Socioeconomic heraldry

Azure, on waves of the sea in base Argent, a ship oars in action Or, pennant flying, and in full sail Argent; on a chief Argent, a closed book Gules, edges and clasps Or. Supporter behind the shield: A linden eradicated Sable, leaved Vert, fructed Or. Motto: «Ubi concordia ibi victoria» Sable over a scroll Or.

Escudo de azur, en punta un mar ondado de plata sumado de un barco con remos de oro, con vela y gallardete de plata; en un jefe de plata, un libro cerrado y brochado de oro, tapas de gules. Sostenido por un tilo arrancado de sable, hojado de sinople, frutado de oro acolado detrás del escudo. Lema: «Ubi concordia ibi victoria» de sable sobre una filacteria de oro.

Coat of arms devised by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, with a pointed outer contour and with a texturized finish.

The coat of arms of the Strategy Department of Consultoria.IO designed by Ignacio Perez de Bartolome and me and emblazoned by me. Consultoria.IO is a consulting firm specialized in scale-up e-commerce stores.

Design rationale

Teamwork navigating towards a common goal (lymphad with sail and oars), keeping trade secrets (book with clasps), and solidity in support and growth (linden). The motto «Ubi concordia ibi victoria» means «Where there is unity, there is victory». It conveys the idea that success arises from harmony and collaboration between the team and its clients, working together toward shared goals.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, Sable, Vert, One, Wavy, Sea, In base, On, Ship, Oar, Sail, Chief, Closed book, Book, Clasped, Supporter (thing), Supporter, Behind the shield, Linden, Eradicated, Leaved, Fructed, Motto and Scroll.

Style keywords: Illuminated, Pointed and Plain tincture.

Classification: Socioeconomic, Created, Boa, Coat of arms, Pennon and Flag.

Bearer: Strategy Department of Consultoria.IO.

Argent, a tower with a turret Gules, port and windows Argent, masoned Sable.

Coat of arms of the Academia de Letras e Artes da Guiné-Bissau, ALAB, designed by Joseph Crews and emblazoned by me. The image shows 3 steps of my artwork, outlined, plain tinctures, and lights and shadows.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Sable, One, Tower, Turret, Port and windows and Masoned.

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

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

Bearer: Academia de Letras e Artes da Guiné-Bissau.

Party per pale Sable and Or, two griffins' heads eraticted, and addorsed counterchanged.

Escudo partido de sable y oro, dos cabezas de grifo arrancadas y adosadas del uno en el otro.

Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a semi-circular shape, illuminated, and with a freehand finishing.

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Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Sable, Or, Two, Head, Griffin, Erased, Addorsed and Counterchanged (side-by-side).

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

Classification: Socioeconomic, Created and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Alea Capital.

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Credits:

• Kevin MacLeod es el autor de la música.
• Dr.ª Marianne Steinbauer tiene los derechos del tipo de letra.

Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Argent, Or, Female figure, One, Justice, Vested, Dexter, Sword, Point upwards, Hilted, Sinister, Pair of scales, Crest, Open royal crown, Crown, Motto (identification) and Motto.

Style keywords: Watercolor, Illuminated, Shaded, Semi-circular and Outlined in the field tincture.

Classification: Video, Catalogue, Heraldic document, Created and Socioeconomic.

Bearer: ANPC.

Heraldic art of the County of Cheshire.

Azure, a sword erect Or, between three garbs Or, 2 and 1. Motto: «Jure et dignitate gladii».

Escudo de azur, una espada alzada de oro, acompañada de tres gavillas de trigo de oro, 2 y 1. Lema: «Jure et dignitate gladii».

Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field illuminated in Azure; the charges illuminated in Or and outlined in Sable; and the whole with a watercolour finish.

«The Cheshire Heraldry Trust» is a foundation whose specific aim is the promotion of the study and dissemination of the heraldry of Cheshire county and whose general purpose includes the study of heraldry and its related disciplines. To achieve these objectives it organises conferences, debates, visits and exhibitions, produces publications, cooperates with other bodies sharing common goals and promotes the heraldic art of the County of Cheshire through the internet.

The website Cheshire-Heraldry.org.uk is the public face on the internet of «The Cheshire Heraldry Trust», and among its extensive content, the following 4 sections are of particular interest:

• The Vale Royal de 1656, that follows and illustrates [King, D.; 1656].
• Las visitas de 1533 a 1580, which follows [Rylands, J. P.; 1882] and whose colour content can be consulted in [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013a].
• Las visitas de 1613, which follows [Armytage, G. J.; Rylands, J. P.; 1909] and whose colour content can be consulted in [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b].
• Las visitas de 1663, which follows and illustrates [Adams, A.; 1941].

Martin S. J. Goldstraw is one of the founders of «The Cheshire Heraldry Trust» and is the author and illustrator of the website Cheshire-Heraldry.org.uk and of a series of heraldry books, for example, [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013a] and [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b].

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Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Watercolor, Cheshire County, Without divisions, Azure, Or, Sword, Point upwards, Between, Wheat, Garb, Ordered and Motto.

External link:

• Los libros en Lulu.com.

Root: Cheshire, County of.

Azure, flanched Argent: in chief, an open book Argent, garnished Or; in base, an oak eradicated Argent, fructed Or; in each flank, a torch Vert, enflamed proper.

Escudo de azur, flanqueado curvo de plata: en jefe, un libro abierto de oro, hojado de plata; en punta, un roble arrancado de plata, frutado de oro; en cada flanco, una antorcha de sinople, encendida al natural.

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

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Vert, One, Two, Flanched, In chief, Open book, Book, Garnished, In base, Oak, Tree, Eradicated, Fructed, In each flank, Torch, Enflamed and Proper.

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

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

Bearer: Del Fabbro Universidad.

Or, two lions passant, guardant in pale Azure, armed Sable, langued Gules; in a base dovetailed Azure, two oak branches, leaved, fructed in pile Or. Motto: «Quality & Integrity · Est. 1989» Sable, over a scroll Or doubled Azure.

Coat of arms of Promet Restoration, Seattle, Washington, USA. It is a company founded and owned by the Promet family. This coat of arms has been designed by Dakota Promet and me, and emblazoned by me. The image combines a photograph of a drawing of a lion passant, guardant along with its coat of arms, all painted by me.

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Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Two, Leopard, In pale, Langued, Armed, Base, Dovetailed, Oak, Tree, Branch, Leaved, Fructed and In pile.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Ogee.

Classification: Socioeconomic, Created, Boa, Hand-drawn, Collage and Photographic.

Bearer: Promet, family.

Ermine, three pomegranates inverted Or, seeded Gules, slipped and leaved Vert, ensigned with an open crown, alternating four rosettes of acanthus leaves, visible three, and four pomegranates Or, visible two, lined Gules.

Escudo de armiños, tres granadas ranversadas de oro, rajada de gules, talladas y hojadas de sinople, sumadas de una corona abierta, alternando cuatro rosetas de hojas de acanto, visibles tres, y cuatro granadas, visibles dos, todas de oro, forrada de gules.

Coat of arms emblazoned by me with an oval shape, illuminated, and with a leather finishing that seems watercolor.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Ermine, Three, Pomegranate, Reversed, Or, Seeded (pomegranate), Gules, Slipped, Leaved, Vert, On, One, Crown, Alternately, Four, Rosette of acanthus leaves, Visible, Two and Lined.

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

Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Granada, Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Or, four pallets Gules; 2 and 3 Gules, two bezants in pale.

Escudo cuartelado: 1^o y 4^o de oro, cuatro palos de gules; 2^o y 3^o de gules, dos bezantes en palo de oro.

Coat of arms of IESE interpreted by me as follows: the shield has a semicircular (round) base; the field is illuminated in flat tinctures Or and Gules; the eight pales and the four bezants are illuminated in Gules and Or; and the whole coat of arms has a beaten metal finish.

IESE was founded in 1958 under the name Institute of Higher Business Studies, it is the business management school of the University of Navarra and is currently known as IESE Business School.

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Pale, Bezant and plate and In pale.

Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated and Metal beaten.

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Education and Coat of arms.

Bearer: IESE.

Azure: a warren hound parado statant Argent; a base hearty Argent.

Escudo de azur: un podenco parado de plata; la campaña encajada de corazones de plata.

Coat of arms that I have created as follows: the shape of the shield is pointed and rounded; the field in flat tincture Azure; the warren hound and the base hearty are illuminated Argent and delineated Sable; and the whole has a roughened finish.

Etymology of the hearty line

In [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 79, fourth paragraph from the beginning] we are told that «no fixed idea can be formed about the origin and representation of these figures» «encajadas» «in Armory, since the» different «authors do not agree in their opinions for a complete understanding», or comprehension, «of them; nor can one derive their proper name, for each author explains it with different words and terms». And he continues on the next page, [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 80, second paragraph from the beginning], stating that «We shall call them, as has been said, encajadas or emanchadas, which are the common terms by which they will be better understood, and which many use in Blazon for the resemblance that the figure has to the fitting of a wedge» and, indeed, the hearts form such a fitting, the upper ones with the lower ones, appearing difficult to separate.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Argent, Warren hound, Dog, Base, Base (lower 1/3), Dancetty and Heart.

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

Classification: Created, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Latidos Podencos.

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

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

Coat of arms interpreted with: the semicircular shape; its field illuminated with Gules; its figures and escutcheon illuminated with Or and Argent and outlined in Sable; and with a free hand texture.

At the nombril

A distinctive feature of this coat of arms is that its escutcheon, instead of being overall in the center, is positioned on a point of the coat of arms called the nombril, which, as we learn from [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 159 and illustration 19] and also [Avilés, J.; 1780a; pages 147 and 148], in «Heraldry, the nombril of the coat of arms, is the place through which the human body receives nourishment in the mother's womb, and in the shield, it corresponds to the point where the fess ends and the base begins.».

If this escutcheon, «escudete» in Castilian, had been positioned in the center of the coat of arms, then it would have to be blazoned as the piece called an inescutcheon, «escusón» in Castilian. In fact, the Norsk Heraldisk Forening uses the English term «escutcheon» to describe the blazon of its arms.

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

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

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Norsk Heraldisk Forening.

Argent, a cross patty Gules, cantoned of four mullets of eight points Azure; on a chief Sable, an elephant passant Or. Motto: «Prior tempore potior iure»

Escudo de plata, una estrecha patada de gules, cantonada de cuatro estrellas de ocho puntas de azur; en un jefe de sable, un elefante pasante de oro. Lema: «Prior tempore potior iure»

Coat of arms of the RIAG interpreted with: a pointed base; the field illuminated in Argent; the chief illuminated in Sable; the motto illuminated in Argent with letters in Sable; the narrow cross illuminated in Gules; the 4 eight-pointed stars illuminated in Azure; the cross and the stars outlined in Sable; the elephant illuminated in Or and outlined of the field; the motto outlined in Sable, written in the same colour and illuminated in Argent; and the whole with a rough finish.

[Avilés, J.; 1780a; página 113] writes «Paté, se dice de las Cruces, cuyos extremos se ensanchan un poco. Viene esta voz de la latina patula, cosa extendida, ó dilatada», and in this way uses the term «Cruz paté», instead of cruz patada, in [Avilés, J.; 1780a; páginas 60, 91, 92, 127 y 297]. In the blazon at escueladeheraldica.es/armorial-riag-pagina-1 the term «crus estrecha paté de gules» is also used, although I have preferred to use in this blazon the equivalent expression «una estrecha patada de gules».

Its Latin motto «Prior tempore potior iure» means that whoever comes first in time has more right than whoever comes after, and naturally refers to the concept of registration, since, in general, the person who registers a coat of arms first has more right to defend its ownership than the person who registers the same coat of arms after the first.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Diminished cross, Patty, Gules, Cantoned, Mullet, Eight, Azure, Chief, Sable, Elephant, Passant, Or and Motto.

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

Classification: Socioeconomic.

Bearer: Registro Internacional de Armas Gentilicias.

The Royal Association of Hidalgos of Spain was founded under the name «Asociación de Hidalgos, Infanzones y Noblezas a Fuero de España» by Vicente and Francisco de Cadenas y Vicent, the Marquises of Siete Iglesias and of Zayas, and also by Valentín Dávila Jalón, Marquis of Dávila.

This association brings together nobles of Spanish lineages with the aim of maintaining and promoting the traditional values of the hidalguía and is inspired by the principles of Christian humanism. It fulfills its duty to provide services to Spain, its institutions and its citizens, with loyalty to the Crown and commitment to Spanish culture and history.

Its magazine Hidalgos, also known as «La Gacetilla de Hidalgos de España», or simply «La Gacetilla», as this was its name until the end of 2010, precisely until its issue 524 of October, November and December 2010. This magazine is an excellent source of knowledge and information, and some of its articles are cited throughout Blason.es, for example, those by [Valero de Bernabé, L.; 2009b], [Valero de Bernabé, L.; 2010] and [Valero de Bernabé, L.; 2012b].

In saltire arrangements, I prefer to place the element in bend over the element in bend sinister, since the bend takes precedence over the bend sinister. Therefore, in my interpretation of this coat of arms and unlike other interpretations, the two-handed sword placed in bend is drawn above the one placed in bend sinister.

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Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Metal beaten, Emblem, Two-handed sword, Argent, Hilted, Or, In saltire, Crest, Closed royal crown and Crown.

In 1523, the Order of Santiago, the Order of Calatrava, and the Order of Alcantara were definitively incorporated into the Crown of Castile, which marked the consolidation of the Royal Council of the Orders of Chivalry of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcantara, and Montesa. However, it is known that this Royal Council already existed at the beginning of the same 16^th century, or even earlier, although there are no foundational documents available to date its inception.

The internet address of its website is ordenesmilitares.es where it also hosts the pages dedicated to each of its four orders:

• Order of Chivalry of Santiago: ordenesmilitares.es/orden-de-santiago.
• Order of Chivalry of Calatrava: ordenesmilitares.es/orden-de-calatrava.
• Order of Chivalry of Alcantara: ordenesmilitares.es/orden-de-alcantara.
• Order of Saint Mary of Montesa and Saint George of Alfama: ordenesmilitares.es/orden-de-montesa.

After the Crusades ended and following the model of the military orders created in the Holy Land, European kings established Orders of Chivalry, many of which were military and religious institutions, like the four grouped under this Royal Council.

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Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Freehand, Emblem, Cross, Quarterly per saltire, Cross of Saint James, Cross couped, Cross of Calatrava, Cross of Alcantara and Cross of Montesa.

Argent, a crucible Argent, enflamed and on a bonfire hoguera Gules and Or. Crest: A closed royal crown Or, with eight arches, visible five. Motto: «Limpia, fixa, y da esplendor» Or over a scroll Azure.

Escudo de plata, un crisol de plata, llameante y sumado a una hoguera de gules y oro. Timbrado de una corona real cerrada. Lema: «Limpia, fixa, y da esplendor» de oro sobre una filacteria de azur.

Interpretation made from the Royal Academy emblem: transforming it into a semicircular-based shield, instead of its oval shape; with its motto on a scroll beneath the base, instead of surrounding it; keeping the closed royal crown in its place; with everything illuminated except the field which is in plain color; and the whole outlined in sable and with a parchment-like finish.

In this interpretation, on the Argent field, the Gules fire of the bonfire completely surrounds the Argent crucible, to avoid the metal Argent on the same.

To write the blazon for this coat of arms I use the heraldic term «llameante». Therefore, I do not follow [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 82 and figure 163] when he writes «...y un Fénix de gules sobre una hoguera encendida de lo mismo.». He uses this example to illustrate the 2 fundamental uses of the term «encendido» which is said when «the Eyes of animals... are of a different color» and «also of a burning Bush and the same for a Torch, when the flame is of a different tincture».

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, One, Crucible, Enflamed, Bonfire, Gules, Or, Closed royal crown, Crown, Motto, Scroll and Azure.

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

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Royal Spanish Academy.

Founded in the year 1987, it is the first organisation of its kind in the world

Azure, an inescutcheon Argent, enflamed in orle of sixteen points and irradiated throughout of sixty-four lines Or.

Escudo de azur, un escusón de plata, llameante en orla de Dieciséis llamas y radiante de sesenta y cuatro líneas movientes todas de oro.

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The Society of Heraldic Arts is an international organization founded in 1987, committed to the promotion and preservation of heraldic art. The society brings together artists, craftsmen, and enthusiasts who work in various forms of heraldic expression, from painting and sculpture to calligraphy and jewelry. With members worldwide, the SHA encourages the exchange of knowledge and skill development through exhibitions, publications, and events.

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Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Illuminated, Semi-circular, Coat of arms, Azure, Inescutcheon, Argent, Enflamed, In orle, Sixteen, Flame, Irradiated, Sixty-four, Line, Throughout (all sides) and Or.

Within socioeconomic heraldry, I classify the arms of all collectives not included in the previous categories, such as, for example, commercial societies, which may represent companies, their brands, and products, sports clubs and federations, associations, professional colleges, educational institutions, arms granted or assumed collectively, etc.

For example, the coats of arms of universities, both private and public, belong to this category, the former naturally and the latter considering their appropriate autonomy from state powers. In this way, the coat of arms of the IESE, as a business school, is an example of socioeconomic heraldry.

Also included are the coats of arms of associations, like the Norsk Heraldisk Forening, and of companies, such as the arms of Alea Capital.

This category partially coincides with what [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1975; page 119] refers to as «representative heraldry».

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Categories: Criterion and Socioeconomic.

UPM

Azure, in base an open book Argent, in chief a sun in splendour Or.

Escudo de azur, un libro abierto de plata surmontado de un sol de oro.

Coat of arms interpreted with the following features: the base is semicircular (round); the field and charges are illuminated in the tinctures Azure and the metals Argent and Or, all outlined in Sable; unlike other variants the sun’s rays are not black sino de oro y el texto politécnico del libro es legible; y the whole finished with a rough-paper texture.

For my interpretation of this coat of arms, the text I have chosen to write on the pages of the open book is taken from [Cuena Bartolomé, J.; 1968; page 417, section 2, paragraphs 2^o, 3^o y 4^o], which begins with the phrase «Se planteaba», a phrase very characteristic of José Cuena Bartolomé.

He elegido estos paragraphs porque son de José Cuena, 1937-1999, Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), who was my teacher and PhD supervisor, because in them are combined hydraulics, the use of the computer, mathematical simulation models, economic cost considerations, data in the form of time series, the underground, the oceanic, irrigation,... and, therefore, they combine various branches of engineering and study topics from many of them, such as civil engineering, computer engineering, agricultural engineering,... Additionally, as this text is almost half a century old, it is technically historical, no longer at risk of obsolescence, a risk that more recent texts would indeed have.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Argent, Or, Book and Sun in splendour.

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

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Education.

Bearer: Technical University of Madrid.

Sable, a Lion Or, rampant, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or, holding in the dexter a Baton fleury Or. Motto: «Flourish in Honor».

Escudo de sable, un león de oro, rampante, armado y lampasado de gules, coronado de oro, teniendo en su diestra un cetro de oro, flordelisado. Lema: «Flourish in Honor».

Coat of arms interpreted as follows: a semicircular (round) base; the field illuminated in Sable; the charge illuminated in Or and Gules, outlined in Sable and shaded; the motto is illuminated in Sable on Argent and outlined in Sable; and with a parchment finish.

Armed

[Avilés, J.; 1780a; página 40] writes that «se dice de los animales por las uñas, y garras que la naturaleza les dio para su defensa, como de los Leones», as is the case here.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Sable, Lion, Or, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Gules, Crown, Open royal crown, Crowned, Dexter, Grasping, Scepter, Flory and Motto.

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

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.

Bearer: The American College of Heraldry.

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

Coat of arms of The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn emblazoned by me in 3 steps: initial geometric scheme, colors and metals, and lights and shadows.

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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, Plain tincture, Illuminated and Freehand.

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

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

Azure, two rolled scrolls in saltire Argent, tied with a ribbon fesswise Vert; a bordure trefoiled Or; overall a chief Or charged with an oak branch leaved and fructed proper. Badge: Azure, a Celtic trefoil knot with two acorns pendant from each end; a bordure Or.

The badge and the coat of arms of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, GSI, emblazoned and signed by me, exhibited at the 5^th International Congress of Genealogy and Heraldry (5^th ICGHV), Vilnius, together with my insignia as Honorary Herald of the Genealogical Society of Ireland (GSI). The 5^th 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.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Vert, Or, One, Two, Rolled scroll, In saltire, Tied, Ribbon, Fesswise, Bordure, Trefoiled, Overall, Chief, Charged, Oak, Tree, Branch, Leaved, Fructed, Proper, Celtic trefoil knot and Acorn.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.

Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted, Boa and Photographic.

Bearer: Genealogical Society of Ireland.

Objectives and activities

The Heraldry Society of Scotland ~ «The Heraldry Society of Scotland», was founded in 1977. Its objectives are to promote the study of heraldry and to encourage its correct use both in Scotland and abroad.

The HSS (acronym for The Heraldry Society of Scotland) encourages those who have a coat of arms and those who intend to adopt their own arms to become members of the society and also encourages to join all those interested in Scottish heraldry, therefore the HSS admits and has members from all over the world.

The HSS holds active and regular meetings throughout the year and organizes conferences and visits to places of historical and heraldic interest, both within Scotland and in other countries.

Online content

They also maintain and update a website, whose domain is Heraldry-Scotland.co.uk, with interesting and abundant reading material, among which their list of online armorials with blazons in English stands out, among which the following armorials can be highlighted:

• Sir David Lindsay's Armorial from 1542, with 504 coats of arms and identification letters «DL», from «DL001» to «DL504». Includes imaginary coats of arms, for example, that of «DL011» of Hector of Troy which it imagines as «Sable, two lions combatant Or», which [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 7] blazons with a Gules field, this difference would allow tracing the sources of each author, which would be interesting as it is, moreover, imaginary.
• Hamilton Armorial, from 1560, with 82 coats of arms they say, although only 79 appear, and identification letters «HM», from «HM001» to «HM079», where for example, «HM001» is the arms of Scotland «Or, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules» and «HM026» is the insignia of Scotland «Or, a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules».
• Queen Mary's Roll from 1562, with 204 coats of arms and identification letters «QM». from «QM001» to «QM204».
• Forman's Armorial from 1563, with 258 coats of arms they say, although only 247 appear, and identification letters «FAL», that is, from «FAL001», the arms of Scotland, to «FAL247».
• Slains Armorial from 1565, with 712 coats of arms they say, although only 638 appear, and identification letters «SL», that is, from «SL001» to «SL638».
• Armorial of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Secundus from 1599, with 285 coats of arms and identification letters «DLS».
• Seton Armorial from 1599, with 422 coats of arms and identification letters «SN», from «SN001» to «SN422».
• Dunvegan Armorial estimated to be around 1600, with 282 coats of arms they say, although only 52 appear, and identification letters «DV», only 2 digits and without leading zeros, from «DV1» to «DV52».
• Kings and Nobilities Arms, 2^nd volume from 1638, with 111 coats of arms and identification letters «KNB», from «KNB001», the arms of the King of Scotland, to «KNB111».
• Nisbet's A System of Heraldry published in 1722, with 2,608 coats of arms, according to my count, and which I reference as [Nisbet, A.; 1722], 1^st edition and [Nisbet, A.; 1816], for a later one that I have available. On the same page appears the blazon of Alexander Nisbet himself, in entry 1,926 according to my calculations, as «Argent, three boars' heads erased Sable within a bordure invected Gules», that is, «Argent: three boars' heads erased Sable; a bordure invected Gules» where «invected» ~ «acanalado» as opposed to «engrailed» ~ «angrelado».

I also find very interesting, for example, their pages on the basic principles of heraldic design, written by Doctor Patrick Barden.

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Categories: Institution, Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Illuminated, Outlined in sable, Iridescent (nacar), Freehand, Semi-circular, Coat of arms, Without divisions, Azure, Saltire, Argent, Thistle, Couped (tree), In chief, In base, Inescutcheon and Gules.

Quarterly Azure and Gules; overall a leopard face, crowned Or, langued Gules, within a tressure flory Or. Motto: «Entalente a parler d'armes».

Escudo cuartelado de azur y gules; brochante sobre el todo, una cabeza de leopardo coronada de oro, lampasada de gules, dentro de un trechor flordelisado de oro. Lema: «Entalente a parler d'armes».

Coat of arms interpreted with: a pointed base; its quarters enamelled in plain Azure and Gules; its tressure flory and the leopard face illuminated in Or and Gules; the motto is illuminated in Gules on an Argent scroll lined Azure; and all outlined in Sable and with a parchment finish.

Tressure and orle

The tressure, according to [Avilés, J.; 1780a; pages 242 and 243], «es una especie de Orla estrecha, ó un filete puesto en la misma situación de la Orla», regarding its dimensions in relation to those of the orle it states that «es de la mitad de su anchura, correspondiente á la quarta parte de la latitud de la Bordura, y la vigésimaquarta del Escudo», further clarifying that of these pieces called tressures there are «simples, y dobles, algunas veces floronadas, otras contrafloronadas, y también flordelisadas.», the last of which is the case of the present coat of arms.

Since the tressure is a piece of half the width of the orle it can be considered a diminutive piece, and that is how it is read in many texts; however, the «piezas fundamentales de la heráldica son», according to [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1975; page 144], «aspa, banda, barra, bordura, cabrio, campaña, cantón, cruz, escusón, faja, franco cuartel, jefe, jirón, lambel, orla, palo, perla, pila, pira y trechor» and, accordingly, in his synoptic table [Cadenas y Vicent, V. de; 1975; pages 150-151] includes the tressure within the category of fundamental pieces.

Leopard face and lion face

One of the fundamental differences in heraldry between leopards and lions is that the former «tienen siempre la cabeza de frente, mostrando los dos ojos» and the latter «son siempre de perfil, y no descubren sino uno solo», [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 330]. It is for this reason that, as against the English blazon which reads «a Lion face» ~ «una cara de león», in Castilian I write «una cabeza de leopardo».

Motto

The motto «Entalente a parler d'armes» bearing in mind that in French «entalente», in the context of battle, means «hábil y valiente», could be translated as «Valientes y con talento para hablar de armas», my shorter and freer translation would be «¡Hablemos de armas!» with exclamation marks to show that the one who says it is eager to do so. Regarding the translation of «entalente» the following article by Auguste Vachon, Outaouais Herald Emeritus, is of interest: Entalenté à parler d'armes. Additionally, it should be noted that today it would be written as «Entalente à parler d'armes» with a grave accent.

«The official blazon»

The official blazon of this coat of arms is «Quarterly Azure and Gules a lion’s face crowned with an Ancient Crown Or within a tressure flory on the outer edge of the same». The following are my comments to the official blazon:

• With «crowned» can be assumed the common default «crowned with an ancient crown».
• With «tressure flory» can be assumed the common default «tressure flory on the outer edge».
• I use to specify the «langued», for example Gules or Azure, because I think there is not a common default tincture for «langued» in all heraldic traditions.
• The use of «overall» can help to understand the blazon, then I add it.

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Azure, Gules, Overall, Head, Leopard, Crowned, Or, Langued, Within, Tressure, Flory and Motto.

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

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.

Bearer: The Heraldry Society.

Vert, an inescutcheon Argent; overall a compass rose Sable and Or. Motto: «De jure».

Escudo de sinople, un escusón de plata; brochante sobre el todo, una rosa de los vientos de sable y oro. Lema: «De jure».

I have interpreted this coat of arms with: a Spanish base, that is, semicircular (round); the field and the inescutcheon in plain green and Argent; the compass rose illuminated in Sable and Or and outlined in Sable; and the whole with a parchment finish.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Vert, Inescutcheon, Argent, Surmounted, Overall (deprecated), Compass rose, Sable, Or and Motto.

Style keywords: Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture, Parchment and Semi-circular.

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Coat of arms.

Bearer: The International Heraldry Society.

Illuminated and a rough finishing.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Cross, Or, Lily, Flower, Slipped, Seeded, Argent, Azure, Vert, In chief, Charged, Trimount, Counterchanged, Torch, In base and Two hands clasped.

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

Classification: Socioeconomic, Created and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Trading Pro School.

Party per pale: 1 Argent, a tree issuant from base Murrey; 2 Murrey; two annulets interlaced, in pale Or; in a chief Sable, three arches Argent.

Escudo partido: 1^o de plata, un árbol moviente de la punta de morado; 2^o de morado, dos anilletes entrelazos, en palo de oro; en un jefe de sable, tres arcos de plata.

Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, with a chasuble outer contour and with a watercolor finish.

The coat of arms of the Hacienda de Triana, Val’Quirico, Tlaxcala, Mexico, designed by Joaquin Haces Perdomo and me and emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Sable, Argent, Murrey, Or, One, Two, Three, Party per pale, Tree, Issuant, Base, Annulet, Interlaced, In pale, Chief and Arch.

Style keywords: Illuminated, Chasuble and Watercolor.

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

Bearer: Triana, Hacienda de.

Purpure, a castle triple-towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; on a chief Azure, a cross patty Or, between two escallops Argent.

Escudo de púrpura, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; un jefe de azur, cargado de una cruz patada de oro acompañada de dos veneras de plata.

Coat of arms interpreted as follows: with a semicircular (round) base; the field and the chief in the flat tinctures Purpure and Azure, with a lightly-hammered metal finish; and the four charges outlined in Sable, shaded, illuminated, and with a very hammered metal finish.

I hold the University Specialist degree in Real Estate Management and Administration, awarded by the Department of Private Law of the University of Burgos. These studies are structured over three academic years and are pursued online in combination with periods of traditional classes in the summers and on-site examinations during the winters. This was my first long-term online training experience.

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Blazon keywords: Purpure, Or, Azure, Sable, Argent, Castle, Chief, Cross, Cross patty, Cross couped and Escallop.

Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Shaded, Outlined in sable, Soft metal and Hard metal.

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic and Education.

Bearer: Burgos, University of.

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. Motto: «Universitas Peñafortis».

Illuminated and a leather finishing.

The name in Latin of Raymond of Penyafort can found written with «nn» and with «ñ». The «ñ» was chosen because is shorter than double «nn» and sounds stronger.

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

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

Classification: Socioeconomic, Created and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Peñafort, Universidad.

Emblem Azure, Saint Michael Argent, vested and nimbed Or, grasping in his dexter hand a spear Or, point downward, and in his sinister hand bearing [ Gules, a chain orlewise, crosswise, and saltirewise Or, charged in the fess point with an emerald Vert, of Navarre ], upon a dragon Vert, armed, langued, fanged, and the eyes Gules.

Emblema de azur, un San Miguel de plata, vestido y nimbado de oro, teniendo en su diestra una lanza de oro, con la punta hacia abajo y en su siniestra trae [ escudo gules, una cadena puesta en orla, en cruz y en sotuer de oro, cargada en el centro de una esmeralda de sinople, de Navarra ], sostenido por un dragón de sinople, armado, lampasado, fierezado y encendido de gules.

Emblem interpreted by me as follows: an oval shape with proportions 5x6, wider than the original; the field illuminated in Azure; its charges outlined in Sable and illuminated in the colours Gules and Vert and the metals Argent and Or; the Archangel Saint Michael vested in Or, unlike others who appear in Argent; his emerald simplified into an area enameled Vert; and the whole emblem has a lightly beaten metal finish.

Due to its special characteristics, the difficulty in complying with the first rule of heraldry concerning metals and colours, and out of prudence, I categorize it as an emblem rather than a shield.

In a relief of the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Estella, Saint Michael can be seen fighting a dragon that represents the devil, in a similar but mirrored arrangement to that of this emblem. In that relief, the Archangel Saint Michael bears a pre-heraldic shield with its umbo. According to [Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, F.; 1963], the umbo of the shield is a reinforcing element that is the predecessor of what would later become the pommelly carbuncle of the shield of the Kingdom of Navarre.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Male figure, Angel, Archangel, Argent, Vested, Nimbed, Or, Grasping, Dexter, Spear, Point downwards, Sinister, Gules, One, Chain, Orlewise, Crosswise, Saltirewise, Charged, In the fess point, Emerald, Vert, Upon, Dragon, Armed, Langued, The fangs and The eyes.

Style keywords: Oval, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Soft metal.

Classification: Interpreted, Socioeconomic, Education, Emblem and Kingdom of Navarre.

Bearer: University of Navarra.

Party per pale: 1 Azure, an angel Argent, crowned, crined and vested Or holding an open book Argent; 2 Or, three horses' heads couped, in pale Sable. Crest: Upon a wreath Or and Azur, an owl's head couped at the shoulders Or, beaked Argent.

Escudo partido: 1^o de azur, un ángel de plata, coronado, cabellado y vestido de oro cargado con un libro de plata abierto; 2^o de oro, tres cabezas de caballo cortadas, en palo de sable. Timbrado de un burelete de oro y azur cimado de un búho naciente de oro, picado de plata.

Freehand finish.

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Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Azure, One, Angel, Argent, Crowned, Crown, Crined, Vested, Or, Charged, Book, Open, Three, Head, Horse, Sable, Couped, In pale, Crest and mantling, Wreath, Owl, Nascent and Beaked.

Style keywords: Watercolor, Illuminated, Rounded, Outlined in the field tincture and Outlined in sable.

Classification: Created and Socioeconomic.

Bearer: Club Ecuestre Val'Quirico.