When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Signori
Nobles in:Italia
The country or region of the dossier mainly refers to the places where the family was ascribed to the nobility and may be different from those of residence
Famiglia assai antica ed illustre, originaria della Toscana. I nomi degli Scheggi si trovano ricordati in testi, atti notori e contratti di acquisto di terre e case fin da tempi molto antichi. Delle origini di questa famiglia e del suo nome non vi sono notizie certe, le ipotesi sono due. La prima, con la quale concordiamo, vuole discendano da Giovanni, di Ser Giovanni, pittore toscano del XV secolo fratello del Masaccio detto "lo Scheggia" i cui figli venivano detti "gl'Scheggi" e che il cognome derivi dal soprannome. A quei tempi l'usanza di trarre di nuovo i loro cognomi, e il loro casato da' nomi propri o soprannomi paterni e de' maggiori era molto diffusa. Da un'antica bibliografia stampata in Firenze dalla tipografia delle Murate nell'anno 1856, intitolato "Libro dei nobili Fiorentini, ora per la prima volta messo in luce" leggiamo "Il variare gli antichi cognomi, fu generato nella credenza ...
When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
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Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
