Illustrations in this collection have been taken from or adapted from the sources listed below.
British Library Cotton MS Julius A VI
Painted in the first half of the 11th century in North England. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Julius_A_VI
Source for 1 illustration.
Dering Roll
Painted circa 1270-1280 near Dover, England. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_Roll_77720
Source for 5 illustrations.
Armorial Le Breton
Painted circa 1292 in France, with some pages added between 1400–1530. Illustrators unknown.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/ArmorialLeBreton
Source for 2 illustrations.
Manesse Codex
Painted in Germany circa 1304 with additions through 1340. Illustrators unknown.
Archived at https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848
Source for 3 illustrations.
Zurich Roll
Painted circa 1340 in Switzerland. Illustrators unknown.
Archived at http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/thumbs/snm/AG002760
For names and blazons see http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ZurichRoll/index.html
Source for 28 illustrations.
Wappenbuch der Bruderschaft des heiligen Christophorus am Arlberg
Painted in Tyrol in the 14th century.
Indexed as HHStA HS Weiss 242, the "Viennese Manuscript."
Archived at http://bilderserver.at/wappenbuecher/WienerHandschriftEXAv2_52z3/
Source for 7 illustrations.
Bellenville Armorial
Painted between 1375 and 1400 in or around the Netherlands. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8470169b/
Source for 17 illustrations.
Armorial de Gelre
Painted circa 1395 near Geldern. Illustrations by Claes Heinenzoon. Archived at https://uurl.kbr.be/1733715
For names and blazons see: http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org/Armoriaux/Gelre/Partie_VI.html
Modern re-emblazons are available on this site: http://wappenwiki.org/index.php/Gelre_Armorial
Source for 12 illustrations.
Beyeren Armorial
Painted in 1405 at the court of Holland. Illustrations by Claes Heinenzoon.
Archived at https://galerij.kb.nl/kb.html#/nl/wapenboek/page/0 and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Armorial_de_Beyeren
Source for 12 illustrations.
De Ministrerio Armorum
Indexed as J Rylands Latin MS 28.
Painted around 1415 in Germany by a Portuguese herald. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at http://silverdragon.org/HERALDRY/RyGerman15c/
Source for 4 illustrations.
Fenwick Roll
Painted in England between 1422 and 1461.
Source for 4 illustrations.
Armas de los Condes
Subtitle: Vescondes etc. de Cataluña, de Castilla, de Portugal Indexed as BSB Cod.icon. 290.
Painted between 1440-1550 in Iberia. Illustrators unknown. Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001370/images/
Source for 8 illustrations.
Le Grand Armorial Équestre de la Toison d'Or
Painted between 1429 and 1461 near Burgundy. Illustrators unknown.
Archived at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55009806h/
Source for 11 illustrations.
Bergshammar Armorial
Painted between 1441–56 in Brabant, Netherlands. Illustrators unknown.
Archived at https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/R0001216_00001
Annotation and re-emblazon at http://wappenwiki.org/index.php/Bergshammar_Armorial
Source for 5 illustrations.
Stemmario Trivulziano
Painted circa 1450 near Milan. Illustrations by Gian Antonio da Tradate.
Archived at http://graficheincomune.comune.milano.it/GraficheInComune/immagine/Cod.+Triv.+1390,+piatto+anteriore
Source for 31 illustrations.
Scheibler Armorial
Also known as Scheibler'sches Wappenbuch. Indexed as BSB Cod.icon. 312 c.
Painted around 1450 in Germany, with additions through 1600. Illustrators unknown.
Archived at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scheibler_Armorial and http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00007174/images/
Source for 45 illustrations.
Armorial de Berry
Also known as the Armorial of Gilles Le Bouvier.
Painted circa 1455 in France. Illustrators unknown. Archived at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85285803/
Source for 3 illustrations.
St. Gallen Armorial
Also known as the Armorial of Ulrich Rösch, Abbot of Saint Gall. Painted circa 1470 in Southern Germany. Illustrators unknown. Archived at http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/thumbs/csg/1084
Source for 6 illustrations.
Wappenbuch Conrads von Grünenberg
Subtitle: Ritters und Bürgers zu Constanz. Indexed as BSB Cgm 145.
Printed circa 1480 in Southern Germany by Conrad Grünenberg. Illustrators unknown.
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0003/bsb00035320/images/
Source for 23 illustrations.
Prince Arthur's Book
Painted in England around 1480, perhaps by Thomas Wriothesley. Some images may be found on the web, but the full set is not online.
Source for 6 illustrations.
Ortus Sanitatis
Printed by Johann Prüss in 1499. Illustrators unknown. Archived at https://archive.org/details/ortussanitatis00prss/
Source for 16 illustrations.
Sarum Processional
Printed by Morin of Rouen in 1508. Illustrators unknown. Archived at https://archive.org/details/processionalead00churgoog/
Source for 6 illustrations.
Livro do Armeiro-Mor
Painted in Portugal in 1506-09 by Jean Du Cros.
Archived at https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/viewer?id=4162406 and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Livro_do_Armeiro-Mor and http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/FTP_Files/1506-1509_Livro_do_Armeiro-Mor_Portugal.pdf
Source for 13 illustrations.
BnF MS Fr 5240
Painted 1515-1547 in France. Illustrators unknown.
Archived at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53038279k.r=25183
Source for 3 illustrations.
Livro da Nobreza e Perfeição das Armas
Painted 1521-1541 in Portugal by António Godinho.
Archived at http://digitarq.arquivos.pt/ViewerForm.aspx?id=4162407
Source for 3 illustrations.
Sammelband Mehrerer Wappenbücher
Painted circa 1530 in Southern Germany. Illustrators unknown. Indexed as BSB Cod.icon. 391.
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00007681/images/
Source for 10 illustrations.
Anton Tirol's Wappenbuch
Indexed as BSB Cod. Icon. 310.
Painted circa 1490–1540 in the Tyrol.
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001649/images/
Source for 11 illustrations.
Neustifter Wappenbuch
Painted circa 1540 in the Tyrol. Illustrations by Vigil Raber.
Some images may be found on the web, but the full set is not online.
Source for 9 illustrations.
Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft
Painted circa 1548 in Sterzing, Tyrol. Illustrations by Vigil Raber.
Archived at http://bilderserver.at/wappenbuecher/VirgilRaberEXAv2_52z2/
Source for 61 illustrations.
Wappenbuch Süddeutschland
Indexed as BSB Cod.icon. 392 d.
Painted before 1550 in Southern Germany. Illustrators unknown.
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0001/bsb00018706/images/
Source for 11 illustrations.
Lewis Armorial
UPenn manuscript Lewis E 17. Painted in the 1500s in Austro- Bavaria. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_017.html
Source for 6 illustrations.
Insignia Anglica
Indexed as BSB Cod. Icon. 291.
Painted in England circa 1550. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001647/images/
Source for 5 illustrations.
Devises Heroiques et Emblemes
Written by Claude Paradin. Illustrator unknown.
Originally published in Lyons in 1551, expanded and reissued multiple times over the following century.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/devisesheroiques00para/
Source for 7 illustrations.
Insignia Urbium Italiae Septentrionalis
Subtitled Nobilium Mediolanensium.
Indexed as BSB Cod. Icon. 270.
Painted in Italy circa 1555. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001430/images/
Source for 14 illustrations.
Insignia Venetorum Nobilium II
Indexed as BSB Cod. Icon. 272, or Insignia VII.
Painted in Italy circa 1555. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001419/images/
Source for 8 illustrations.
Insignia Venetorum Nobilium III
Indexed as BSB Cod. Icon. 273, or Insignia VIII.
Painted in Italy circa 1555. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001420/images/
Source for 6 illustrations.
Insignia Veneta, Mantuana, Bononiensia, Anconitana, Urbinatia, Perugiensia
Indexed as BSB Cod. Icon. 274, or Insignia IX.
Painted in Italy circa 1555. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001421/images/
Source for 5 illustrations.
Insignia Nobilium Patavinorum
Title continued: Impresa Ferrariensium, Pesariensium.
Indexed as BSB Cod. Icon. 275.
Painted in Italy circa 1555. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001422/images/
Source for 4 illustrations.
Insignia Nobilium Veronensium, Vicentinorum
Indexed as BSB Cod. Icon. 276.
Painted in Italy circa 1555. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001423/images/
Source for 9 illustrations.
Insignia Florentinorum
Indexed as BSB Cod. Icon. 277, or Insignia XII. Painted in Italy circa 1555. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001424/images/ and https://www.flickr.com/photos/63962238@N08/albums/72157653448079488/
Source for 6 illustrations.
Insignia Lucensium, Senensium, Pisanorum
Title continued: Pistoianorum, Volterranorum, Aretinorum, Cortonensium, Borgo a S. Sepolcro. Indexed as BSB Cod. Icon. 278, or Insignia XIII.
Painted in Italy circa 1555. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001425/images/
Source for 2 illustrations.
Catalogue des Nobles Admiraulx de France
Subtitle: Depuis le Roy Philippes de Valois, Jusques à Tres Puissant, Tres Magnanime & Tres Victorieux Roy de France, Henry Deuxième
By Jean Le Féron. Artist unknown. Published in Paris, 1555. Archived at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9671229p/
Source for 3 illustrations.
Catalogue des Très Illustres Grands-Maistres de France
Subtitle: Depuis le Roy Clotaire, Deuxième du Nom, Jusques à Tres Puissant, Tres Magnanime & Tres Victorieux Roy de France, Henry Deuxième
By Jean Le Féron. Artist unknown. Published in Paris, 1555. Archived at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9671230b/
Source for 2 illustrations.
Wappenbuch of the Holy Roman Empire
Painted by Stephan Brechtel around 1560
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00020447/
Source for 4 illustrations.
Flandria Roll
Subtitle: Chorographie Flanderns in Portraits der Landesfürsten, den Wappen des Adels und des Landes und in seiner Geographie. Indexed as BSB Cod.icon. 265.
Painted in the Netherlands in 1562.
Archived at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001350/images/
Source for 3 illustrations.
The Accedence of Armorie
By Gerard Legh (sometimes Leigh), published in England in 1562 with a second edition in 1597. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/accedenceofarmor00legh/
Source for 9 illustrations.
Rylands MS 2
Painted by Lucas Cranach the Younger in Germany in 1565.
Archived at https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/media/book/showBook/Manchester~91~1~433848~225786
Source for 10 illustrations.
Opera Dell'arte Del Cucinare
Printed by Bartolomeo Scappi in Italy in 1570. Illustrator unknown. Archived at https://archive.org/details/operavenetiascap00scap
Source for 8 illustrations.
Workes of Armorie
Subtitle: Deuyded into three bookes, entituled, the Concordes of armorie, the Armorie of honor, and of Coates and creastes.
Printed by John Bossewell in England in 1572. Illustrator unknown. Archived at https://archive.org/details/workesofarmoried00boss
Source for 37 illustrations.
Le Blason Des Armoiries
Subtitle: Auquel est monstrée la manière de laquelle les Anciens et Modernes ont usé en icelles.
Written and illustrated by Jérôme de Bara in Lyon, France, 1579. Archived at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8608301g/
Source for 34 illustrations.
Von Den Fürsten Grauen, Herren
Subtitle: auch andern alten Adelichen Bayrischen Geschlechten. Published in Germany, 1586. Artist unknown.
Archived at https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10030621403
Source for 2 illustrations.
Walters Ms. W.847
Painted in England in 1589.
Archived at http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W847/
Source for 4 illustrations.
The Armes of All the Cheife Corporatons
Subtitle: of England wt. the companees of London described by letters for ther seuerall collores
Published by Benjamin Wright in London in 1596.
Archived at https://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/detail/ FOLGERCM1~6~6~793017~150630:The-armes-of-all-the-cheife- corpora
Source for 9 illustrations.
Catalogue des Noms, Surnoms, Faits et Vies
Subtitle: Des Connestables, Chanceliers, Grands Maistres, Admiraux et Mareschaux de France; Ensemble des Prévosts de Paris, Depuis Leur Premier Establissement Jusques à Très Haut, Tres Puissant, & Tres Chrestien Roy de France et de Navarre Henry III
By Jean Le Féron. Artist unknown. Published in Paris, 1598. Archived at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15120809/
Source for 4 illustrations.
Siebmacher's Wappenbuch of 1605
Written and illustrated by Johann Siebmacher in Germany in 1605.
Archived at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Siebmachers_Wappenbuch
Source for 34 illustrations.
A Display of Heraldry
Subtitle: Manifesting a more easie access to the knowledge thereof than hath been hitherto published by any, through the benefit of method.
Printed by John Guillim in England in 1611. Illustrator unknown. Archived at http://archive.org/details/gri_33125009310737
Source for 109 illustrations.
O-umajirushi
Painted circa 1640 in Japan. Illustrations attributed to Kyūan. Archived at http://o-umajirushi.xavid.us/.
Source for 8 illustrations.
The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents
Published in 1658 in England. Illustrations by Edward Topsell. Archived at http://archive.org/details/historyoffourfoo00tops
Source for 5 illustrations.
Opus Insignium Armorumque
Published in 1687 in Slovenia. Illustrations by Janez Valvasor and Bartholomaeus Ramschisslu.
Archived at http://bit.ly/opus-insignium-armorumque and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Opus_insignium_armorumque
Source for 12 illustrations.
Devises et Emblemes Anciennes & Modernes
Subtitle: Tirees de Plus Celebres Auteurs
Written by Daniel de la Feuille. Published in 1699 in Augsburg, Bavaria. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/devisesetembleme00lafeu
Source for 3 illustrations.
Heraldry of Fish
Subtitle: Notices of the Principal Families Bearing Fish in Their Arms. Printed by Thomas Moule in England in 1842. Illustrator unknown. Archived at https://archive.org/details/heraldryoffishno00mouluoft/
Source for 16 illustrations.
Siebmacher's Grosses und Allgemeines Wappenbuch
Also known as Neuer Siebmacher, “the new Siebmacher.”
Published in Germany by Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt, Maximilian Gritzner, and Gustav A Seyler, 1854-1967. Illustrators unknown.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/heraldryoffishno00mouluoft/
Source for 3 illustrations.
English Heraldry
Published by Charles Boutell in England in 1867, republished 1899. Illustrations by R. B. Utting.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/englishheraldryb00bout
Source for 6 illustrations.
The New Practical Gardener and Modern Horticulturist
Printed by Wm. MacKensie in England in 1874. Illustrator unknown. Archived at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293010587842
Source for 1 illustration.
A Cyclopedia of Costume
Subtitle: or, Dictionary of Dress, Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent; a General Chronological History of the Costumes of the Principal Countries of Europe, from the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Accession of George the Third.
Published 1876–79 in England by James Robinson Planché. Illustrators unknown.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/p1cyclopediaofco01planuoft/ and https://archive.org/details/p2cyclopediaofc01planuoft/
and https://archive.org/details/b24871850_0002/page/n9/
Source for 17 illustrations.
Siegel des Mittelalters aus den Archiven der Stadt Lübeck
Published in 1879 in Germany by Verein für lübeckische Geschichte und Altertumskunde. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/siegeldesmittel00altegoog
Source for 1 illustration.
The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
Subtitle: A Curious Fable of the Cotton Plant.
Published by Henry Lee in England in 1887. Illustrator unknown. Archived at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43343
Source for 1 illustration.
A Treatise on Heraldry British and Foreign
Subtitle: With English and French Glossaries. Two volumes.
Published by John Woodward in England in 1892. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/treatiseonherald01wood/ and https://archive.org/details/atreatiseonhera00burngoog/
Source for 8 illustrations.
Heraldry, Ancient and Modern
Subtitle: Including Boutell's Heraldry.
Published by S.T. Aveling in 1890. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/heraldryancientm00boutrich
Source for 5 illustrations.
A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry
By James Parker, with contributions by Henry Gough, 1894. Based on the book published by his father, J. H. Parker, in 1847. Some illustrations by his daughter, Irene Parker (later Irene Hore).
Archived at https://archive.org/details/aglossarytermsu08parkgoog and https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=luMMAAAAYAAJ and https://www.heraldsnet.org/saitou/parker/index.htm
Source for 25 illustrations.
Some Feudal Coats Of Arms
Subtitle: And others, illustrated with 2,000 zinco etchings from the Bayear tapestry, Greek vases, seals, tiles, effigies, brasses and heraldic rolls.
By Joseph Foster, 1902. Illustrator unknown.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/somefeudalcoatso00fostrich
Source for 1 illustration.
Baltischer Wappen-Kalender
Published by E Bruhns, in Riga, 1902. Illustrated by M. Kortmann. Archived at https://www.digar.ee/viewer/et/nlib-digar:42026/28954
Source for 6 illustrations.
Two Tudor Books of Arms
Subtitle: Harleian Manuscripts Numbers 2169 & 6163.
By Joseph Foster, 1904. Illustrator unknown.
Based on a mid-16th C. copy of a late-15th C. manuscript. Archived at https://archive.org/details/twotudorbooksofa00fostuoft
Source for 32 illustrations.
Banners, Standards, and Badges
Subtitle: From a Tudor manuscript in the College of Arms.
By Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis (Baron Howard de Walden), 1904.
Illustrations drawn by Thomas Willement in 1829-31, based on a manuscript created in England circa 1531.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/bannersstandards00howauoft
Source for 78 illustrations.
The Art of Heraldry
Subtitle: An Encyclopædia of Armory. By Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, 1904.
Illustrations by H. G. Strohl, G. W. Eve, Graham Johnston, C. W. Sherborn, R. E., J. Forbes Nixon, G. Scruby, J. Vinycomb, M.R.I.A., and “Miss Helard” (a pseudonym for his wife, Mary Ellen Blanche Crookes).
Archived at https://archive.org/details/artofheraldryenc00foxd
Source for 13 illustrations.
The Principles of Design
Subtitle: A text-book for teachers, students, and craftsmen. Written and illustrated by George Woolliscroft–Rhead, 1905. Archived at https://archive.org/details/principlesofdesi00rheauoft
Source for 13 illustrations.
Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art
Subtitle: With special reference to their use in British heraldry. Written and illustrated by John Vinycomb, 1906.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/fictitioussymbol00vinyiala
Source for 36 illustrations.
Heraldic Badges
By Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, 1907.
Illustrator unknown.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/heraldicbadges00foxd
Source for 5 illustrations.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry
By Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, 1909.
Most illustrations by Graham Johnston. Includes illustrations by “Miss Helard” (a pseudonym for his wife, Mary Ellen Blanche Crookes) and Mr. G. W. Eve.
Archived at https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh00foxdrich
Source for 136 illustrations.
Wappen und Siegel des Kreises Alfeld
Written by Wilhelm Barner, 1953. Illustrations by Gustav Völker.
Source for 6 illustrations.
Braunschweiger Wappenbuch
Written by Arnold Rabbow, 1977, revised 1984, 2018.
Illustrations by Gustav Völker.
Source for 1 illustration.
Wappenbuch des Landkreises Hannover
Published in Germany in 1985. Illustrations by Gustav Völker.
Source for 6 illustrations.
Wikimedia Commons
Copyright for each item is retained by its original creator.
Although most Wikimedia material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution license, this collection includes only items which have been placed in the public domain.
Artists include: AceDouble, AnonMoos, Care, F.rodrigo, Fry1989, Madden, Mouagip, Orem, and Poznaniak.
Available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:SVG_coat_of_arms_elements
Source for 28 illustrations.
Heraldik-Wiki
Copyright for each item is retained by its original creator.
Although most Heraldik-Wiki material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution license, this collection includes only items which have been placed in the public domain.
Artists include: Dorado, Leit, and Madboy74. Available at https://heraldik-wiki.de/
Source for 3 illustrations.
OpenClipArt
All items released into the public domain. Available at http://openclipart.org/
Source for 32 illustrations.
Heraldic Templates
By Torric inn Björn. © 1992 Floyd L. Bullock.
Permission was granted by the artist to adapt and include these images as part of this project.
Archived at http://blog.heraldicart.org/heraldic-templates/
Source for 164 illustrations.
Pennsic Traceable Art
Created by the volunteers of the art tent at Pennsic Heralds’ Point. Compiled and edited by Ailis Linne. © 2004–2007 Erin E Childs.
Permission was granted by the editor to include, update, redraw and distribute the PTA images as part of this project.
Nearly all of the charges from the third edition are included, along with some additional items from the project’s unreleased archives.
A concordance showing each PTA item and the corresponding image in this collection is available at http://heraldicart.org/pta/.
Artists include Roana d’Evreux, Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon, Bressal MacCulloch, Palotzi Marti, Gisela vom Kreuzbach, Elsbeth Anne Roth, Kolosvari Arpadne Julia, Thomas Ouswood, Margaret Makafee, and Tristran Deans, among others.
In some cases, the record of artists' credits is unclear, and we have included our best guess as to the creator, annotated as "attributed."
Images scanned by Roana d’Evreux and Thomas Ouswood.
Source for 572 illustrations.
Pennsic Traceable Art Archives
Following the publication of the third edition of the Pennsic Traceable Art, a number of additional illiustrations were collected in anticipation of the fourth edition, but were never published.
A decade later, they are being distributed here for the first time, under the same terms as for the third edition.
Artist include Gunnvôr silfrahárr, Ian of Tadcaster, and Violante de Rojas.
Source for 18 illustrations.
Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds
By Gunnvôr silfrahárr. © 2014 Christie L. Ward.
Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) license. No attribution is required for heraldic or artistic use by members of the SCA.
Available at http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/Heraldry_SVG_Images/index.htm
Source for 456 illustrations.
SVG Heraldry Components
By Nicholas de Estleche. © 2016–2018 Nicholas Adams.
Permission was granted to include and distribute these images as part of this project. Available for free use by members of the SCA.
Available at https://svg-heraldry-components.fandom.com/
Source for 19 illustrations.
Pennsic “Bored Artists” Collection
Created by the volunteers of the art tent at Pennsic Heralds’ Point. Permission granted to share for free heraldic use within the SCA. Copyright for each item is retained by its original creator.
Artists include Æðelðryð MacGillivray, Angharat Goch verch Gwenhover, `Aziza al-Shiraziyya, Celiedh Eiriksdottir, Dorothy Mackey, Imayne de Merlowe, Jaqueline de Molieres, Kjalvor Sæbjarnardottir, Raziya Bint Rusa, Rozalia Krawczykowa, Stephanie Fahey, and Þórý Veðardóttir.
Source for 76 illustrations.
Pennsic Heralds’ Point Artists
Created by the volunteers of the art tent at Pennsic Heralds’ Point.
Taken from submissions of Pennsic XLIV (2015), XLVI (2017), XLVII (2018), and XLVIII (2019).
Permission granted to share for free heraldic use within the SCA. Copyright for each item is retained by its original creator.
Source for 105 illustrations.
Book of Traceable Heraldic Art
Digital illustration and layout of this collection was performed by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Content, design, and illustrations not specifically credited to others are © 2016–2020 Matthew Simon Ryan Cavalletto.
Illustrations with a named artist but no identified source work were contributed to this project by their creators, who retain the copyright.
Artists include Alexandre Saint Pierre, Aliyah bat Azriel, Bahja al- Azraq, Bróccín MacIvyr, Daya Speyerin, Elizabeth Turner de Carlisle, Estelle de la Mer, Iago ab Adam, Jessimond of Emerickeskepe, Jon Chesey, Kryss Kostarev, Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin, Muirenn ingen Dunadaig, Niccolo da Palermo, Ræv Kolfinnsson, Thomas Eynsham, Þórý Veðardóttir, Ursula Messerschmitt, Vémundr Syvursson, and Zubeydah al-Badawiyyah..
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