FAMILY BIRNBAUM (ZUM): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Birnbaum (zum)

Coat of arms and family crest of Birnbaum (zum).

Genealogy of family Birnbaum (zum), origin of Birnbaum (zum), provenance of the family name Birnbaum (zum).

History and meaning for Birnbaum (zum).

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Birnbaum (zum).

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Birnbaum (zum).

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Birnbaum (zum):

1) The origin of the family name Birnbaum (zum).

2) The meaning of the family name Birnbaum (zum).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Birnbaum (zum).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Birnbaum (zum).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Birnbaum (zum):

* 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 Birnbaum (zum) 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 Birnbaum (zum), 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 Birnbaum (zum), and origin for the family name Birnbaum (zum), nobiliary titles of the family name Birnbaum (zum) and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Birnbaum (zum) appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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

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

3) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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

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

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* The family name Birnbaum (zum) 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/

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