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In accordance with our methodological approach to heraldic parophony, we report the development of a new semantic proposition for the crest in the coat of arms of Mascarenhas: “a lion gules, armed and langued or”.
Semantic levels: four.
Discretion index: medium (I), big (II, III, IV).
Denominant's verbalization: Portuguese.
Designant's verbalization: Portuguese.
Heraldic plot: agricultural.
Implied quotation: (?) Book of Isaiah 40: 24.
Canting impression: “massacrar” (Portuguese » to massacre).
Virtual trace: crest » figuration, attitude & tincture » lion rampant gules.
Denominant's origin: autochthonous.
Credibility: excellent.
Cypher: 2 (I), 75 (II), 89 (III), 174 (IV).