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FAMILY PREPETIT: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Prepetit.

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

History and meaning for Prepetit.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Prepetit:

1) The origin of the family name Prepetit.

2) The meaning of the family name Prepetit.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Prepetit.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Prepetit.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Prepetit:

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

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

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

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:

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter P index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Prenzis | Go to name Prepositi | 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