FAMILY VERKEST: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Verkest

Coat of arms and family crest of Verkest.

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

History and meaning for Verkest.

Verkest is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Verkest an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Verkest:

1) The origin of the family name Verkest.

2) The meaning of the family name Verkest.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Verkest.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Verkest.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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

3) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

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

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