On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Saplana.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Saplana.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Saplana:
1) The origin of the family name Saplana.
2) The meaning of the family name Saplana.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Saplana.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Saplana.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Saplana 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 Saplana:
* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* 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 Saplana, 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 Saplana corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Saplana of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.
The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Saplana 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 Saplana. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Saplana.
The history and heraldry of the family name Saplana appears in the work "Solar catalan, valenciano y balear", by brothers Garcia Carraffa, so the persons with this family name are of Catalan origin or from other places and settled in Catalonia (Spain). The history and heraldry of the family name Saplana appears in this work relative only to Catalonia, valencia or Balearic Islands.
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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.
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:
* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.
* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.
* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.
* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.
* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.
* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.
* 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.
* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.
* The family name Saplana 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 Saplana as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Saplana
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