We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Bianchi:
1) The origin of the family name Bianchi.
2) The meaning of the family name Bianchi.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Bianchi.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Bianchi.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
It is known that the Bianchi have or have been established, among other places, in:
* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).
* Italy.
* Genoa (Italy).
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Bianchi:
* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility
* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.
* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.
* Dizionario storico-blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti, by Gofredo di Crollalanza.
* Le Famiglie Nobili Genovesi, by Angelo Scorza.
* Enciclopedia Storico-Nobiliare Italiana by Vittorio Spreti.
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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Bianchi are collected in the Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap, this work is the greatest work of heraldry ever written and drawn, with more than 100,000 family names from around the world (English, Scotish, Welsh, Spanish, French, Italians, Poles, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.), among which is the name Bianchi, arranged alphabetically, and DRAWN, including a heraldic handbook with drawings, a complete glossary of terms, a supplement and an appendix. Complete description the coat of arms Bianchi, and origin for the family name Bianchi, nobiliary titles of the family name Bianchi and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Bianchi appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.
The family crest and coat of arms of Bianchi appears in Rietstap Armorial General that is a multi-volume work on the coats-of-arms of the world; it is both monumental and without equal, and is the most exhaustive undertaking of its kind. The Armorial General is the most authoritative work on the coats-of-arms in the world. The descriptions of the arms cover those of more than 100,000 families, included Bianchi alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Bianchi, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Bianchi, and the date his title was conferred. The basic text was established with the publication of the second edition, corrected and enlarged, of 1884-1887. This most important reference work contains the shields of thousands of Coats of Arms covering the whole world, arranged alphabetically under surnames, as Bianchi.The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Bianchi appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Bianchi. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Bianchi.
That the last name Bianchi is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Bianchi are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Bianchi, to know the fights of nobility of the Bianchi, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Bianchi, honorary offices or public offices of the Bianchi.
One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.
Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:
1) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.
2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.
3) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.
Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:
* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.
* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.
* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.
* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.
* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.
* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.
* LEBREL: The Lebrels denote Burning and Courage in undertaking dangers, with such decision, that they need to contain their effort. The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.
* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.
* The family name Bianchi appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/
Heraldry for family name Bianchi as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Bianchi
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