FAMILY GIGNILLAT: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Gignillat

Coat of arms and family crest of Gignillat.

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

History and meaning for Gignillat.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gignillat:

1) The origin of the family name Gignillat.

2) The meaning of the family name Gignillat.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gignillat.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gignillat.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Gignillat 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 Gignillat 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 Gignillat 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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

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

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

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* 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.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

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

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* TURTLE: The Turtle is one of the most noble figures, being a symbol of the Knight who retires late from combat, facing his enemy until the last moment, trusting in his own strength.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

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

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

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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 Gignil | Go to name Gignod | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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