FAMILY JOFRA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Jofra

Coat of arms and family crest of Jofra.

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

History and meaning for Jofra.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Jofra:

1) The origin of the family name Jofra.

2) The meaning of the family name Jofra.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Jofra.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Jofra.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Jofra 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 Jofra 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 Jofra 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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:

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* 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.

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* The family name Jofra 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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