Heraldry

Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings. Its origins lie in the need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts and to describe the various devices they carried or painted on their shields.

External links

Authorities

• Canadian Heraldic Authority
• College of Arms for England, Wales, Northern Ireland
• Court of the Lord Lyon of Scotland
• New Zealand Herald of Arms Extraordinary
• Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland
• U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry

Societies

• The Heraldry Society
• The American Heraldry Society
• The American College of Heraldry (Chartered non-profit, not a state authority)
• The Heraldry Society of Scotland
• The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada
• The Heraldry Society (New Zealand Branch) Inc
• A Heraldic Primer (Society for Creative Anachronism)
• Serbian Genealogical Society
• Macedonian Heraldry Society

Heraldry-generating software

• Blazon (non commercial)

Other

• Rietstap's Armorial General - over 130,000 fully searchable names and blazons
• Heraldica
• FootballCrests.com - The history and meaning of football (soccer) club crests from around the world
• Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
• Scotscourts.gov.uk
• Page on the Flemish Heraldic Council
• Page on the Lyon Court
• Page on the Lyon Court
• Page on the South African Bureau of Heraldry
• Maltese Heraldry
• Information on the customs and practices of Heraldry and contemporary Heraldry
• Heraldry; Coats of Arms and Crests
• James Grout: Heraldry, part of the Encyclopædia Romana
• A DISPLAY OF HERALDRIE: by John Guillim (c1551 - 1621) being a complete transcription of the first edition (1610) of this work