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FAMILY ORNOA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Ornoa.

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

History and meaning for Ornoa.

We know that the family name Ornoa has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Ornoa:

1) The origin of the family name Ornoa.

2) The meaning of the family name Ornoa.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Ornoa.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Ornoa.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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:

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* WOLF: The Wolf is 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.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

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

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