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 The
family coat of arm is described
together with a description
of the origins of the surname,
in the Archive
of Arms of
Lugano. On the
basis of these indications then
the Atelier
of Arms of Lamone
has painted on my committee,
January 2, 1998, the coat of arms
presented here, describing it as
a "coat of arms used
by the family."
"In red,
gold lion passant
on a green terrace, at the
head of silver
against three black stars"
In
a research paper manuscript
of the Archives of Arms,
Arch. Gaston
Gambin, hence the "Description
#2 of the surname", the
family coat of arms (referred
to as "coat of arms used by the
family") is
described as "... against three
black battlements", while in
the fair copy written in machine June 19, 1945, the version
with the three battlements
has been replaced with the
version, also echoed the
Atelier of Arms of Lamone
who designed it with three
stars.
During a
conversation with the famous
Ticino araldic researcher Carlo
Maspoli, from Lugano, he
has confirmed to me the strangeness
of this element. Usually,
the stars in
a coat of arms, can denote
colors like gold,
silver, blue or
red, but
black has never seen.
From a correspondence
of February 13, 2010
with the latter, however,
emerges as
the emblem in question,
although currently the historical
origins are not well
established, it is still
valid. Maspoli
cites "... better
to be the initiator of the
simple and undeserved heir
of a coat of arms
..."
Details on
the coat of arm
May 18,
2003 I turned to
Professor Ottavio
Lurati, rector Professor of
Linguistics at the University of
Basel and well-known
author of books and research on
place names Ticino and Lombardy.
In my letter I asked
to Lurati if it was correct to
consider the description
#2 as an antecedent to
description #1, among other things made
by him and contained
in his book "Why do we
call in that way"
Close to
retirement Professor
Lurati invited me to speak
to one of his students as
a reference for my research, Veronica
Carmine from Giubiasco
which I asked the same questions,
also indicating
that the materials of the then
Archive Heraldic
led by the late
architect Gaston
Gambin shall be deposited with
the State Archives
in Bellinzona
The
answers given to me
by Mrs. Carmine
my first and
subsequent correspondence can
be summarized as follows
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The
research focuses on
whether the family name
Delcò belongs
to the type of place names
cognominale (microterritorio:
the ends of the country)
or category of trades and
positions (caput, De
Capitis). According to
the data found by Mrs.
Carmine, you can guess
the name belongs
to the category of place
names: A name
that has the power to "tell"
the configuration of the territory of
a community occurred through
the settlement of this family
in the country-.
In this case you could use
the term "district of
language", that is an area -
which in this case was to be
located at the beginning
of the country - markedly
for many families precisely
Delcò and
their property.
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The
practice "Delcò"
of the then Heraldic Archive
consists primarily of
answering letters from individuals
who are trying to shed light
on the origins of the surname
as myself.
It 'worth noting that the
Archive of Arms tried
to propose a new
family coat of arms, but it has not
been proved.
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A
document, undated,
Patrician of Daro
indicates the family Del-cò
alias De-Capitis
as patrician family of
Daro that between
1400 to 1600 resided
in the Castle
[sic] of Schwyz
in Bellinzona,
coming from
Malvaglia. There is no
feedback on the name and /
or life in
castles "Bellinzona
Ducale" (G.
Chiesi) or in
"Ticino Ducale"
or in "News from the
sixteenth century (Tarilli, Publisher
Dadò, Locarno,
1993).
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The
news of the description
#2 are extrapolated
from a manuscript of the Archives
(note Heraldic
Archive) whose author
"Lippo" published
in Corriere del Ticino
(1930-1940) articles about
families Ticino.
Mrs. Carmine
shows as
possible to retrieve
the documents cited in the
description 2 (A.
Bassetti, A. Pometta,
Sommaruga, Lippo, etc..).
For this
article we shall have to
see if it will be indicated
literature sources.
Updated on: June 1, 2010 |