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	Common Questions about Heraldry
		An ordinary is the reverse of an armory: whereas an armory goes from names to arms (give it a name and it will give you a coat of arms), an ordinary goes from arms to name.
		For England, the ordinary which corresponds to Burke's General Armory is John Woody Papworth's Ordinary of British Armorials: An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland.
		In addition, many of the publications of medieval rolls of arms will include an ordinary at the end, but these will be difficult to use, since they are dispersed in many publications and only concern medieval heraldry anyway.
	www.heraldica.org /questions.htm (1666 words)

	SCA Inc. College of Arms Glossary of Terms, December 23, 2003
		Protected armory is described in the Administrative Handbook, part III.B. See also Armorial, Important Non-SCA Armory, Letter of Intent, Ordinary.
		An armorial element may be a charge, a line of division, a line of partition, a field treatment, a tincture, or other component that may be used in designing armory.
		The charges in groups in heraldry usually fall into standard arrangements depending on their number and what other items are involved in the design.
	www.sca.org /heraldry/coagloss.html (8470 words)

	Approved Administrative Handbook as of Jan 20, 2002
		Laurel is responsible for fostering the study and practice of heraldry, and for establishing rules and making determinations regarding names and armory, royal and noble titles, and geographical designations to be approved for use in the Society.
		Annual Report - An annual report on the state of heraldry in the kingdom must be rendered to the Laurel Sovereign of Arms no later than February 15.
		Records for both name and armory will be retained under the individual's Primary Society Name.
	www.sca.org /heraldry/laurel/admin.html (8470 words)

	Heraldic Wedgies
		Modern heraldry often uses a wider pile--about 3/4 the width of the field--and that version is occasionally found in late-period English arms.
		It is occasionally found in period armory, and is an artistic variation.
		Similar wedges in various orientations (inverted, bendwise, fesswise) can be found in period armory, notably in Germany.
	www.s-gabriel.org /docs/wedgie.html (519 words)

	Heraldry for a Non-Heraldic Culture: Vikings and Coats of Arms in the SCA
		The Heraldry Cliché Checklist: Ten Things to Avoid When You're Designing SCA Armory.
		In heraldry, a field patterned with vertical stripes is termed paly.
		Heraldry for a Non-Heraldic Culture: Vikings and Coats of Arms in the SCA
	www.vikinganswerlady.com /vikheraldry.htm (3830 words)

	Precedents of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme: Augmentation to Axe
		Augmentations in Society armory should always be blazoned as such; the bearer has the option of displaying the armory with or without the augmentation, and conflict should be checked against both versions.
		The blazon reflects the fact that the device may be displayed either with or without the augmentation; conflict should be checked against both forms.
		Precedents of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme: Augmentation to Axe
	www.sca.org /heraldry/laurel/precedents/bruce/augmentation.html (3830 words)

	a4_heraldic_terms.doc
		An augmentation is not registered as a change of armory, and the underlying armory can be changed while keeping the augmentation the same (assuming no style problems result).
		It is depicted in heraldry in several stylized forms, alternating the tinctures argent and azure.
		Other terms and practices are used in SCA heraldry only.
	heralds.artemisia.sca.org /handbook/a4_heraldic_terms.doc (3830 words)

	SCA - West Kingdom College of Heralds - Heraldic Templates
		A mullet is a geometric figure, originally meant as the rowel of a spur, but commonly used to represent a star It is an ancient charge, also called a molet in early blazons; it dates from at least 1244.
		A mullet of three points is indistinguishable from a caltrop, and is only barely recognizeable as a mullet; it is no longer permitted in SCA armory for that reason.
		In heraldry, it's depicted as a mullet or estoile, trailing plumes of vapor or fire; the most common form is with an estoile, trailing fire.
	heralds.westkingdom.org /Templates/Stars (3830 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ecclesiastical Heraldry
		The cross of an ordinary archbishop has but a single traverse; in practice it is really a crucifix placed on the summit of a staff; but heraldry distinguishes the cross of an archbishop from the primatial cross which has the double traverse (Figure 15) and the papal cross with the treble traverse.
		The auriferata (which is made of cloth of gold or of thin gold plates, and is not jewelled) is the one always used in English heraldry for an Anglican bishop or archbishop.
		By the end of the twelfth century it had become general throughout England, France, Italy, and Germany, and no doubt it was due to the common meeting-ground of the Christian nations at and during the Crusades that the fundamental principles of the science of heraldry are and have always been cosmopolitan.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07243a.htm (4429 words)

	Heraldry: Blazoning of Creatures
		Brooke-Little notes that this was once a synonym for rising but in modern heraldry volant is distingushed from rising by the bird's feet not being visible.
		Many of the terms of heraldry come from French, and the major postures reflect these origins.
		This doesn't preclude the use of such postures, but it provides something to think about when designing armory.
	dragon_azure.tripod.com /UoA/AnimalBlazonry.html (2367 words)

	HERALDRY - LoveToKnow Article on HERALDRY
		Although the word Heraldry properly belongs to all the business of the herald (q.v.), it has long attached itself to that which in earlier times was known as armory, the science of armorial bearings.
		Heraldry ceased to play its part in military affairs, the badges and banners under which the medieval nobles retinue came into the field were banished, and even the tournament in its later days became a renascence pageant which did not need the painted shield and armorial trappers.
		The heraldry writers are ready to note that when two rows are used countercompony is tile word in place of cheeky, and componycounter-compony in the case of three rows.
	57.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HERALDRY.htm (19437 words)

	Heraldry and Self-representation in the Middle Ages
		It is often stated that heraldry in its early stages had strong military associations, and that its original purpose was the identification of knights in armour on the battlefield.
		Heraldry, defined as the systematic hereditary use of an arrangement of charges or devices on a shield, emerged at about the same moment in the mid-twelfth century over a wide area of Europe.
		Although heraldry came to have strong military associations, it may have developed from the civil personal mark, the seal device, of certain north European ruling families descended from Charlemagne, who perpetuated some of the administrative organisation and possibly the symbolic devices of his court.
	www.ceu.hu /medstud/manual/SRM/heraldry.htm (1847 words)

	Heraldry
		The Victorian giants, Burke's General Armory and Papworth's Ordinary are still indispensable, because of their sheer volume, but they should certainly be used with caution because, by the same token, they contain much material which is not based on primary evidence, and may be incorrect.
		Probably out-and-out fraud should not be too serious a problem for heraldry on funeral monuments (although some cases of forgery have been recorded, and there is sometimes a tendency for 'extra' quarterings to be inserted as time goes on).
		Heraldry on pedigrees should always be taken with a pinch of salt, particularly if the compiler has felt the need to show impaled arms for every marriage back to the Norman Conquest!
	www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk /guide/her.shtml (2146 words)

	The Heraldry Society
		THE HERALDRY SOCIETY exists to increase and extend interest in and knowledge of heraldry, armory, chivalry, genealogy and allied subjects.
		Members receive the quarterly newsletter of the Society, The Heraldry Gazette, and can subscribe to the twice-yearly journal The Coat of Arms.
		Lectures are held in London and, like our publications, provide a forum for scholarly research, as well as offering a broad range of talks on heraldic and related subjects.
	www.theheraldrysociety.com (171 words)

	Armory of Flemish Nobles of the 16th Century
		Vert is much more common in Flemish heraldry than in French or Spanish heraldry, but purpure is unknown.
		Color on color (mostly blue on red, mostly occurs with bends and labels) and metal on metal (mostly bordures and labels) occur in Flemish heraldry with some frequency.
		The book also contains the armory for various towns and guilds, which are not included in this summary.
	www.s-gabriel.org /docs/flem-heraldry.html (171 words)

	Armory of Flemish Nobles of the 16th Century
		The book also contains the armory for various towns and guilds, which are not included in this summary.
		Vert is much more common in Flemish heraldry than in French or Spanish heraldry, but purpure is unknown.
		Argent, a fess gules and in chief a lion passant vert.
	www.s-gabriel.org /docs/flem-heraldry.html (171 words)

	SCA Inc. College of Arms Glossary of Terms, December 23, 2003
		An augmentation is not registered as a change of armory; instead, both the underlying arms and the arms with augmentation are protected.
		The charges in groups in heraldry usually fall into standard arrangements depending on their number and what other items are involved in the design.
		The principal herald of a kingdom is the Great Officer of State in charge of heraldry and the College of Heralds of that kingdom.
	www.sca.org /heraldry/coagloss.html (171 words)

	SIG Bibliography -- Heraldry
		Herbarz: Sredniowiecznego Rycerstwa Polskiego [Heraldry: of the Medieval Chivalry of Poland].
		This small color pamphlet was prepared to accompany a Polish Heraldry Exhibition at the Polish YMCA in London.
		It includes a short introduction to the origins and use of heraldry in Poland, with pictures of many 15th and 16th century coats of arms from Polish ród.
	slavic.freeservers.com /biblio/herldry.html (558 words)

	The Classic Castle dot Com How-To's
		Heraldry as discussed in this article is the recording and regulation of armory.
		The eldest son (during the lifetime of his father) bears a label of five points; the second son, a crescent; the third, a mullet; the fourth, a martlet; the fifth, an annulet; the sixth, a fleur-de-lis; the seventh, a rose; the eight, a cross moline; the ninth, an octofoil.
		Ordinaries are the original basic charges of heraldry, and are large geometric shapes stretching to the edge of the shield.
	www.classic-castle.com /howto/articles/Heraldry/BasicHeraldry.html (558 words)

	Armory of Flemish Nobles of the 16th Century
		The book also contains the armory for various towns and guilds, which are not included in this summary.
		Vert is much more common in Flemish heraldry than in French or Spanish heraldry, but purpure is unknown.
		Or, a fess gules and in chief a label azure.
	www.s-gabriel.org /docs/flem-heraldry.html (558 words)

	Blair Heraldry
		Heraldry, or Armory, developed in feudal Western Europe during the 12th Century as a means of identifying a Knight in battle.
		Heraldry on the Internet, created by James P. Wolf, is another good place for searching.
		The Crest Badge of Blair of Blair is a stag lodged proper with the motto, "Amo Probos".
	www.blairsociety.org /heraldry.htm (2006 words)

	THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF HERALDRY OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
		Heraldry or armory is the science and the art that deal with the use, meaning, knowledge, display and regulation of hereditary symbols, emblems or pictured signs employed to distinguish individuals, institutions and corporations.
		A full coat of arms (in heraldry the correct term is an Achievement of Arms) usually includes the shield, the crest and the helmet of rank, a motto often appears but is not strictly necessary.
		(VAIR)-There are two principle furs used in heraldry, of which vair is one.
	www.imperialcollegeofheraldry.org (2006 words)

	The Classic Castle dot Com How-To's
		Heraldry as discussed in this article is the recording and regulation of armory.
		Ordinaries are the original basic charges of heraldry, and are large geometric shapes stretching to the edge of the shield.
		First let's talk about the most common devices used in heraldry, then we will describe how they all go together to make a coat of arms.
	www.classic-castle.com /howto/articles/Heraldry/BasicHeraldry.html (2006 words)

	SCA - West Kingdom College of Heralds
		In SCA heraldry a rose proper is gules, barbed vert and seeded Or.
		Note that there are many websites on the internet that discuss heraldry, not all of them limit themselves to SCA heraldry, and many of those have terms and/or illustrations of charges that are not used in SCA heraldry.
		Fruit -- generally those that hang from a stem (e.g., apples) have the stem to chief; those that grow from the ground (e.g., artichokes) have the stem to base.
	heralds.westkingdom.org /CommonBlazonKnowledge.htm (9403 words)

	Heraldry for Scribes
		The most basic rule of heraldry is "Thou shalt not put a color on a color, nor a metal on a metal." The reason behind this is that armory must have good contrast to be identifiable at a distance.
		The purpose of this class is to acquaint scribes in the SCA with the conventions of heraldry that we use.
		There are many conventions of heraldry, however, there are a few general guidelines which will enable anyone to have a basis from which to work.
	www.geocities.com /sorchamacleod/hfs.html (2722 words)

	The Classic Castle dot Com How-To's
		Heraldry as discussed in this article is the recording and regulation of armory.
		Ordinaries are the original basic charges of heraldry, and are large geometric shapes stretching to the edge of the shield.
		There are several kinds of charges - ordinaries are the most basic and are mostly lines, stripes, and crosses - subordinaries are mostly simple geometric shapes which represent objects (a star shape is said to represent the rowel of a spur, for example) - other charges are realistic drawings of things and animals.
	www.classic-castle.com /howto/articles/Heraldry/BasicHeraldry.html (1834 words)

	Blair Heraldry
		Heraldry, or Armory, developed in feudal Western Europe during the 12th Century as a means of identifying a Knight in battle.
		Heraldry on the Internet, created by James P. Wolf, is another good place for searching.
		In Scotland, the earliest known example of Heraldry is the Stewart Arms on a seal in 1170.
	blairsociety.org /heraldry.htm (1834 words)

	The Philosophical Basis of Difference
		This is to avoid penalizing the slight increase in complexity caused when official armory includes required charges like the laurel wreath or crown.
		When heraldry first emerged in Europe after the First Crusade, there was no rule of thumb to go by on how people picked their coats of arms or badge-basically, if someone thought of a nice design, he put it on his shield, his surcoat, his flag, and his signet ring, and that was that.
		Heraldry started at the same time that Chretien de Troyes was shaping the earliest Arthurian verse romances, so this is hardly surprising.
	www.sca.org /heraldry/laurel/what.html (1834 words)

	Precedents of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane - S
		All of the examples of charged sails which we have been able find depictions of [in] period heraldry were displays of badges or arms claimed by the person or group who used the armory on which the sail appeared.
		The [demi-]sun issuant from the line of division of the chief is essentially an anomaly.
		Moreover, it is not placed centrally on the shield which half of the charge issuant from the line of division, as the blazon implies: if you extend the line of the circle and its rays, they fall well off the periphery of the field.
	www.sca.org /heraldry/laurel/precedents/alisoun/AMES.html (7718 words)

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