FAMILY MOTAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Motas

Coat of arms and family crest of Motas.

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

History and meaning for Motas.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Motas 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 Motas.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Motas:

1) The origin of the family name Motas.

2) The meaning of the family name Motas.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Motas.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Motas.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Motas have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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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 Motas:

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According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Motas has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Motas and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Motas have some different spelling.

It may be helpful for those with the name Motas 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 Motas 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 Motas 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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.

* 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.

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

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