Heraldic Description
The blazon of the arms is: Or, four pallets of gules. In heraldry, the escutcheon is commonly known as that of the of Aragon.
These pallets of gules are commonly named in popular usage and culture as the "red bars" or the "four bars".
It has been described on the Middle Ages armorials as in "Armorial du Hérault Vermandois", 1285–1300, as that of the King of Aragon, naming specifically Peter III as one of the bearers, is described as These are the arms of the Counts of Barcelona who acquired Aragón by marriage (...), the one of Count of Barcelona is the same or three pallets gules, the arms of the King of Majorca are those of Aragon, with the coat of arms of James II, King of Majorca being or four pallets gules a bend azure and the one of the King of Ternacle d Aragon et Ternacle en flanquiet lun dedans lautre (...) Per pale or four pallets gules and argent (...). The coat of arms with the four red pales on a gold background appears on several other coats of arms, named as "of Aragon".
Also mentioned in Armorial de Gelre, 1370–1395, the coat of arms of Peter IV Die Coninc v Arragoen is golden with four pallers of gulets or the Armorial d'Urfé, 1380, sont les armes de le Conte de Cathalogne, and in armorial de Charolais, 1425, arms conte de Barselongne and armorial Le Blanq (sources from 1420–1450) venant des contes de Barselone, armorial Wijnbergen, King of Aragon or four pallets gules
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