FAMILY CARPEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Carpen

Coat of arms and family crest of Carpen.

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

History and meaning for Carpen.

Carpen 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 Carpen 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 Carpen:

1) The origin of the family name Carpen.

2) The meaning of the family name Carpen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Carpen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Carpen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Carpen:

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

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

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

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:

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

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* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

* 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.

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Carpen:

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Carpelan | Go to name Carpena | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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