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FAMILY CANAVAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Canavan.

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

History and meaning for Canavan.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Canavan:

1) The origin of the family name Canavan.

2) The meaning of the family name Canavan.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Canavan.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Canavan.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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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 Canavan:

Name Canavan

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burnt parchment for Canavan name

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Canavan

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

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The coat of arms, family crest, meaning, history and heraldry for Canavan appears in some or some books of the wide heraldic library of the Heraldry & Crests ( https://www.heraldrycrests.com ). In this web of the surname Canavan some of the mentioned books appear, although there are more works.There are also data of Canavan in parochial records of baptisms, marriages and deaths.

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

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

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:

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* 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.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* CABRIO: The Cabrio symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

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

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

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