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	College of Heralds Medallion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		IN heraldry the term Blazon or Blazoning is applied to the description of the tinctures, positions, and attitudes of all heraldic devices and figures, and is a very important branch of the science of heraldry, forming, with marshalling, (the grouping of several coats of arms into one heraldic composition), the skill of armory.
		The custom of blazoning arms preceded the system of heraldry, and arose from the tournaments held by the Germans, at which events the arms of contestants were displayed, and their various devices publicly proclaimed by the heralds.
		The first consideration in the blazoning of any heavenly body, such as a planet, is the state or condition in which it appears to be, as the sun, whether in his glory, splendor, rising, setting, etc., or the moon, whether in her complement.
	members.aol.com /acreherald/blazoning.html (1848 words)

	A Grammar of Blazonry
		To quote Woodward, to blazon a device is to verbally describe it "in heraldic terminology so exactly that anyone acquainted with the language of armory may be able accurately to depict it from its concise description." This is the essence of blazonry: the ability to reconstruct the emblazon.
		Thus a device we might blazon as Argent, on a fess sable between three mullets gules, three annulets argent, a chief gules would be blazoned in a Victorian style as Argent, on a fess sable between three mullets gules, as many annulets of the field, a chief of the third.
		Blazoning a certain sword as "a Turkish cavalry sword from the Abbisid dynasty"is not nearly as elegant as blazoning it, simply, as a "shamshir".
	www.sca.org /heraldry/laurel/bruce.html (3541 words)

	SCA - Kingdom/Principality Arms/Colors, Popular 'Use' Badge, and Queen's/Princess'/Consort's Rose/Flower
		Blazon: Or, a mullet of five greater and five lesser points sable within a wreath of six roses sable, barbed, slipped and leaved vert, each rose charged with another Or, seeded sable, barbed vert, in chief a crown dancetty, all within a tressure sable, overall issuant from base a demi-sun gules.
		Blazon: Checky Or and argent, a dexter tierce sable.
		Blazon: Vert, a hind salient argent, unguled and in chief a Saxon crown, all within a wreath of roses, lying as on a bordure, Or.
	www.goldenstag.net /MiscSCA/KingdomColors.htm (3038 words)

	Blazon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In heraldry and vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of, most often, a coat of arms or flag, which enables a person to construct or reconstruct the appropriate image.
		The term blazon may also refer to a formal description of other objects, such as badges, banners, and seals.
		A composite shield is blazoned one panel at a time, proceeding by rows from chief (top) to base, and within each row from dexter (the right side of the bearer standing behind the shield) to sinister, i.e.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blazon (463 words)

	Armoria - ABC - The language of heraldry
		The heralds applied the laws of heraldry strictly, and if they found the device acceptable, it would be blazoned (described) on an official document (on parchment) in an almost mediæval style of English, and illustrated.
		The British heralds granted arms to various former colonies in Africa and Asia which are now independent states, and to cities and other instititutions in those countries, as well as personal arms to citizens of such countries.
		The current heraldic authority for the Irish Republic is the Chief Herald of Ireland, in Dublin.
	www.geocities.com /armoria/blazon.html (1598 words)

	Hall of Names - A History of Heraldry
		Blazon, a heraldic term, originated with the custom of blowing a trumpet to announce the arrival of a knight at the joust or tournament.
		The blast was answered by the heralds who described and explained aloud the arms borne by the knight.
		Many heralds attempted to "collect" as many arms for their published works as they could, an arduous task obviously limited by the inability to travel or comunicate over vast regions.
	www.hallofnames.com /histheraldry.html (1046 words)

	Coats of Arms in Ireland and from around the world
		It was in the reign of Henry V of England (1413-22) that a royal proclamation is issued, prohibiting the use of heraldic ensigns except by those who could show an original a valid right.
		In any blazon (heraldic description), the first descriptor always refers to the colour or division of the shield, so a coat of arms that is simply described as "sable" consists of a simple fl shield with no adornment.
		If the mascles were on the fess and the same colour as the shield, then the blazon would read "Azure on a fess argent three mascles of the field (or of the first)...".
	www.heraldry.ws /heraldry/index.html (5347 words)

	Blazon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Blazon is the premiere CD-Rom for composing and drawing coats of arms.
		A complex blazon, composed of several partitions is easily executed using ten gauges which play the role of copies.
		Blazon is an open product: draw the figures you lack (format BMP) and an image visualization allows you to recover them on CD Rom, external disk or diskette.
	us.parentele.com /blason.htm (582 words)

	MyClan.com : Clanship - Heraldry, The Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Heralds travelled widely throughout Scotland rectifying honest errors, whilst assiduously exposing the use of bogus arms.
		Petitioners are nowadays given the option of commissioning the herald painter to further embellish their document with additional decorative art work.
		Regardless of the skills with which the coat of arms is painted on the document, it must still be regarded as merely one artist’s interpretation of the blazon, which other artists and craftsmen are free to reinterpret in their own way.
	www.myclan.com /clanship/heraldry/register.php (574 words)

	MyClan.com : Clanship - Heraldry, The Court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The heralds are the senior officers of the Court and use such titles as Albany, Rothesay, Ross, Marchmont, Islay, or Snowden, whilst their junior colleagues, the pursuivants, are styled Kintyre, Unicorn, Carrick, Dingwall, Bute or Ormond.
		The officers of the Court of the Lord Lyon, in addition to their ceremonial duties may be consulted by members of the public on heraldic and genealogical matters in a professional capacity similar to lawyers or other agents.
		If the dispute relates solely to heraldic matters, then the Lord Lyon’s decision is final, but if wider issues of law arise, then his judgment can be appealed to the Court of Session in Edinburgh and ultimately to the House of Lords.
	www.myclan.com /clanship/heraldry/court.php (1505 words)

	Heraldic Primer: Blazon and Emblazon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The distinction between blazon and emblazon is an important one, since there is not a one-to-one correspondence between blazons and emblazons.
		But for well-designed heraldry, the blazon captures the important features of the emblazon; given a blazon, a trained heraldic artist should be able to produce a reasonable facsimile of the original emblazon.
		The former refers to a fl and white sketch with the colors notated by hand; the latter to a fl and white engraving of a blazon, using particular patterns to indicate the tinctures.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /cwest222/heraldicprimer/blazon.html (262 words)

	College of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The heraldic sea-lion has the head, mane, and shoulders of a lion, it’s forelegs end in fins, the body is joined at the loins to the tail of a fish, and the back is finned.
		A way to ensure accurate blazoning and physical interpretation would be to have heraldic designers and heralds who have a rudimentary understanding of runecraeft and bind rune construction and who knows the charges of the members of his own specific tribe.
		It is also recommended that the heraldic designers and heralds that form the body of the guild acquire a working knowledge of noble arms and lineage of the peers of the other tribes as well.
	www.normanniireiks.org /guilds_lore/guilds/college_of_arms.htm (9093 words)

	Armorial Gold Blazons
		Blazoning may be regarded as the art of describing in appropriate terms the charges according to their several gestures, positions, and tinctures; a coat of arms
		The main resources for these blazons include The Encyclopaedia Heraldica, 1828, by William Berry, who was the registering clerk for 15 years, for the College of Arms; Edmondson’s Heraldry (1780) and Burke’s General Armory (1878).
		The blazons are from original blazon manuscripts and users of this blazon site must adhere to the ag blazons.com rules of use policies.
	www.agblazons.com (268 words)

	Heraldry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The system of blazoning arms that is used today was developed by the officers of arms since the dawn of the science.
		In Britain the practice of using marks of cadency arose to distinguish one son from another, and was institutionalized and standardized by John Writhe in the fifteenth century.
		The names used in English blazon for the colours and metals come mainly from French and include Or (gold), Argent (white), Azure (blue), Gules (red), Sable (fl), Vert (green), and Purpure (purple).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heraldic (3410 words)

	HERITAGE HERALDRY
		Nowadays heraldry is still with us, and its language, called 'Blazon', allows heraldic artists to paint a coat of arms or any heraldic device without the need to refer to any illustrations.
		I complete all orders personally, from the initial translation of Blazon to pencil sketch, painting by hand in gouache, to the final inking in of detail and matting up of the finished artwork.
		Amazingly, the language of Blazon tells the artist eveything he or she needs to know; the colours, positions, symbols...in a precise and concise way.
	www.heritage-heraldry.com /Familyarms.html (466 words)

	SCA - West Kingdom College of Heralds
		It is usually depicted with mirror and comb, and in that position is blazoned as a mermaid in her vanity.
		If the blazon specifies "a bird" or "x birds" (where x is a number), and no specific position for the birds, then they are in their default positions (if no default is given for a specific bird type, it is most likely close).
		The standard (heraldic) fountain is a roundel barry wavy azure and argent -- when used in a blazon it is unnecessary to specify the barry or the tinctures.
	heralds.westkingdom.org /CommonBlazonKnowledge.htm (9403 words)

	How to Blazon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The objectives of blazon are brevity and precision.
		The conventions of blazon are well established but not inflexible, and current practice is nearer the spirit of the medieval heralds
		Blazons are unpunctuated, except that the tinctures and charges begin with a capital letter.
	members.fortunecity.com /mcbride_clan/howto.html (1010 words)

	Saint Benedict: Attributed Arms (heraldic stained glass). OSB.
		The, as yet un-named, heraldic artist has positioned many of the arms in this series on a latin cross to achieve an artistic unity to the series.
		The ribbons and ornamentation of the chalice are also legitimate peculiarities of this artist's rendition of the blazon.
		The windows of this series of attributed arms of the saints are located in the library on the lower level of Emmaus Hall.
	www.osb.org /gen/bmc.html (464 words)

	Heraldic concepts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Heralds who blazon by the names of the heavenly bodies call it Dragon's head, and those who employ jewels, Hyacinth, or Jacynth.
		Since arms granted to those created nobles by patent (as opposed to the ancient nobility were granted with the quarterings that were in style at the time, they never existed in the simplified form, so it would be pretentious to act as if they did.
		When marshalling the arms of two states or families, the coat of arms of the winner is in the middle while the loosing countries are arranged around it.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/heraldry.html (1994 words)

	Islamic Heraldry
		The scope of this presentation concerns the heraldry the Muslims in the late Middle Ages - that is to say, it concerns the heraldry of the Ayyubid and Mamluk dynasties of Egypt and Syria from roughly the late 12th Century A.D. through the very early 16th Century.
		It appears that under the Ayyubids and early Bahri Mamluks that amirs were specifically granted their blazons, while under the later Circassian Mamluks the amirs were allowed free choice.
		Something to be aware of, however, is that while Mayer has many plates showing many examples of Islamic blazons in the back of his book, not everything there can be safely assumed to be from an emblazon, as opposed to simply being decoration.
	www.geocities.com /ohssymp/2002_Symposium/isher.html (1866 words)

	Armorial Gold Heraldry Art
		The Armorial Gold heraldic clipart collection is available in the WMF standard and also a new Coreldraw / Illustrator format.
		Heraldic Alphabets, International Family Crests, and all other heraldic coats of arms, or companion images or symbols contained in this site or in any CD 's obtained through this site including downloads are copyright of Armorial Gold Heraldry Services.
		Heraldic art samples are provided as a courtesy to potential buyers and the heraldry samples remain the property of Armorial Gold Heraldry Services.
	www.heraldryclipart.com (384 words)

	Islamic Heraldry by David Appleton - Journal of the American Academy for Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences
		The scope of this presentation concerns the heraldry the Muslims in the late Middle Ages — that is to say, it concerns the heraldry of the Ayyubid and Mamluk dynasties of Egypt and Syria from roughly the late 12th Century A.D. through the very early 16th Century.
		The display of armorial emblazons was not restricted to one field shape, nor to any given class of persons (unlike, for instance, European heraldry limiting ladies’ arms to lozenges).
		The second category are those charges which are familiar to American and European heralds: the fleur-de-lis, the crescent, and, rarely, the bend.
	users.panola.com /AAGHS/manluk.html (1946 words)

	Heraldry
		The heraldic blazon of his Arms was, Azure a lion rampant Argent.
		In 1604 the blazon was: Azure, a Lion rampant Argent gorged with an open Crown standing on a rock proper in Water or Sea in Base.
		The chronological priority in the use and registration of these Arms and their heraldic precedence deserve study, but the issue may have been clouded by contentions of seniority among the various houses since the 17th Century.
	members.tripod.com /leomcdowell/id24.htm (1984 words)

	Heraldic Arts for the Computer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		is a continuation of Blazon 100, continuing the introduction to the basic terms of heraldic blazon with the complex lines of division and the categories of common heraldic charges: geometric, animate, and others.
		An understanding of the basic terms of heraldic blazon (the names of the tinctures, ordinaries, and some standard charges) is a prerequisite.
		is an introduction to the "heraldic" insignia of the Mamluks of Syria and Egypt in the 13th to 16th Centuries.
	www.appletonstudios.com /herald3.htm (816 words)

	Have I got it right? - American Heraldry Society Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		If you want to leave it on the lozenge, your blazon should IMO specify "the middle lozenge charged with a cross Argent" or some such; perhaps also specifying the particular form of cross (in this case, a Latin cross I believe) and its alignment (bendways).
		I would suggest that the word 'proper' be the last word in the crest blazon as it pertains to all nouns before it and you haven't mentioned any other tincture after the description of the Lymphad and its sails.
		That is not to say that the technical term and the heraldic term may be different.
	www.heraldrysociety.us /forums/showthread.php?t=1578 (1430 words)

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