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Period rolls of arms aka armorials and period heraldic treatises are available on-line more and more. | Period rolls of arms aka armorials and period heraldic treatises are available on-line more and more. | ||
=On-line Armorial Collections= | =On-line Armorial Collections and Search Programs= | ||
* | * Riestap's ''Armorial Général'' isn't period, but is one of the most complete sources of blazonry covering some 130,000 heraldic families. http://www.euraldic.com/lasu/bl/bl_a_aa.html | ||
* | *'''An Annotated List of Period Armorials Available Online''' - http://coblaith.net/Heraldry/Armorials/default.html | ||
* | * [https://iiif.biblissima.fr/collections/ Search for interoperable IIIF-compliant manuscripts and rare books dated before 1800 coming from many digital libraries in the world...] | ||
* "Period Rolls of Arms" | * "Period Rolls of Arms" - http://www.yehudaheraldry.com/rolls/index.php/roll_c/rolls | ||
* "Period Armorials | * "Period Rolls of Arms and Armorials (and how to find them)" - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/periodrolls.html | ||
* Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive - | * Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive - http://www.s-gabriel.org/heraldry/ | ||
*'''Links to On-line Rolls of Arms''' - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/Rolls_of_Arms.html | *'''Links to On-line Rolls of Arms''' - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/Rolls_of_Arms.html | ||
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Also: | Also: | ||
* http://www.armorial.dk/links-armorial.html | * http://www.armorial.dk/links-armorial.html | ||
* http://de.szlachta.wikia.com/wiki/Heraldische_Quellenlinks_Bayerische_Staatsbibliothek (links to the many heraldic codexes at the Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek) | * http://de.szlachta.wikia.com/wiki/Heraldische_Quellenlinks_Bayerische_Staatsbibliothek (links to the many heraldic codexes at the Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek) | ||
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* '''Book of English heraldry''', Walters Manuscript W847, (1589 CE, England) - http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W847/ | * '''Book of English heraldry''', Walters Manuscript W847, (1589 CE, England) - http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W847/ | ||
* Brian Timms' rendition of the '''Caerlaverock Poem''' arms - http://brian-timms.webplus.net/page26.html (broken, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060523204638/http://www.briantimms.com/era/early%20rolls%20of%20arms.htm Internet Archive] ) | * Brian Timms' rendition of the '''Caerlaverock Poem''' arms - http://brian-timms.webplus.net/page26.html (broken, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060523204638/http://www.briantimms.com/era/early%20rolls%20of%20arms.htm Internet Archive] ) | ||
* Brian Timms rendition of '''Falkirk Roll''' - http://brian-timms.webplus.net/page23.html (broken, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060523204638/http://www.briantimms.com/era/early%20rolls%20of%20arms.htm Internet Archive] | * Brian Timms rendition of '''Falkirk Roll''' - http://brian-timms.webplus.net/page23.html (broken, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060523204638/http://www.briantimms.com/era/early%20rolls%20of%20arms.htm Internet Archive]) | ||
* '''“Dictionary of British Arms. Medieval Ordinary”''' (4 vols) - https://heraldica.hypotheses.org/6332?fbclid=IwAR1qnunS0q9u9USOiiFbe9Hs2228mkC941BAVrJruweIw-HIMyXVUCuDGP8 - gathers the known coats of arms from the British Isles from the beginning of heraldry up to 1530, available in Open Access | * '''“Dictionary of British Arms. Medieval Ordinary”''' (4 vols) - https://heraldica.hypotheses.org/6332?fbclid=IwAR1qnunS0q9u9USOiiFbe9Hs2228mkC941BAVrJruweIw-HIMyXVUCuDGP8 - gathers the known coats of arms from the British Isles from the beginning of heraldry up to 1530, available in Open Access | ||
* '''The Rous Roll''', c. 1483 at the British Library (link to images is about 2/3 down the page) - http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_48976 | * '''The Rous Roll''', c. 1483 at the British Library (link to images is about 2/3 down the page) - http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_48976 | ||
*''''Jenyn's Roll of Arms''', 15th cent. Ordinary available at - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/15th_c._Jenyns_Roll_of_Arms_as_an_Ordinary.pdf | *''''Jenyn's Roll of Arms''', 15th cent. Ordinary available at - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/15th_c._Jenyns_Roll_of_Arms_as_an_Ordinary.pdf | ||
* '''Insignia Anglica''' - BSB Cod.icon. 291, England, 16th Cent. - http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001647/image_1 | * '''Insignia Anglica''' - BSB Cod.icon. 291, England, 16th Cent. - http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001647/image_1 | ||
* Guillim's '''A Display of Heraldry''' available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=LbxWXIFDr30C&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22John+Guillim%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5yLaUd-iL4SVyAH2ooDwBw&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=gore&f=false 1611 Tract] ) | * Guillim's '''A Display of Heraldry''' available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=LbxWXIFDr30C&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22John+Guillim%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5yLaUd-iL4SVyAH2ooDwBw&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=gore&f=false 1611 Tract] ) | ||
* '''Hepburn Heraldic Manuscript''', Sp Coll Hepburn q23, c1625 - http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/feb2008.html | * '''Hepburn Heraldic Manuscript''', Sp Coll Hepburn q23, c1625 - http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/feb2008.html | ||
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=France= | =France= | ||
* Brian Timms' version of '''L'Armorial Wijnbergen''' - http://brian-timms.webplus.net/page24.html (broken, | * Brian Timms' version of '''L'Armorial Wijnbergen''' - http://brian-timms.webplus.net/page24.html (all broken, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060523204638/http://www.briantimms.com/era/early%20rolls%20of%20arms.htm Internet Archive]) | ||
** Part 1 - http://brian-timms.webplus.net/page25.html, | |||
** Part 2 - http://brian-timms.webplus.net/page118.html, | |||
** Part 3 - http://brian-timms.webplus.net/page119.html | |||
*15th c. '''Armorial de Gilles Le Bouvier''', FRANCAIS 4985 - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/15th_c._Armorial_de_Gilles_Le_Bouvier_MSS_FRANCAIS_4985.htm | *15th c. '''Armorial de Gilles Le Bouvier''', FRANCAIS 4985 - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/15th_c._Armorial_de_Gilles_Le_Bouvier_MSS_FRANCAIS_4985.htm | ||
* c.1475-1475 '''Armorial et traité d'héraldique''', FRANCAIS 24381 - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/1475-1475_FRANCAIS_24381.htm | * c.1475-1475 '''Armorial et traité d'héraldique''', FRANCAIS 24381 - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/1475-1475_FRANCAIS_24381.htm | ||
* '''Faucket Commonplace Book on Heraldry''' - late 15th century by Jean Faucket. <u>Beinecke MS 648</u>. http://orbexpress.library.yale.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=9615810 | * '''Faucket Commonplace Book on Heraldry''' - late 15th century by Jean Faucket. <u>Beinecke MS 648</u>. http://orbexpress.library.yale.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=9615810 | ||
* '''Recueil d'Armoiries Coloriées pour Servir à Connaître le Blason''', 16th c., ARS MS 5026 (Collection of Colored Arms to be Used in Learning Heraldry) - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/16th%20c._ARS_MS_5026.htm | * '''Recueil d'Armoiries Coloriées pour Servir à Connaître le Blason''', 16th c., ARS MS 5026 (Collection of Colored Arms to be Used in Learning Heraldry) - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/16th%20c._ARS_MS_5026.htm | ||
=Irish= | =Irish= | ||
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=Germany and Switzerland= | =Germany and Switzerland= | ||
* '''The Manesse Codex''' was written in Zurich in the first half of the 14th C. It has 137 miniatures, each of which has a portrait of one of the ''Minnesänger'' (poets) and (in most cases) his arms and crest http://www.tempora-nostra.de/manesse/manesse_start.shtml or http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/sammlung2/allg/cpg.xml?docname=cpg848 | * '''The Manesse Codex''' was written in Zurich in the first half of the 14th C. It has 137 miniatures, each of which has a portrait of one of the ''Minnesänger'' (poets) and (in most cases) his arms and crest http://www.tempora-nostra.de/manesse/manesse_start.shtml or http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/sammlung2/allg/cpg.xml?docname=cpg848 | ||
* '''Heidelberger Sachenspiegel''' - 14th century legal text with lots of heraldry - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg164 | * '''Heidelberger Sachenspiegel''' - 14th century legal text with lots of heraldry - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg164 | ||
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* '''Scheibler Armorial'''- BSB 312 ([[http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00007174/images/]] ) and on-line at the Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scheibler_Armorial | * '''Scheibler Armorial'''- BSB 312 ([[http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00007174/images/]] ) and on-line at the Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scheibler_Armorial | ||
* '''Zuricher Wappenrolle''' is a 14th C Swiss/German roll of arms known from later copies, with about 450 coats of arms and some additional armory depicted on standards. | * '''Zuricher Wappenrolle''' is a 14th C Swiss/German roll of arms known from later copies, with about 450 coats of arms and some additional armory depicted on standards. | ||
* '''St. Gall Abbot Ulrich Rösch's book of heraldry''' (1462-1491), containing 1,626 coats of arms of prominent people from the laity and the clergy, mostly from the southern region of Germany. http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/1084 | * '''St. Gall Abbot Ulrich Rösch's book of heraldry''' (1462-1491), containing 1,626 coats of arms of prominent people from the laity and the clergy, mostly from the southern region of Germany. http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/1084 | ||
* PDFs of late-period German armorials: http://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/index.html?suchbegriff=wappenbuch&c=suchen | * PDFs of late-period German armorials: http://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/index.html?suchbegriff=wappenbuch&c=suchen | ||
* Once you open one of them, switch to English with the flag icon in upper right. You can download using the 5th icon in the command bar over the document scan. The download page has a English flag icon right under the "PDF Download" heading to change language. | * Once you open one of them, switch to English with the flag icon in upper right. You can download using the 5th icon in the command bar over the document scan. The download page has a English flag icon right under the "PDF Download" heading to change language. | ||
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* Virgil Solis Wappenbüchlein, Nürnberg, 1555 - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/solis1555 | * Virgil Solis Wappenbüchlein, Nürnberg, 1555 - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/solis1555 | ||
* 1567 Zacharias Bartsch, '''Wappen Buch Darinen aller Geistlichen Prelaten Herren vnd Landleut auch der Stett des Iöblichen Fürstenhumbs Steyer Wappen vnd Insignia''' - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/1567-Zacharias_Bartsch-Wappen_Buch/index.htm | * 1567 Zacharias Bartsch, '''Wappen Buch Darinen aller Geistlichen Prelaten Herren vnd Landleut auch der Stett des Iöblichen Fürstenhumbs Steyer Wappen vnd Insignia''' - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/1567-Zacharias_Bartsch-Wappen_Buch/index.htm | ||
* '''Siebmacher's Wappenbuch''' is an armorial from 1605 covering Germany and neighboring areas, including portions of Silesia. It has 3400 coats of arms with associated crests. http://www.wappenbuch.de/ | * '''Siebmacher's Wappenbuch''' is an armorial from 1605 covering Germany and neighboring areas, including portions of Silesia. It has 3400 coats of arms with associated crests. http://www.wappenbuch.de/ | ||
* Index of '''Siebmacher''' (and other 17th cent. wappenbuchs) - http://www.wappenbuch.com/ | * Index of '''Siebmacher''' (and other 17th cent. wappenbuchs) - http://www.wappenbuch.com/ | ||
* '''Ordinary of Siebmacher''' by Sarah Uckelman (Aryanhwy merch Catmael) http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/heraldry/siebmacher/siebmacherordinary.html | * '''Ordinary of Siebmacher''' by Sarah Uckelman (Aryanhwy merch Catmael) http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/heraldry/siebmacher/siebmacherordinary.html | ||
* '''Siebmacher's Wappenbuch''' - version with blazons - https://books.google.ca/books?id=GQdnAAAAcAAJ | * '''Siebmacher's Wappenbuch''' - version with blazons - https://books.google.ca/books?id=GQdnAAAAcAAJ | ||
* '''Grünenberg, Konrad:Wappenbuch''' - BSB Cgm 9210 ..." (1602 - 1604). - http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0003/bsb00034952/images/ | * '''Grünenberg, Konrad:Wappenbuch''' - BSB Cgm 9210 ..." (1602 - 1604). - http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0003/bsb00034952/images/ | ||
* '''Triunfo del Emperador Maximiliano I, Rey de Hungría, Dalmacia y Croacia, Archiduque de Austria''' :... de quien están descritas y colocadas en esta colección las acciones gloriosas de S.M. Imperial, durante su vida..., 1501-1700? - http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000012553&page=1 | * '''Triunfo del Emperador Maximiliano I, Rey de Hungría, Dalmacia y Croacia, Archiduque de Austria''' :... de quien están descritas y colocadas en esta colección las acciones gloriosas de S.M. Imperial, durante su vida..., 1501-1700? - http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000012553&page=1 | ||
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* '''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.) Of particular note are the achievements where the arms are shown, not on an escutcheon, but on a tabard, with the arms shown in full on the front, and half of the arms visible on each sleeve. | * '''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.) Of particular note are the achievements where the arms are shown, not on an escutcheon, but on a tabard, with the arms shown in full on the front, and half of the arms visible on each sleeve. | ||
=Spain and Portugal= | =Spain and Portugal= | ||
* '''Libro de Armeria del Reino de Navarra'''- a 16th C Navarrese roll containing over 700 coats of arms. | * '''Libro de Armeria del Reino de Navarra'''- a 16th C Navarrese roll containing over 700 coats of arms. | ||
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* '''Livro da Nobreza e Perfeição das Armas''', 1516-1528, quick reference PDF: http://www.facebook.com/l/CAQE0x2T0/www.vikinganswerlady.com/FTP_Files/1516-1528_Livro_da_Nobreza_e_Perfeicao_das_Armas_Portugal.pdf and the original website (http://www.facebook.com/l/DAQGS9hTx/tinyurl.com/Livro-da-Nobreza-e-Perfeicao ) | * '''Livro da Nobreza e Perfeição das Armas''', 1516-1528, quick reference PDF: http://www.facebook.com/l/CAQE0x2T0/www.vikinganswerlady.com/FTP_Files/1516-1528_Livro_da_Nobreza_e_Perfeicao_das_Armas_Portugal.pdf and the original website (http://www.facebook.com/l/DAQGS9hTx/tinyurl.com/Livro-da-Nobreza-e-Perfeicao ) | ||
* c. 1516/19 '''Armorial Catalan''' - http://tinyurl.com/Armorial-Catalan | * c. 1516/19 '''Armorial Catalan''' - http://tinyurl.com/Armorial-Catalan | ||
* '''El libro de la Cofradia de Santiago de Burgos''', 14th-17th c. - http://www.alabarda.net/uniformes/esp/inf/santiago/santiago.htm | * '''El libro de la Cofradia de Santiago de Burgos''', 14th-17th c. - http://www.alabarda.net/uniformes/esp/inf/santiago/santiago.htm | ||