Heraldry arose during the Crusades and rapidly spread throughout Europe, basically had been used to identify the soldiers in battles since the soldiers could not be identified only by their armor and / or helmets.
But only after the twelfth century began to obey the general precepts in the thirteenth century heraldry became so popular that it has existed as a science, actually heraldry was considered as a science and art.
Coats were not given at random for each person, initially had their origins in acts of courage and bravery made by great horsemen, and was a way to honor the fighters and their families, later, as was a strong icon status came to be given to noble families in order to identify the degree of the same social, in short, only the heroes or the nobility had such icon and could transmit their descendants.
The word comes from the German coat Brazen archaic and it means "playing trumpets, indeed, the heralds before reading the decrees banners emblazoned with trumpets to call attention of passersby.
In the Middle Ages (476-1453), the Herald (heralds) were the people who ran the tournament and examined the quality of the riders who, in turn, wore the coat of arms which were included in the symbols of their nobility.
Therefore, the coat was for the ancients of the Middle Ages, the insignia, the flag of the family and as such honored and passed down from father to son.
The crest is an emblem or badge of noble family or person granted, as a rule, put great merit.
For the family name or Zorzenon Zorzenon found the following weapons:
"D'argento al leone d'oro Armato and Coronato.
Namely:
" On silver field a lion shows up in gold and armed crowned. "
As figure:
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