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FAMILY COLONS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Colons.

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

History and meaning for Colons.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Colons:

1) The origin of the family name Colons.

2) The meaning of the family name Colons.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Colons.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Colons.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Colons:

Name Colons

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Colons.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Colons and the history and origin for the family name Colons in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

coat of arms sticker for Colons

Coat of arms for the name Colons in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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

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

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

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

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

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

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* 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.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Colono | Go to name Colons (des) | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests