FAMILY BOXDORF: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Boxdorf

Coat of arms and family crest of Boxdorf.

Genealogy of family Boxdorf, origin of Boxdorf, provenance of the family name Boxdorf.

History and meaning for Boxdorf.

Boxdorf is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Boxdorf an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Boxdorf:

1) The origin of the family name Boxdorf.

2) The meaning of the family name Boxdorf.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Boxdorf.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Boxdorf.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Boxdorf:

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Boxdorf 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 Boxdorf, 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 Boxdorf, and origin for the family name Boxdorf, nobiliary titles of the family name Boxdorf and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Boxdorf appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Boxdorf 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 Boxdorf alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Boxdorf, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Boxdorf, 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 Boxdorf.

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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

3) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* The family name Boxdorf 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 Boxdorf as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Boxdorf

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Boxdorf:

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