Original Coat of Arms of Columbus
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// CoA from Columbus, the discoverer of the continent // America. // Escudo de Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus' // coat of arms), manuscript, 1498, General Archive of // the Indies, Seville (Andalusia). //-- A quartered shield, with a gold castle on a green // ground in the first quarter, //a purple lion on a white quarter striped with green // in the second, //gold islands on waves in the third, //and his ceremonial colours in the fourth. //The original coat of arms was subsequently modified // by the family. // Quarterly // 1st vert a Tower Triple Towered or; // 2nd white a Lion purpure 2 barrulets vert; // 3rd pied celestial-azure and or on a bordure celestial azure a shark celestial azure; // 4th or a chief gules a bendlet azure; //
(Previously entry no. 6836)
With Tags: Columbus, 1498
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