FAMILY ELVERFELDT: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Elverfeldt

Coat of arms and family crest of Elverfeldt.

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

History and meaning for Elverfeldt.

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

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

The surname Elverfeldt is probably of JEWISH origin, as surnames that contain the particle FELD, which means FIELD in German, are usually so.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Elverfeldt:

1) The origin of the family name Elverfeldt.

2) The meaning of the family name Elverfeldt.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Elverfeldt.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Elverfeldt.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

3) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* 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.

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

* CHEVRON: The Chevron symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* The family name Elverfeldt 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/

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter E index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Elverdin | Go to name Elverinck | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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