{"id":4705,"date":"2024-11-26T18:28:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T17:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gassin.eu\/?p=4705"},"modified":"2024-11-26T18:28:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T17:28:11","slug":"from-azure-to-a-castled-keep-the-coat-of-arms-of-gassin-a-medieval-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gassin.eu\/en\/from-azure-to-a-castled-keep-the-coat-of-arms-of-gassin-a-medieval-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"“From Azure to a Castled Keep\u2026” – The Coat of Arms of Gassin: A Medieval Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Coat of Arms of Gassin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The town hall of Gassin proudly displays its coat of arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Logo-coat of arms of the town hall of Gassin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Its origins lie in the distant past of the village, during the medieval era, when Gassin was under the co-lordship and principal lordship of the Castellane family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Louis de Bresc, Armorial des communes de Provence, ou Dictionnaire g\u00e9ographique et h\u00e9raldique des villes et villages des Bouches-du-Rh\u00f4ne, du Var, des Basses-Alpes, de Vaucluse et des Alpes-Maritimes, Paris, Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1866<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The community of Gassin adopted the lord\u2019s arms, modifying them by incorporating its own colors, yellow and blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Armorial g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de France, dress\u00e9, en vertu de l’\u00e9dit de 1696, par Charles d’Hozier, Provence, I, (source : Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France<\/a>).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The coat of arms is described as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00ab d\u2019azur \u00e0 un ch\u00e2teau donjonn\u00e9 de trois tours d\u2019argent, ma\u00e7onn\u00e9 de sable \u00bb
(“Azure, a castle with three towers argent, masoned sable.”<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The community of Gassin, later the commune, also adopted the motto of the Castellane family, one of the oldest in Provence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00ab May d\u2019honour que d\u2019honours \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This translates into english as: “Better honor than honors.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporters and Embellishments<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The historical coat of arms of the commune does not have supporters. Occasionally, the supporters of the Castellane family\u2014two wild men\u2014are mistakenly used. Laurel branches are used to decorate the coat of arms of the town hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A crown also adorns the communal coat of arms, echoing the municipal crown created by L. de Bresc to replace the comital crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personal Coats of Arms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some residents had their own coats of arms. This includes several members of the Germondy family, which included royal notaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blason de Jean Germondy, notaire de Gassin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coat of arms of Fran\u00e7ois Roux, bourgeois of Gassin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coat of arms of Michel Tornel, merchant of Gassin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coat of arms of Louis Germondy, bourgeois of Gassin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coat of arms of Nicolas Gras, bourgeois of Gassin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coat of arms of Honor\u00e9 Germondy de Pierre, bourgeois of Gassin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Coat of arms of Pierre Germondy, bourgeois of Gassin (erroneously labeled “Grassin”)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Coat of arms of the Castellane family<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u00ab Recueil d’extraits de Tiltres scellez, pour servir \u00e0 l’Armorial de l’ancienne noblesse, aux g\u00e9n\u00e9alogies et \u00e0 l’histoire<\/a> \u00bb, biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France, I, pages 1 \u00e0 45 : Armorial de Provence.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Armoriaux de Provence et de Danemark<\/a>, XVIIe si\u00e8cle, 41 feuillets.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Interpretations…<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Throughout history, different visual representations have been used to depict the coat of arms of Gassin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The former coat of arms used by the commune of Gassin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The coat of arms featured on the Armoirial de France<\/a> website.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The coat of arms reinterpreted by Celbusro<\/a> for Wikip\u00e9dia<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The coat of arms previously used on envelopes by the Gassin town hall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A naive interpretation of Gassin’s coat of arms by the native of Cotignac Gabriel Henri Blanc<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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