FAMILY ATHIN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Athin

Coat of arms and family crest of Athin.

Genealogy of family Athin, origin of Athin, provenance of the family name Athin.

History and meaning for Athin.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Athin have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Athin.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Athin:

1) The origin of the family name Athin.

2) The meaning of the family name Athin.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Athin.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Athin.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Athin:

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Athin:

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Athin are collected in the Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap, this work is the greatest work of heraldry ever written and drawn, with more than 100,000 family names from around the world (English, Scotish, Welsh, Spanish, French, Italians, Poles, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.), among which is the name Athin, arranged alphabetically, and DRAWN, including a heraldic handbook with drawings, a complete glossary of terms, a supplement and an appendix. Complete description the coat of arms Athin, and origin for the family name Athin, nobiliary titles of the family name Athin and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Athin appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Athin appears in Rietstap Armorial General that is a multi-volume work on the coats-of-arms of the world; it is both monumental and without equal, and is the most exhaustive undertaking of its kind. The Armorial General is the most authoritative work on the coats-of-arms in the world. The descriptions of the arms cover those of more than 100,000 families, included Athin alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Athin, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Athin, and the date his title was conferred. The basic text was established with the publication of the second edition, corrected and enlarged, of 1884-1887. This most important reference work contains the shields of thousands of Coats of Arms covering the whole world, arranged alphabetically under surnames, as Athin.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

3) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

* The family name Athin appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Athin as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Athin

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Athin:

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