FAMILY HOLLIST: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Hollist

Coat of arms and family crest of Hollist.

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

History and meaning for Hollist.

Hollist 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 Hollist 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 Hollist:

1) The origin of the family name Hollist.

2) The meaning of the family name Hollist.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Hollist.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Hollist.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Hollist have or have been established, among other places, in:

* England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

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

* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms.

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The family Hollist appears in the "General The Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales" written by Sir Bernard Burke appeared for the first time in the year 1842. This book contains about 60,000 names as Hollist and are the most comprehensive Collection of Arms, including the Bearings Armorial of Noblemen and Gentlemen of the British Empire, and diverse coats that were seen in churches, familiar mansions, tombs, etc. This book is very valued by who investigate on its ancestors and want to conserve their memory, by means of the history of its well-known actions and the representation of its symbols. Therefore, the name Hollist is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.

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

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

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

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

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

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