, Port and windows, Escutcheon, Ordered, Motto, Scroll and Vulture.

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

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

Bearer: Pesquera de Ebro.

Noronha, House of

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, five escutcheons in cross Azure, each charged with five plates in saltire; a bordure Gules, charged with seven castles triple-towered Or, 3, 2, and 2 [for Portugal]; the whole debruised by a baston Sable; 2 and 3 party per chevron Argent and Gules, in chief two lions combatant Purpure, armed and langued Gules [for Leon], in base a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable [for Castile]; a bordure compony of eighteen sections Or and vair [for Álvarez de las Asturias].

Escudo cuartelado: 1^o y 4^o de plata, cinco escudetes en cruz de azur, cada uno cargado de cinco bezantes en sotuer de plata; una bordura de gules, cargada de siete castillos de oro, 3, 1 y 3; [de Portugal] brisado de un bastón de sable; 2^o y 3^o de plata, mantelado en punta de gules, en jefe, dos leones afrontados de púrpura, armados y lampasados de gules [de León], en punta un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable [de Castilla]; una bordura componada de dieciocho compones de oro y veros [de Álvarez de las Asturias].

Arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a metal beaten finish.

Coat of arms of the House of Noronha in Portugal, a lineage of dual royal origin. The House of Noronha originated with Alfonso Enríquez of Castile, Count of Noreña and Gijón, the natural son of King Henry II of Castile, founder of the Trastámara dynasty, and of Elvira Íñiguez. The lineage became linked to the Portuguese Royal House through the marriage of Alfonso Enríquez to Isabel of Portugal, the natural daughter of King Ferdinand I of Portugal, an alliance arranged in the context of the Treaty of Santarém of 1373, which brought an end to the Fernandine Wars, during which Ferdinand I of Portugal confronted the kings of the House of Trastámara over the throne of Castile following the murder of Peter I at the hands of his half-brother Henry. The House of Noronha became established in Portugal, and its arms quarter those of the Kingdom of Portugal, differenced by a brisure consisting of a baston Sable, and those of the House of Trastámara. This coat of arms has been emblazoned for Fernando Durán Cabral de Mello d’Alpoim by me as a preparatory work for his armorial bearings, his coat of arms has a inescutcheon with the arms of the House of Noronha.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Gules, Or, Sable, Purpure, One, Two, Five, Seven, Eighteen, Quarterly, Escutcheon, In cross, Charged, Plate, In saltire, Bordure, Castle, Triple-towered, Cadency, Baston, Party per chevron, In chief, Lion, Combatant, Armed, Langued, In base, Port and windows, Masoned, Compony and Vair.

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

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

Bearer: Noronha, House of.

Norsk Heraldisk Forening, coat of arms

Gules, two axes addorsed Argent, hafted Or, issuant from the base; overall, at the nombril, an escutcheon Or.

Escudo de gules, dos hachas adosadas de plata, fustadas de oro, movientes de la punta; brochante sobre el todo, en el ombligo, un escudete de oro.

Interpretation I have made with the following characteristics: the escutcheon is semicircular, in the classic Castilian style; its field is illuminated with the tincture gules; its 2 axes and escutcheon are outlined in sable and illuminated with the metal Or, and the axe heads in Argent; and the execution is in a raised line style.

Hafted or shated

The term «hafted» in English is specifically used for weapons with handles, such as axes and hammers. This refers to the part of the weapon where the user grips, which is typically made of wood or metal and is essential for wielding the weapon effectively. The haft is integral to the weapon's function, providing the necessary leverage and control during use.

On the other hand, «shafted» is a term used in English for weapons with a shaft, which is a longer, slender part of the weapon, as seen in spears, arrows, and sometimes in lances. The shaft is usually the primary structural component, providing the length and reach, while also serving as the backbone of the weapon.

In both cases, the term indicates that this part of the weapon is of a different tincture from the rest of the figure.

In Castilian, however, both «hafted» and «shafted» translate to «fustadas», which broadly refers to a similar concept where the handle or shaft is of a different color than the head or blade.

Then, I prefer using «hafted» when referring to axes and hammers due to the specificity of the term in English.

This contrasts with the term «guarnezidas» ~ «hilted», which is used for swords, indicating a different color for the guard or hilt, rather than for the shaft or handle.

Addorsed, back to back

For the arrangement of the axes in relation to each other, the one on the dexter facing dexter, the one on the sinister facing sinister, I use the term «addorsed» as it is the most common, but I previously used «back to back», which is said of «two animals, rampant, with their backs against each other, each facing the opposite flank. Two keys are also described as back to back when they are positioned with the bits outward, each to its side; the same applies to sickles, or scythes and generally to all long objects that have two faces, like two axes...» [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 98], this being the case for the axes in this shield.

«Dalla» is a synonym for «scythe» used in and originating from Aragon and Navarra, [Real Academia Española; 2001].

In the English blazon, «adosadas», «de espaldas», is rendered as «addorsed», from the French «adossé», which is said, for example, when «two animals turned back to back» and some also use «endorsed».

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Axe, Argent, Hafted, Or, Addorsed, Issuant from base, Overall, At the nombril and Escutcheon.

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

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Norsk Heraldisk Forening.

Photos of the Grant G0134 for the arms of Myriam Spiteri Debono

Tierced per pale: 1 Or, upon a fess Azure a lion passant Gules holding a sword point upwards Argent [for Spiteri]; 2 Azure, upon a base Vert a tree eradicated proper, supported at sinister by a man proper wearing a loincloth Argent and holding in his sinister a spear point upwards Or and in chief three mullets of six points in fess Or [for Debono], 3 Gules, two hands clasped throughout proper, vested Argent, holding a dagger point upwards Argent, hilted Or, in chief three mullets of six points in fess Or and in base a sprig of olive fesswise proper [for Zammit]. Crest: Upon a helm, befitting her degree as President of Malta, with a wreath Or and Gules, an escutcheon Bleu celeste, issuant from a base wavy Argent, charged with three bars wavy Azure, three arches interlaced in fess Or. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Supporters: Two lions rampant Or, langued Gules, terraced by a mound Vert. Motto: «Servire Cum Modestia». The shield is surrounded by the Xirka Gieh ir-Repubblika and the Grand Collar of Malta's National Order of Merit, as Head of both.

Personal coat of arms of Her Excellency Myriam Spiteri Debono, President of Malta, grant G0134 by Dr. Charles A. Gauci, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta. These arms, which I emblazoned for grant G0134, are shown here together with two photographs of the grant’s cover and the page displaying the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Argent, Vert, Bleu celeste, One, Two, Three, Tierced per pale, Fess, Lion, Passant, Sword, Point upwards, Base, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, Sinister, Male figure, Loincloth, Spear, In chief, Mullet, In fess, Two hands clasped, Dagger, Hilted, In base, Sprig, Olive tree, Fesswise, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Escutcheon, Ensigned by, Wavy, Bar, Arch, Interlaced, Mantling, Rampant, Compartment, Motto, Surrounded, Decoration and Grand collar.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.

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

Bearer: Spiteri Debono, Myriam.

Pixiv

My heraldic Pixiv wall is Dr.A.Salmeron @antoniosheraldry and pixiv.me/antoniosheraldry.

Pixiv is a Japanese online community for artists. I post in Pixiv 2 or 3 coats of arms per week. They use a strict form to post with many mandatory input fields. This week, they have added a new mandatory field «AI-generated work: Yes / No», AI ~ Artificial Intelligence. In the image, I have highlighted this new field in red.

My animation of the coat of arms of Juan Lanzagorta reached position 33 in Pixiv’s daily Ugoira animation ranking. I am very happy about this, as it is not easy to achieve.

Categories: Technology, Social networks, Quarterly, Gules, One, Chevron, Argent, Between, Three, Fleur de lis, Or, Five, Mullet, In saltire, Four, Escutcheon, In cross, Azure, Charged, Nine, Bezant and plate, Two, Flank, Fesswise, Center, Overall, Carbuncle, Cord, In orle, Knotted, Purpure, Overall (all), Sable, Mount, Issuant from base, Vert, On, Tower, Port and windows, Masoned, Wolf, Supporting, Enté en point, Fess, Wavy, Crown of the Sovereign and Most Noble Order of the Pomegranate, Crown and Motto.

Portugal differenced by a baston Sable

Argent, five escutcheons in cross Azure, each charged with five plates in saltire; a bordure Gules, charged with seven castles triple-towered Or, 3, 2, and 2 [for Portugal]; the whole debruised by a baston Sable.

Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finishing.

Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Portugal differenced by a baston Sable, as it appears in the arms of the House of Noronha. In the Arquivo Heráldico Genealógico of the Viscount Sanches de Baena this brisure is blazoned as «é por diferença um filete de negro sobreposto em banda», while in the Armaría Portuguesa it is described as «um filete negro em contrabanda». This latter term may be confusing, as «contrabanda» corresponds to the bend sinister, that is, the opposite diagonal. For the purpose of blazoning this coat of arms I use the heraldic term «baston» in English ~ «bastón» in Spanish ~ «bande batonnée» in French ~ «bastone» in Italian, denoting a bend reduced to 1/4 of its normal width. It should be recalled that the diminished bend properly speaking is the «bendlet», whose width ranges between 1/2 and 1/3 of that of the bend; the baston, being thinner, is therefore more suitable and proportionate for this shield. This coat of arms has been emblazoned for Fernando Durán Cabral de Mello d’Alpoim by me as a preparatory work for his armorial bearings. In that coat of arms, the inescutcheon of the House of Noronha bears this differenced Portugal arms in the 1^st and 4^th quarters.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Gules, Or, Sable, One, Five, Seven, Escutcheon, In cross, Charged, Plate, In saltire, Bordure, Castle, Triple-towered, Cadency and Baston.

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

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

Bearer: Portugal.

Satellite

My heraldic channel on Satellite was https://satellite.earth/@as, but sadly, this social network didn't evolve properly.

Categories: Technology, Social networks, Without divisions, Argent, Five, Escutcheon, In cross, Azure, Charged, Bezant and plate, Plate, In saltire, Bordure, Gules, Seven, Castle, Or, Two, In chief, One, In each flank, Three, In base, Crown of Marquis and Crown.

Sister Esperanza Vega Lanzagorta, plain tincture

Azure, between two palm fronds in pile reversed a Lady of Mercy grasping in her sinister hand a broken chain Argent, and charged on the chest with an escutcheon per fess, 1 Gules, a cross patty Argent, and 2 Or, four pallets Gules.

Coat of arms designed by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finishing.

This is the coat of arms of Sister Esperanza Vega Lanzagorta, designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallin and painted by me. Alternative blazon: «Azure, between two palm fronds in pile reversed a Virgin of Mercy grasping in her sinister hand a broken chain Argent, and charged on the chest the Mercedarian coat of arms».

Credits: Juan Lanzagorta Vallin is the designer of the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, Or, One, Two, Our Lady of Mercy, Grasping, Sinister, Hand, Broken, Chain, Charged, Chest, Escutcheon, Party per fess, Cross patty, Cross couped, Between, Palm frond and In pile reversed.