FAMILY PETERNELL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Peternell

Coat of arms and family crest of Peternell.

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

History and meaning for Peternell.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Peternell:

1) The origin of the family name Peternell.

2) The meaning of the family name Peternell.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Peternell.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Peternell.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

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

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

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

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

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

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