FAMILY SILVESTER: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Silvester

Coat of arms and family crest of Silvester.

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

History and meaning for Silvester.

Silvester 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 Silvester 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 Silvester:

1) The origin of the family name Silvester.

2) The meaning of the family name Silvester.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Silvester.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Silvester.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

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

* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms.

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The family Silvester appears in the "General The Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales" written by Sir Bernard Burke appeared for the first time in the year 1842. This book contains about 60,000 names as Silvester and are the most comprehensive Collection of Arms, including the Bearings Armorial of Noblemen and Gentlemen of the British Empire, and diverse coats that were seen in churches, familiar mansions, tombs, etc. This book is very valued by who investigate on its ancestors and want to conserve their memory, by means of the history of its well-known actions and the representation of its symbols. Therefore, the name Silvester is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.

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) 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:

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* 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.

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

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

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

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

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

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