The key
One row for every element on the plate. The letter is the one written on the drawing — the heralds' short form of the colour. Touch a row and the plate shows you its element.
How sure the record is
candidate — canonical candidate at Rietstap 1884 vol. 2 p. 901 (Théron — Languedoc, Quercy); the Cape stamvader Jacques Therond came from Nîmes in Languedoc and named his farm Languedoc — the same kind of match that stands for Lombard. Two things are still open: the French form is recorded as Therond, and Rietstap carries no Therond; and the origin is not yet read at primary-source depth
belief 0.20 · disbelief 0.20 · unsure 0.60 — Rietstap's armorial, a candidate match aligned to Languedoc — the region the Cape ancestor came from; the spelling and the origin still to settle
These arms are drawn, not painted: the record paints a coat only when it holds it as established. The colours in the key are what the painting would use, on whose word the key says.
Where the drawing comes from
Rietstap 1884 Vol.2 p.901 'Théron — Lang., Quercy' (SRC-2026-066); candidate
- tulip — Book of Traceable Heraldic Art, 'Tulip Slipped and Leaved (4)' — adapted from photographs of a sixteenth-century satin caftan belonging to Sultan Murad III · kept as SRC-2026-065
One coat as the register holds it on 2026-08-26: 3 elements, each with its tincture, its drawing register, and the rule-of-tincture verdict. The marshalling of any two houses onto one shield is the Table's work; the other plates are here.