10 Facts About Siglas poveiras

Siglas poveiras were primarily used as a signature for family coat-of-arms in order to mark family belongings.

Siglas poveiras have been used for family coat-of-arms since time immemorial by Povoa de Varzim community.

Siglas poveiras are hereditary emblems, transmitted by inheritance from fathers to sons.

Siglas poveiras were not simply invented, but passed on through generations.

Important places for the study of Siglas Poveiras are the churches and religious sites located not only in the city and its rural environs, but in all of the Northwest Iberian Peninsula, especially in the Minho region and in Galicia.

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Siglas poveiras being used in much the same way can be found in the churches of Senhora da Abadia and Sao Bento da Porta Aberta, in Terras de Bouro, Sao Torcato, in Guimaraes and Senhora da Guia, and in Vila do Conde.

Siglas poveiras were first studied by Antonio de Santos Graca in his book Epopeia dos Humildes .

Santos Graca believed the siglas poveiras were related with the Castro peoples and the author tried to link them with other dissimilar modern marks, found in different fishing communities with the Iberian writing system.

Siglas poveiras known as Marcas development is at least partly, attributed to the Norsemen that settled in the town during the 10th century and 11th century.

Siglas poveiras have been compared to runes, especially in the 1960s when Lixa Filgueiras called for further studies on the matter.