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[T]he basic purpose, the very raison d'etre, of armory is identification. Accordingly, in order to fulfil its functional purpose an armorial design must be capable of immediate recognition, whether displayed on some large flag flying from a tall building or very much reduced onto writing paper heading, a seal, or the like. It has been found during the eight hundred odd years of the use of arms that if an armorial design uses charges which are identifiable in silhouette, and not dependent upon internal configurations for recognition, then those arms will fulfil their basic purpose of identification, whether displayed large or small. (Conrad Swan, Canada: Symbols of Sovereignty, p. 210)
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About Me
- David B. Appleton
- I'm an Academic Herald. I'm not a "real" herald; I don't register people's coats of arms (though I can certainly suggest designs for those who might be interested). What I do is study, research, teach, and write about heraldry. And I like to share what I have learned about heraldry, hence this blog. I hope that you'll find it informative, interesting at least occasionally, and worth your time to come back. Got a question? Comments? Feel free to let me know. I'd love to hear from you. You can find my contact information in my Profile.
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Some Articles I've Written
- A brief history of heralds and heraldic organizations in the United States of America following independence
- American Heraldry Collection (in .xlsx and .docx)
- Augmentations of Arms
- Camels in Heraldry: Symbols in War and Peace
- Is That a Bicycle Tire on the Crest? The Evolution of an Emblazon
- Myth and Propaganda in the Book of St. Albans
- New Directions in Heraldry
- Period Style Heraldry: An Introduction
- Should Heraldry Be Replaced by a Logo? (in German)
- The "Heraldry" of the Mamluks
- The Gore Roll: An Introduction
- The United States of America: The search for a national coat of arms
- The Use of Computers in Heraldry
- The Use of Heraldry in a Non-Heraldic Culture
- The Westford Knight
- Whence the Winslow Motto?
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Websites of Heraldic Interest
- "Heraldry Revived" by Oswald Barron (1902)
- "The beginnings of heraldry in the Civil War" by Col. Ralph R. Burr
- 15th Century English Patents of Arms
- A Beginner's Guide to Heraldry
- A Plea for American Heraldry (1868)
- Alphabetic List of Heraldic Terms
- Araldica On Line (links to Italian heraldry sites)
- AraldicaCivica
- Araldika Malta
- Armorial Gold's Heraldry Dictionary
- Arms of Danish Noble Families (in Danish)
- Belarusian Gentry's Coats of Arms
- Biblioteca Heráldica (in Spanish)
- British Brass Rubbings
- Coat of Arms Visual Designer
- Committee on Heraldry of the NEHGS
- Computational Heraldry
- De Gouden Leeuw van Nassau
- De Wapens van de Leden van het Amsterdamse Chirurgijnsgilde
- Early American Bookplates (many heraldic)
- Fifteenth Century English Patents of Arms
- Funerary Procession of Sir Philip Sidney 1587
- Great Seals of State (England)
- Guild of Heraldic Artists (Russian)
- Heraldic Bibliography
- Heraldic Bibliography - Introduction
- Heraldic Science Héraldique
- Heraldica
- Heraldik - die Welt der Wappen
- Heraldiker Stellen Sich Vor
- Heraldikk og flagg / Heraldry and flags
- Héraldique européenne
- Heraldry (by Brian Timms)
- Heraldry in America
- Heraldry of the Church
- Heralds Visitations
- Heralds Visitations and the College of Arms
- History and Art in the coats of arms of the Popes
- International Heraldry and Heralds
- King René's Tournament Book
- Knights of the Garter Under Henry VIII
- Kunst und Kultur der Wappen
- L'Armorial des villes et des villages de France
- Lithuanian Heraldry Commission
- Livery Buttons Identified
- Mamluk Emblems Online Corpus
- Matricula Armorum
- Modern Armorial Bookplates
- Nova Heroldia (in Polish)
- Original Patents of Arms, National Archives of Hungary
- Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry
- Pratt Institute Library - Ex Libris Collection
- Puncher Heraldry Program
- Russian Heraldry As It Is
- Seb Nelson's Heraldry Articles
- The beginnings of heraldry in the [American] Civil War
- The Canadian Heraldic Dictionary
- The Cyber Journal of Heraldic Bookplates
- The Edward IV Roll
- The Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland 1672-1907
- The Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada
- The Ridgeley Family Coat of Arms
- Tiroler Wappen
Heraldic Artists' Websites
- Alexander Kurov
- Antonio Salmerón Cabañas
- Barbora Kamínková
- Baz Manning
- Benoit Behydezell
- Brian Abshier
- Carl Anders Breitholtz
- Carlos Navarro - Heraldic Artist
- David Linstead
- David P. Burkart
- David Truzzi-Franconi
- Fray Rafael Nieto
- Ioannis P. Vlazakis
- Kevin Grieg
- Laurent Granier
- Lee Lumbley
- Ljubodrag Grujic
- Marco Foppoli
- Marie Lynskey
- Matthew Alderman
- Mauro Pieroni - Scultore in Araldica
- Neil Bromley
- Patrick Damiaens
- Petr Tybitancl
- Quentin Peacock
- Robert Grey
- Robert S. Bengry
- Ronny Andersen
- Sally Mangum
- Sam Stoneman
- Society of Heraldic Arts
- Srechko Nikitovich
- Stefan Amatiesei
- Steve Cowan
- T. Sarros
- Tania Crossingham
- Tom Meek
- Tomasz Steifer
- Tudor-Radu Tiron
- Brian Abshier
- Xon Delac
Some Good On-Line Armorials and Ordinaries
- A Magyar Országos Levéltár adatbázisai (Hungarian arms)
- A Roll of Early American Arms
- Alexander Nisbet's Heraldic Plates originally intended for his "System of Heraldry"
- An Armorial of Famous Musicians
- An Ordinary of Arms (Scotland) (1893)
- Arkistolaitos Arkivverket (Finnish heraldry with search feature)
- Armas o blasones de familias diferentes (17th C)
- ARMMA: ARmorial Monumental du Moyen-Âge
- Armorial "Le Breton"
- Armorial Brasileiro
- Armorial d'Hozier (with links to images)
- Armorial de Gilles Le Bouvier
- Armorial du Saint-Empire (Armorial of the Holy Roman Empire)
- Armorial Families, Vol. 1 (A.C. Fox-Davies)
- Armorial Families, Vol. 2 (A.C. Fox-Davies)
- Armorial Gelre
- Armorial Général by Rietstap
- Armorial Général de France (d'Hozier) (1696)
- Armorial Wijnbergen (modern depictions of the arms)
- Armoriale delle famiglie italiane
- Arms of the Popes (in Russian)
- Basel Land Cantonal Archives: Family Coats of Arms
- Beispiele aus Conrad Grünenberg's Wappenbuch
- Belarusian Nobility Coats of Arms
- Blasonario Piemontese
- British Coats of Arms
- Ceramelli Papiani (Tuscan Family Coats of Arms)
- Civic Heraldry of England and Wales
- Coats of Arms and Emblems of Rajput Provinces of India
- Coats of Arms from Ireland and around the World
- Coats of Arms of Families of France
- Comune di Siena
- Conseil Français d'Héraldique
- Crozier's General Armory
- Das Sächsische Stammbuch (1546)
- De Inscriptiones van Aernout van Buchel
- De Monumenta van Aernout van Buchel
- Dictionary of British Arms: Medieval Ordinary (4 volumes)
- Digitised Armorials (Heraldica Nova)
- e-codices: Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland (search "wappenbuch")
- Early and Europeans Rolls of Arms
- Elefant Ordens Ridder Bog
- Escutcheons of Science
- Euraldic.com
- Europeana Heraldica
- Famiglie Nobili di Sicilia
- Familienwappen (in German)
- Flags and Arms of Serbia (in English)
- Flags and Arms of the Modern Era (Balkan civic heraldry)
- Genealogía de varias casas (BNE Ms. S.XVII)
- Heraldic Register of the Vlaamse Heraldische Raad
- Héraldique européenne
- Heraldry of the West of England
- Heraldry of the World (was International Civic Heraldry)
- Heratlas: Atlas d'héraldique française
- Ingeram Codex, or Codex Cotta (1459)
- Insegne di vari prencipi et case illustri d'Italia (16th-17th C)
- Irish Register of Grants of Arms 1936-1980
- Jan Raneke Archive of Coats of Arms in Medieval Europe
- Kleine Salzburgische Chronik (1624)
- Köldererrolle (1512-13)
- Le Grande Armorial de la Toison d'Or
- Links to Online Rolls of Arms
- Livro do Armeiro-Mor (1506-1509)
- Luzerner Familienwappen
- Magyar Címerek
- Manesse Codex (1305-1340)
- Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book
- Medieval Armorials
- Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum Digitale Bibliothek
- Papworth's Ordinary Vol. I
- Papworth's Ordinary Vol. II
- Period Armorials Online
- Recorded Arms for Campbell
- Siebmacher's Wappenbuch (1701)
- Siebmacher's Wappenbücher, with search function
- Sir David Lindsay of the Mount's Armorial (Scotland)
- Stemmario Trivulziano
- The Book of Public Arms (Fox-Davies)
- The Chinese Armorial
- The Civic Heraldry of France
- The Dering Roll
- The Gelre Armorial
- The Jan Raneke Archive of Coats of Arms in Medieval Europe
- The Livery Companies Database
- The names and armes of all the nobilitie who were in England (1597)
- The Public Register of Arms, Flags, and Badges of Canada
- The Rous Roll
- Three rolls of arms of the latter part of the thirteenth century
- Ukrainian Heraldry (in English)
- Våbenbøger (Armorials of the Orders of the Elephant and Dannebrog)
- VHR Wapens gemeenten
- Virginia Heraldica (Crozier)
- Wapenboek Beyeren (ca. 1405)
- Wappen der Reichsfürstentümer und französischer Herzogtümer, c 1590-1595
- Wappen= und Handbuch
- Wappenbuch der Katharina von Nassau-Dillenburg
- Wappenbuch des Hans Ulrich Fisch (1627)
- Wappenbuch of the Arlberg Brotherhood of St. Christopher by Vigil Raber
- Wappenregister der Roland Wappenrolle Berleberg
- Wappensamlung der Gemeinschaft wappenführender Familien
- WappenWiki
- Zurich Roll of Arms
- Zurich Roll of Arms Redrawn, with Blazons
Military Heraldry Websites
- Air Force Historical Research Agency (U.S.)
- Exército Português (Portuguese Military Heraldry)
- RAF Squadron Badges
- Stemat nE UshtrinE Shqiptare (Albanian Military Heraldry)
- The Institute of Heraldry (U.S.)
- U.S. Air Force Heraldry
- U.S. Army Heraldry
- U.S. Army Patches
- U.S. Coast Guard Heraldry
- U.S. Naval Ships Coat of Arms
- Våbenskjolde fra Flyvevåbnet gennem tiderne (Danish Air Force)
Videos and Movie Clips About Heraldry
- A Q&A With the Lord Lyon King of Arms
- Carving a Heraldic Crest in Stone
- Coat of Arms (Audiopedia)
- Coats of Arms of the Signers of the (American) Declaration of Independence
- Conservation of the Coats of Arms of the Knights of the Golden Fleece
- Drawing Heraldry
- Drawing Heraldry : Decorating Cookies
- Emblazoned Introduction to Heraldry
- Good Flag, Bad Flag [applicable to heraldry, too!]
- Heraldry (Audiopedia)
- Heraldry (John Dough)
- Heraldry: What is a coat of arms and what is it for?
- Heralds Tabard by Vittorio Gifra
- History of Heraldry with Peter O'Donoghue
- How to Blazon a Coat of Arms
- How to Trace Your Coat of Arms
- I Am Fenwick (humor)
- Introduction to Heraldry
- Introduction to Heraldry in America
- Irish Civic Heraldry: People, Places, and the Past
- Irish Civic Heraldry: People, Places, and the Past
- James Bond and the College of Arms (OHMSS)
- Leather Conservation: The Black Prince's Shield
- Lord Lyon YouTube Channel
- TED Talk: Why City Flags May Be the Worst Designed Thing You've Never Noticed
- The College of Arms
- The College of Arms in the Eighteenth Century
- The Herald's Complaint (humor)
- The Heraldic Artist: Neil Bromley
- The Proud Symbolism of Heraldry
- The Real Truth Behind Coats of Arms
- The Story of Municipal Heraldry in the USA
- The U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry (1969)
- Unicorns and Eagles: Scottish Influence on American Heraldry
- University of Salford Coat of Arms
- Up Close with The Black Prince's Cap of Maintenance (Canterbury Cathedral)
- What is and Is NOT a Coat of Arms
- Yakko's World with Coats of Arms
Some Good On-Line Heraldry Books
- A Complete Guide to Heraldry (Fox-Davies)
- A Dictionary of Heraldry, by Elvin (1889)
- A Display of Heraldrie by John Guillim (1611 ed.)
- A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland (Burke)
- A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry (Gough and Parker) (1894)
- A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry (Parker)
- A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry (Parker)
- A System of Heraldry, Vol. 1 (Nisbet)
- A System of Heraldry, Vol. 2 (Nisbet)
- A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry (Woodward)
- A Treatise on Heraldry (Woodward)
- Bibliotheca heraldica Magnæ Britanniæ
- English Brasses (Woodcock) (1949)
- Grantees of Arms to the End of the Seventeenth Century
- Heraldic Badges (Fox-Davies)
- Heraldic Symbols of Georgia
- Heraldry for Beginners
- Heraldry Online - Online Heraldic Resources
- Historic Heraldry Handbook
- Robbia Heraldry
- The Canadian Heraldic Dictionary
- The Right to Bear Arms (Fox-Davies)
- Ye Comic History of Heraldry (1878)
On-Line Heraldic Clipart
- Armory Blanks
- Brickbat's Armorial Stash (25mb zip file)
- Clipart ETC: Heraldry: Complete Coats of Arms
- Clipart ETC.: Heraldry
- Free Clipart Heraldry Imagery
- Free Heraldic Clipart
- Griffin d'Or - Heraldic Charges (12mb zip file)
- Griffin d'Or - Shields and Ordinaries (6mb zip file)
- Heraldry Studio on Steam
- Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry
- Shareware Clip Art Collection (from Don Phillips)
- SVG Graphics for Heralds
- Traceable Heraldic Art
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- A Display of Restaurant Heraldry
- Some Heraldry That I Did See
- Heraldry I Almost Saw
- An Overdue Rearrangement of the Heraldic Library
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