{"id":419,"date":"2025-12-07T16:14:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp268347.wpdns.ca\/?page_id=419"},"modified":"2026-09-03T14:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:25:04","slug":"blason","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/blason","title":{"rendered":"Coat of Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"419\" class=\"elementor elementor-419\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50a80ba e-flex e-con-boxed jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"50a80ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0560555 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0560555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coat of Arms<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-295fecc e-grid e-con-full jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"295fecc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a4d061 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a4d061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Blason-png-scaled-90x139.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-469\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Blason-png-scaled-662x1024.png 662w, https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Blason-png-scaled-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Blason-png-scaled-768x1189.png 768w, https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Blason-png-scaled-992x1536.png 992w, https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Blason-png-scaled-1323x2048.png 1323w, https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Blason-png-scaled-8x12.png 8w, https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Blason-png-scaled-90x139.png 90w, https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Blason-png-scaled.png 1654w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cdda26 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cdda26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"WRchTxts-10qu\" class=\"Z_l5lU MMl86N zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx WRchTxts-10qu wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Significance of the Messier Coat of Arms<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">The shield, in the French Modern style, is comprised of three sections which are listed as follows :<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The chef : the top part;<\/p><p>The contre chef : under the chef;<\/p><p>The abime : the lower section, third part;<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">The chef, top section : in azure blue for point of honour; golden rays of sun symbolizing the Messier\u2019 ardour and tenacity in bringing in the harvest. <\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">The second section, the contre chef : white and green mountains symbolizing the two seasons \u2013 summer and winter \u2013 as well as the beautiful hills of the Richelieu Valley. <\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">The lower, third section : in red, the colour of courage and of blood shed by the first settlers of New France. The lines, plow furrows symbolizing the land under cultivaton.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">To the \u201cdestre\u201d are two golden leopards \u2013 climbing, watchful \u2013 the emblem found on the Normandy coat-of-arms, the ancestral home of the Messier. <\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">To the \u201csenestre\u201d, the \u201cfleur de lys\u201d, emblem of the Kings of France.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">In the centre of the lower section, in gold, three wheat stalks symbolizing Jacques, Michel and Martine who, by their courage, contributed to the expansion of the colony. <\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">The contour of the shield is in gold and sable black. <\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Under the shield is the band, in gold, bearing the inscription \u201cMessier\u201d.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59f6097 e-grid e-con-full jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"59f6097\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df337ae jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df337ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"Cntnr8-18o1inlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"Cntnr8-18o1inlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"WRchTxt7-4q1\" class=\"Z_l5lU MMl86N zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx WRchTxt7-4q1 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><strong><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Heraldic terms:<\/span> :<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The chef : the top part;<\/p><p>The contre chef : under the chef;<\/p><p>The Abime : the lower section;<\/p><p>Dextre : the right side from the perspective of the one wearing the shield;<\/p><p>Senestre : the left side from the perspective of the one wearing the shield;<\/p><p>Hachures : vertical bars repr\u00e9senting the trace on the ground;<\/p><p>Listel : banderole under shield with the family name.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Colors of the tinctures:<\/strong><\/span> :<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Azur .... blue;<\/p><p>Gueule ..... red;<\/p><p>Sinople ..... green;<\/p><p>Sable ..... sand;<\/p><p>Golden ..... gold;<\/p><p>White ..... silver.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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de trois parties que l\u2019on d\u00e9signe sous les noms suivants : \u00a0 En chef : partie du 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