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     Below are a number of links pertaining SCA and mundane heraldry. They were supplied for this site by Benedict of Askerigge, Astrolabe Herald. They are subdivided into the following categories:
bulletSCA Heraldry administration & Book heraldry
     bulletSubmittor FAQs
     bulletOn-line Ordinary and Armourial
     bulletConflict Checking "How-to's"
     bulletSCA Heraldry Precedents
     bulletMiscellaneous Administrivia
bulletHeraldic Terms &Graphics
     bulletHeraldic terms & glossaries
     bulletHeraldry graphics
     bulletSCA Rolls of Arms
bulletPeriod Heraldry & Heralds
bulletHeraldic Design bulletHeraldic Display bulletNames
bulletVoice Heraldry bulletOrders of Precedence bulletScribes







SCA Heraldry administration:
Laurel Sovereign of Arms Homepage  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/welcome.html
To the other Kingdoms  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/kingdoms.html
Structure of the College of Arms  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/CoAstructure.html
History of the College of Arms  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/histcoa.html
 
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Submittor FAQs:
Why does it cost so much?  http://www.sca.org.au/FAQ.php#Whydoesitcost
How long does registration take?  http://www.sca.org.au/FAQ.php#Howlong
Why should I register my name & device?  http://www.sca.org.au/FAQ.php#WhyshouldIbother
Why use the heralds with my submission?  http://www.sca.org.au/herald/FAQ.php#WhyshouldIgo
Frequently given answers (that are wrong!)  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/wrong.html
 
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On-line Ordinary and Armourial (O&A)
http://oanda.sca.org/
http://www.farreaches.org/heraldry/OandA/
http://www.heraldsnet.org/heraldry/OandA/
 
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Hirsch von Henford's O&A program:http://www.goldenstag.net/OandA/index.htm
This program allows one to access the O&A database locally, with very powerful and intuitive search capabilities.
 
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Conflict Checking 'How-to's':
on Modar's page  http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/Heraldry2.htm#Conflict
Teceangl's "Basic Conflict Checking"  http://www.antirheralds.org/education/basic_conflict_checking.html
Karl Faustus'
"How do you conflict-check a device?"
  http://flurf.net/herald/checking.xb
 
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SCA Heraldry Precedents
Laurel Precedents  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/precedents.html
Resorted by type  http://b.dominohosting.biz/members/creon/home.nsf
Contrast/Complex list precedents  http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/Complex1.htm
Line of Division conflict table  http://webpages.charter.net/bobjames/lines.htm
Posture conflict table  http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/sca/posture.html
Cross conflict table  http://heralds.artemisia.sca.org/articles/crosstable.html
Flower conflict table  http://tulgey.browser.net/~ech/tools/flowers.html
 
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Miscellaneous Administrivia
Free Trumpet Press has closed its doors - instead, go to The SCA Marketplace http://www.sca.org/heraldry/ftpw/
Building a Heraldry Library  http://www.antirheralds.org/education/books.html
Locahc P.E's exam  http://www.sca.org.au/herald/docs/PE_Test.pdf
SCA Rules for Submission  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/rfs.html
SCA Administrative Handbook  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/admin.html

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Heraldry:
Heraldic terms & glossaries
Parkers Heraldic glossary  http://www.heraldica.org/topics/glossary/
'A Heraldic Primer'  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/primer/
SCA Glossary of terms  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/coagloss.html
SCA Restricted Charges  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/coagloss.html#restricted
SCA Reserved Charges  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/coagloss.html#reserved
'Proper' colours of charges  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/coagloss.html#proper
Parker's Glossary  http://www002.upp.so-net.ne.jp/saitou/parker/
James Parker's "A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry" is a late Victorian source on heraldry.
It has lots of illustrations of people's arms, but mostly it's a dictionary.
If the term is not in Parker's, you can be fairly certain that it's not been used by English-language heralds
'Heraldic Dictionary'  http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/heraldry/     A primer to aid in understanding heraldic blazons. With illustrations of field divisions, animals, and inanimate charges
Translating European blazon terms  http://www.heraldica.org/topics/glossary/
'Blazoning of Creatures'  http://dragon_azure.tripod.com/UoA/AnimalBlazonry.html
Default postures and positions  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/coagloss.html#default     Not just of beasts,but also objects e.g. arrows, swords, sitars???
 
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Heraldry graphics
Heraldry graphics  http://digiserve.com/heraldry/hersoft.htm
"Blazon" design program  http://digiserve.com/heraldry/hersoft.htm
"Maître d'Armes" design program  http://www.chez.com/grandarmorial/maitreArmes.htm
Heraldry clip-art  http://www.pipcom.com/~thule/heraldry/index.html
   http://www.heraldicclipart.com/
   http://www.adamastor.za.org/heraldry/heraldry.htm     700+ heraldic images in a downloadable zip file
   ftp://ftp.farreaches.org/pub/heraldry/graphics/
On Modar's heraldry page  http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/Heraldry2.htm#Clipart
Guntrum's zipped file  http://www.farreaches.org/staendebuch/heraldry/heraldry.htm
Alastair's mega-link list  http://www.lionsgoblet.com/sca.htm>
Clip art from Parker  http://www.farreaches.org/staendebuch/heraldry/parker/parker.htm
 
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SCA Rolls of Arms
Groups of the Knowne World  http://heraldry.griffin-dor.org/groups/index.htm
An Tir Roll of Arms  http://badger.cx/heraldry/roll/
Oertha Armorial Start Page  http://khevron.tripod.com/armorial/
Calontir Armorial  www.geocities.com/dakea/
Lochac Roll of Arms  http://www.sca.org.au/herald/LRoA/index.htm
Meridies Armorial  http://pennon.org/armorial/
Northshield  http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/sca/armorial.html
Outlands Roll of Arms  http://wharrow.outlandsheralds.org/
West Kingdom Roll of Arms  http://rolls.westkingdom.org/
Æthelmearc Roll of Arms  http://www.aeheralds.net/rolls/index.php

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Heralds and Heraldry in History:
On Laurel's education page  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/education.html#history
Period Rolls of Arms and Armorials (and how to find them) – by Leslie A. Schweitzer  http://www.antirheralds.org/education/books.html
from Modar's heraldry page(scroll down)  http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/Heraldry2.htm#Rolls
European Rolls of Arms of the 13th Century  http://www.briantimms.com/era/early%20rolls%20of%20arms.htm
   http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org/     Is in French, but lets you see heraldry by country, albeit redrawn in a modern style
Japanese heraldry (kamon)  http://www2.harimaya.com/sengoku/buke.html
Arms from Parker's Glossary  http://www.farreaches.org/staendebuch/heraldry/parker/parker.htm
Siebmacher's 'Wappenbuch'  http://www.wappenbuch.de/index.htm
'The Zurich Wappenrolle'  http://ladyivanor.knownworldweb.com/zroaen0.htm
   http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ZurichRoll/
'The Manesse Codex'  http://www.manesse.de/manesse_start.shtml     You can see all the illustrations by clicking on the link called: Tafeln der Manesseschen Liederhandschrift
Arms from the siege of Caerlaverock  http://www.farreaches.org/staendebuch/heraldry/siege/siege.htm

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Heraldic design:
on Modar's Heraldry page  http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/Heraldry2.htm#Book
and  http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/heraldry.htm     which includes a number of articles on styles of heraldry from European (i.e. non-English !) heraldry
'The Heraldry cliché checklist'  http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/Cliche.htm
'The Philosophical Roots of Heraldic Design' by Viscountess Hilary of Serendip  http://heralds.westkingdom.org/Handbook/x_1-PhilosophicalRootsOfHeraldicDesign.pdf

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Heraldic display:
'What is Heraldic Display?'  http://andrew.draskoy.net/sca/eilean/display/
on the An Tir herald's page  http://www.antirheralds.org/education/education.html
on Modar's Heraldry page  http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/Heraldry2.htm#Display
Articles on making banners, flags, favours, surcoats,badges
'A Cursory Glance at Medieval Flags and Banners'   http://www.kwantlen.bc.ca/~donna/sca/flags/
'Norris's Costume & Fashion, Vol. 2 1066-1485'  http://www.kwantlen.bc.ca/~donna/sca/flags/norris.html

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Names archives:
Academy of St Gabriel  http://www.s-gabriel.org/
Arval's Medieval Names Archive  http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/
Both source a great variety of cultures across the Known World, over many centuries
on Modar's Heraldry page  http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/Heraldry2.htm#Names
on the An Tir herald's page  http://www.antirheralds.org/education/education.html
Choosing a name- hints for newcomers  http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/dietmar/hints.html
Aryanhwy's page of names articles  http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names.htm
Scottish& Gaelic names  http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames.shtml
Norse names  http://www.northvegr.org/lore/landnamabok/index.php
The National and University Library of Iceland and Cornell University project  http://saga.library.cornell.edu/
The National and University Library of Iceland and Cornell University have started a cooperative project of large scale digitalization of about 380 000 manuscript pages and 145 000 printed pages. The material will consist of the entire range of Icelandic family sagas. It will also include a very large portion of Germanic/Nordic mythology (the Eddas), the history of Norwegian kings, contemporary sagas and tales from the European age of chivalry
Byzantine names  http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/PBE/seals/
'Lingual Weirdness Table'  http://home.earthlink.net/~mranc/sca/weirdness_table.html
Documenting Order names  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/order/
   http://www.nwlink.com/~badger/sca/ordernames.html

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Tourney / Court heraldry:
How can I get involved?  http://flurf.net/herald/volunteer.xb
Ceremonies of Lochac  http://www.adam.com.au/ncastle/bombard/
on Laurel's education page  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/education.html#voice
on Modar's Heraldry page  http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/Heraldry2.htm#Vocal
on the An Tir herald's page  http://www.antirheralds.org/education/education.html
'Taran's Field Heraldry'  http://andrew.draskoy.net/sca/on_heralds
The Company of St Michael  http://home.stny.rr.com/rosensoldat/St_Michael/index.htm
A knight's oath of the period  http://www.geocities.com/sven_noren/Patents/index-eng.html
'King René's Tournament book'  http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/rene/renehome.html

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Orders of Precedence:
Lochac Gentry list  http://www.sca.org.au/herald/canon/
New Zealand OP  http://www.verso.org/heraldry/rolls/nz-caidan-op-200306-with-group.doc
Caid OP  http://www.sca-caid.org/herald/op.html
To other Kingdoms' OPs  http://www.sca.org/heraldry/lists.html#OOP

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Scribes:
Lochac College of Scribes  http://www.sca.org.au/scribe/
Period scroll texts  http://www.geocities.com/sven_noren/Patents/index-eng.html
and  http://www.kb.nl/kb/manuscripts/browser/index.html
Absolutely exhaustive source for illumination and other manuscripts on practically any subject
Intro Heraldry for scribes  http://www.nwywre.com/herald/HeraldryforScribes.html

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