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by Blas Delgado, 16 November 2004
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The right flag of San German, Puerto Rico consist of three
horizontals bands in the following order: violet or purple the
superior, white, the center band and green the inferior band. The
Coat of Arms in the middle of the flag.
Juan Colon de Jesus, 19 June 2000
San Germa'n - The flag is a horizontal green-white-purple
(violet) triband (in that specific order), as attested by several
sources. Green stands for the Episcopal dignity and the colors of
the blazon of Christopher Columbus and his son, Diego, Viceroy of
America. White stands for the blood purity of the great families,
who were the most distinguished, which came to colonize San
Germe'n (according to a book by Fray Inigo Abad) and the
limpidness of Guanajibo River, whose waters (which were
considered medicinal) were being taken to Europe for that
order.The shield crown is 'masoned ("mazonada") in
sable (black) and adjured ("adjurada") in sinople
(green)', which means that the lines depicting the joints between
the stones are black and the hollow spaces - doors, windows and
other empty spaces - shall be green.
Blas Delgado, 16 April 2001
Green (Vert) does not appear at all in Columbus' coat-of-arms (at least not in the escutcheon). I am also afraid there is no English blazon equivalent of the Spanish "aclarado" (not "adjurado", a horrible translation from the French "ajoure'"). So the best thing is to blazon it as