5 x 11: The Code of Heraldry

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 Corte-Real: “an arm vambraced argent, garnished and holding a spear in fess or, headed argent, with a forked pennon of the last, charged with a cross gules”.

Semantic levels: one or more.
Discretion index: small.
Denominant's verbalization: Portuguese.
Designant's verbalization: Portuguese.
Heraldic plot: ethnological.
Implied quotation: (?) Second Book of Samuel 21: 12-14.
Canting impression: “cortar” (Portuguese » to cut).
Virtual trace: crest » figuration » spear.
Denominant's origin: autochthonous.
Credibility: excellent.
Cypher: 57.