FAMILY CALAMA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Calama

Coat of arms and family crest of Calama.

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

History and meaning for Calama.

Calama 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 Calama 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 Calama:

1) The origin of the family name Calama.

2) The meaning of the family name Calama.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Calama.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Calama.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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The family name Calama appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Calama has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Calama arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Calama are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Calama are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Calama have made some test of nobility or knightage.

It may be helpful for those with the name Calama to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Calama It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Calama can have graphic variants.

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

2) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

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

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

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

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* HEART: The Heart is a symbol of Vigilant Vassal. In its fiery color, it demonstrates Warmth of mind and loving expression of Affection.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

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

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