FAMILY HAMMER-PURGSTALL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Hammer-purgstall

Coat of arms and family crest of Hammer-purgstall.

Genealogy of family Hammer-purgstall, origin of Hammer-purgstall, provenance of the family name Hammer-purgstall.

History and meaning for Hammer-purgstall.

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

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Hammer-purgstall.

The family name Hammer-purgstall is a COMPOSITE surname of the surname Hammer, which appears first, and purgstall.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Hammer-purgstall:

1) The origin of the family name Hammer-purgstall.

2) The meaning of the family name Hammer-purgstall.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Hammer-purgstall.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Hammer-purgstall.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Hammer-purgstall:

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

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

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

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

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

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

* 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.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

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

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* The family name Hammer-purgstall 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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