FAMILY PIGNON: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Pignon

Coat of arms and family crest of Pignon.

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

History and meaning for Pignon.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Pignon:

1) The origin of the family name Pignon.

2) The meaning of the family name Pignon.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Pignon.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Pignon.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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

3) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

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

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

* 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.

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

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

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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 Pignol-pigniol | Go to name Pignone | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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