Heraldic Education Resources

Various sources for heraldic education and reference...

See also Conflict Checking, Heraldic Abbreviations, Searches and Searching.

Names:

Alys's Guide to Picking and Documenting an SCA Name (East Kingdom orientation) - http://alysprojects.blogspot.com/2014/01/alyss-guide-to-picking-and-documenting.html

Laurel Name Articles - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/

Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ (copies required)

Archive of St. Gabriel reports - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi ("no copy")

Academy of St. Gabriel "working" bibliography - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-documents/biblio.html

Database of Medieval Names (from the Medieval Names Archive) - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/alphalist.php

Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources - http://dmnes.org/names

IGI Searches (aka Family Search) - https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi (batches B, C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P are acceptable)

Omniglot On-line Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languages - http://www.omniglot.com/index.htm

Armory:

Heraldry for Non-Heralds (aka the New Heraldic Primer) - http://heraldry.sca.org/armory/newprimer/h4f2.shtml

Laurel Heraldry Articles - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/armory/

Regional Heraldic Styles - http://mistholme.com/miscellany/regional-style-overview-2014/ - class by Baron Bruce Draconarius, Batonvert

Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry (the PicDic) - http://mistholme.com/pictorial-dictionary-of-heraldry/

Concerning Markers and Heraldry Submissions - information about coloring submissions

Teceangl Marker Report - more information about markers to use for coloring submissions

Commenting:

Commenting Heralds page on the Laurel website:

• http://heraldry.sca.org/commenters.html
• http://heraldry.sca.org/loicommenting.html

Glossary of Terms - Letter of Comment:

A letter written by a member of the College of Arms to discuss current submissions and advise the Sovereign(s) of Arms on the acceptability of the names and armory that are being considered. This is usually abbreviated LoC. In kingdoms which have an internal submissions process using internal Letters of Intent, the Letter of Comment written at the Society level for the College of Arms is often termed an External Letter of Comment (abbreviated ELoC or XLoC) and the Letter of Comment written for use within the Kingdom is termed an Internal Letter of Comment (abbreviated ILoC). http://heraldry.sca.org/coagloss.html

Voice Heraldry

King Rene's Book of Tournaments

"The English Medieval Minstrel" by John Southworth.

Kingdom Resources:

The Unofficial Ansteorran Local Heralds Training & Resource Textbook

Calontir - https://www.calontir.org/heraldry/gold-falcon/

• Calontir Herald’s Handbook (4th Edition)
• The Calontir New Herald Handbook (1st Edition)

East Kingdom Herald University (videos and PDF handouts) - http://elmet.eastkingdom.org/ekhu/

Modar University:

A Heraldic Primer

Assorted Lessons in SCA Heraldryedited by Jaelle of Armida.

Heraldic Myths] (Information to clear up misconceptions involving SCA heraldry) compiled by Modar Neznanich

Frequently Asked Questions by Non-Heralds

Frequently Given Answers (That Are Wrong) by Gawain of Miskbridge

Why Register Your SCA Name and Armory? by Modar Neznanich

Choosing a Name & Creating a Persona by Modar Neznanich

Creating a Heraldic Device by Modar Neznanich

Heraldic Terms compiled by Modar Neznanich

Honnesteté Plus Que Tout and Non Scripta Heraldic Education:

http://www.tanzos.net/~victoria/HeraldicEducation/

http://www.tanzos.net/~lewis/SCA/Heraldry/Articles/

• Ceremony Writing Under Seige.html
• Conflict Checking with the Complex Search Form.doc
• Conflict Checking with the Complex Search Form.pdf
• How to be a local herald.doc
• Introduction to Armory in the SCA.doc|
• Introduction to Names in the SCA.doc
• Intro to Conflict Checking.doc
• Intro to Conflict Checking.pdf
• NewRules

See also SENA Training Materials

Non-SCA References:

Fox-Davies' A Complete Guide to Heraldry (wikisource.org) - http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Complete_Guide_to_Heraldry

Handbook of Heraldry (free e-book) - http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23661152M/Handbook_of_heraldry

Armorial Gold Heraldry Heraldry Learning Links - http://www.heraldryclipart.com/clipart-links/clipart-links.html

Parker's A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry - http://karlwilcox.com/parker/

Educational Games:

Heraldic Games - http://www.rdrop.com/users/tierna/hgames.html

Appleton Studos Books and Games - http://www.appletonstudios.com/BooksandGames.htm

Fundamentals of Heraldry Flashcards by Forrest Woodward - https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/fundamentals-of-heraldry-flash-cards-heraldry-basics (to buy, free printable PDF can be found in the archives of the SCA Heraldry Chat FB group)

Quizlet Flashcards Anpliça Fiore, Northshield, has created a series of on-line flashcards to assist in learning the terminology of blazon.

• Heraldic tintures
• Basic Heraldic Ordinaries
• Field Divisions
• Complex Lines in Heraldry
• Gouts & Rondels
• Animal Postures in Heraldry