Louis Hypolite (Hippolyte) La Fontaine

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Montréal, Canada East
Registration of Arms
December 20, 2013
Vol. VI, p. 289

Arms of Louis Hypolite (Hippolyte) La Fontaine
Arms of Louis Hypolite (Hippolyte) La Fontaine
 
Arms of Louis Hypolite (Hippolyte) La Fontaine

Arms of Louis Hypolite (Hippolyte) La Fontaine

Blazon

Azure a fess Argent charged with an open book surmounting a sword bendwise proper between two maple leaves Vert, all between in chief a cubit arm fesswise proper vested cuffed and holding a pair of scales Argent and in base a beaver couchant proper on a mount Vert;

Symbolism

Not available.

Crest

Blazon

Upon a rock a stone fountain proper;

Symbolism

Not available.

Motto

Blazon

FONS ET ORIGO;

Symbolism

This Latin phrase means “The source and the origin”.

 

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on October 25, 2014 in Volume 148, page 2732 of the Canada Gazette.

Letters patent registering the heraldic emblems of Louis Hypolite (Hippolyte) La Fontaine

Additional Information

Creator(s)

Not available.

Painter

Artist of the College of Arms, London / Artiste du Collège d’armes, Londres

Calligrapher

Not applicable

Recipient Type

Individual

Other Information

The recipient's emblems were originally recorded at the College of Arms, London, England, 4 November 1854.