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Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Aragon

UnknownXVI Century

Museo de Zaragoza

Museo de Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain

Two attendant angels hold up a quartered coat of arms, which is Spanish, has a point at the bottom, and is mounted on a choreiform cartouche. It has a Latin cross in the middle with an inscribed band on the top that reads ◄ I ◄ N ◄ R ◄ I ◄ (Iesvs Nazarenvs Rex Ivdaeorvm). Section One: Aragon stripes (gold, four heraldic red gules stripes). Section Two: Alcoraz. Four left-facing Moorish heads without the Cross of Saint George. Section Three: Cross of Iñigo Arista. Section Four: Sobrarbe tree. There is a holm oak showing its roots; crowned with the Sobrarbe cross. This coat of arms is quartered with a Latin cross in the middle and an inscribed band at the top that reads: INRI. The quarters represent: 1) Aragon stripes, symbolizing the King of Aragon since Alfonso II; 2) Alcoraz (four Moorish heads without the Cross of Saint George); 3) Cross of Aínsa; 4) Sobrarbe tree.

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  • Title: Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Aragon
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date: XVI Century
  • Physical Dimensions: 75 x 85 x 16,5 cm
  • Type: Sculpture
  • Rights: Gobierno de Aragón
  • External Link: CERES MCU
  • Medium: Alabaster
  • Photograph: José Garrido Lapeña
  • Cultural context: Renaissance
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