(last updated on 6 January 2003)
NIVISON
Armorial bearings DO NOT belong to all persons of a given surname and may rightfully be borne ONLY by the descendants of the individual to whom they were first granted or allowed, according to the Laws of Arms in the country of origin.
There are __ entries for the above surname in Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 2, pg. ____;
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...PIMBLEY'S DICTIONARY OF HERALDRY
...A GLOSSARY OF TERMS
USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER
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...John Nivison 1298
REMARKS:..Aansoek/Application. GK/GN 1715: SK/GG 8337, 1982-08-13...Registrasie/Registration. GK/GN 2509: SK/GG 8447, 1982-11-19...Wapenbrief uitgereik/Certificate issued: 1983-03-23 (English)...REFERENCE 1298 - H4/3/4/182.
SUMMARY WAPEN:..Kepersgewys verdeel van rooi en goud, in die skildhoof twee goue arende met uitgespreide vleuels en in die skildvoet 'n aansiende swart hertkop.
HELMTEKEN:..Op die kantele van 'n swart toring, 'n rooi, gaande wolf met goue halsband en tou wat oor die rug gebuig is.
WRONG EN DEKKLEDE:..Goud en rooi.
WAPENSPREUK:..UT COGITAS, ES.
ARMS:..Per chevron Gules and Or, in chief two eagles displayed, also Or, and in base a stag's head coboshed, Sable.
CREST:..Upon the battlements of a tower Sable a wolf passant Gules, gorged with a collar and with line flexed over the back, Or.
WREATH AND MANTLING:..Or and Gules.
MOTTO:..UT COGITAS, ES.
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