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FAMILY HULF: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Hulf.

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

History and meaning for Hulf.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Hulf have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Hulf.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Hulf:

1) The origin of the family name Hulf.

2) The meaning of the family name Hulf.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Hulf.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Hulf.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Hulf:

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

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

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) 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:

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* 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.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

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

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter H index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Huleys | Go to name Hulff de neunstetten | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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