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'''WARNING: Do not cite this page as a reference. This page is on this wiki to make the content "searchable" and easier to find. If you find the information you seek here, go to the original sources (generally linked) to verify the information and use them for your documentation.'''
'''WARNING: Do not cite this page as a reference. This page is on this wiki to make the content "searchable" and easier to find. If you find the information you seek here, go to the original sources (generally linked) to verify the information and use them for your documentation.'''
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=Information=
Per [http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/2511.txt Academy of Saint Gabriel Report 2511] some features typical of period Scots heraldry include:
* simple, balanced designs
* single charges or sets of three charges
* a group of identical charges around a fess, a bend, or a chevron
* strongly contrasting foreground and background colors; specifically, combinations of blue, red, or black with white/silver and yellow/gold
* canting, i.e. using a main charge whose name sounds similar to your surname. 
Some features not used (or very rarely used) in Scots heraldry include:
* divided fields, especially of two colors or two metals
* man-made objects (except for canting)
* the colors green and purple
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[http://www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk/ancient.html Ancient Scottish Patents and Matriculations], by David Hunter of Montlaw (alias David of Moffatt). - Text of some sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Scottish patents of arms.
[https://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/scotbiblio.htm An Annotated Bibliography of Scottish Heraldic Materials], by Zenobia Naphtali and David of Moffat. - Also available on the SCA website.
=Period Scottish Armorials=
* '''The Balliol Roll''' is a 14th C roll containing 36 Scottish coats of arms.
* '''Scots Roll''' is a Scottish roll from the 15th C with 114 coats of arms.
* '''The Lindsay of the Mount''' roll is a Scottish roll assembled in 1542 by David Lindsay of the Mount, who shortly later became Lyon King of Arms. A few coats were added later in the 16th C. It contains over 400 coats of arms from all over Scotland (including the Highlands).
* '''The Dunvegan Armorial''' is a Scottish roll from the end of the 16th C. It contains a color photofacsimile of over 50 noble coats of arms depicted in a full achievement (with crest and supporters.) and over 200 "Gentleman's arms" (with the escutcheons only.)
* '''The Dublin Armorial of Scottish Nobility''' dates from the end of the 16th C. It contains a color photofacsimile of pages depicting the marital coats of the various Kings of Scotland (Scotland to dexter, the Queen's original arms to sinister). It also includes over 50 noble coats of arms depicted in a full achievement (with crest and supporters.)
* '''Scottish Armorial''', c 1560-1625 Scottish (London, Lambeth Palace Library, MS316) - http://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~17~17~179079~125635
* '''Coats of arms of Scottish nobility''', 4th quarter of the 16th C English (London, British Library, Harley MS 115) - http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_115
* '''Scottish Armorial''', 16th-17th C Scottish (Manchester University Library, English MS 15) - https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/view/search?q=reference_number=%22English%20MS%2015%22
* '''Scottish Nobility E2''', post-1603, Scottish (Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland, Department of Manuscripts, GO MS 36) - http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000531063
=Examples:=  
=Examples:=  


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===Annotated [[Pennsic Traceable Art Project]]===
===Annotated [[Pennsic Traceable Art Project]]===


=General Sources:=  
=Sources:=  
* Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - http://www.s-gabriel.org/heraldry/
* Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - http://www.s-gabriel.org/heraldry/
* Archive of St. Gabriel reports - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi
* Archive of St. Gabriel reports - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi
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