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FAMILY CORVINOS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Corvinos.

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

History and meaning for Corvinos.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Corvinos:

1) The origin of the family name Corvinos.

2) The meaning of the family name Corvinos.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Corvinos.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Corvinos.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

It is known that the Corvinos have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Corvinos has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Corvinos and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Corvinos have some different spelling.

Julio de Atienza, in his book "Nobiliario Espanol", collects the heraldry and history of the family name Corvinos. This work is of great importance for the heraldry because it collects the history, evidence of nobility and nobility of surnames and lineages among which is the family name Corvinos. The name Corvinos also appears in the "Heraldic and Noble Dictionary of the Kingdoms of Spain" by Fernando Gonzalez Doria, although he presents less data on the name Corvinos than the "Nobiliario Espanol".

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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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.

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

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* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* 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.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

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

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