FAMILY MELAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Melan

Coat of arms and family crest of Melan.

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

History and meaning for Melan.

We know that the family name Melan has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Melan:

1) The origin of the family name Melan.

2) The meaning of the family name Melan.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Melan.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Melan.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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:

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

* 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.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* 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.

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* 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.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

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

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

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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 Melaglin | Go to name Melander | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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