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INTRODUCTION
Heraldry is both
a science and an art form. Developing out of the emblems and insignia
born upon shields and banners during battle, heralrdy as a profession
encompasses not only the devising, granting, and blazoning of arms, but
also the tracing of genealogies, and determining and ruling on questions
of rank or protocol. This dictionary, however, is only concerned with
the first of these aspects of heraldry.
The language used
in blazoning (i.e., description)
a complete achievement
(i.e., the shield and all its surrounding elements) is intentionally precise
because the object being described is associated with a specific family
or institution, and often belongs to a single individual. This
dictionary has been created with the goal of aiding people new to the
field of heraldry in understanding written descriptions of armorials,
such as those used in the descriptions of the Special Collection's Online
Bookplate Registry. It may also aid in properly describing arms in
order to identify the individual, family, or organization to which those
arms belong.
INDEX
- Complete
Achievement
- Blazoning
a Shield
- Tincture:
Metals, Colors & Furs
- Methods
of Partition
- Marshalling
of Arms
- Semé
Patterns
- Charges
- Inanimate
Charges:
- Crosses
- Crowns,
Helmets, Chaplets & Chapeaux
- Miscellaneous
Other
- Nautical
- Ordinaries:
• Page
1: pale, fess, cross, bordure & chief
• Page
2: bend, bend sinister, saltire, chevron & pile
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Page
3: diminutives, variations of the fess, chevron & bend,
geometric divisions of the field, geometric objects on the field,
and bordure variations)
- Roundels
- Trees
& Plants
- Weapons
& Military Objects
- Positioning
of Charges
- Cadency
Marks
- Select
Bibliography
- Heraldic
Resources Online
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