FAMILY MENDOÇA-CORTINA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Mendoça-cortina

Coat of arms and family crest of Mendoça-cortina.

Genealogy of family Mendoça-cortina, origin of Mendoça-cortina, provenance of the family name Mendoça-cortina.

History and meaning for Mendoça-cortina.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Mendoça-cortina 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 Mendoça-cortina.

The family name Mendoça-cortina is a COMPOSITE surname of the surname Mendoça, which appears first, and cortina.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Mendoça-cortina:

1) The origin of the family name Mendoça-cortina.

2) The meaning of the family name Mendoça-cortina.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Mendoça-cortina.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Mendoça-cortina.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Mendoça-cortina:

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

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

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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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:

* 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.

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* 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.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* The family name Mendoça-cortina 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/

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