The Coat of Arms

Shield: party per fesse gules and azure (i.e.: the field is divided horizontally into a red and a blue section). The most recent representations (since the XV century) use the colors red above and blue below. There are also ancient versions with inverted colours (for example see the coat of arms of the Conti di Mede below). Which may have been the original version is unknown. Crest: Justice dressed in…