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FAMILY COLAYS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Colays.

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

History and meaning for Colays.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Colays.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Colays.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Colays:

1) The origin of the family name Colays.

2) The meaning of the family name Colays.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Colays.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Colays.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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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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 Colays:

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Colays.
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Coat of arms for Colays and the history and origin for the family name Colays in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

coat of arms sticker for Colays

Coat of arms for the name Colays in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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

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

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) 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:

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Colay | Go to name Colays | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests