Heraldry

Heraldry in Canada
http://www.gg.ca/heraldry/index_e.asp
A brief history of heraldry in Canada.
How to Make an Authentic Medieval Coat of Arms
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/her_act.htm
A description of the components of a shield. Link to a free program to download that helps you make your own shield is available.
- Text and graphics describing the traditional divisions of a shield
- Read Roger the Herald's notes on Blazonry for Beginners before you play the on-line heraldry game
- Heraldry Game
  Play an on-line heraldry game (a lot of reading)
Basic Heraldry
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jkmacmul/heraldry/index.html
Learn about the metals, colours, furs, divisions, and the 'Marks of Cadence' - birth order that appears on shields.
A Primer of Blazonry: A Visual Introduction to Blazonry
http://renaissance.dm.net/heraldry/primer.html
A visual introductory to heraldry: graphics describing: the colours and metals, the furs, the ordinaires, partitioning the field, patterning the field, lines, blazoning the arms.
- Some Common Charges
- Some common divisions
A Heraldic Primer
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/primer/
Lessons explaining the colours, charges and the placement on the shield.
Heraldry: A Beginner's Guide
http://www.heraldryunlimited.com/guide/home_page.htm
Gives meaning for the colours, metals and the charges on shields.
- Dictionary of Heraldic Terms
The Basics of Heraldic Design and Terminology
http://www.geocities.com/pheon.geo/heraldry.htm#shield
Heraldry explained.
Sample Crests and Coat of Arms
http://www.fleurdelis.com/
Free Heraldry Clipart
http://www.heraldicclipart.com/
- Clipart
Heraldry Clipart
http://www.heraldryclipart.com/main.html
Samples of designs. Cannot be copied.
- Heraldry Art
Heraldic Atlas
http://www.heraldica.org/topics/glossary/atlas.htm
Black line drawings displaying heraldic terms.
Medieval European Clipart
http://www.media.ne.jp/web/kaleido/index-e3.html
Samples of charges, ordinaries, and ships by clicking on Treasure Island
Heraldry
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/1940/heraldry.html
Examples of animals (Bestiary) that are often found on shields.
Animal Blazonry
http://www.concentric.net/~Eldred/UoA/AnimalBlazon.html
How to blazon animals and variations of their posture.
Template
http://www.knebworthhouse.com/schools/shield.htm
Template to design your own Coat of Arms.
Template2
http://share1.esd105.wednet.edu/bishopcj/portfolios/coatofarms_template.htm
Template to design your personal Coat of Arms.