FAMILY TRAPP: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Trapp

Coat of arms and family crest of Trapp.

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

History and meaning for Trapp.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Trapp.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Trapp.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Trapp:

1) The origin of the family name Trapp.

2) The meaning of the family name Trapp.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Trapp.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Trapp.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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:

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

* 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.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter T index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Trapote | Go to name Trapp d'ehrenschild | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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