 | The coat of arms of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, officially the Arms of Her Majesty in Right of the Province of Nova Scotia, is the oldest provincial achievement of arms in Canada, and the oldest British coat of arms outside Great Britain. It was granted in 1625 by King Charles I for the first British colony on the Canadian mainland. The arms were also borne by the Baronets of Nova Scotia, a chivalric order. Coat of arms of Nova Scotia Source: Government of Nova Scotia, fair use. ...
A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...
Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant Governor Myra A. Freeman Premier John Hamm (PC) Area {{{TotalArea}}} km² (12th) - Land 53,338 km² - Water 1,946 km² (3. ...
Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. ...
Charles I (19 November 1600–30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625, until his death. ...
British colonization of the Americas began in the late 16th century. ...
They fell out of use when Nova Scotia joined the Confederation in 1867, but were restored in 1929 (see below). Canadian Confederation, or the Confederation of Canada, was the process that ultimately brought together a union among the provinces, colonies and territories of British North America to form the Dominion of Canada, a Dominion of the British Empire, which today is a federal nation state simply known as Canada. ...
1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Description
The shield, a blue saltire on a white field, is a simple reversal of the Scottish flag (a white saltire, Saint Andrew's cross, on a blue field). It is also charged with an inescutcheon bearing the royal arms of Scotland, a gold shield with a red rampant lion in a double border decorated with fleurs de lis. The arms of St Albans: a gold saltire on a blue field A saltire is an X-shaped figure in heraldry. ...
The flag of Scotland, with a traditionally coloured field (roughly Pantone300). ...
Saint Andrew (Greek: Andreas, manly), called in the Orthodox tradition Protocletos, or the First-called, is the Christian Apostle, brother of Saint Peter. ...
A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars intersecting each other at a 90° angle, dividing one or two of the lines in half. ...
Fleurs-de-lys on the flag of Québec Fleurs-de-lys on the tape de bouche of the Jeanne dArc. ...
The crest is two hands, one naked and the other clad in armor, holding a thistle, the emblem of Scotland, and laurel. In heraldry, a crest is a component of a coat of arms. ...
Alternative meanings: vehicle armour, Armor (novel) A hoplite wearing a helmet, a breastplate and greaves (and nothing else). ...
Species See text Thistles are perennial flowering plants of the genus Cirsium. ...
Some trees and shrubs in the laurel family Lauraceae are called Laurel: Bay laurel Laurus nobilis, the original true laurel that is the source of bay leaves used as a seasoning. ...
The crest is referred to in the motto, placed above the shield in a Scottish tradition, which reads Munit haec et altera vincit (One [hand] defends and the other conquers). A motto is a phrase or collection of words intended to describe the motivation or intention of a sociological grouping or organization. ...
The supporters are the unicorn from the royal arms of Scotland which is now borne by the British monarchy, and a member of the Mi'kmaq First Nation indigenous to Nova Scotia, who in the heraldic language of the 17th century was blazoned a "savage." The gentle and pensive virgin has the power to tame the unicorn, in this fresco in Palazzo Farnese, Rome, probably by Domenichino, ca 1602 The unicorn is a legendary creature shaped like a horse, but slender and with a single — usually spiral — horn growing out of its forehead. ...
This article describes the British monarchy from the perspective the United Kingdom. ...
The Mikmaq (also Míkmaq, Micmac, Migmaw; in Quebec, Migmaq) are a Canadian First Nations people indigenous to northeastern New England, Canadas Maritimes, and the Gaspé Peninsula of the province of Quebec. ...
First Nations is the current title used by Canada to describe the various societies of the indigenous peoples, called Native Americans in the U.S. They have also been known as Indians, Native Canadians, Aboriginal Americans, Amer-Indians, or Aboriginals, and are officially called Indians in the Indian Act, which...
The compartment includes thistles as well as the trailing arbutus or mayflower, the floral emblem of Nova Scotia, added when the arms were reassumed in 1929. Species Epigaea asiatica Epigaea repens Epigaea is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the Ericaceae. ...
Former coat of arms
Former Nova Scotia coat of arms | The old arms having been forgotten by Confederation in 1867, a new coat of arms was prepared. This had a salmon on a blue band between three thistles, on a gold field. When the old coat of arms was rediscovered, pressure to restore it grew, and it was reassumed in 1929, with the newer coat being abandoned. Former Coat of Arms of Nova Scotia (from a monument to Wilfrid Laurier in Montreal). ...
The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow up to 58 long and 126 pounds. ...
The 1867-1929 shield may be blazoned Or, on a fess wavy azure a salmon between three thistles slipped and leaved proper.
Blazon The current coat is blazoned as follows: Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings. ...
- Argent a cross of St. Andrew Azure charged with an escutcheon of the Royal Arms of Scotland.
(Note: The Royal Arms of Scotland are, in turn, blazoned Or a lion rampant within a double tressure fleury-counter-fleury gules.) - The crest: On a wreath of the colours, a branch of laurel and a thistle issuing from two hands conjoined the one being armed and the other naked all proper.
- The supporters: On the dexter an Unicorn Argent armed crined and unguled Or, and gorged with a Coronet composed of crosses patee and fleurs-de-lis, a chain affixed thereto passing through the forelegs and reflexed over the back Gold. And on the sinister a Savage holding in the exterior hand an arrow.
- The motto: Munit haec et altera vincit.
See also Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant Governor Myra A. Freeman Premier John Hamm (PC) Area {{{TotalArea}}} km² (12th) - Land 53,338 km² - Water 1,946 km² (3. ...
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Here is a list of the symbols of Canadian provinces and territories. ...
Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings. ...
External links - Coat of Arms (Armorial Achievement) - Government of Nova Scotia
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