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FAMILY MINIER: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Minier.

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

History and meaning for Minier.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Minier have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Minier.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Minier:

1) The origin of the family name Minier.

2) The meaning of the family name Minier.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Minier.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Minier.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Minier:

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

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

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) 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:

* 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.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter M index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Minie | Go to name Minieri | 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