FAMILY CALF: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Calf

Coat of arms and family crest of Calf.

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

History and meaning for Calf.

Calf is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Calf an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Calf:

1) The origin of the family name Calf.

2) The meaning of the family name Calf.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Calf.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Calf.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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:

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* 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.

* 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.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Calezo | Go to name Calf de noidans | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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