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Includes a history of heraldry through the renaissance, information on officers of arms in England and a primer of blazonry.
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Elizabethan Heraldry Home Orders to be observed and kept by the Officers of Armes made by the high and mighty Prince Thomas Duke of Norfolke Earle Marischall of England Anno 1568 the xviijth day of July in the Tenth yeare of the Reign...Features articles, a bibliography, and a forum on North American heraldry. [French/English]
http://pages.infinit.net/cerame/heraldicamerica/
Information on heraldry as it is used in and by the Catholic church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07243a.htm
An indexed directory of heraldic resources with an emphasis on research.
http://digiserve.com/heraldry/
FAQs, introductions to heraldic concepts and terms, an illustrated glossary and information on heraldry within various countries and groups.
http://www.heraldica.org/
An English dictionary of heraldic terms, originally published in 1908.
http://digiserve.com/heraldry/pimbley.htm
A collection of links to various heraldic and flag-related resources.
http://www.panix.com/~wlinden/heraldry.shtml
Index of arms used by all levels of government throughout the world. Most of the entries have illustrations.
http://www.ngw.nl/indexgb.htm
Potential symbolic meanings of heraldic charges, with a special focus on Irish heraldry.
http://www.irishsurnames.com/heraldiccharges.htm
Concerns the art, history and symbolism of heraldry, and the history, politics, books, cinema and television to which heraldry has thematic links.
http://www.baronage.co.uk/
The heraldry of Canada, and of its provinces and cities.
http://www.mad-alchemy.com/heraldry/
Coats of arms or badges for over 380 English and Welsh civil authorities.
http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/
Arms of members of the Usenet newsgroup rec.heraldry and others of interest to that group.
http://jgrimbert.free.fr/herald/rh/
Information on the civic heraldry of France, historical seals, and more than 1700 coats of arms from early rolls with blazon and emblazon.
http://www.briantimms.com/
An FAQ for the Usenet group rec.heraldry.
http://www.heraldica.org/faqs/heraldry.faq
Discusses heraldic and heraldic-derived emblems used by automobile manufacturers.
http://www.users.qwest.net/~hrellis/AutoHeraldry.htm
Images of, and information on, bookplates depicting the arms of their original owners.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/...ympus/4369/Bookplate/journal.htm
Information on the institutions charged with the handling of U.S. military heraldry.
http://www.qmfound.com/heraldry.htm
Introduction to the basics of heraldic design and terminology.
http://www.geocities.com/pheon.geo/heraldry.htm
Describes to whom the right to bear a coat of arms belongs.
http://www.sog.org.uk/leaflets/arms.html
Discusses the development of the law from its origin to the present.
http://pages.ripco.net/~clevin/lexarm.html
Deals with English and Scottish laws of arms, and how they might affected the law of arms in New Zealand.
http://www.geocities.com/noelcox/Law_of_Arms.htm
Coats of arms from the Cathar crusade in the 13th century. [English/French]
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/earlyblazon/hompage.htm
Based on user-provided information creates an image of a simple coat of arms.
http://www.puncher.co.uk/gen_herald.php
Describes heraldry in Canada and the roles of the Governor General and Canadian Heraldic Authority.
http://www.gg.ca/heraldry/index_e.asp
Presents the heraldry of Romania in its essentials. Includes pictures of medieval and modern coats of arms.
http://www.geocities.com/romaniancoins/coat.html
Indexes coats of arms by name, including blazon, emblazon, history and place of origin.
http://www.coatofarms.org/
Deals with heraldry Macedonia. Includes depictions of arms, Macedonian symbolism and links.
http://heraldry.mol.com.mk/
Provides resources and a forum for the academic discussion of genealogy and heraldry. Includes organization information, members and links.
http://users.panola.com/AAGHS/index.html
Information on Family and City coat of arms, national symbols of Georgia.
http://rustaveli.tripod.com/heraldry/index.html
Displays the full achievement of arms and blazoning of the Britton-Beitel family.
http://www.angelfire.com/alt/family_arms/
Includes information and illustrations of the arms of Clackson family members.
http://www.clackson.com/heraldry
An illustrated heraldic dictionary by James Parker which was first published in 1894.
http://www.heraldsnet.org/saitou/parker/
Armorial of Polish Nobility and information about Polish Royalty.
http://www.wawrzak.org/