On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Quinas.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Quinas.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Quinas:
1) The origin of the family name Quinas.
2) The meaning of the family name Quinas.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Quinas.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Quinas.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Quinas:
* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.
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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 Quinas:
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Coat of arms for Quinas and the history and origin for the family name Quinas in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.
The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Quinas 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 Quinas. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Quinas.
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) 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:
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* 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.
* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.
* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.
* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.
* 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.
* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.
* HOLM: The Holm Oak is a symbol of Strong and Constant Spirit in heroic actions and courageous undertakings.
* The family name Quinas 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 Quinas as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Quinas
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