FAMILY LESSING: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Lessing

Coat of arms and family crest of Lessing.

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

History and meaning for Lessing.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Lessing:

1) The origin of the family name Lessing.

2) The meaning of the family name Lessing.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Lessing.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Lessing.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Lessing:

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

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

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

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:

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

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

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

* 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.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter L index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Lessille | Go to name Lessingham | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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