Question:
What does this coat of arms/crest mean?
Summer
2011-02-26 11:56:59 UTC
http://www.stemmario.it/stemmi/ticcioni1170


I had posted a question earlier under the impressiont that is was from my family. But then i researched and everyone was saying how you would know if it belonged in your family. So whatever. Now im just curious about all the symbols and what they mean for that last name.
Six answers:
Long Tooth
2011-02-28 06:05:08 UTC
Generally speaking it is almost always impossible to accurately decipher the meaning of the symbolism on any personal coat of arms. Many of the arms in use today, or on which today's coats of arms are based, were granted hundreds of years ago and if there was ever a specific meaning to the symbols, then this is probably lost in history. Even in situations where there are records of the granting of arms, rarely, if ever, is the symbolic significance recorded.



The specific meaning of each element of a coat of arms is subjective. Though the original armiger may have placed particular meaning on a charge, these meanings are not necessarily retained from generation to generation. Unless canting arms incorporate an obvious pun on the bearer's name, it may difficult to find meaning in them.



The one you linked to in your question has an obvious violation of the rules of heraldry by placing gold and silver together, so one might question it's validity, but this does sometimes historically occur. That rule is not to have metal touch metal, or tincture touch another tincture as this one has gold and silver touching.



English blazon: Paly (verticle) of six Gules (red) and Argent (silver) on a chief or (gold), a crowned eagle Sable (black).



A palett of six red and silver( six verticle lines of red and silver) on a chief or (a gold section at the top above all), a black crowned eagle (aquila is Latin for eagle).



For further research I would look into the meaning of the name and image name because they are reflected in the shield itself with a black eagle and crown.
Shirley T
2011-02-26 14:21:54 UTC
It is a myth that there is a specific meaning to colors and symbols on a coat of arms. Whatever the colors and symbols mean is what they meant t the person to whom it was originally granted. Any book or website that tells you otherwise is spurious.
Lorri
2011-02-26 16:07:06 UTC
"..In the United Kingdom, Ireland and most of western Europe, there is no such thing as a "family coat of arms." Coats of arms or crests are granted only to individuals. Anyone who displays a crest that he is not authorized to use is, in effect, misrepresenting himself."



This would seem to indicate that individuals get coats-of-arms for their own personal reasons. So if your aunt had one made, it would be specific to HER in relation to the family name, not everyone else.



The quote above came from a site in England quoting Dick Eastman's genealogical newsletter
Maxi
2011-02-26 12:09:48 UTC
People are correct unless your ancestry is 100% Japanese Samurai families ad surnames don't have Arms, just individuals who are awarded them http://familytimeline.webs.com/coatofarmsmyths.htm there is information on here under 'Heraldry terms and designs' towards the bottom of the page................although the things that are on arms are individual to the person who it is designed for, for example Sarah Ferguson had a Coat f Arms deigned for her prior to marrying the Queens second son and had bumble bees put on it which she also had embroidered onto her wedding gown and train...no idea why but they meant something to her...................
Joyce B
2011-02-26 12:51:49 UTC
I put the description in Babelfish and found "Pallato(probably palette) of red of silver, head of gold, cargo of crowned Aquila in black." Aquila is a constellation of an eagle that belonged to Zeus.
zula
2016-06-21 05:41:19 UTC
I appeared on several websites in regards to the meaning of symbols on the Coat of arms and wasn't capable to locate one with a crimson and silver checkered background. I would recommend that you take a duplicate to your nearby library and talk to the reference librarian about a e-book on the meanings of symbols.


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