Plain tincture

Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen Consort of France (1137-1152), and Queen Consort of England (1154-1189).

Gules, a lion passant, guardant Or.

Escudo de gules, un leopardo de oro.

Existing arms interpreted by me as follows: the escutcheon's shape is pointed; the field has been enamelled in flat Gules; the leopard in Or is outlined in Sable; and the whole composition has a rough texture finish.

I have blazoned it as a leopard, which is the term used for a lion when passant, [Avilés, J.; 1725a; pages 290 and 295] and [Avilés, J.; 1780a; pages 325 and 330] «a lion, whose natural position is rampant;... unlike the leopard, which is... always passant» and «leopards have... their heads facing forward, showing both eyes,... lions are... in profile, revealing only one eye... Their posture is never rampant, like the lion’s, but always passant;... if leopards are ever depicted rampant, they are blazoned as ‘leopard-lions’,... and likewise, lions that are passant are blazoned as ‘lion-leopards’.».

For this interpretation of Eleanor’s coat of arms, I have followed [Edward IV of England; 1461; shield 18], where a leopard Or appears, but neither armed nor langued in Azure, representing the Duchy of Aquitaine.

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Leopard and Or.

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

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, Duchy of Aquitaine, Kingdom of France and Kingdom of England.

Bearer: Leonor de Aquitania.

Henry II Plantagenet, King of England, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, and Count of Nantes.

Gules, a lion rampant Or.

Escudo de gules, un león rampante de oro.

Existing arms interpreted by me as follows: the shield's shape is pointed; the field has been enamelled in flat Gules; the lion in Or has been outlined in Sable; and the whole composition has a rough texture finish.

It is believed that Henry I was the first King of England to have a coat of arms, featuring a single lion rampant, but no documentary evidence has yet been found [Rabbow, A.; 1999; paragraph 8].

[Ailes, A.; 1982; page 62] argues that Henry II may have used three different versions of his arms featuring a) a single lion rampant, b) two leopards, and c) three leopards. However, it remains unclear whether these versions were used sequentially over time or concurrently. For this interpretation, I have chosen the version with the lion rampant.

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Lion, Or and Rampant.

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

Classification: Interpreted, Coat of arms, Personal, House of Plantagenet and Kingdom of England.

Bearer: Henry II of England.

Round seal, a lion sejant. Circular motto: «Signum Fernandi Regis Hispanorum».

Sello rodado, un león sentado. Divisa circular: «Signum Fernandi Regis Hispanorum».

Existing seal interpreted by me as follows: the shape of the seal is circular; the motto is written in sable on its outer ring; inside, a seated lion that begins to be rampant and will eventually become so; y the whole rendered in flat sable ink; y the result is an impression in azure ink.

For the outline of the lion I have followed the round seal of the king in his «Charter of Benavente» [Fernando II de León; 1167], in which I consider the lion to be seated; although it could also be interpreted as rampant, or as intending to be so, as it will ultimately appear in the arms of his son, King Alfonso IX of León.

For the delineation of the motto I have followed the round seal of the king in his «Charter of the Alfoz of Benavente» [Fernando II de León; 1181], in which the lion, unlike the previous one, is clearly in a passant posture.

In [Martín Fuertes, J. A.; 2002] four other round seals of King Fernando II of León can be consulted:

• from the year 1160 (A.C. de León, number 4168) with a lion passant,
• from the year 1165 (A.C. de León, number 1041) with another lion passant,
• from the year 1168 (A.C. de León, number 170) with a lion statant, also described as arrested or at rest, as mentioned in [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 37] and [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 42].
• from the year 1187 (A.C. de León, number 1067) with a lion passant and regardant, that is, with its head turned toward the sinister side of the round seal, a posture described, for example, in [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 55] and [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 61].

In attitudes of the lion of Ferdinand II the attitudes discussed in this article are illustrated.

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, One, Lion, Sejant and Motto (identification).

Style keywords: Round, Plain tincture and Sealed.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Seal and Kingdom of León.

Bearer: Ferdinand II of Leon.

Princess of England and Queen Consort of Castile from 1170 to 1214.

Gules, three lions, passant, guardant, in pale Or, armed and langued Azure. Crest: An open royal crown Or.

Escudo de gules, tres leopardos en palo de oro, armados y lampasados de azur. Timbrado de una corona real abierta.

Armorial bearings of the queen interpreted by me as follows: the shape of the shield is pointed and rounded; both the field, the three leopards, and the open royal crown have been enamelled with flat tints of gules and metal or, with details in azure, vert, and metal argent; the three leopards and the crown are outlined in sable; and the whole composition has a watercolor finish.

She was the daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile, and mother of 10 children documented in historical records, with her eldest daughter being Queen Berenguela of Castile.

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Azure, Three, Leopard, Armed, Langued, In pale, Crest, Open royal crown and Crown.

Style keywords: Pointed and rounded, Plain tincture, Outlined in sable and Watercolor.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, House of Plantagenet, Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Castile.

Bearer: Leonor Plantagenet.

King of Castile from 1158 to 1214.

Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable. Crest: An open royal crown Or.

Escudo de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable. Timbrado de una corona real abierta.

Arms of the king, as interpreted by me, as follows: the shield's shape is pointed and rounded; the field is enameled Gules; the castle is outlined in Sable; and the whole composition features a watercolor finish.

In [Valero de Bernabé, L.; 2009a; page 1] the author specifies the main characteristics of the «Castilian royal castle», which can be summarized as: «with three towers, the middle one taller, and the two flanking it identical», «each tower crowned with three battlements», «one to three doors and one or two pointed windows on each tower», and «masoned and battlemented», as also noted by the same author in [Valero de Bernabé, L.; 2009b; page 33].

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Crest, Open royal crown and Crown.

Style keywords: Pointed and rounded, Plain tincture, Outlined in sable and Watercolor.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Castile.

Bearer: Alfonso VIII of Castile.

Escudo cuartelado: 1^o y 4^o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2^o y 3^o de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules. Timbrado de una corona real abierta.

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. Crest: An open royal crown Or.

I emblazoned the coat of arms of the King with an external shape ending in an ogee arch, the field, castles, lions, and crown are outlined; and all have a crystal clear finishing.

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

Style keywords: Pointed and rounded, Plain tincture, Outlined in sable and Marmoreal.

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

Bearer: Alphonse X of Castile.

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: 1^o y 4^o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2^o y 3^o 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], in [Lutzelbourg, N. de; 1530; page 35], and in [Tewkesbury; Century XVII; folio 25v].

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

Style keywords: Semi-circular and Plain tincture.

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

Bearer: Castile and Leon.

Chequey.

Chequey Or and Gules.

Escudo ajedrezado de oro y gules.

I have encountered several ways of writing the term «chequey» in English, such as «chequy», removing one «e», or «checky», and even other variants like «checkered», «checkie», «chequered», «cheque», «cheques» or «checquy».

[The Heraldry Society; 2013; pages 8 and 11] uses the term «chequey», and that is the one I strive to use.

Categories: Criterion, Tiled, Plain tincture, Hard metal, Chequey, Or and Gules.

Chequey Or and Sable.

Escudo ajedrezado de oro y sable.

Arms interpreted with: a round-topped shield shape; the chequey pattern in flat metal Or and colour Sable; and a heavily beaten metal finish.

[Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 33] writes about the application of the chequey pattern to shields, ordinaries and charges: «chequey is said of the shield, the principal ordinaries, and even some animals, such as eagles, lions, and other charges, when they are composed of alternating square pieces in the fashion of a chessboard.» On the minimum number of panes he generally specifies that «for a shield to be called chequey, it must have at least twenty chessboard panes; because if it has only nine, it is called equipoll; and if it has fifteen, it is said to be of fifteen panes of chequey» and for its application to ordinaries that «other ordinaries, such as bends, fesses, etc., must have at least two rows of chequey to be considered chequey, otherwise they would be called compony.»

Blazon keywords: Chequey, Or and Sable.

Style keywords: Semi-circular, Plain tincture and Hard metal.

Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.

Bearer: Urgell, County of.

Count of Urgell, Viscount of Àger, deceased in 1243.

Chequey Or and Sable.

Escudo ajedrezado de oro y sable.

Arms interpreted with: a shield shaped as a triangle with curved sides; the chequey pattern in flat metal Or and colour Sable; and a heavily beaten metal finish.

[Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 286] states that he will call «Chequey those ordinaries composed of these small squares, which alternate between metal and colour, or vice versa, just like the boards of those Games.» and he also writes regarding the usual number of panes that «it must have six ranks or rows of these squares, though it is not necessary to specify their number, or at least the shield must include more than fifteen panes; it is only required, to properly blazon it, to always observe the first square, which is in the chief dexter; so that, if this is Or, and the one that follows is Gules, it is said to be Chequey Or and Gules, and so with other colours and metals.»

Although Ponce initially proclaimed himself count of the county of Urgell without sufficient rights, the death of the legitimate heiress and his agreements and assistance to king James I of Aragon enabled him to legalise his title. During this process, the capital of the county ceased to be the municipality of Balaguer only to eventually become it once again.

Blazon keywords: Chequey, Or and Sable.

Style keywords: Triangular curved, Plain tincture and Hard metal.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.

Bearer: Ponce I of Urgell.

Count of Urgell, Viscount of Àger, deceased in 1243.

Chequey Or and Sable.

Escudo ajedrezado de oro y sable.

Arms interpreted with: a pointed and rounded shield shape; the chequey pattern enamelled in flat Or and Sable; and a heavily beaten metal finish.

Ermengol IX held the county for a very short time, as he died shortly after the death of his father Ponce I of Urgell, in that same year of 1243.

Blazon keywords: Chequey, Or and Sable.

Style keywords: Pointed and rounded, Plain tincture and Hard metal.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.

Bearer: Ermengol IX of Urgell.

Quarterly per saltire: 1 and 4 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 and 3 chequey Or and Sable.

Escudo cuartelado en sotuer: 1^o y 4^o de oro, cuatro palos de gules; 2^o y 3^o ajedrezado de oro y sable.

Arms interpreted with: a lozenge-shaped shield; all tinctures in flat Or, Gules, and Sable; and a heavily beaten metal finish.

Balaguer is the capital of the comarca of La Noguera in the province of Lleida. It was the capital of the county of Urgell under Ponce I of Urgell.

The quartering per saltire, which could also be called quartered in cross, is defined in English as «per saltire», [The Heraldry Society; 2013; page 8].

Blazon keywords: Quarterly per saltire, Pale, Chequey, Or, Gules and Sable.

Style keywords: Tiled, Plain tincture and Hard metal.

Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.

Bearer: Balaguer, municipality of.

Countess of Urgell, Viscountess of Ager, Lady of Alcolea de Cinca, died in 1327.

Dimidiated: 1 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 chequey Or and Sable.

Escudo dimidiado: 1^o de oro, cuatro palos de gules; 2^o ajedrezado de oro y sable.

Arms interpreted with: a round-bottom shield; all tinctures in flat Or, Gules, and Sable; and a heavily beaten metal finish.

A dimidiated coat of arms is the result of combining two shields of arms by taking the dexter half of the first and the sinister half of the second.

Dimidiation was used in the 13th and 14^th centuries to combine, for instance, the arms of two families.

Its blazoning method does not consist of describing what appears in each of the resulting quarters, but rather, by stating from the beginning that it is dimidiated, describing the original coats of arms. Thus, in this particular case of the arms of Teresa of Entenza, it is not stated that there are only two pallets in the first quarter, but that it is dimidiated and has four pallets, so the reader must know that from the four pallets, only the first two are visible due to the dimidiation.

This method of dimidiating the arms of predecessors results in very beautiful and original designs, but depending on the charges and figures involved, in other cases the result may be unrecognisable or even absurd.

Blazon keywords: Dimidiated, Pale, Chequey, Or, Gules and Sable.

Style keywords: Semi-circular, Plain tincture and Hard metal.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.

Bearer: Teresa of Entenza.

Count of Urgell, Viscount of Àger, Baron of Entença, Antillón, and Alcolea de Cinca (1340–1408).

Dimidiated: 1 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 chequey Or and Sable.

Escudo dimidiado: 1^o de oro, cuatro palos de gules; 2^o ajedrezado de oro y sable.

Arms interpreted with: the escutcheon in a pointed and rounded shape; the tinctures of the pales and the chequey rendered in flat inks Or, Gules, and Sable; and the whole finished with a highly hammered metal effect.

Peter II of Urgell (1340–1408), Count of Urgell, Viscount of Àger, and Baron of Entença, Antillón, and Alcolea de Cinca, was a prominent figure of 14^th-century Catalan nobility and grandson of Alfonso IV of Aragon.

Blazon keywords: Dimidiated, Pale, Chequey, Or, Gules and Sable.

Style keywords: Pointed and rounded, Plain tincture and Hard metal.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.

Bearer: Peter II of Urgell.

Known as the Unfortunate, Count of Urgell, Viscount of Àger, Baron of Fraga, Antillón and Alcolea de Cinca (1380–1433).

Dimidiated: 1 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 chequey Or and Sable.

Escudo dimidiado: 1^o de oro, cuatro palos de gules; 2^o ajedrezado de oro y sable.

Arms interpreted with: a shield shape of convex-sided triangles; the tinctures of the pallets and the chequey are flat gold, gules and sable; and the whole design has a heavily hammered metal finish.

James II of Urgell, 1380–1433, known as the Unfortunate, Count of Urgell, Viscount of Àger, and Baron of Fraga, Antillón and Alcolea de Cinca, was one of the main claimants to the throne after the death of Martin I of Aragon. His rejection of the Compromise of Caspe led to his defeat and imprisonment.

Blazon keywords: Dimidiated, Pale, Chequey, Or, Gules and Sable.

Style keywords: Triangular curved, Plain tincture and Hard metal.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Aragon.

Bearer: James II of Urgell.

William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby ~ Cunte de Ferrers.

Vairy Or and Gules.

Escudo verado de oro y gules.

Interpreted coat of arms, the shape of the shield is triangular and curved plain tinctures metal Or and color Gules, outlined in sable; and a free hand finishing.

Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 17] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 17].

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Vairy, Or and Gules.

Style keywords: Triangular curved, Plain tincture and Outlined in sable.

Classification: Interpreted and Personal.

Bearer: Guillermo de Ferrers.

Joan de Beauchamp ~ John de Beauchamp.

Vair.

Escudo de veros.

Interpreted coat of arms, the shape of the shield is triangular and curved plain tinctures metal Argent and color Azure, outlined in sable; and a free hand finishing.

Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 64] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 64].

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Vair, Argent and Azure.

Style keywords: Triangular curved, Plain tincture and Outlined in sable.

Classification: Interpreted and Personal.

Bearer: Juan de Beauchamp.

Edmund de Bassingbourne ~ Edmund de Bassingburnn.

Gyronny Or and Azure.

Jironado de oro y azur.

Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 82] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 82].

Blazon keywords: Gyronny, Eight, Or and Azure.

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

Classification: Interpreted and Personal.

Bearer: Edmundo de Bassingbourne.

Bartholomew de Yattendon ~ Bartholomeu de Loctringdene.

Gyronny Argent and Sable.

Jironado de plata y sable.

Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 88] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 88].

Blazon keywords: Gyronny, Argent and Sable.

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

Classification: Interpreted and Personal.

Bearer: Bartolomé de Yattendon.

Azure fretty Or.

Escudo de azur fretado de oro.

Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 94] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 94].

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Fretty and Or.

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

Classification: Interpreted and Personal.

Bearer: Ricardo de Mandeville.

Thomas de Warbleton ~ Thomas de Werblintone.

Lozengy Or and Azure.

Escudo losanjado de oro y azur.

Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 245] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 245].

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Lozengy, Or and Azure.

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

Classification: Interpreted and Personal.

Bearer: Tomás de Warbleton.

Thomas FitzThomas ~ Thomas le FizThomas.

Lozengy Argent and Gules.

Escudo losanjado de plata y gules.

Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 245] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 245].

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Lozengy, Argent and Gules.

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

Classification: Interpreted and Personal.

Bearer: Tomás FitzThomas.

Simon de Croome ~ Simon de Crombe.

Argent, a Chevron Gules, on a Chief Gules, three escallops Argent, in fess.

Escudo de plata: un cabrio de gules; el jefe de azur, tres veneras de plata, en faja.

Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 623] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 623].

The 3 escallops are in the chief then the description «in fess» are not really needed.

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, One, Chevron, Gules, Chief, Three, Escallop and In fess.

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

Classification: Interpreted and Personal.

Bearer: Simón de Croome.

Adam de Creeting ~ Adam de Cretingges.

Argent, a chevron Gules, between three mullets Gules.

Escudo de plata, un cabrio de gules, acompañado de tres estrellas de cinco puntas de gules.

Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 623] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 623].

The coat of arms of Adan de Creeting is the inverse of the coat of arms of Howel Ap Rhys.

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, One, Chevron, Gules, Between, Three and Mullet.

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

Classification: Interpreted and Personal.

Bearer: Adan de Creeting.

Howel Ap Rhys ~ Howel ap Res.

Gules, a chevron Argent, between three mullets Argent.

Escudo de gules, un cabrio de plata, acompañado de tres estrellas de cinco puntas de plata.

Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 623] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 623].

The coat of arms of Howel Ap Rhys is the inverse of the coat of arms of Adan de Creeting.

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Chevron, Argent, Between, Three and Mullet.

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

Classification: Interpreted and Personal.

Bearer: Howel Ap Rhys.

Blazon equivalent to: Juan le Sturmy.

Sable, three dexter hands turned up, and appaumée Argent.

Escudo de sable, tres manos diestras levantadas y apalpadas de plata.

Coat of arms interpreted based on blazon and explanations of [Avilés, J.; 1725a; pages 34 y 35 y sheet 2 figure 38].

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Sable, Three, Hand, Dexter, Argent, Turned up, Appaumée and Ordered.

Style keywords: Semi-circular, Plain tincture, Outlined in the field tincture and Soft metal.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Kingdom of France.

Bearer: Baudry en Francia.

Juan le Sturmy ~ Joan le Strumi ~ John le Sturmy.

Gules, a chevron Argent, between three Mullets Argent.

Escudo de gules, un cabrio de plata, acompañado de tres estrellas de cinco puntas de plata.

Included in [Vincent, MS; 1285; number 664] also known as [St. George's Roll; 1285; number 664].

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Chevron, Argent, Between, Three and Mullet.

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

Classification: Interpreted and Personal.

Bearer: Juan le Sturmy.

Blazon equivalent to: Howel Ap Rhys.

The painting of the coat of arms of Thomas Grenville in 3 steps tracing, tincture and illumination.

Gules, three Clarions Or.

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Three, Clarion and Or.

Style keywords: Freehand, Plain tincture and Illuminated.

Classification: Interpreted, Kingdom of England and Schema.

Bearer: Grenville, Thomas.

Or, a eagle displayed Sable.

Coat of arms of the Arrano Beltza, the black eagle, emblazoned by me in 6 steps: 1) Given a rectangle of any proportion, draw its vertical and horizontal axes of symmetry in Azure. Draw a line parallel to the horizontal axis at any distance; in the figure, it is drawn above the axis and in Vert. To achieve this, draw an arc, in gules in the figure, with its center at the point Pcj and of any radius, where Pd is the intersection of the arc with the dexter side and Ps the intersection with the sinister side. The parallel line runs from Pd to Ps. 2) Draw the diagonal in bend of the 3^rd quarter, from Pd to Pcp, and the diagonal in bend sinister of the 4^th quarter, from Ps to Pcp, both in Gules in the figure. Then draw their two perpendicular bisectors, which will intersect the Pd-Ps line at the points Cs and Cd. 4) With Cd as the center, draw the dexter arc of the base passing through Pd, with a radius of Cd-Pd. Similarly, with Cs as the center, draw the sinister arc of the base passing through Ps, with a radius of Cs-Ps. Both arcs intersect at the point Pcp at the base and are shown in Gules in the figure. 5) Draw in Sable the external shape of the coat of arms, formed by the arcs from Ps to Pcp and Pd to Pcp, the dexter flank from Pd to Pdj at the dexter of the chief, the sinister flank from Ps to Psj at the sinister of the chief, and the upper horizontal line of the chief from Pdj to Psj. 6) Draw an eagle displayed using the rule of plenitude. 7) Finally, paint the field of the shield Or and the eagle Sable.

Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, One, Eagle and Displayed.

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

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

Bearer: Arrano Beltza.

Or, a fess chequey Gules and Argent.

Coat of arms of the lineage Mark of Germany. Symmetrical geometry of a fess chequey of 3 traits: a) The height of the fess is 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms. b) The fess is chequey with 3 traits. c) Therefore, the height of each trait is calculated as 1/3 x 1/3 = 1/9 of the width of the coat of arms. d) In a square, the height is equal to the width. e) Consequently, the width of each square in the chequey is also 1/9 of the width of the coat of arms. f) The first trait must contain 9 squares, as the width of the fess allows for an exact division into 9 equal squares, 9 being an odd number. g) If the first square is Gules, the last square of the same row will also be Gules, ensuring symmetry in the design.

Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, Argent, One, Three, Nine, Fess and Chequey.

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

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

Bearer: Mark of Germany, lineage.

Or, a chief Gules.

Blazon keywords: Or, Chief and Gules.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Semi-circular, Tricking, Hatching and Plain tincture.

Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Schema.

Bearer: Tremelay, Bernard de.

Barry of four per pale counterchanged Or and Gules.

Escudo contrafajado de cuatro piezas de oro y gules.

Blazon keywords: Barry per pale counterchanged, Four, Or and Gules.

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

Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Blanchefort, Bertrand de.

Argent, a cross Azure.

Blazon keywords: Argent, One, Cross and Azure.

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

Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Schema.

Bearer: Hérail, Gilbert.

Or, six annulets Gules, 3, 2, and 1.

Blazon keywords: Or, Six, Annulet, Gules, Ordered, Three, Two and One.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Semi-circular, Tricking, Hatching and Plain tincture.

Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Schema.

Bearer: Richard, Richard.

Vair.

Blazon keywords: Vair.

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

Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Schema.

Bearer: Vichiers, Renaud de.

Azure, a bend Or.

Blazon keywords: Azure, One, Bend and Or.

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

Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Schema.

Bearer: Molay, Jacques de.

Gules, a cross of Burgundy Or; an inescutcheon Or, three bars Gules.

Coat of arms of the Tercio Great Captain, 1^st of the Spanish Legion, emblazoned by me in 12 steps. The inescutcheon represents the coat of arms of Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, 1453-1515, «The Great Captain». To paint the coat of arms of the Tercio Gran Capitán, I applied a geometric method that involves dividing both the width and the height of the shield into three equal parts. This way, the central inescutcheon, bearing the arms of Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, occupies exactly one third of the width and one third of the height of the main shield. Beyond its compositional function, this method also serves as a symbolic nod to the name of this historic military unit. The shield of the Tercio has been quite literally built using thirds. It is a small play on words and shapes that combines geometry with heraldic tradition.

Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, One, Three, Cross of Burgundy, Cross couped, Inescutcheon, Bar and Fess.

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

Classification: Military, Interpreted, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Tercio Great Captain.

Azure, a cross of Burgundy Or; an inescutcheon Or, six fleurs de lis in orle Azure.

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

Coat of arms of the Tercio Alessandro Farnese, 4^th of the Spanish Legion, emblazoned by me. In 1956, the fourth Tercio of the Spanish Legion was created and named Tercio Alessandro Farnese in his honor. The inescutcheon has in orle the 6 fleurs the lis of the Farnese family.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, One, Six, Cross of Burgundy, Cross couped, Inescutcheon, Fleur de lis and In orle.

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

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

Bearer: Tercio Alessandro Farnese.

Or, three horses' heads couped, in pale Sable.

This image shows 3 working steps: a) drawing outlined, b) plain tincture color sable charged on plain metal or and c) the 3 heads of horse already finished.

Blazon keywords: Or, Three, Head, Horse, Sable, Couped and In pale.

Style keywords: Freehand, Outlined in the field tincture, Plain tincture and Illuminated.

Classification: Created and Schema.

Bearer: Club Ecuestre Val'Quirico.

The image shows 6 of my interpretations of his arms.

Paly of six Azure and Or; over all a bend Azure.

Blazon keywords: Paly, Six, Azure, Or, Surmounted, Overall (deprecated) and Bend.

Style keywords: Semi-circular, Parchment, Plain tincture, Freehand, Illuminated, Pointed, Metal beaten, Triangular curved, Iridescent (nacar), Pointed and rounded, Crystalline, Rounded, Watercolor and Outlined in sable.

Classification: Coat of arms, Interpreted and Personal.

Bearer: Gifra, Vittorio.

Gules, a rose between in chief a key wards to dexter facing downwards, in base a key wards to sinister facing downwards Argent.

Arms depicted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finish.

The coat of arms for Francisco Domingo Larrosa Gil emblazoned by me.

Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, One, Rose, Between, In chief, Key, Dexter, Point upwards, In base, Point downwards and Sinister.

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

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

Bearer: Larrosa Gil, Francisco Domingo.

Party per fess: 1 Argent, a rose Gules, barbed and seeded proper; 2 Gules, two swords in saltire Argent, hilted Or.

Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Argent, One, Rose, Gules, Leaved, Seeded, Two, Sword, In saltire, Hilted, Or and Vert.

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

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

Bearer: Breu, Stephan Urs.

Vert, a pall raguly Or between three leopards' faces Or. Motto: «Inter feros» in letters Sable within a scroll Argent.

Interpreted coat of arms: with a pointed shape; spot inks metal or and color vert; outlined with sable; and a freehand finish.

Blazon keywords: Vert, One, Pall, Raguly, Or, Three, Head, Leopard and Motto.

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

Classification: Coat of arms, Interpreted and Personal.

Bearer: Stowe, Richard Allen.

The rule of tincture, «metal should not be put on metal, nor color on color», is the most famous rule of the heraldry. In the divisions of the field, for example, party per fess, party per pale, quartered, etc., the tinctures are beside each other, not one on top of the other, because the divisions are not charges, so the rule of tincture does not apply. Although as a rule of aesthetics may be useful in the case of divisions.

Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Argent, Gules and Or.

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

Classification: Schema.

Azure, a plough share points downward Argent between, on a base enarched Vert, two bell towers Argent, port and window Sable.

This schema shows in 3 steps how I emblazon its coat of arms following the rule of 1/3 of the width of the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Azure, One, Plough share, Point downwards, Argent, Between, Two, Bell tower, Port and windows, Sable, Terrace in base and Vert.

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

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

Bearer: Csernely.

Gules, an eagle displayed Or.

Arms depicted by me, in flat tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finish.

Coat of arms of the lineage Baldovino from Venecia. From Jean-Baptiste Rietstap, «Armorial général», 1^st edition, 1861, [Rietstap, J. B.; 1861; P1 CXII B, row 7, column 7].

Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, One, Eagle and Displayed.

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

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

Bearer: Baldovino from Venecia, lineage.

Or, three puffins proper.

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Three, Puffin and Proper.

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

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

Bearer: Hartemink, Ralf.

Or semé of millrinds Azure; a chief dancetty of two full points upwards Purpure pierced twice of the field billetwise throughout.

The coat of arms of Baz Manning, John Basil Edward, emblazoned by me in 4 steps. In the English blazon, I followed his style, and in the Spanish blazon, I followed mine, counting the pieces of the chief that fit from the perspective of the chief.

Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Purpure, One, Two, Three, Semé, Millrind, Chief, Dancetty, Pierced, Billet and Throughout (chief base).

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

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

Bearer: Manning, Baz.

Azure semé of millrinds Or; on a dexter canton Or, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules.

Escudo de azur sembrado de anillas de molino de oro; en un cantón diestro de oro, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules.

This ring is called a millrind, it is made of iron, and usually has 4 arms to better fix the millstone.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Semé, Millrind, Or, One, Canton, Dexter, Lion, Rampant, Purpure, Armed, Langued and Gules.

Style keywords: Pointed, Outlined in sable, Outlined in the field tincture and Plain tincture.

Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Lincoln's Inn, The Honourable Society of.

Or, on a chevron, between three crosses flory Gules, three crescents Argent.

Escudo de oro, un cabrio de gules, cargado de tres crecientes de plata, acompañado de tres cruces flordelisadas de gules.

Design rationale

The arms of «de la Rica» lineage from the Principality of Asturias, Spain, is: «Quarterly: 1 and 4 Or, a cross flory Gules; 2 and 3 Azure, a crescent Argent». Then we made a new design, not quarterly, based on these two figures: the cross flory Gules and the crescent Argent, along with Or for the field and Gules for the chevron, not using Azure to reduce the number of colors. This new blazon for Nick Rica is: «Or, on a chevron between three crosses flory Gules three crescents Argent».

The following figure shows the creation process starting from the coat of arms of the «de la Rica» lineage, in the dexter chief, with the final result in the fess point, and the intermediate variations in orle.

Blazon keywords: Or, One, Chevron, Gules, Charged, Three, Crescent, Argent, Between, Cross and Flory.

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

Classification: Personal, Created and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Rica II, Nick Allen.

Party per chevron Gules and Argent, two acorns slipped Or and in base a fleur de lis Azure.

Arms painted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a double pointed external shape and with a texturized finish.

The coat of arms of Brady Brim-DeForest emblazoned by me following his directions. The original blazon states that the acorns are slipped but does not mention them being leaved. Brady Brim-DeForest told me that only two artists, including myself, had noticed that the original blazon from Lord Lyon does not specify leaves, but he asked me to add them despite not being described in the text of the blazon. That is why I include leaved in the blazon in Castilian, while keeping the English blazon as in the original.

Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, Two, One, Party per chevron, Acorn, Slipped, Base and Fleur de lis.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Double pointed.

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

Bearer: Brim-DeForest, Brady.

Or, a holm oak eradicated Vert, fructed Or, in front of its trunk two boars passant, in pale Sable.

Coat of arms painted by me, in plain tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finish.

Ancient arms of the lineage Peraza of Cantabria emblazoned by me. Around the year 1235, the solar house of Peraza was established in the Carriedo Valley, Cantabria. From this house descended Fernando de Peraza, Castellan and Governor of the Old Fortress of Aguilar in the land of Campo, Judicial District of Villalón, Valladolid, and another Fernando Ibárjez de Peraza, Lieutenant Governor of the Castle of Zurita, on the banks of the Zurita, after it was reconquered by King Alfonso VIII. The Peraza family connected with the Great House of Ayala and adopted the surname Peraza de Ayala.

Blazon keywords: Or, Vert, Sable, Holm oak, Eradicated, Fructed, In front (tree), Trunk, Boar, Passant and In pale.

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

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

Bearer: Peraza of Cantabria, lineage.

Argent, in chief an ecclesiastical cap Sable, in base a heart enflamed gules.

Blazon keywords: Argent, In chief, One, Ecclesiastical cap, Sable, In base, Heart enflamed, Heart, Enflamed and Gules.

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

Classification: Religious, Created, Coat of arms and Schema.

Bearer: Congregación del Oratorio de San Felipe Neri de Alcalá de Henares.

Party per pale Or and Gules.

Arms painted by me, in plain tinctures, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a texturized finish.

The coat of arms of the city of Bergamo, Lombardy, emblazoned by me.

Blazon keywords: Or, Gules and Party per pale.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Ogee.

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

Bearer: Bergamo.

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.

Escudo de plata, dos flechas alzadas en sotuer de sable, barbadas y empenadas de Gules, brochante una daga de comando alzada en palo de gules, guarnecida y pomelada de sable; en un jefe centellado de sable, un lambel de tres pendientes de oro.

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 and Or.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Power, Guy Harold.

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.

The coat of arms of Pesquera de Ebro, Burgos, Castile and Leon, designed and emblazoned by me by me in 9 steps. I have had the honor of participating in the project to create the coat of arms for Pesquera de Ebro. It has been a project carried out by the community in a dynamic and collaborative manner, facilitated through digital communication.

Design rationale

The inhabitants of Pesquera de Ebro form a very dynamic community and chose a series of elements to represent on their coat of arms, which, in order of importance, are the following: the elm tree, which stood in front of the church and served as a gathering point for the community; the three-arched bridge over the Ebro River; and the Ebro itself, which is part of the town's name. The word «pesquera», meaning a fishing spot, is symbolized by a barbel, a fish very common in the area, which I have depicted emerging from the water and placed bendwise. Additionally, the town features towers and a very high density of stone heraldic shields, one of the highest in Castile, hence the inclusion of the tower and the escutcheons.

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 and Ordered.

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

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

Bearer: Pesquera de Ebro.

Or, two mullets of six points pierced in fess Gules; in chief a sabre fesswise Sable.

Escudo de oro, dos rosetas de espuela en faja de gules; en jefe, un sable puesto en faja de sable.

Blazon keywords: Or, Two, Mullet of six points pierced, In fess, Gules, In chief, One, Sabre, Fesswise and Sable.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Coulot, Fabian.

Party per bend sinister Or and Gules, a clenched gauntlet Sable.

Escudo tajado de oro y gules; brochante sobre la partición un guantelete de sable, puesto en palo.

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

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Wilkins, Tim.

Or, a roe deer springing Gules, in base a triple mount Vert.

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 and Vert.

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

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

Bearer: Rehberger, Alena.

Sable, a dolphin naiant Or; a chief embattled Vert, fimbriated Or.

Blazon keywords: Sable, Dolphin, Naiant, Or, Chief, Embattled, Vert and Fimbriated.

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

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

Bearer: Shorey, David Ryan.

Azure, in chief three keys in bend, fesswise, to dexter, facing downwards Or, in base an open book Argent, garnished Or, the pages inscribed «Ad usum per artes» Gules.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Three, Key, Or, In chief, In bend, Fesswise, Book, Open and Motto.

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

Classification: Socioeconomic, Created, Schema and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Peñafort, Universidad.

Sable, a kapok tree eradicated and fructed between in base two lozenges Argent.

Arms devised by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finishing.

The coat of arms of Luis Gerardo Oyervides Ochoa, Mexico, designed and emblazoned by me.

Blazon keywords: Sable, Argent, One, Two, Kapok tree, Tree, Eradicated, Fructed, Between, In base and Lozenge.

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

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

Bearer: Oyervides Ochoa, Luis Gerardo.

Argent, a double tressure flory Sanguine, overall a raven (Corvus corax) volant saltirewise proper.

These are the arms of Alton Thompson of the family Josserand de Bourgogne emblazoned by me in 6 steps: 1, 2) structure and delineation of the double tressure, 3, 4) structure and delineation of the Corvus corax trian volant, 5) plain tincture, and 6) lights and shadows.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Sable, One, Double tressure, Flory, Overall, Raven, Volant, Saltirewise and Proper.

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

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

Bearer: Thompson, Alton.

Or, a lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure; a double tressure flory counterflory Gules.

Illuminated and a leather finishing.

This coat of arms can be seen in [Bergshammars; 1440; page 4] and in [Lutzelbourg, N. de; 1530; page 26].

Blazon keywords: Or, One, Lion, Gules, Armed, Langued, Azure, Double tressure, Flory and Counterflory.

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

Classification: Civic, Kingdom of Scotland, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Scotland.

Argent, a chevron Sable and an ouroboros Azure, armed and langued Sable, interlaced.

The coat of arms of Ixai Lanzagorta Ochoa, designed by him, his father, Juan Lanzagorta Vallin, and me, and emblazoned by me in 4 steps: proportions, delineation, plain colors and metal, and lights and shadows. His favorite version is the flat, classic representation of his coat of arms.

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

Blazon keywords: Argent, Sable, Azure, One, Chevron, Ouroboros, Armed, Langued and Interlaced.

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

Classification: Personal, Created, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Lanzagorta Ochoa, Ixai.

Argent, a chevron between three crosses flory Sable.

Escudo de plata, un cabrio acompañado de tres cruces flordelisadas todo de sable.

Illuminated with lights and shadows and with a freehand finish.

The coat of arms of Anderson of Erbury emblazoned by me in 4 ways: 1) tricking using abbreviations, 2) hatching using lines, 3) plain tinctures, and 4) lights and shados. It is a preliminary artwork for the arms of Nick Allen Rica II.

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, One, Chevron, Between, Three, Cross flory, Cross couped and Sable.

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

Classification: Interpreted, Kingdom of Scotland and Schema.

Bearer: Anderson of Erbury.

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.

Azure, a tower Or, embattled and masoned Sable, overall a lion rampant barry Purpure and Argent.

Coat of arms of Jean Mortes from Brittany, France, emblazoned by me. The image illustrates my process in 3 steps: delineation, plain colors and metals, and lights and shadows.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Sable, Argent, Purpure, One, Tower, Embattled, Masoned, Overall, Lion, Rampant and Barry.

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

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

Bearer: Mortés, Jean.

Azure, in chief a moon with human face Argent, in base a crescent chequey Sable and Argent; overall a she-wolf ululant, sejant on the crescent proper, armed and the udders Gules.

The coat of arms of Teresa Otxoa Magaña designed by her and her husband Juan Lanzagorta, and emblazoned by me with an oval shape in 3 steps: ratios, outlined, and tinctures.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Sable, Gules, One, Chief, Moon, With human face, Base, Crescent, Chequey, Overall, She-wolf, Ululant, Sejant, Proper, Armed and Udder.

Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Oval.

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

Bearer: Otxoa Magaña, Teresa.

Or, a wolf passant Gules; on a chief Gules, three bells Or.

The coat of arms of Jean-Christophe Loubet del Bayle emblazoned by me in 9 steps.

Blazon keywords: Or, Gules, One, Three, Wolf, Passant, Chief and Bell.

Style keywords: Ratio, Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Semi-circular.

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

Bearer: Loubet del Bayle, Jean-Christophe.

Gules, on a fess invected Argent, a lioness Azure, armed, langued and the udders Gules.

Blazon keywords: Gules, One, Fess, Invected, Argent, Charged, Lioness, Azure, Armed, Langued and Udder.

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

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

Bearer: Vallín de Lanzagorta, María Concepción.

Party per pale Vert and Azure, overall two cannons dismounted in saltire, between two seagulls volant in pale, and two fish naiant in fess Argent.

Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Vert, Azure, Overall, Two, Cannon dismounted, In saltire, Between, Seagull, Volant, In pale, Fish, Naiant, In fess and Argent.

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

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

Bearer: Lanzagorta Escutia, Miguel Francisco.

Quarterly: 1 Argent, a dolphin haurient Azure; 2 Azure, a sunflower Or; 3 Azure, on a closed book Or a diamond Azure; 4 Argent, a lark Azure.

The coat of arms of Antonio Ruiz Porras emblazoned by me in 3 steps: 1) outlined, 2) plain metals and color, and 3) light and shadows.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Or, One, Quarterly, Dolphin, Haurient, Sunflower, Closed book, Book, Charged, Diamond and Lark.

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

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

Bearer: Ruiz Porras, Antonio.

Argent masoned Sable, a chevron Azure, in chief a wolf and a she-wolf combatant Sable.

Coat of arms of Juan Lanzagorta Vallin designed by him and outlined by me. The image illustrates my working process in 3 steps: 1) outlined, 2) flat colors and metal, and 3) lights and shadows. I have never painted a field masoned sable. The chevron Azure symbolizes the firmament seen through an open hole in the masoned wall, like a window open to the sky.

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

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Sable, One, Two, Masoned, Chevron, In chief, Wolf, She-wolf and Combatant.

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

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

Bearer: Lanzagorta Vallín, Juan.

Azure, two arrows points upwards in saltire between, in chief a crescent Or, in base an open book Argent, garnished Or, the pages inscribed «Domus Virtus Felicitas» Sable.

Coat of arms depicted by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, and with a texturized finish.

The coat of arms of Reynaldo Romero emblazoned by me.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Sable, One, Two, Arrow, Point upwards, In saltire, Between, In chief, Crescent, In base, Open book, Book, Page and Inscribed.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Plain tincture.

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

Bearer: Romero, Reynaldo.

Party per pale Azure and Or, a tree eradicated and blasted between two starlings respectant all counterchanged.

Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Azure, Or, One, Tree, Erased, Blasted, Counterchanged, Between, Two, Starling, Respectant and Counterchanged (side-by-side).

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

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

Bearer: Bendel, Nathaniel.

Or, three pallets Vair.

Arms depicted by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a texturized finishing.

The coat of arms of the Marquis Prato di Arnesano, requested by Andrea Tamburelli Lanzara and painted by me. Vair is a fur, and furs are repetitive combinations of a metal and a color. In the case of vair, the metal is Argent and the color is Azure. Because they simultaneously include both a metal and a color, furs are exempt from the rule of tincture, as they would inevitably violate it, either through their metal or color component. In this coat of arms, the pallets of vair lies on a field of metal Or, and it might be thought that the metal Argent in the vair breaks the rule. However, as mentioned, the rule of tincture does not apply to furs due to their dual nature.

Blazon keywords: Or, Three, Pale and Vair.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Ogee.

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

Bearer: Prato di Arnesano, Marquis.

Sable, upon three bars wavy a four arch bridge Or, masoned Sable, throughout.

Coat of arms designed by me, in flat tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a texturized finish.

The coat of arms of Daniel García Martínez designed by him and me, and emblazoned by me.

Blazon keywords: Sable, Or, Three, Four, Upon, Wavy, Bar, Arch, Bridge, Masoned and Throughout.

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

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

Bearer: García Martínez, Daniel.

Party per chevron Sable and Argent, in the dexter of the chief a sun in splendour Or, pointed from the sinister by a dexter hand couped at the wrist, bendwise proper, in base three Brach hounds' heads couped Azure, 1 and 2.

Arms designed by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with an ogee triple-pointed external shape and with a texturized finish.

The coat of arms of John Brady from Ireland, designed and emblazoned by me. Blazon, Irish style: «Sable, a sun in splendour Or in the dexter chief, and a dexter hand couped at the wrist proper pointing thereto in the sinister base, and per chevron Argent three brach hound's heads couped Azure, 1 and 2».

Blazon keywords: Sable, Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Party per chevron, Dexter, Chief, Sun in splendour, Sinister, Hand, Couped, Wrist, Bendwise, Proper, In base, Brach hound, Head and Disordered.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Ogee Triple-Pointed.

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

Bearer: Brady, John.

Azure, a castle triple-towered per pale Argent and Or, masoned Sable, port and windows Azure, between in chief two bars wavy Argent, in base two bars wavy Argent.

Arms designed by me, in plain tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finishing.

The arms of Kevin Larkin from Ireland and Spain, designed and emblazoned by me. Alternative blazon using the heraldic term gemel: «Azure, a castle triple-towered per pale Argent and Or, masoned Sable, port and windows Azure, between two bars gemel wavy Argent, one in chief and one in base». Note that since there are 2 bars and both are gemel, they total the same 4 as when we describe 2 in chief and 2 in base.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, One, Two, Castle, Triple-towered, Party per pale, Masoned, Port and windows, Between, In chief, Bar, Wavy, In base and Gemel.

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

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

Bearer: Larkin, Kevin.

Azure, a trumpet bend sinisterwise Or, debruised by a fish haurient Argent, debruised by a sword bendwise point downwards Or, all between two fleurs de lis in fess Argent.

Arms devised by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with an ogee triple-pointed outer contour and with a texturized finishing.

Coat of arms of Julio Hector Aspe designed by him and me, and emblazoned by me.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, One, Two, Trumpet, Bend sinisterwise, Debruised, Fish, Haurient, Sword, Point downwards, Between, Fleur de lis and In fess.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Ogee Triple-Pointed.

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

Bearer: Aspe, Julio Hector.

Argent, an apple tree, the base of its trunk forming a cross crosslet Azure, fructed Gules.

Arms interpreted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finishing.

The coat of arms of Heikki Halkosaari, Finland, emblazoned by me.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Gules, One, Apple tree, Base, Trunk, Cross, Crosslet, Cross couped and Fructed.

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

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

Bearer: Halkosaari, Heikki.

Azure, a bend sinister raguly between, in dexter chief, a Celtic cross, in sinister base, a sword point downwards Argent.

Escudo de azur, una barra ecotada acompañada, en la diestra del jefe, de una cruz celta y, en la siniestra de la punta, de una espada bajada todo de plata.

Blazon keywords: One, Bend sinister, Raguly, Between, Dexter, Chief, Celtic cross, Sinister, Base (lower 1/3), Sword, Point downwards and Argent.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Reyes, Elijah.

Gules, a stag's head caboshed Argent, attired Or, between its attires a dexter hand appaumée, couped at the wrist; on a bordure Argent eight camellias Gules, seeded Or.

Coat of arms depicted by me, in plain tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a texturized finish.

This is the coat of arms of Donnie Thompson emblazoned by me.

Blazon keywords: Gules, Argent, Or, One, Eight, Stag, Head, Caboshed, Attired, Between, Dexter, Hand, Appaumée, Couped, Wrist, Bordure, Camellia and Seeded.

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

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

Bearer: Thompson, Donnie.

Argent, a stag trippant Gules, attired and hoofed Sable, standing on a terrace in base Vert charged with a fess Or; on a chief Sable, three geese volant contourné Argent.

Escudo de plata, un ciervo pasante de gules, ramado y uñado de sable, terrazado de una campaña de sinople cargada de una faja de oro; en un jefe de sable, tres gansos volantes alterados de plata.

Blazon keywords: Argent, One, Stag, Tripant, Gules, Attired, Hoofed, Sable, Terrace in base, Base, Vert, Charged, Fess, Or, Chief, Three, Goose, Volant and Facing sinister.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: McCarthy, Eugene.

Party per chevron Gules and Vert, overall a chevron ermine between, in the dexter of the chief a dexter hand apaumée couped at the wrist, in the sinister of the chief a key palewise, ward to dexter chief, and in base a boar passant Argent.

Escudo mantelado en punta de gules y sinople, brochante sobre el todo un cabrio de armiño acompañado, en la diestra del jefe, de una mano diestra apalmada y cortada por la muñeca, en la siniestra del jefe, de una llave puesta en palo, con el dentado hacia la diestra del jefe, y en la punta, de un jabalí pasante de todo de plata.

Blazon keywords: Party per chevron, Gules, Vert, Overall, One, Chevron, Ermine, Between, Dexter, Chief, Hand, Appaumée, Party per fess, Wrist, Sinister, Key, Palewise, Key ward, Base (lower 1/3), Boar, Passant and Argent.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Byrne, Margaret.

Azure, a chevron engrailed Or between three lozenges Argent, each charged with a fleur de lis Gules; a bordure compony of eight sections, four Vert each charged with a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable, and four Argent each charged with a bull's head caboshed Sable.

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 Jose Manuel Gutierrez Benitez designed by him and me and emblazoned by me.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Gules, Vert, Sable, One, Three, Four, Eight, Chevron, Engrailed, Lozenge, Fleur de lis, Bordure, Compony, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Bull, Head and Caboshed.

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

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

Bearer: Gutiérrez Benítez, Jose Manuel.

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.

This is the coat of arms of Sister Esperanza Vega Lanzagorta, designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallin and painted by me in 5 steps. In the 1^st row is the selected version of her coat of arms, and in the 2^nd row is an alternative version; both are based on the same structure and concepts. The blazon for the alternative version is as follows, note that the only change is the arrangement of the two palm fronds, from pile reversed to pile: «Azure, between two palm fronds in pile 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».

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, In pile reversed and In pile.

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

Classification: Personal, Created, Schema, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Vega Lanzagorta, Sister Esperanza.

Azure, a seagull volant Argent, carrying in its feet a sheaf of tobacco proper, bound Gules.

The coat of arms of Gregorio Lanzagorta Llaguno, harbor of San Blas, and cigar maker in Nayarit, Mexico. This coat of arms was designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and painted by me in 3 steps: 1) outlined, 2) plain colors and metals, and 3) lights and shadows. The heraldic terms «gavilla» ~ «garb» in Castilian and English. Note that the English term «sheaf» also corresponds to the Castilian «gavilla». At first, I thought I remembered that in Castilian this sheaf of tobacco had the very specific name «tonga», and that is why I initially used «tonga de tabaco» ~ «tobacco sheaf». But I discovered that «tonga» is a more local than general term, [Real Academia Española; 2014] «Canarias y Cuba: Pila o porción de cosas apiladas en orden», so «tonga» is not as general as I believed, and therefore I moved on to use «gavilla de hojas de tabaco» ~ «sheaf of tobacco leaves», although this is somewhat long, and moreover the words «hojas» and «leaves» are redundant, since these sheaves are only made of leaves—just as wheat sheaves are always made of ears, so one does not say a sheaf of wheat ears. That is why I finally use for the blazon «gavilla de tabaco» ~ «sheaf of tobacco» in Castilian and English, respectively.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, One, Seagull, Volant, Grasping, Foot (palmiped), Sheaf of tobacco, Proper and Bound.

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

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

Bearer: Gregorio Lanzagorta Llaguno.

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».

Coat of arms of the family of Rui J. Vaz, US, designed by him and emblazoned by me. The image shows the arms with and without the motto, with and without the scroll, and 4 different ways of painting the scroll to see how it harmonizes more with the tilted shield, with the last one being chosen.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Gules, Argent, Or, One, Six, Five, Party per pale, Overall, Lion, Rampant, Winged, Grasping, Dexter, Forepaw, Sword, Erect, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, 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 and Semi-circular.

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

Bearer: Vaz, Rui J..

Party per pale Gules and Vert, overall a chevron wavy Or between two plates in pale.

Coat of arms designed by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, and with a texturized finishing.

Coat of arms of Angel España Herranz designed by him and me, and emblazoned by me.

Design rationale

The first quarter of Gules with the dexter of the chevron Or are España, his surname. In the second quarter, the Vert is the green, the wavy chevron Or a bunker, and the two plates represent a ball and a hole of golf, his passion.

Blazon keywords: Gules, Vert, Or, Argent, One, Two, Party per pale, Overall, Chevron, Wavy, Between, Plate and In pale.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Plain tincture.

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

Bearer: España Herranz, Angel.

Argent, four leaves of Silver Leaved Whitebeam (Sorbus Aria Lutescens) in saltire, stems interlaced Vert, on a chief Gules, three crosses of Saint Brigid Argent.

Escudo de plata, cuatro hojas de serbal blanco (Sorbus Aria Lutescens) en sotuer, los tallos entrelazados de sinople, en un jefe de gules, tres cruces de santa Brígida de plata.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Four, Leaf, In saltire, Stem, Interlaced, Vert, Chief, Gules, Three, Cross of Saint Brigid and Cross couped.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Rounded and Plain tincture.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Kane, Kathleen.

Or, a badger rampant Sable.

Coat of arms of Jose Manuel Villauriz Alvarez, emblazoned by me in 3 steps: outlined, plain color and metal, and lights and shadows. A heraldic artwork made under the directions of Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera Gila, Cronista de Armas de Castilla y Leon.

Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, One, Badger and Rampant.

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

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

Bearer: Villauriz Álvarez, José Manuel.

Or, an oak tree proper, fructed Or, with a boar supporting it Sable; the whole debruised by a label of four points Azure with the second point Argent.

Escudo de oro, un roble al natural, frutado de oro, con un jabalí empinado de sable; brisado de un lambel de cuatro pendientes de azur, el segundo pendiente de plata.

Coat of arms interpreted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finish.

Coat of arms of Francisca Aras Quirce designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallin and emblazoned by me.

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

Blazon keywords: Or, One, Oak, Tree, Proper, Fructed, Boar, Supporting, Sable, Cadency, Label, Four, Azure and Argent.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Francisca Aras Quirce.

Or, an oak tree proper, fructed Or, with a boar supporting it Sable; on a chief Gules, three eagles displayed Or.

Escudo de oro, un roble al natural, frutado de oro, con un jabalí empinado de sable; en un jefe de gules, tres águilas de oro.

Escudo interpretado por mí, en tinturas planas, delineado de sable, con un contorno exterior medio punto y con un terminado texturizado.

Coat of arms of Manuel Maria Aras Quirce designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallin and emblazoned by me.

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

Blazon keywords: Or, One, Oak, Tree, Proper, Fructed, Boar, Supporting, Sable, Chief, Gules, Three and Eagle.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Aras Quirce, Manuel Maria.

Vert, on a fess Argent, between in chief a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Gules, masoned Sable, between four mullets Argent, 2 and 2, and in base a Merino ram's head caboshed Or, between three mullets Argent, 2 and 1, two wolves passant Sable.

Arms devised by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a texturized finish.

These are the matrimonial and family arms of Darryn Carlo and Roberto Luchoro emblazoned by me.

Blazon keywords: Vert, Argent, Or, Gules, Sable, One, Two, Seven, Fess, Between, In chief, Castle, Triple-towered, Port and windows, Masoned, Mullet, In base, Merino ram, Head, Caboshed, Wolf and Passant.

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

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

Bearer: Luchoro and Darryn Carlo, Roberto.

Quarterly: 1 Or, a lion rampant, facing sinister Sable, armed and langued Gules; 2 and 3 Gules, an anchor proper; 4 Or, a lion rampant Sable, armed and langued Gules; overall, a pile issuant from base Azure charged with a mount proper issuant from water issuant from base Argent, in chief, a mullet of six points Or.

Coat of arms of Amitay Edward von Stiebel emblazoned by me in 3 steps: outlined, plain color and metal, and lights and shadows.

Blazon keywords: Or, Sable, Gules, Azure, Argent, One, Six, Quarterly, Lion, Rampant, Facing sinister, Armed, Langued, Anchor, Proper, Overall, Pile issuant from base, Charged, Mount, Issuant, Water, Issuant from base, In chief and Mullet.

Style keywords: Outlined, Outlined in sable, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Bull's hide.

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

Bearer: Stiebel, Amitay Edward von.

Tierced per fess: 1 Sable, seven mullets Argent arranged as the Plough of Ursa Major; 2 Azure; 3 Sanguine, a demi-sun issuant from base Or.

Arms painted by me, in flat tinctures, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a texturized finish.

Coat of arms of Marcio Vieira Nastri emblazoned by me.

Blazon keywords: Sable, Azure, Sanguine, Argent, Or, Seven, Five, One, Tierced per fess, Mullet, Plough of Ursa Major, Demi, Sun, Issuant from base, Motto and Scroll.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Ogee.

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

Bearer: Nastri, Marcio Vieira.

Or, three lion’s paws erect and erased Or, 2 and 1, each grasping a Madonna lily Argent.

Coat of arms of the lineage Terraza of Aragon, emblazoned by me in 3 stages: guideline drawing and outlining, plain colors and metals, and light and shadow work, following the instructions of Enrique de Álzaga Aliena.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, Three, One, Lion, Paw, Erect, Erased, Ordered, Grasping and Madonna lily.

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

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

Bearer: Terraza of Aragon, lineage.

Argent, a lion passant Gules, grasping a Celtic cross Sable in its dexter forepaw, on a chief Vert, a mural crown with five visible oak leaves Argent.

Coat of arms devised by me, in plain tinctures, outlined in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a texturized finish.

The coat of arms of John Paul Durkan from Ireland designed by him and me and emblazoned by me.

Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Sable, Vert, One, Five, Lion, Passant, Grasping, Celtic cross, Dexter, Forepaw, Chief, Mural crown, Crown, Oak, Tree and Leaf.

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

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

Bearer: Durkan, John Paul.

Or, four bell towers issuant from base Gules, windows Or.

Escudo de oro, cuatro campanarios movientes de la punta de gules, aclarados de oro.

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

Coat of arms of Alejandra Espeja Avieda designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and emblazoned by me. The structure of this coat of arms is based on the arms «Or shield with four pallets Gules» of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, which are the arms of the Kingdom of Aragon. Blazoning specific, real-world objects in coats of arms should be avoided. Therefore, in the blazon I describe «four bell towers». However, in this case, for artistic reasons, to echo the elongated form of the four pallets Gules, and due to the origin of the bearer, I depict four bell towers inspired by those on the Nativity Façade of Gaudí’s Sagrada Família in Barcelona.

Blazon keywords: Or, Gules and Four.

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

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

Bearer: Espeja Avieda, Alejandra.

Party per fess: 1 Sable, three mullets of eight points Argent, 1 and 2; 2 Azure, a ship in full sail Or.

Coat of arms designed by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finish.

Coat of arms of the Sea of the Mediterrean designed and emblazoned by me as imaginary heraldry. This coat of arms is one of my very first heraldic designs.

Blazon keywords: Sable, Argent, Azure, Or, Three, Eight, One, Party per fess, Mullet, Disordered, Ship and Full sail.

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

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

Imaginary bearer: Mediterranean, Sea of the.

Party per fess: 1 Sable, three mullets of eight points Argent, 1 and 2; 2 Azure, three anchors Or, 2 and 1.

Arms devised by me, in flat tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular external shape and with a texturized finishing.

Coat of arms of the Sea of Alboran designed and emblazoned by me as imaginary heraldry. This coat of arms is one of my very first heraldic designs.

Blazon keywords: Sable, Argent, Azure, Or, Three, Party per fess, Mullet, Disordered, Anchor and Ordered.

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

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

Imaginary bearer: Alborán, Sea of.

Norsk Heraldisk Forening, in English, Nordic Heraldry Society, was founded on February 27, 1969, at the National Archives in Oslo, with the aim of promoting the study and knowledge of heraldry through meetings, lectures, excursions, and other dissemination methods, and additionally, to become an advisory body to resolve issues in matters of heraldry, flags, personal coats of arms, etc. Its first president was Dr. Philos Herman L. Løvenskiold.

Since then, these have remained the objectives of the Norsk Heraldisk Forening, and its membership count has remained between 150 and 200 members, and it cooperates with the Nordic Heraldry Society, «Societas Heraldica Scandinavica».

The website's address is Heraldikk.no, its content is available in both Norwegian and English, and they work systematically to expand it and provide greater and better information to both its members and those interested in heraldry.

Blazon

Alex Maxwell Findlater described it in English, including its crest, in an article that was on their previous website under the title «About the society», as follows: «Gules issuant from base two battle-axes addorsed Argent shafted Or overall at the nombril point an escutcheon Or; for Crest between two axes of the arms a panache of three peacock feathers proper; Mantling Gules doubled Or». But given that «shafted» applies to weapons with a shaft and «hafted» to weapons with a handle, in the case of axes, I use «hafted» although both terms correspond to the Spanish «fustado».

Note how the axes are described as battle-axes, just as in the blazon of the Norwegian coat of arms, where its lion holds a battle-axe.

Coat of arms I attempted to interpret in the Norwegian style, all in flat tinctures, without Sable outlines, lighting or shading, and only with a simple rough finish.

Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Semi-circular, Plain tincture, Outlined in the field tincture, Rough, Coat of arms, Without divisions, Gules, Axe, Argent, Hafted, Or, Addorsed, Issuant from base, Overall, At the nombril and Escutcheon.