Heraldry

Heraldry usually involves the creation and registration of armorial bearings, or devices. This is controlled by Colleges of Arms. In the SCA, heralds are also responsible for keeping track of awards, researching accurate medieval names, compère-ing tournaments, running ceremonies, and a multitude of other things.

These activities are usually divided into two main categories. Book heraldry involves anything to do with the registration of names and devices, and the organisation of ceremonies. Voice heraldry is announcing things.

Book Heraldry

Devices

• Tincture
• Line divisions
• Charges
  • Heraldic beasts
  • Plants
  • Body parts
  • Weapons
  • Buildings
  • General objects
  • Geometric shapes
  • Crosses
  • Ordinaries
• Blazoning
• Heraldic achievement
• Badges
• Regalia

Names

• Byzantine Names
• Old English Names
• Norse Names
• Old German Names

Voice Heraldry

• Court
• List

Links

• http://www.s-gabriel.org/
• Heraldry Unlimited
• blazon - a program for designing devices "http://petebarrett.members.beeb.net/blazon.htm "
• blazons! - a program that draws devices from a written description "http://www.blazons.com/"
• West Kingdom Heraldry site has tons of info on blazons and field divisions and everything you need to make a device
• SCA Laurel heraldry site