FAMILY GORDAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Gordan

Coat of arms and family crest of Gordan.

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

History and meaning for Gordan.

Gordan is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Gordan an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gordan:

1) The origin of the family name Gordan.

2) The meaning of the family name Gordan.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gordan.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gordan.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

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

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

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

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

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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 Gordaliza | Go to name Gordan de kornthal | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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