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Mono, Ontario
Grant of Arms and Badge
January 15, 2019
Vol. VII, p. 141
Arms of Nathan Danyel HydeBlazonAzure a cross couped Ermine ensigned at each limb by a mural coronet Or; SymbolismThe cross is indicative of Mr. Hyde’s faith and the importance it plays in his life. The fur of the cross relates to the hide in the crest. The mural coronets are symbolic of Mr. Hyde’s long service in municipal governments. |
CrestBlazonA sea-horse Ermine queued Azure maned, finned and with a tanned hide Or draped over its sinister leg; SymbolismThe hide is a canting reference to Mr. Hyde’s surname. The upper portion of the sea-horse is representative of Mr. Hyde’s membership in the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple (an association of barristers in the United Kingdom) of which the Pegasus is the emblem; the lower half is both a reference to his passion for sea-going pursuits and to his mother’s maiden name of Fisher. |
MottoBlazonMAGNA DIFFICULTAS • MAJOR GLORIA; SymbolismThis Latin phrase, meaning “Great difficulty, greater glory,” is a paraphrase of the saying “The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory” by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Cic. Off. 1.64). |
Badge of Nathan Danyel HydeBlazonA horse’s head affronty proper jessant of a fasces Azure of two blades addorsed Or; SymbolismThe horse refers to Mr. Hyde’s birth in the Chinese year of the horse. The Roman fasces allude to Mr. Hyde’s training as a lawyer. They were also a symbol of civil authority in ancient Rome, and thus symbolizes Mr. Hyde’s work in municipal government. |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on March 23, 2019 in Volume 153, page 1082 of the Canada Gazette.    |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of Darrel Kennedy, Assiniboine Herald, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority. PainterPalina Klimava CalligrapherYolande Lessard Recipient TypeIndividual |