If your surname is Hanna, maybe what you meant is 'per ardua ad alta'? Here is some information, which I hope you find useful. One way of translating the above would be ' through difficulties to the heights'.

HTH

Sheila


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... ( The name PerArdua is derived from the Hanna clan motto "Per Ardua Ad Alta"
which roughly translates to "Through difficulties to the heights". ).
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The Clan Tartan, Standard, Crest and Motto

The attractive Hanna Tartan was revived by John Hannay from a piece found in a chest in Australia. It was formally registered by the Lord Lyon in 1984. The material is available for purchase from the Hanna Clan Society.

A standard bearing the clan arms was approved by the Lord Lyon and was unfurled at Sorbie in 1985.

The Hanna crest is of crusade origin. A Hannay served with Richard the Lionheart and was knighted during the Second Crusade.

The Hanna motto is "Per ardua ad Alta".


The earliest known possessors of Sorbie were the powerful Anglo-Norman family the Viponts, Lords of Westmoreland, who received the Lands and Manor of Sorbie in 1185. Exactly when and how the Hannays, or Ahannas, as the name was formerly spelt, succeeded the Viponts is a matter of conjecture as the records of the 13th Century are very sparse. But the similarity of mottoes, Viponts-"per Aspera ad Alta", Ahannas-"Per ardua ad Alta" suggest that succession could have been a peaceable one as by marriage.