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FAMILY MOXO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Moxo.

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

History and meaning for Moxo.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Moxo:

1) The origin of the family name Moxo.

2) The meaning of the family name Moxo.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Moxo.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Moxo.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Moxo has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Catalonia (Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Moxo, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Moxo corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Moxo of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

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

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

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Moxo 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 Moxo. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Moxo.

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

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:

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

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

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter M index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Moxiga | Go to name Moxo | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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