Thistle

Azure, a saltire Argent between in chief a thistle Or, flowered Argent, in fess two fleurs de lis Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; within a bordure gyronny of thirty-six Azure and Argent; overall a heart Gules, fimbriated Or. Crest: A ribbon Azure doubled Argent.

The Commoners' Certification of Arms for Bradlee Tatym LaRue Botkin with his arms designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.

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Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Thirty-six, Saltire, Between, In chief, Thistle, Flowered, Fleur de lis, In fess, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Bordure, Gyronny, Overall, Heart, Fimbriated, Ribbon and Doubled.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Invected octagon.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Certification and Heraldic document.

Bearer: Botkin, Bradlee Tatym LaRue.

Azure, a saltire Argent between in chief a thistle Or, flowered Argent, in fess two fleurs de lis Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules; within a bordure gyronny of thirty-six Azure and Argent. Crest: A ribbon Azure doubled Argent.

The Commoners' Certification of Arms for Köryn Alexandria Konstånz Potts with his arms designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me.

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Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Thirty-six, Saltire, Between, In chief, Thistle, Flowered, Fleur de lis, In fess, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Bordure, Gyronny, Ribbon and Doubled.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Invected octagon.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Certification and Heraldic document.

Bearer: Potts, Köryn Alexandria Konstånz.

Azure, a saltire Argent between two fleurs de lis in fess Or; on a chief Argent, a bald eagle displayed Azure, head and tail Argent, beaked, armed and membered Or, langued Gules. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Azure, a dragon passant Azure, armed and langued Or; in front of a sun rising Or. Mantling: Azure doubled Argent. Motto: «In Honorem Victoria» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent. Supporters: Dexter a binson and sinister a pronghorn Argent, terraced by rocky mountains and great plains charged with, in dexter, an Indian paintbrush, and in siniester, a thistle proper.

Coat of arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a leather finishing.

The coat of arms of Randy David Lee Xavier Potts designed by him and emblazoned by me.

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Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Saltire, Between, Fleur de lis, In fess, Chief, Charged, Bald eagle, Eagle, Displayed, Head, Tail, Beaked, Armed, Membered, Langued, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Sun, Nascent, Debruised, Dragon, Passant, Mantling, Doubled, Motto, Supporter, Dexter, Binson, Sinister, Pronghorn, Compartment, Mount, Indian paintbrush, Thistle and Proper.

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

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

Bearer: Potts, Randy David Lee Xavier.

The genealogical chart with the coats of arms of the House of Potts of Wentworth, all designed by Randy David Lee Xavier Potts and emblazoned by me and signed by me, exhibited at the 5^th International Congress of Genealogy and Heraldry (5^th ICGHV), Vilnius. 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. This armorial genealogical chart is intended to be read from the House of Potts of Wentworth at its centre, with each family branch radiating outwards. Rather than following the conventional vertical layout of a pedigree, it presents the family's heraldic relationships in a more compact form. As Randy Potts himself expressed after seeing the finished work, it represents not only genealogy and heraldry, but also the identity, history, and shared legacy of the entire family. The House of Potts of Wentworth are Randy David Lee Xavier Potts, Kimberley Ann Potts, Britania Anastoshia Korÿn McCoy, Köryn Alexandria Konstånz Potts, Konstånz Chantal Leóné Potts, Tiana Rose Lee Potts, Makayla Danée Robidoux, Corey Scott Lasco, Sebastian Artemis Cole McCoy, Evander Graham Wylder McCoy, Bradlee Tatym LaRue Botkin, Rhettlee Cooper Jones, Easton Michael Jones, Hudson Hayes Lasco, and Ryker Scott Lasco.

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Credits: Randy Potts is the designer of the coat of arms.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Gules, One, Two, Six, Twenty-four, Thirty-six, Armed, Bald eagle, Eagle, Beaked, Bee, Between, Bordure, Charged, Chief, Crescent, Displayed, Doubled, Escallop, Fimbriated, Fleur de lis, Flowered, Gyronny, Head, Heart, In base, In chief, In fess, Inescutcheon, In pretence, Label, Langued, Leaved, Membered, Overall, Proper, Quarterly, Ribbon, Rose, Saltire, Seeded, Tail and Thistle.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable and Illuminated.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Photographic, Family tree and Genealogical.

Bearer: Potts of Wentworth, House of.

Publication on the blog Twelve Lineages of Soria about the armorial I produced for the ISCH under the title: The eminent heraldist Mr. Antonio Salmerón Cabañas brings us his latest edition of February 25, 2018 of the Roll of Arms of the International Society of Commoners Heraldry ISCH.

This armorial contains coats of arms painted by different heraldic artists, although all those shown in the illustration heading this article were painted by my own hand.

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Categories: Link, Gules, Azure, Vert, Sable, Purpure, Or, Argent, Without divisions, Gyronny, Party per pale, Quarterly, Bend, Saltire, Bordure, Chevron, Cross, Pile, Bendlet, Inescutcheon, Chequey, Hurt, torteau, pellet, pomme and golpe, Cadency, Thistle, Fleur de lis, Horse, Crown, Sun in splendour, Martlet, Wolf, Letter, Unicorn, Griffin, Dragon's head and Engouled.

Root: Twelve Lineages of Soria.

Party per chevron Vert and Or, in chief a sackbut fesswise Or, in base a thistle slipped and leaved proper. Crest: Upon a helm, with a wreath Or and Vert, a bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) proper. Mantling: Vert doubled Or. Motto above the crest: «Less Is More».

Illuminated, an irisdiscent finishing, and the inner of the thistle is outlined in the metal Or of its field.

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Blazon keywords: Vert, Party per chevron, Or, In chief, Sackbut, Fesswise, In base, Thistle, Leaved, Slipped, Proper, Motto, Crest and mantling, Helm, Mantling, Wreath and Crest.

Style keywords: Iridescent (nacar), Outlined in sable, Outlined in the field tincture, Illuminated and Pointed.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Grant of arms, Heraldic document and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Sky, Laird.

Or, a fess chequey Argent, charged with an ermine spot, and Azure, between in chief two cross patty Gules, in base a thistle proper; a diminished bordure Azure.

Escudo de oro, una faja ajedrezada de plata, cargada de una cola de armiño, y azur, acompañada en jefe de dos cruces patadas de gules, en base de un cardo al natural; una filiera de azur.

Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a watercolor finish.

Coat of arms of Reverend John Stuart, XVIII century, emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Or, Argent, Azure, One, Three, Nine, Two, Fess, Chequey, Charged, Ermine spot, Between, In chief, Cross, Patty, In base, Thistle, Proper and Diminished bordure.

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

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

Bearer: Stuart, John.

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.

Registered by The International Register of Arms, 18^th of July of 2015, Registration number 0342, Volume 2.

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Categories: Armorial roll, Vert, Party per chevron, Or, In chief, Sackbut, Fesswise, In base, Thistle, Seeded and Purpure.

External link:

• Zarah Rahannah Kerensky at The Armorial Register.

Root: The Armorial Register.