This weeks showcased coat-of-arms will be the surname 'McAdams' from Ireland. Information for this coat-of-arms was found in 'HPS Surname Data Base'.
MOTTO: IN
HOC SIGNO VINCES (Under This Sign Thou Shalt Conquer)
Lets break this down. We will start with the arms:
MOUNT
(rising or hillock): On which crests are often under set, and
usually for artistic purposes. Although occasionally, they were used
to represent burial mounds and symbolized either remembrance, or
protection by the device or charge resting on the mound. Sometimes
referred to as a Compartment.
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Lets break this down. We will start with the arms:
VERT
(Green); (fr. sinople): The French are said to have called it
Sinople, from a town in Asia Minor (Sinope) from which were brought
the best materials for dyeing green, or silks and stuffs of a
brilliant green color; signifies hope, joy, and loyalty in love.
CROSS
CALVARY (fr. Cr. de Calvaire): A long cross or Latin cross.
Sometimes called a Holy cross.
MULLET:
A bearing resembling a five-pointed star. It is sometimes called
a spur rowel, but it was in use long before the rowel spur. When used
as a difference it denotes the third son.
CRESCENT:
A bearing resembling the half moon with the points turned up. When
used as a mark of cadency it denotes the second son.
OR
(Gold or Yellow): Known as 'jaune'; symbolizes generosity and
elevation of the mind; one of the two metals of Heraldry. 'Or' is
from Latin (aurum): the chief of the tinctures; it is called Sol by
those who blazon by the sun and planets.
Next we will discuss the crest:
CREST:
On a mount vert (green) a cock
proper in the bill a cross as in the arms
VERT
(Green); (fr. sinople): The French are said to have called it
Sinople, from a town in Asia Minor (Sinope) from which were brought
the best materials for dyeing green, or silks and stuffs of a
brilliant green color; signifies hope, joy, and loyalty in love.
COCK:
A symbol of vigilance, and also an emblem of St. Peter. It
denotes great courage, and as the herald of the dawn, it is often
used as an emblem of watchfulness. It signifies a hero in the field
or an able man in the senate. It is said the Cock, crows three times
before the death of a person. As the Cock was always connected in
symbolism with the sun gods of Death and Resurrection, it has found
its appropriate place in the four Gospels in the prophecy about Peter
repudiating his Master before the Cock crowed thrice. The Cock is the
most magnetic and sensitive of all birds, hence its Greek name
"alectruon". In the Zoroastrian Avesta, the Cock is called
Parodarsh "he who foresees" the coming dawn, and is also
termed the drum of the worlds, for he crows in the dawn that dazzles
away the fiends of the Avesta: thus he shares with the dawn the honor
of the victory.
PROPER:
In
heraldry the term proper describes a charge represented in its
natural color.
CROSS
AS IN THE ARMS: Described above
MEANING:
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Adaim ‘son of Adam’. In
Ireland, it has also been adopted as a surname by bearers of the
names McCadden (in County Armagh) and McCaw (in County Cavan), as
well as by bearers of a number of unrelated names including Barry (a
Norman family in County Cork).
Next week we will showcase the coat-of-arms of 'Corley'.
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