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FAMILY COSTOLDO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Costoldo.

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

History and meaning for Costoldo.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Costoldo:

1) The origin of the family name Costoldo.

2) The meaning of the family name Costoldo.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Costoldo.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Costoldo.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Italy.

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

* Dizionario storico-blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti, by Gofredo di Crollalanza.

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The family name Costoldo appears in the "Dizionario storico-blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti", by Gofredo di Crollalanza, which collects the stories and coats of more than 18,000 Italian and other surnames, but rooted in Italy, among them, the history, heraldry and shield or shields of the surname Costoldo. This book is the result of long and patient searches for almost three decades, which almost represents the life of the author; It is based on the heraldic, genealogical, chivalric and nobiliary science that the author has acquired with the foundation of the Italian Heraldic Academy and the publication of the newspaper "Giornale araldico-genealogical". Surnames, such as Costoldo, are recorded in alphabetical order. The work also includes weapons, heraldry and history of the surname Costoldo, which includes historical data of the family with its location, its titles, etc.

It may be helpful for those with the name Costoldo 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 Costoldo 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 Costoldo 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) 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:

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

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

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

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

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

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

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

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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 Costo | Go to name Costomer | 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