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FAMILY GYRY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Gyry.

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

History and meaning for Gyry.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gyry:

1) The origin of the family name Gyry.

2) The meaning of the family name Gyry.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gyry.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gyry.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Gyry:

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

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

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

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

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

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

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* 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.

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

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

Related Words: Gyry family crest | Origin of the name Gyry | Genealogy of the family Gyry | Heraldry of the name Gyry | Coat of arms of Gyry | Genealogy of the Gyry | Origin of the Gyry | Meaning of the name Gyry.

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

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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 Gyrlyn | Go to name Gyry barons de vaux et de st. cyr | 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