On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Carramain.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Carramain.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Carramain:
1) The origin of the family name Carramain.
2) The meaning of the family name Carramain.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Carramain.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Carramain.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Carramain:
* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.
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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Carramain:
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Coat of arms for Carramain and the history and origin for the family name Carramain in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.
The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Carramain 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 Carramain. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Carramain.
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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.
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:
* 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.
* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.
* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.
* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.
* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.
* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.
* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.
* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.
* The family name Carramain 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 Carramain as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Carramain
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