FAMILY GRAIN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Grain

Coat of arms and family crest of Grain.

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

History and meaning for Grain.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Grain.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Grain.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Grain:

1) The origin of the family name Grain.

2) The meaning of the family name Grain.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Grain.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Grain.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Grain:

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Grain 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 Grain, 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 Grain, and origin for the family name Grain, nobiliary titles of the family name Grain and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Grain appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Grain 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 Grain alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Grain, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Grain, 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 Grain.

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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

3) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter G index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Graimberg (comtes) | Go to name Grain de saint-marsault | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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