FAMILY GALLERY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Gallery

Coat of arms and family crest of Gallery.

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

History and meaning for Gallery.

We know that the family name Gallery has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gallery:

1) The origin of the family name Gallery.

2) The meaning of the family name Gallery.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gallery.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gallery.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Gallery:

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

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

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

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

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

* HOLM: The Holm Oak is a symbol of Strong and Constant Spirit in heroic actions and courageous undertakings.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter G index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Galleros | Go to name Galles | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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