FAMILY VERHASSELT: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Verhasselt

Coat of arms and family crest of Verhasselt.

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

History and meaning for Verhasselt.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Verhasselt:

1) The origin of the family name Verhasselt.

2) The meaning of the family name Verhasselt.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Verhasselt.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Verhasselt.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* The family name Verhasselt 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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