FAMILY BALLESCA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Ballesca

Coat of arms and family crest of Ballesca.

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

History and meaning for Ballesca.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Ballesca:

1) The origin of the family name Ballesca.

2) The meaning of the family name Ballesca.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Ballesca.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Ballesca.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Extension of Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica by Endika de Mogrobejo.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Ballesca appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Ballesca. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Ballesca.

It may be helpful for those with the name Ballesca to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Ballesca It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Ballesca can have graphic variants.

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) 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:

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

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

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

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* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

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

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