Salient

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How to paint a Horse Azure, salient.
The bull salient, jumping, has its two rear legs on the ground and
        its two front legs raised.

Category: Salient.

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Barrio Alto of Mon'Tarena, motto

Gules, on a trimount issuant from the base Argent a bighorn sheep salient Or, horned Argent. Motto: «Barrio Alto» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent.

Gules, on a trimount issuant from the base Argent a bighorn sheep salient Or, horned Argent. Motto: «Barrio Alto» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent.

Escudo de gules, un monte de tres peñas moviente de la punta de plata sumado de un borrego cimarrón saltante de oro, acornado de plata. Divisa: «Barrio Alto» de sable, con iniciales de gules, sobre una filacteria de plata.

Arms designed by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a chasuble outer contour and with a watercolor finish.

The coat of arms of the Barrio Alto of Mon'Tarena, Queretaro, Mexico, designed by Joaquin Haces Perdomo and me and emblazoned by me. In this case, the tinctures Gules, Or and Argent have been adjusted to match the official colour palette of Mon'Tarena.


Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Sable, One, On, Trimount, Issuant from base, Bighorn sheep, Salient, Horned, Motto and Scroll.

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

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

Bearer: Barrio Alto of Mon'Tarena.

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Íñiguez Cruz, Juan Pablo

Azure, a terraze in base Or, overall a gazelle statant Argent accompanied in honour point by the cross of the Cruz family.

Azure, a terraze in base Or, overall a gazelle statant Argent accompanied in honour point by the cross of the Cruz family.

De azur terrazado de oro, brochante sobre el todo una gacela parada de plata acompañada en el punto de honor por la cruz de la familia Cruz.

Coat of arms of Juan Pablo Íñiguez Cruz designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and refined and emblazoned by me. Whereas the gazelles in the arms of his mother Rosalía Cruz Carballo and sister Julia Íñiguez Cruz were depicted as female, in this case the intention was to represent a male gazelle. For this reason longer horns have been painted and the male sex has been explicitly depicted. In heraldry, the representation of the male sex is common and almost generalized in certain heraldic beasts, especially in animals of strong or combative character such as lions, wolves, or bulls. In more stylized and elegant animals, such as stags or gazelles, such representation is more variable and depends largely on artistic, symbolic, and compositional criteria. In this particular case, I chose to depict it. The gazelle is accompanied by the cross that Jon Lanzagorta designed for his co-father-in-law, Mr. Cruz, the grandfather of Juan Pablo. For this reason the cross is referred to in the blazon as the cross of the Cruz family and is not specifically blazoned in this case, although it could be described as a cross patty whose arms are each formed by three compony pallets Argent, Purpure and Or. Note that the cross is itself a canting symbol, since it is the «cross» ~ «cruz» of the Cruz family. The honour point is a position within the coat of arms located on its central vertical axis, above the center of the shield and below the middle of the chief.


Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, One, Terrace in base, Gazelle, Salient, At the honour point and Cross couped.

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

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

Bearer: Íñiguez Cruz, Juan Pablo.

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Íñiguez Cruz, Julia

Azure, a terraze in base Or, overall a gazelle salient Argent, collared with a chain streaming to sinister Or conjoined to the cross of the Cruz family.

Azure, a terraze in base Or, overall a gazelle salient Argent, collared with a chain streaming to sinister Or conjoined to the cross of the Cruz family.

De azur terrazado de oro, brochante sobre el todo una gacela saltante de plata, acollarada de una cadena extendida hacia la siniestra de oro unida a la cruz de la familia Cruz.

Coat of arms of Julia Íñiguez Cruz designed by Juan Lanzagorta Vallín and refined and emblazoned by me. In heraldry, a gazelle «salient» ~ «saltante» represents a more restrained and less dynamic leap than a gazelle «springing» ~ «brincante», since in the salient attitude the hind legs, usually held close together, remain grounded while propelling the body upward, whereas in the springing attitude all four legs are depicted clear of the ground in mid-leap. The gazelle, like that of her mother Rosalía Cruz Carballo, bears around its neck the cross designed by Jon Lanzagorta for his co-father-in-law, Mr. Cruz, her grandfather. For this reason the cross is referred to in the blazon as the cross of the Cruz family and is not specifically blazoned in this case, although it could be described as a cross patty whose arms are each formed by three compony pallets Argent, Purpure and Or.


Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Argent, One, Terrace in base, Gazelle, Salient, Collared, Chain, Sinister, Conjoined and Cross couped.

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

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

Bearer: Íñiguez Cruz, Julia.

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Lloscós y Soldevilla, Guilaberto

Argent, a bull salient Gules within a bordure gyronny Argent and Sable.

Guilaberto Lloscós y Soldevilla was grand prior of the Order of Saint John from 1449 to 1460.

Argent, a bull salient Gules within a bordure gyronny Argent and Sable.

Escudo de plata, un toro saltande de gules; bordura jironada de plata y sable.

Illuminated and parchment finishing.

He also known as Guilaberto Loscós y Soldevilla, and his coat of arms can be consulted at [García Carraffa, A.; García Carraffa, A.; 1968; volume II, page 407], who does not depict this bull with its tongue out.

The Lloscós lineage resided on the island of Mallorca and succeeded in the position of royal procurator of the island. Lázaro Lloscós was the procurator of the island in 1332, his son Mateo Lloscós was in 1392 and his grandson Mateo Lloscós was too. Mateo Lloscós helped King Alonso V of Aragon, the Magnanimous, with the expenses of the Naples campaign in 1435 and, therefore, the king donated the town of Bañalbufar and the title of baron. Mateo Lloscós was the father of Guilaberto Lloscós y Soldevilla grand prior of the Order of Saint John.

Bordure gyronny and bordure compony

This bordure presents a dual characteristic. It could be considered a bordure compony because it is composed of a series of segments, in this case, eight. However, since the sides of these segments are not perpendicular to the bordure, but are angled in such a way that all their extended lines would converge at the exact center of the coat of arms, it structurally resembles the division known as gyronny. It is for this reason that, despite its compony appearance, I specifically designate it as a bordure gyronny.

The tongue out

This is a reflection on the tongue out in animals in heraldry. I will rely on the representations found in [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909], as it contains numerous representations of animals in the most diverse heraldic attitudes.

In heraldry, tigers [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 322-325], lions, wolves, the bear, etc., are usually represented with the tongue out; they are heraldic beasts and they are carnivores.

However, the fox in [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 343-345] is not painted with the tongue out. It is classified as a heraldic beast and, moreover, it is carnivorous.

The boar is omnivorous, it is a heraldic beast and it is painted with the tongue out, as is done in [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 353-358].

From the above, there is no uniform association between the tongue out and being a heraldic beast or a carnivore.

On the other hand, [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 446-449] classifies eagles as birds, not as beasts; they are carnivorous and are represented with the tongue out. And the dolphin is a fish, it is carnivorous and is also represented with the tongue out [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 479-480].

There are heraldists who say that herbivores are not painted with the tongue out.

But donkeys, mules, and especially the horse are herbivores and they can be seen represented with the tongue out. For example, [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 360 and 362] paints the horse with the tongue out, and in figure 361, with the horse running, he does not paint the tongue out. In no case does he classify it as a heraldic beast.

[Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 368 and 370] paints the talbot, the mythical dog of heraldry, with the tongue out rampant and passant; but in more restful attitudes, such as standing and seated, he does not paint it with the tongue out. This could indicate that, when it is calm, it does not put the tongue out. But in the previous paragraph we have seen that he does not paint the horse running with the tongue out, and a horse running is not calm.

The bull [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 375-376] is not painted with the tongue out. However, I paint the bull with the tongue out and, although herbivorous, I claim the fighting bull as one of the most beastly figures of heraldry.

The stag does not carry the tongue out in any of its attitudes in [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 379-386], and other cervids [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 387-390] do not either.

Rams, sheep, lambs, goats [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 395-403] also do not carry the tongue out.

The badger is carnivorous [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figure 409]; as with the fox, it is carnivorous and does not carry the tongue out.

Therefore, in general, the tongue out cannot be fully associated either with heraldic beasts or with carnivores, just as not carrying the tongue out cannot be associated with herbivores or with calm attitudes. For example, the lion always carries the tongue out, even in its calmest attitudes [Fox-Davies, A. C.; 1909; figures 304-309].

The conclusion is that it is left to the discretion of the heraldic artist to paint or not to paint the tongue out, depending on what he wishes to express. For example, greater aggressiveness, greater movement, or liveliness could be associated with the tongue out.


Blazon keywords: Argent, One, Bull, Salient, Gules, Bordure, Gyronny and Sable.

Style keywords: Parchment, Outlined in sable and Illuminated.

Classification: Personal and Interpreted.

Bearer: Lloscós y Soldevilla, Guilaberto.

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Mon'Tarena at the 5th International Congress of Genealogy and Heraldry

[Gules, on a trimount issuant from the base Argent a bighorn sheep salient Or, horned Argent. Motto: «Barrio Alto» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent]; [Party per pale Azure and Argent, a hummingbird volant bendwise counterchanged. Motto: «Barrio del Artista» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent]; [Argent, a bend Azure charged with a jaguar rampant Argent, spotted Azure. Motto: «Barrio Bajo» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent]; and [Argent, a wolf passant Gules, a chief dancetty Azure. Motto: «Barrio de los Quereres» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent].

[Gules, on a trimount issuant from the base Argent a bighorn sheep salient Or, horned Argent. Motto: «Barrio Alto» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent]; [Party per pale Azure and Argent, a hummingbird volant bendwise counterchanged. Motto: «Barrio del Artista» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent]; [Argent, a bend Azure charged with a jaguar rampant Argent, spotted Azure. Motto: «Barrio Bajo» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent]; and [Argent, a wolf passant Gules, a chief dancetty Azure. Motto: «Barrio de los Quereres» Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent].

The coats of arms of Barrio Alto, Barrio del Artista, Barrio Bajo, and Barrio de los Quereres of Mon'Tarena, Querétaro, Mexico, all designed by Joaquín Haces Perdomo and me and emblazoned and signed by me, exhibited at the 5th International Congress of Genealogy and Heraldry (5th ICGHV), Vilnius. The 5th ICGHV was held at the historic National Museum - Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania and was organized by the Genealogijos, Heraldikos ir Veksilologijos Institutas, whose President is Remigijus Bimba, with whom I had the honour of being photographed in the second image.


Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Or, Argent, Sable, One, On, Trimount, Issuant from base, Bighorn sheep, Salient, Horned, Party per pale, Hummingbird, Volant, Bendwise, Counterchanged, Bend, Charged, Jaguar, Rampant, Spotted, Wolf, Passant, Chief, Dancetty, Motto and Scroll.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Chasuble.

Classification: Civic, Created, Boa and Photographic.

Bearer: Barrio de los Quereres of Mon'Tarena.

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Pseudonym without anonymity

A unicorn salient, quarterly per saltire Or and Sable. Motto: «ASC» bendwise Sable, between the hoofs.

A unicorn salient, quarterly per saltire Or and Sable. Motto: «ASC» bendwise Sable, between the hoofs.

Badge created with: the unicorn and the motto painted with flat color sable and metal or; and the whole set with an old parchment finish.

The original design of this badge, along with other coats of arms and heraldic pieces, is registered as intellectual property in [Salmerón Cabañas, A.; 2015a; page 9]. Additionally this badge with a Unicorn per saltire Or and Sable, is used as what the Intellectual Property Registry calls a «pseudonym without anonymity» to sign documents.


Blazon keywords: Quarterly per saltire, Sable, Or, Unicorn, Salient, Motto (identification), Bendwise and Hoof.

Style keywords: Old parchment.

Classification: Badge, Created and Personal.

Bearer: Salmerón Cabañas, Antonio.

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Testaferrata Moroni, Viani Martin

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, a bull salient, guardant Gules, on a chief Azure, three mullets of six points Or [for Testaferrata, baronial line]. 2 Argent, a mulberry tree proper on a terrace in base Vert [for Moroni]. 3 quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, a bull salient, guardant Gules, on a chief Or, a demi-eagle displayed Sable, beaked and langued Gules [for Testaferrata, line of the Knights of the Holy Roman Empire]; 2 quarterly: i and iv Gules, a castle of three towers Or, ii and iii Azure, a griffin segreant Argent [for Castelletti]; 3 Or, a head affronty, couped and vulned Proper, crined Sable between two arms embowed proper, vambraced Sable, grasping it by the hair, in chief three mullets of six points Gules [for Viani]. All within a bordure Gules for difference.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, a bull salient, guardant Gules, on a chief Azure, three mullets of six points Or [for Testaferrata, baronial line]. 2 Argent, a mulberry tree proper on a terrace in base Vert [for Moroni]. 3 quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, a bull salient, guardant Gules, on a chief Or, a demi-eagle displayed Sable, beaked and langued Gules [for Testaferrata, line of the Knights of the Holy Roman Empire]; 2 quarterly: i and iv Gules, a castle of three towers Or, ii and iii Azure, a griffin segreant Argent [for Castelletti]; 3 Or, a head affronty, couped and vulned Proper, crined Sable between two arms embowed proper, vambraced Sable, grasping it by the hair, in chief three mullets of six points Gules [for Viani]. All within a bordure Gules for difference.

Escudo cuartelado: 1o y 4o de plata, un toro saltante, guardante de gules, en un jefe de azur, tres estrellas de seis punta de oro [de Testaferrata, línea baronial]. 2o de plata, una morera al natural, terrazada de sinople [de Moroni]. 3o cuartelado: 1o y 4o de plata, un toro saltante, guardante de gules, en un jefe de oro, un águila saliente de sable, picada y lampasada de gules [de Testaferrata, línea de los caballeros del Sacro Imperio Romano]; 2o cuartelado: i y iv de gules, un castillo de tres torres de oro, ii y iii de azur, un grifo rampante de plata [de Castelletti]; 3o de oro, una cabeza de frente, cortada y ensangrentada al natural, cabellada de sable, acompañada de dos brazos curvados al natural, armados de sable, teniéndola por los cabellos, en jefe tres estrellas de seis punta de gules [de Viani]. El todo brisado de una bordura de gules.

Arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee external shape and with a freehand finishing.

G0115: the coat of arms of Dr Martin Testaferrata Moroni Viani, of Malta, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant.


Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Azure, Or, Sable, Vert, One, Two, Three, Quarterly, Bull, Salient, Guardant, Chief, Mullet, Mulberry tree, Proper, Terrace in base, Demi, Eagle, Beaked, Langued, Castle, Tower, Griffin, Segreant, Head, Affronty, Couped, Vulned, Crined, Between, Arm vambraced, Embowed, Grasping, In chief, Bordure and Cadency.

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

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

Bearer: Testaferrata Moroni, Viani Martin.

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The blazon and the logotype

Party per pale Azur and Argent: a chevron between in chief a dressage horse salient, and in base three waves of the sea all counterchanged.

Party per pale Azur and Argent: a chevron between in chief a dressage horse salient, and in base three waves of the sea all counterchanged.

Escudo partido de azur y plata: un cabrio surmontado de un caballo de doma saltante y en punta tres ondas del mar, todo del uno al otro.

The style I have chosen to paint this version of this coat of arms is such that it could equally be used as a personal two-colour logotype. However, it must always be borne in mind that:

  • a coat of arms is the artistic representation of a blazon and a blazon is a conceptual and abstract description that allows as many interpretations as there are different artists to paint it,
  • whereas a logotype, and even more so when it corresponds to a trade mark, is a closed and rigid description of colours, dimensions, proportions, typefaces, etc. that allows only one single graphic representation, leaving no room for art or imagination.

Therefore, in the case of a logotype the art was supplied only by its original creator, the owner of the logotype permitting no art other than this and until such time as he decides to introduce changes. In contrast, the blazon and its owner allow art to flow and, in many blazons, art has flowed across the centuries.

It could therefore be said that whereas the description of a «logotype» specifies «how» it must be done, a «blazon» specifies «what» the owner wants the coat of arms to contain, leaving each artist free to choose «how» to do it.


Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Azure, Argent, One, Horse, Chevron, Sea, Counterchanged, Above, Salient, Throughout and In base.

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

Classification: Coat of arms, Created and Personal.

Bearer: Domaica Maroto, Juana María.

 

Dr. Antonio Salmerón y Cabañas,
,
Paseo de la Castellana 135, 7th floor,
28046 Madrid, Spain.