On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Billaba.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Billaba.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Billaba:
1) The origin of the family name Billaba.
2) The meaning of the family name Billaba.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Billaba.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Billaba.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Billaba:
* Extension of Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica by Endika de Mogrobejo.
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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Billaba:
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Coat of arms for Billaba and the history and origin for the family name Billaba in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.
The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Billaba 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 Billaba. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Billaba.
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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.
2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.
3) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.
Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:
* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.
* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.
* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.
* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.
* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.
* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.
* 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.
* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.
* The family name Billaba 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 Billaba as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Billaba
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