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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Cavalieri
Nobles in:Italia (Toscana)
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Variations Last name: Calamaj,Calamari
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
Illustrious and noble Tuscan prosapia, originally from Florence but with branches also in Prato and Livorno, of clear and ancestral virtue, spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy. The clear nobility of the family, in all three of its branches, is testified by its presence in the valuable work "Collezione Ceramelli Papiani", built over many years by Enrico Ceramelli Papiani (1896-1976), which is a preserved collection in the State Archives of Florence and made up of almost 8000 files, made out to Tuscan families of ancient origin, which provide genealogical and heraldic information taken from archival sources preserved in the Florentine Archives or in other archival institutes or libraries in the region. In Florence the family had a noble residence in the San Giovanni district, banner Vaio; in Livorno she was admitted to the civic nobility by decree of 10 September 1792, in the person of Giuseppe Calamai, ...
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BlazonCalamai
Variations Last name: Calamaj,Calamari
1. Coat of arms of family: Calamai
Language of the text: Italiano
Troncato in scaglione: nel 1° di rosso, a due gigli d'oro, accompagnati in capo da una stella a otto punte dello stesso; nel 2° d'azzurro, al giglio d'argento.
Blasone della famiglia Calamai in Firenze, San Giovanni, Vaio; fonte: "Raccolta Ceramelli Papiani" custodita presso l'archivio di stato di Firenze fasc. 1100. Note: si trova anche la forma cognominale "Calamari".
Trinciato: nel 1° di rosso, al crescente rivolto in sbarra d'argento; nel 2° di cielo, al cane seduto sullo sfondo di un paesaggio alberato, il tutto al naturale; e alla banda d'oro passata sulla partizione.
Blasone della famiglia Calamai in Livorno; fonte: "Raccolta Ceramelli Papiani" custodita presso l'archivio di stato di Firenze fasc. 5282.
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