FAMILY BERCIANO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Berciano

Coat of arms and family crest of Berciano.

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

History and meaning for Berciano.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Berciano.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Berciano.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Berciano:

1) The origin of the family name Berciano.

2) The meaning of the family name Berciano.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Berciano.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Berciano.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Berciano have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Berciano 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 Berciano. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Berciano.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Berciano has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Berciano and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Berciano have some different spelling.

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

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

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

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

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

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are 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.

* The family name Berciano 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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