FAMILY ERMES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Ermes

Coat of arms and family crest of Ermes.

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

History and meaning for Ermes.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Ermes:

1) The origin of the family name Ermes.

2) The meaning of the family name Ermes.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Ermes.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Ermes.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

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:

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* 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.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter E index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Ermerins | Go to name Ermigarat | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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