FAMILY MOLLENDORFF: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Mollendorff

Coat of arms and family crest of Mollendorff.

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

History and meaning for Mollendorff.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Mollendorff:

1) The origin of the family name Mollendorff.

2) The meaning of the family name Mollendorff.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Mollendorff.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Mollendorff.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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

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:

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter M index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Mollendorf | Go to name Mollendorff | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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