Latin language

Aix-en-Provence, «Délibérations municipales d'Aix-en-Provence», Archives Municipales; key BB 28, 1351

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Bibliographical reference of century XIV.

Classification: Manuscript and Latin language.

Author: Aix-en-Provence.

Bibliographical reference mentioned in the following article:

• James I of Aragon

External resource:

• Aix-en-Provence, Archives Municipales.

Gaius Valerius Catullus, from 87 to 57 BC or from 87 to 54 BC, «Corpus Catuliano, 116 Poems: Poem number 62, Wedding Hymn in Hexameters», Rome, 1^st Century BC.

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Gaius Valerius Catullus, Poem LVII, beginning

Vesper adest, iuvenes, consurgite: Vesper Olympo
Exspectata diu vix tandem lumina tollit.
Surgere iam tempus, iam pinguis linquere mensas,
Iam veniet virgo, iam dicetur Hymenaeus.
Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!

Cernitis, innuptae, iuvenes? consurgite contra:
Nimirum Oetaeos ostendit Noctifer ignes.
Sic certest; viden ut perniciter exsiluere?
Non temere exsiluere, canent quod vincere par est.
Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!

Non facilis nobis, aequales, palma parata est:
Aspicite, innuptae secum ut meditata requirunt.
Non frustra meditantur: habent memorabile quod sit.
Nec mirum, penitus quae tota mente laborant.
Nos alio mentes, alio divisimus aures:
Iure igitur vincemur: amat victoria curam.
Quare nunc animos saltem convertite vestros;
Dicere iam incipient, iam respondere decebit.
Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!

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My translation in hendecasyllables

...
They note everything worth remembering and do not practice in vain,
let it not surprise us, for their minds are focused on the work.
But if we distract our ears and scatter our thoughts,
by law they will defeat us, for victory loves those who care.
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The complete poem can be consulted in Latin and Spanish in [Alonso Gamo, J. M.; 2004; page 242] and in Latin in [Gaio da Legnago, A. del; 1375; reverse of folio 17].

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Bibliographical reference of century I B.C.

Classification: Latin language.

Author: Catullus, Gaius Valerius.

Bibliographical reference mentioned in the following article:

• Kleisner, T.; 2009

External links:

• The text of Catullus in ASCII was extracted from.
• The edition and punctuation follow that of Google Books.
• Catullus Online: Poems.
• Catullus Online: Edited pages.

Sable, on a chevron Argent three spears' heads Gules, in chief two unicorns' heads erased Argent, horned and crined Or, langued Gules, in base on a pile of the last issuant from the chevron a unicorn head erased Sable, langued Gules. Motto: «Ad rem».

Escudo de sable, un cabrio de plata con tres puntas de lanza de gules; en jefe, dos cabezas de unicornio arrancadas de plata, cabelladas y acornadas de oro, lampasadas de gules; en punta, una pila de oro, saliente del cabrio, cargada de una cabeza de unicornio de sable, lampasada de gules. Lema: «Ad rem».

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Blazon keywords: Sable, Chevron, Argent, Three, Spear's head, Gules, In chief, Two, Head, Unicorn, Erased, Crined, Horned, Or, Langued, In base, One, Pile and Motto.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Latin language.

Bearer: Wright, Charles F. M..

Or, a roe deer springing Gules, in base a triple mount Vert. Crest: Upon a helm affronty, with a wreath Or and Vert, two roe deers' attires barry of four Gules and Or. Mantling: Vert doubled Or.. Motto: «Carpe diem».

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Credits: Stephan Urs Breu is the designer of the coat of arms and Antonio Salmerón y Cabañas is the author of the heraldic art.

Blazon keywords: Or, One, Roe deer, Springing, Gules, In base, Trimount, Vert, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Two, Roe deer' attire, Barry, Four and Motto.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Latin language and Photographic.

Bearer: Rehberger, Alena.

Vert, a chevron, between three cross-crosslets; on a chief Argent, three griffins statant Gules, beaked and armed Or. Crest: Upon a helm, with a wreath Argent and Gules, a griffin's head couped Gules, beaked Or. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Silentium est aureum».

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Blazon keywords: Vert, One, Chevron, Between, Three, Cross-crosslet, Cross couped, Chief, Argent, Griffin, Statant, Gules, Beaked, Armed, Or, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Head, Party per fess and Motto.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Latin language.

Bearer: Berry, Austin Charles.

Azure, a bend sinister raguly between, in dexter chief, a Celtic cross, in sinister base, a sword point downwards Argent. Crest: Upon a helm affronty with a wreath Argent and Azure, a pair of Polish hussar wings, feathered alternately Azure and Argent. Mantling: Azure doubled Argent. Motto: «Per Iustitiam Victoria» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.

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Blazon keywords: One, Bend sinister, Raguly, Between, Dexter, Chief, Celtic cross, Sinister, Base (lower 1/3), Sword, Point downwards, Argent, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Polish winged hussar, Two wings in vol, Feathered, Alternately and Motto.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Latin language.

Bearer: Reyes, Elijah.

Argent, two arrows points upwards in saltire Sable, barbed and feathered Gules, surmounted of a commando dagger point upwards in pale Gules, hilted and pommelled Sable; on a chief indented Sable, a label of three points Or. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Sable, a demi-man proper, wearing a beret Vert, grasping in his dexter hand a commando dagger point upwards Or, hilted and pommelled Sable. Mantling: Sable doubled Argent. Motto: «Liberare oppressos». Motto above the crest: «Follow me».

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Two, Arrow, Point upwards, In saltire, Sable, Barbed, Feathered, Gules, Surmounted, One, Dagger, In pale, Hilted, Pommelled, Chief, Indented, Label of three points, Or, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Male figure, Demi, Proper, Beret, Vert, Grasping, Hand, Dexter and Motto.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Latin language and English language.

Bearer: Power, Guy Harold.

Azure, a palm tree eradicated, between in sinister a lion rampant supporting it Or, in dexter three millwheels, 2 and 1, and in chief a crescent Argent. Motto: «Deo gratias».

Escudo de azur, una palmera arrancada, acompañada a la siniestra de un león rampante empinado a ella ambos de oro, a la diestra de tres ruedas de molino, 2 y 1, y en jefe un creciente todo de plata. Lema: «Deo gratias».

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Blazon keywords: Azure, One, Palm tree, Tree, Erased, Between, Sinister, Lion, Rampant, Supporting, Or, Dexter, Three, Millwheel, Ordered, In chief, Crescent, Argent and Motto.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Latin language.

Bearer: Spanò, Diego Pantaleone.

Azure, a chevron Or, between in chief a cross potent cantoned of crosslets, and a lion rampant, and in base a Celtic Trinity knot Argent. Crest: A galero Sable, with two cords, each with one tassel Gules and Sable. Motto: «Primi entis» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.

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Credits: Ernesto Juan Anaya is the designer of the coat of arms and Antonio Salmerón y Cabañas is the author of the heraldic art.

Blazon keywords: Azure, One, Chevron, Or, Between, In chief, Cross of Jerusalem, Cross couped, Cross potent, Cantoned, Four, Crosslet, Lion, Rampant, In base, Celtic Trinity knot, Knot, Celtic, Trinity, Crest and mantling, Galero, Cord, Tassel, Scroll, Charged and Motto.

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

Classification: Religious, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Latin language.

Bearer: Lucca de Anaya, Nilda Ernestina.

Party per pale: 1 Gules, a bend sinister debruised by an inescutcheon Or charged with a bend Azure charged with five fusils palewise Argent, in base on a triangle Argent the Sacred Heart of Jesus proper [for Adriaensen]; 2 Azure, a fleur de lis Argent above a doe sejeant proper surrounded by twelve mullets in orle Or [granted by Bourbon-Parma]. Crest: A crown of Noble. Motto: «Biche délicate».

Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a lozenge shape, illuminated, and with a free hand finishing.

G0084, Chief Herald of Malta's grant of Heidi Garcia-Bosch-de Morales-de Sola née Adriaensen's arms, whose full achievement has been emblazoned by me for such grant.

The arms of Heidi Garcia-Bosch-de Morales-de Sola née Adriaensen was presented in my lecture Women and Arms: Contemporary Coats of Arms for Women Worldwide (lecture). The presentation included her coat of arms shown together with the blazon and information about her grant.

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Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Gules, One, Bend sinister, Or, In base, Triangle, Argent, Charged, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Heart enflamed, Heart, Enflamed, Proper, Overall, Inescutcheon, Bend, Azure, Five, Fusil, Palewise, Doe, Sejant, Above, Fleur de lis, Surrounded, Twelve, Mullet, In orle, Crest and mantling, Crown of Noble, Crown, Motto and Scroll.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms, Latin language and Slide.

Bearer: Garcia-Bosch-de Morales-de Sola née Adriaensen, Heidi.

Created and emblazoned by me.

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Categories: Standard, Flag, Latin language and Motto.

Root: Coulot, Fabian.

Silvester Petra Sancta, «De symbolis heroicis», a work consisting of 9 books, published by Antuerpiae, Ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 480 pages with an additional 35 unnumbered pages, measuring 21 centimeters, Liège, 1634.

Description

The title page features an engraved pictorial border, signed by Peter Paul Rubens as the painter and Cornelis Galle as the engraver. The preface is signed by Silvester Petra Sancta, a member of the Society of Jesus, dated March 1634, specifically noted as «Leodij Kal. Mart. M.DC.XXXIV», indicating that the preface was signed in Liège on March 1, 1634.

The book includes the section titled «Elogium gentis Carafaeae ac stemma procerum eius» on pages XVII-LXXX, covering topics related to the Carafa family, including 7 genealogical trees with the family's coat of arms, «Gules, three bars Argent» repeated with or without cadency marks.

This work is notable for its engravings and symbolic content, including mottos and figures. It consists of nine books, with page 479 incorrectly numbered as 749, followed by page 780, and then 5 indexes that assist in finding specific symbols, such as the symbolism of the swan on page 16.

Petra Sancta's hatching code

In the engraving on page XVI is where Silvester Petra Sancta's hatching code is best appreciated, which is the most widely used in heraldry today, with the color Gules of the field represented by vertical lines and the metal Argent of the three bars in white.

Petra Sancta sets out his hatching code on pages 313-314 and illustrates it in the engraving on page 314.

To recognise colour where no colour is present, he states that «...for those figures that lack their proper colours, a means is required by which they may be recognised. Moreover, when engraving upon a bronze plate, in order to compensate for the absence of proper colours, recourse is had to a certain order of lines, provided the figure is executed according to the rules of art. I present this scheme to the eye: the part incised with a punch represents the colour gold or saffron; the part left untouched by the graver represents the colour silver or white; the part drawn with straight and vertical lines represents red; the part cut with transverse [horizontal] lines represents blue; the part engraved with oblique or slanting lines represents green; and the part covered with intersecting lines, as if in a lattice, represents black».

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Bibliographical reference of century XVII.

Classification: Symbolism, In black and white and Latin language.

The author is Petra Sancta, Silvester.

Bibliographic reference mentioned in the following articles:

• First hatching version for Ugnius Mikučionis-Vizgirda
• Hatching technique for the arms of the Municipality of Candasnos
• Hatching version for Tomasz Arkadiusz Grzeszkowiak
• Peregrina Corona, Dolores
• Second hatching version for Ugnius Mikučionis-Vizgirda
• The Pillars of Hercules of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

External resources:

• Archive.org, version 00.
• Archive.org, version 01.

Internal resources: PietraSantaS1634.SymbolisHeroicis.00.pdf version 00, PDF format and PietraSantaS1634.SymbolisHeroicis.01.pdf version 01, PDF format in better condition.

Azure, a carbuncle of twelve rays Argent; on a chief Or, a hop cone Vert between two apples Gules, slipped and leaved Vert. Motto: «Omnia tempus habent».

Escudo de azur, un carbunclo de doce rayos de plata; en un jefe de oro, una flor de lúpulo de sinople acompañada de dos manzanas de gules, talladas y hojadas de sinople. Lema: «Omnia tempus habent».

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Carbuncle, Twelve, Argent, Chief, Or, Hop cone, Flower, Vert, Between, Two, Apple, Gules, Slipped, Leaved and Motto.

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

Classification: Personal, Created, Coat of arms and Latin language.

Bearer: Sales, Robert Edward.

Party per fess: 1 Argent, a rose Gules, barbed and seeded proper; 2 Gules, two swords in saltire Argent, hilted Or. Supporters: Two bears Sable, the eyes, pizzled, langued, armed and gorged Gules.

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Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Argent, One, Rose, Gules, Leaved, Seeded, Two, Sword, In saltire, Hilted, Or, Proper, Supporter (animal), Supporter, Bear, Sable, The eyes, Pizzled, Langued, Armed, Collared, Motto and Scroll.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Latin language.

Bearer: Breu, Stephan Urs.

Or, on a chevron, between three crosses flory Gules, three crescents Argent. Crest: Upon a helm, with a wreath Or and Gules, a pomegranate Proper, seeded Gules, slipped and leaved Vert. Mantling: Gules doubled Or. Supporters: Two Lions rampant Or, langued and armed Gules. Motto: «Fides et pietas».

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Blazon keywords: Or, One, Chevron, Gules, Charged, Three, Crescent, Argent, Between, Cross, Flory, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath, Crest, Pomegranate, Proper, Slipped, Leaved, Vert, Supporter (animal), Supporter, Two, Lion, Rampant, Langued, Armed and Motto.

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

Classification: Personal, Created, Coat of arms and Latin language.

Bearer: Rica II, Nick Allen.

Anonymous, «Founder's and benefactors' book of Tewkesbury abbey», Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, call number MS. Top. Glouc. d. 2, recorded in the Catalogue of Western Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries, manuscript, illustrated, 46 leaves, 245 x 175 millimeters, except fols. 12, 16, and 38, which are smaller, Tewkesbury, beginning of the 16^th century.

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Origin, historical context, and contents

It is is a medieval manuscript originating from Tewkesbury Abbey at the beginning of the 16^th century. This Latin manuscript provides records and depictions of the abbey's founders and benefactors, such as: William Fitzcount, 2^nd Earl of Gloucester, died 1183; Oddo and Doddo, Dukes of Mercia; Hugh, great Duke of Mercia, lord of the manor of Tewkesbury, buried at Tewkesbury in 812; Robert Fitzhamon, lord of Creully, Calvados in Normandy, died 1107, and his wife, Sybil, patrons of Tewkesbury Abbey’s reconstruction; Edward Despenser, died 1375; Thomas Despenser, Earl of Gloucester, died 1400; and Isabel Despenser, 1400-1439.

Illustrations and manuscript details

The manuscript is noted for its illustrations, which are believed to have been created by John of Evesham, a monk at Tewkesbury. The illustrations are thought to be copied from painted statues, approximately 70 cm high, which once decorated the abbey church. The manuscript comprises 46 leaves, with most pages measuring 245 x 175 millimeters, though folios 12, 16, and 38 are smaller in size.

In the image, folio 25v depicts Thomas Despenser, Earl of Gloucester, in armor, wearing a red bonnet with a badge, and a mantle with epaulettes over a heraldic surcoat. He holds a sheathed sword and is surrounded by six coats of arms and the badge of the Garter with the flag of Saint George; and folio 26r features a text page with ten coat of arms.

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Bibliographical reference of century XVII.

Classification: Manuscript, Armorial roll, Latin language and In color.

Author: unknown.

Bibliographical reference mentioned in the following article:

• Thomas Grenville, stone coat of arms

External link:

• Digital Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.

Internal resources: 25 images in JPEG format.

Party per bend sinister Or and Gules, a clenched gauntlet Sable. Motto: «Peior potest».

Escudo tajado de oro y gules; brochante sobre la partición un guantelete de sable, puesto en palo. Lema: «Peior potest».

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Blazon keywords: Party per bend sinister, Or, Gules, Surmounted, Gauntlet, Sable, Palewise and Motto.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Latin language.

Bearer: Wilkins, Tim.

Publius Vergilius Maro, from 70 to 19 BC, «Aeneid», Rome, 1^st Century BC.

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Virgil, or Publius Vergilius Maro (70–19 BC), was the greatest epic poet of ancient Rome. Commissioned during the reign of Emperor Augustus, he composed the «Aeneid» between approximately 29 and 19 BC to provide Rome with a national epic comparable to the Greek «Iliad» and «Odyssey». The poem recounts the journey of Aeneas from the fallen city of Troy to Italy, where his descendants would eventually found Rome. Although Virgil wished the unfinished work to be destroyed upon his death, Augustus ordered its preservation and publication. The «Aeneid» soon became one of the masterpieces of Latin literature and has profoundly influenced Western culture, literature, and heraldic tradition. It is included in this bibliography because it is an excellent source of classical Latin mottoes suitable for coats of arms in heraldry, among them the mottos «Miseris succurrere disco» and «Sic itur ad astra» .

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Bibliographical reference of century I B.C.

Classification: Latin language.

Author: Virgil, Publius Vergilius.

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• Crown and motto of Amber Martinez
• Family of Paul and Kari Herndon