Sevilla

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SEVILLA

Region : Andalucía
Province : Sevilla

Official blazon

(2017) En campo de gules, San Fernando entronizado, acompañado de los santos arzobispos Isidoro y Leandro. El trono, adoselado, de oro. El rey viste de plata con faldón de púrpura y manto de azur, portando en la derecha espada desnuda de plata con pomo y arriaz de oro y el mundo, de azur y oro, en la mano izquierda. Los santos arzobispos, con mitras de plata y vestidos con capas pluviales de plata y oro, sostienen en sus manos báculos de oro; uno de ellos, porta un códice de plata y el otro un volumen de sable.
(19??) En campo de plata, sobre estrado de gules, sentado en un trono, de oro, y surmontado de un baldaquín, de púrpura, un rey vestido de púrpura y manto de armiño, coronado de oro, con una espada en la diestra y un mundo en la siniestra, acompañado de dos obispos vestidos, de plata y oro, con mitra y báculo, de oro. En punta el monograma "NO8DO" de oro.

Origin/meaning

The new version of the arms was adopted in 2017.

Sevilla was in the Arab times the capital of the Abbasides. It was conquered by Ferdinand III of Castille-Leon in 1248. The arms show Ferdinand. The letters "NO DO" stand besides what looks like an 8, but is a 'madeja'. Madeja is the Spanish word for a skein of yarn; what looks like an 8 on its side is a picture of a skein. The motto is a pun: NOMADEJADO sounds like No me ha dejado, which means "She has not abandoned me." The motto was given by Alfonso X, because, during a rebellion, Sevilla was the only important city that remained loyal the king.

The arms in a 16th century manuscript	The arms in a 1679 manuscript
The arms in the Abadie albums	The arms on a German trade card
The arms until 2017	Unusual depiction (source unknown)
The arms in the town (Facebook: RIAG)

Literature : File:Es-sevilla.pdf, Image from Wikipedia; Erbez Rodríguez, 2013