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FAMILY GASSAL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Gassal.

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

History and meaning for Gassal.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gassal:

1) The origin of the family name Gassal.

2) The meaning of the family name Gassal.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gassal.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gassal.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Gassal 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 Gassal. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Gassal.

It may be helpful for those with the name Gassal 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 Gassal 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 Gassal 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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

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:

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

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

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

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

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

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