FAMILY COTRINAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Cotrinas

Coat of arms and family crest of Cotrinas.

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

History and meaning for Cotrinas.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Cotrinas:

1) The origin of the family name Cotrinas.

2) The meaning of the family name Cotrinas.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Cotrinas.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Cotrinas.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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) 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:

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

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

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

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* 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.

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

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