FAMILY TURNFORT: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Turnfort

Coat of arms and family crest of Turnfort.

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

History and meaning for Turnfort.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Turnfort have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Turnfort.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Turnfort:

1) The origin of the family name Turnfort.

2) The meaning of the family name Turnfort.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Turnfort.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Turnfort.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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

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

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* 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.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

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

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

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