FAMILY CAMASA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Camasa

Coat of arms and family crest of Camasa.

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

History and meaning for Camasa.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Camasa have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Camasa.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Camasa:

1) The origin of the family name Camasa.

2) The meaning of the family name Camasa.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Camasa.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Camasa.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Camasa 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 Camasa 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 Camasa 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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:

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* RAVEN: The Raven is a symbol of the Bold and Courageous Spirit that risks itself in defense of its benefactors.

* 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.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

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

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