Modar's
Tool Kit

(Heraldry Tools)

  

Tier 1

         
         
         
         
         
         

Tier 2

SCA Event Calendar   LoARs - Archive of Laurel Letters   Medieval Naming Guides
Academy of Saint Gabriel
         
(O&A) Ordinary & Armorial   Kingdom Letters of Intent (LoIs)   Academy of Saint Gabriel Homepage
         
(RfS) Rules for Submission   Name Weirdness Table 
Aryanhwy's site		   Triangular Divisions & Charges
with illustrations for new square-shaped badge
         
SCA Heraldry Admin Handbook   Name Weirdness Table
SCA CoA site		   Embattled vs Bretessed vs Embattled-Counter-Embattled
         
SCA Glossary of Heraldry Terms   List of Armoury "Weirdnesses"   Engrailed vs Invected
         
Heraldic Terms   Given Name Conflict Table   Posture Conflict Table
         
Frequently Sought Precedents   Byname Conflict Table   Flower Conflict Table
         
Precedents of the SCA CoA   Precedents: Compatible Names   Cross Conflict Table
         
Heraldic Monsters   Given Names Not Suitable for SCA    Precedents: Crosses
         
Roundels   Heraldic Myths   Line of Division Conflict Table
         
Gouttes   Roses: Wreaths, Chaplets & Orles   Precedents: Contrast & Complex Lines 
         
Lines of Partition (Complex Lines)   Diapering   Cadency Marks
         
Marshalled Arms   Furs   Flames
         
The Medieval Heraldry Archive   No Photocopies Needed List   Parker's Glossary of Heraldry Terms
         
Reserved & Prohibited Charges   Names Sources to Avoid   Standard References
         

Tier 3

Morsulus Herald's Website

Who's Who of SCA Heralds

Heraldic Primer

Lessons in SCA Heraldry

Frequently Asked Questions by Non-Heralds

Aryanhwy's Name Articles

Arabic Naming Practices And Period Names List by Da'ud ibn Auda

A Dictionary of Period Russian Names by Paul Wickenden of Thanet

Names of the Secret History of the Mongols by Lao Tao-sheng

Period Chinese Names by Yin Mei Li

Japanese Formal Masculine Given Names by Solveig Throndardottir

Japanese Miscellany: Japanese Names by Edward Effingham

Medieval German Names by Falko von der Weser

Glossary of Place names from Landnámabók

A Collection of Period Order Names by Frederic Badger

Iren-Fyrd, Iren-Hirth, Boga-Fyrd, Boga-Hirth & Iren-Feran: What do these Order Names mean?

Medieval Gaelic Clan, Household, and Other Group Names by Sharon L. Krossa

European Household and Other Group Names Before 1600 by Sharon L. Krossa

Period Welsh Models for SCA Households and the Nomenclature Thereof
by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvyrn (Heather Rose Jones)

Compilation of Medieval Occupations and their Descriptions by Ines Alfón (formerly Mór ingen Chathail)
(Nice for referencing to some occupational names)

Historic Cities

Animal Blazonry (Depictions of critters in heraldic positions) by Eldred Ælfwald

Charges-R-Us (Depictions of various heraldic charges)

Examples of Some Triangular Divisions & Charges
(With illustrations for new square-shaped badge)

Chevrons (inverted), Chaussés, Piles, and Chiefs Triangular, Oh My! by Alia Marie de Blois

Triangular Field Divisions & Charges
Text by Arval Benicoeur with graphics, additional text, and twitches by Rafaella d'Allemtejo

Triangular Field Divisions by Arval D'Espas Nord (Arval Benicoeur)

"From Wreath: Birds and Substantial Difference"

"Some birds and the postures in which they are found in period English heraldry"

Heraldry for Those Who Cant  

Problem Charges to Update Your Pic Dic