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FAMILY PERCAVAL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Percaval.

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

History and meaning for Percaval.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Percaval 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 Percaval.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Percaval:

1) The origin of the family name Percaval.

2) The meaning of the family name Percaval.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Percaval.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Percaval.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Percaval:

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Percaval.
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Coat of arms for Percaval and the history and origin for the family name Percaval in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

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Coat of arms for the name Percaval in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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

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

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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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:

* 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.

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

* 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.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

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

* 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.

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

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter P index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Percatxo | Go to name Percaz | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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