FAMILY HOVY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Hovy

Coat of arms and family crest of Hovy.

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

History and meaning for Hovy.

Hovy 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 Hovy 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 Hovy:

1) The origin of the family name Hovy.

2) The meaning of the family name Hovy.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Hovy.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Hovy.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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:

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* 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.

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

* 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.

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

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter H index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Hovorst | Go to name Hovyn | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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