Original Coat of Arms of Columbus

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Use the "Show on Create Page" button to find links to the contributing artists

Blazon

    // 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

To reproduce this image exactly you need to set your preferences to:

Shield Shape: heater
Visual Appearance: shiny
Palette For Heraldic Tinctures: drawshield
Aspect Ratio: 0.5

Notes

There are a few versions of the CoA of Columbus. Although this one I made is not perfect , it gives an impression.

If you would like to modify this blazon and see the effects .

If you have some helpful feedback or would like to comment on this shield design please click on the button below. Your comment will be moderated and added to this page.

Comment