FAMILY BELLAFILLA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Bellafilla

Coat of arms and family crest of Bellafilla.

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

History and meaning for Bellafilla.

We know that the family name Bellafilla has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

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 Bellafilla:

1) The origin of the family name Bellafilla.

2) The meaning of the family name Bellafilla.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Bellafilla.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Bellafilla.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Bellafilla has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Catalonia (Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Bellafilla, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Bellafilla corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Bellafilla of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

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

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

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Bellafilla 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 Bellafilla. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Bellafilla.

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

2) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

3) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

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

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

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