FAMILY ESCOVAR: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Escovar

Coat of arms and family crest of Escovar.

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

History and meaning for Escovar.

Escovar is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Escovar an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Escovar:

1) The origin of the family name Escovar.

2) The meaning of the family name Escovar.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Escovar.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Escovar.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Portugal.

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

* Armorial Lusitano, by Antonio Sergio.

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The history and heraldry of the family name Escovar appears in the "Armorial Lusitano" by Antonio Sergio, so that, the Escovar are either of Portuguese origin or with branches in Portugal. We must bear in mind that the Portuguese nobles are linked to the Castilian-Leonese and Galician nobility, in addition to Portugal was once united to Spain, what to keep in mind for the study of the family name Escovar.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Escovar 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 Escovar and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Escovar have some different spelling.

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

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

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

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

* WOLF: The Wolf is 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.

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

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* 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 Escovar 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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