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FAMILY CAPTAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Captan.

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

History and meaning for Captan.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Captan:

1) The origin of the family name Captan.

2) The meaning of the family name Captan.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Captan.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Captan.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Captan:

Name Captan

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Captan. Very cheap.

burnt parchment for Captan name

Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Captan.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

coat of arms sticker for Captan

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

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

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

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

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

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

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

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

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

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* 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.

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

Related Words: Captan family crest | Origin of the name Captan | Genealogy of the family Captan | Heraldry of the name Captan | Coat of arms of Captan | Genealogy of the Captan | Origin of the Captan | Meaning of the name Captan.

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

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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 Captal de st. jory labloux | Go to name Capua | 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