May 2022 Armorials Update
Wow, it's been a year since my last update! Bunch of new stuff added today from a variety of heraldic regions: Great Britain and Ireland (8) Barddoniaeth Lewys Glyn Cothi,…
Armorial Palettes
Because of the variation in the evenness of pigments and photo quality these are inherently approximate. My admittedly unscientific method was to sample pixels in a section of tincture until…
May Armorials Update
Thirty new armorials have been added, bringing the total up to 545. Highlights start with Wriothesley heraldic collections, volume II, c. 1530 English (London, British Library, Add MS 45132). Many examples…
2nd April Armorials Update
I'm going to try to do these more frequently so they don't become daunting, and so I can give a bit of info about the items I'm adding. With that…
April Armorials Update
65 items added today. Here's the list of everything that's been added Great Britain and Ireland Parliament roll of arms, 1515 England (London, British Library, Add MS 40078) The Baronage…
Iago’s Guide to Finding Period Armorials Online
Find collections of digitized manuscripts.A decent, if sometimes out-of-date, place to start is https://digitizedmedievalmanuscripts.org/, which is a meta-collection of institutions with digital manuscript collections. If the link to an institution…
December Armorials Update
Over 30 new items have just been added! First up we have a few Eastern European sources, 3 Polish, and 2 Czech: Kurtzer Auszug der Preussischen Chronicken, 1567 Polish (Biblioteka…
October Armorials Update
I've just added over 20 new armorials. The full list is at the end of this post, but first some highlights. In the 'Great Britain and Ireland' section there are…
Skulls in Period Heraldry
Human skulls (and death’s heads: skulls lacking the lower jaw) are very rare charges in period heraldry, but they do show up occasionally. The following is a rundown of all…
Another Big Armorials Update
I’ve added over 70 new sources today, so I’ll just mention some highlights. In the French section we have the 16th C Blasons de Bretagne, which offers some interesting insight…