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5 x 11: The Meaning of Arms

This site discusses a MSc thesis on the semiotics of medieval heraldry, based on 771 heraldic traces and 86 European coats of arms.

A Display of Heraldrie: by John Guillim (c1551 - 1621)

Ahnen und Wappen

Genealogy & heraldry.

Amateur Heralds WebRing

Ancestry.com - Learning Center - Learn More

Thousands of FREE, searchable how-to articles from Ancestry.com publications such as Ancestry Magazine, the Ancestry Weekly Discovery and the Ancestry Monthly Update.

Araldica - Archivio Storico Araldico Italiano - Accurate Ricerche Araldiche

Arthurian Coats of Arms

Blasón Virtual, Heráldica en la Red

Blazon Search - Searchable Armories

A subscription based database. The blazons of the coats-of-arms of over 130,000 European noble families. Includes Rietstap's Armorial online.

Burke's Peerage & Gentry International Register of Arms

Burke’s Peerage & Gentry proudly presents their International Register of Armorial Bearings; a register of armorial bearings in current use throughout the world which includes the names, addresses and biographies of the bearers.

Catholic Encyclopedia: Ecclesiastical Heraldry

EarlyBlazon.com

Coat of arms and characters of the Albigensian crusade.

Family Chronicle - Acquiring a REAL Coat of Arms: Part I

Heraldry is alive and well, as Halvor Moorshead explains.

Google Directory: Society > Genealogy > Heraldry

Guides - Heraldry - The Genealogy Center - Allen County Public Library

Heraldic Primer: Table of Contents

Heraldica - François Velde's Heraldry Site

Heraldry - Jerry's Heraldry

Shields, coat of arms and blazons for surnames from A to Z.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

Heraldry Design Marc MAYO

Armorial Héraldique Marc MAYO : creation et reproduction de blasons et d'armoiries personnelles ou familiales.

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