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	Heraldry
		The shield design elegantly illustrates the motto E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, One.
		Several family shields are known to exist for the Andrist name.
		Excerpted from W. Cecil Wade's "The Symbolisms of Heraldry or A Treatise on the Meanings and Derivations of Armorial Bearings".
	www.symbols.net /heraldry (321 words)

	Heraldry - LoveToKnow 1911
		Although it is probable that armorial bearings have their first place upon the shield, the charges of the shield are found displayed on the knight's long surcoat, his " coat of arms," on his banner or pennon, on the trappers of his horse and even upon the peaks of his saddle.
		Shields of arms, especially upon seals, are sometimes figured as hung round the necks of eagles, lions, swans and griffons, as strapped between the horns of a hart or to the boughs of a tree.
		Three butterflies are in the shield of Presfen of Lancashire in 1415, while the winged insect shown on the seal of John Mayre, a King's Lynn burgess of the age of Edward I., is probably a mayfly.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Heraldry (15096 words)

	Coats of Arms in Ireland and from around the world
		Shields are often divided into quarters referred to as 1st (dexter chief), 2nd (sinister chief), 3rd (dexter base) and 4th (sinister base).
		When describing such partitioned shield, in the case of those partitioned horizontally the tincture of the topmost part is listed first, while the dexter is described first in the case of a vertical partition.
		For a quartered shield the segments are described as 1st (dexter chief), 2nd (sinister chief), 3rd (dexter base) and 4th (sinister base).
	www.heraldry.ws /heraldry/index.html (5347 words)

	Heraldry and Self-representation in the Middle Ages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		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.
		The shield was itself a symbol of the mounted warrior and, while the devices placed upon it were peculiar to the individual, the fact that they were carried on a representation of a shield served to emphasise the status of armiger.
		The earliest shields of arms were simple and uncluttered and consisted for the most part of geometrical shapes derived from the practice of decorating the raised ribs, bosses and struts of early wooden shields.
	www.ceu.hu /medstud/manual/SRM/heraldry.htm (1847 words)

	More on Heraldry
		Heraldry is the science and art of describing of coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings.
		The diminutive of the bend sinister is the scarpe.
		An escutcheon is a shield; it is usually shown in the shape of the larger shield it is on.
	www.eduhistory.com /heraldry.htm (2610 words)

	Marci's Hum 302 Website - Heraldry - Uses of Heraldry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		As explained in how heraldry began, heraldry was first created in order to help identify who was who in which armor.
		Even though it was next to impossible to tell the eye color and age of the knight in the suit of armor with the shield of a gold griffon on a blue field, it was possible to tell the morals and the way his family acts through identifying the colors and symbols on his shield.
		Hence, heraldry was developed to identify knights based on their shield design (22-24).
	www.wsu.edu /~mgorg/Heraldry/uses.html (311 words)

	Shield - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Varying in shape and form, it was the principal piece of defensive armour from the Bronze and Iron Age to the introduction of fire-arms, and is still borne by savage warriors throughout the world (see Arms And Armour, and for the heraldic shield Heraldry).
		In modern times the principle of the shield has been applied to guns of all calibres from 11 and 10 in.
		Whereas the turret, barbette, cupola and other heavy-armoured structures are intended to be proof against the heaviest projectiles, the shield is usually only designed to resist rifle and shrapnel bullets or very light shells.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Shield (208 words)

	Reprint from "The Armiger's News"
		The shield of a protodeacon is ensigned by an ecclesiastical hat of the type and color he has been authorized to wear.
		The shield of a cathedral is borne on a great mantle of any color other than fl, white, or gold, doubled white, gathered and bound in chief by gold cords and tassels and with a golden fringe.
		The shield of a parish is borne on a simple mantle of any color other than fl, white, or gold, doubled white, gathered and bound in chief by golden cords and tassels, and with a golden fringe along the lower edge.
	www.americancollegeofheraldry.org /ORTHODOX.htm (3237 words)

	Blair Heraldry
		Heraldry, or Armory, developed in feudal Western Europe during the 12th Century as a means of identifying a Knight in battle.
		The central, and most important, component is the shield, to which may be added the helmet, mantling, wreath, crest, motto, coronet or cap of rank, robe of estate, compartment and supporters.
		The flowing mantling that surrounds the helmet is the drapery fixed to the helmet, by tradition to shield it from the sun’s rays during the Crusades.
	www.blairsociety.org /heraldry.htm (2006 words)

	Heraldry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Britain the practice of using marks of cadency arose to distinguish one son from another, and was institutionalized and standardized by the John Writhe in the fifteenth century.
		In English heraldry the crescent, mullet, martlet, annulet, fleur-de-lis, and rose may be added to a shield to distinguish cadet branches of a family from the senior line.
		Typically in British heraldry, the outer surface of the mantling is of principal color in the shield and the inner surface is of the principal metal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heraldry (2845 words)

	College of Arms Foundation - Heraldry as Art
		It is a common misapprehension that the laws of heraldry dictate the shape of the shield.
		In fact, all the elements of heraldry - shield, crest, helm and mantling - altered with taste, and although their general arrangement looks as if they were hung up ready for use, it is possible to employ most of the elements separately in design.
		Long after heraldry ceased to be an active factor in warfare, the uniforms or regiments continued to display bright colors until the long sights of modern rifles made man merge his colors with those of the forests, sands, snow and mud.
	www.coaf.us /heraldart.html (670 words)

	Symbolism of the Shield on the Great Seal of the United States
		The shield is composed of the blue Chief (top horizontal bar) and the red and white Pales (thirteen vertical stripes) which represent the several states all joined in one solid compact entire, supporting a Chief which unites the whole and represents Congress.
		In heraldry, shields traditionally are held by two figures, one on either side.
		By the thirteenth century, in England the various decorative "devices" on shields – and on the other aspects of a knight's armament – became systematized into the rules of heraldry that formalize the appearance of a coat of arms or seal.
	www.greatseal.com /symbols/shield.html (528 words)

	Heraldry, Coats of Arms and Crests; Crowns, Heralds and Medieval Knights.
		Heraldry is often seen as much of a science as an art and often refers to the design of the Achievements for a particular surname which is also often linked to a specific place or occupation.
		In heraldry the shield is a very important item as it carries the charge or special design, these special designs or 'charges' are the figures or bearings placed upon his shield.
		Hungarian heraldry is closely akin to that of Austria and Germany, Poland separates itself from the rest of Europe by virtue of its pre-heraldic runic signs which were later absorbed by heraldry and came to constitute its principal feature.
	www.heraldicsculptor.com /heraldry.html (7345 words)

	Safeire - Knight Heraldry
		Since heraldry is such a graphical entity, the pages will, undoubtedly, help you a lot more than the text-only version.
		Since heraldry was developed to help people tell who were their friends or foes up close and at range, the shields had to look distinct.
		For example, the second shield in the Divisions table would be blazoned as Per pale Or and azure, and the third one would be called Per fess argent and purpure, and the fifth would be Per bend sable and Or.
	www.accesswave.ca /~safeire/heraldry.htm (767 words)

	A Brief Introduction to Heraldic History
		Whenever a new Knight appeared at a Tournament, the herald sounded the trumpet, and as the competitors attended with closed visors, it was his duty to explain the bearing of the shield or coat-armour belonging to each.
		There were few tournaments outside the annual ones celebrating the Queen’s accession day (jousting checks--the scorecards kept by heralds--are very simplified compared to those from the previous century, which supports the thinking that Elizabethan jousters were not as practiced as their pre-gunpowder ancestors since jousting was no longer a practical skill for war).
		Eugene Zieber's Heraldry in America, Philadelphia 1895 (reprint 1984), “On the same day as the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress formed a committee with Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson to "prepare a device for the seal of the United States of North America".
	users.panola.com /AAghS/heraldry-1.html (4000 words)

	ACH Query Reply
		When applied to a shield it refers to that part which would be towards the right side of the man carrying it, thus the portion on the viewer's left.
		Since the American College of Heraldry is an American institution, it values these heraldic traditions and understands that individual armigers may employ various systems of augmentation and cadency as they are relevant to their own heraldic and/or genealogical heritage.
		These are the shield of arms, the crest, and the livery colors (i.e., the colors depicted in the mantling and wreath of the achievement).
	www.americancollegeofheraldry.org /achreply.html (7374 words)

	Shields, Knights and Heraldry - make a medieval coat of arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The associated page on making an authentic medieval shield discusses the origins and functions of coats of arms, and their relationship to the culture of the Middle Ages.
		The software includes dozens of traditional medieval designs to use on shields and the rules of heraldry and emblazonry.
		Shields, Knights and Heraldry requires PC running Windows 3.1, 95 or 98 and a printer.
	www.yourchildlearns.com /heraldry.htm (282 words)

	the atrium \| golden threads \| social history \| heraldry
		I initially wondered this while musing about the Lion's Gate at Mycenae and then, in one of those amazing bits of synchronicity, while glancing through a touristy guidebook to the Acropolis Museum, I saw a reproduction of two lions pulling down a Bull.
		In which case, it might interest those interested in the subject that the shield devices described by Aeschylus in the Seven against Thebes NEVER appear in classical art.
		This would likely be not a family heraldry but a cultural thing.
	www.atrium-media.com /goldenthreads/heraldry.html (399 words)

	Polish Nobility and Its Heraldry: An Introduction
		From the 16th century onward the form of the shield in the coat of arms of paper heraldry, just as elsewhere, was heavily influenced by artistic fashion and style.
		In the Polish heraldry, some princely families did not use the crest and instead opted to rest the prince's crown straight against the helmet, (today this is considered a bad heraldry) or as a coronet of rank on the manteau.
		heraldry) is suggested when the crest consists of an object facing to the dexter side of the shield, i.e., 'demi-lion rampant' or a 'wing'.
	www.szlachta.org /heraldry.htm (16740 words)

	Coat of Arms. Heraldry
		Following rules of the ancient heraldry artists, WE CAN stilyze Shield of your Family and engrave it in wood,adding some story about Shield, symbols, story of your Family, and adequate drawings.
		These 8 shields were designed by request of it's owner.
		Tehnique of making is quite natural, with shield's real colours (natural wooden colours), with shield's elements covered with real metal sheets-gold, silver, platinum...
	www.relikon.com /shield_design.htm (326 words)

	Shield Shapes for Family Crests and Coats of Arms
		Shields: There is some debate as to the meaning of the shape of the shield.
		The shape is not a part of the official blazon, so modern heraldry artists choose shapes to suit the design.
		Some of the most commonly used designs are shown here.
	www.fleurdelis.com /shields.htm (70 words)

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	Heraldry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A description of the components of a shield.
		A visual introductory to heraldry: graphics describing: the colours and metals, the furs, the ordinaires, partitioning the field, patterning the field, lines, blazoning the arms.
		Examples of animals (Bestiary) that are often found on shields.
	www.edselect.com /heraldry.htm (214 words)

	Hatfield Heraldry -- the Coat of Arms and meanings of the components
		Hatfield Heraldry -- the Coat of Arms and meanings of the components
		I have seen several variations of the description of the name Hatfield coat of arms, so I thought I would give a brief explanation of what the different components mean.
		Behind the shield are his sword and pastorial staff.
	www.jelleyjar.com /ancestor/our/heraldry.html (659 words)

	Heraldic Clipart - Coats of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		If you have some heraldry or heraldry clipart you would like to see posted here, send it to me at jawolf@earthlink.net.
		If you know of any heraldry clipart collections, use the "submit a link" form on my homepage.
		Heraldry and Clipart - This heraldry page focuses on heraldic beasts, particularly the mythological ones.
	digiserve.com /heraldry/clipart.htm (482 words)

	Medieval Shields - Knights Shield
		Displaying a medieval knights shield with heraldry designs in your home is a great way to impress your friends and family.
		A knights shield radiates power and looks great over a fireplace or in your den.
		All of these medieval shields can display one or two medium swords secured firmly to the back.
	www.a2armory.com /medshiel.html (144 words)

	Wandering Knights Heraldry Design (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Try your hand at designing heraldry for the Wandering Knight's shields.
		Use either of the blank shield pictures to the left.
		If the design is accepted, it'll be added to the knight's bank of potential shields, and you'll be listed below for Shield Heraldry Design.
	obscureno.tuginternet.com /kingdwain/h_contest.html (45 words)

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