Dictionaries
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Finto HERO
An experimental multilingual relational thesaurus for heraldic terms.
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A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry
One of the main heraldic dictionaries of note.
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Elvin's Heraldic Dictionary
Another old heraldic dictionary, containing some interesting illustrations and antiquated terms.
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Vocabulaire-Atlas Héraldique
Gathers a large variety of heraldic terms and provides translations in five languages.
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An encyclopaedic dictionary of heraldry
A more recent heraldic dictionary by noted heraldist Julian Franklin.
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Category:en:Heraldry
A listing of all heraldic terms mentioned by Wiktionary.
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Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art
Deals with European mythological beasts; both heraldic and not.
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Mistholme Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry
Accurately describes some obscure features, but abides by SCA quirks.
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The Canadian Heraldic Dictionary
Canada is famous for its unusual, controversial, and creative designs.
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Chivalric & Heraldic Terminology
The misspelling of the URL isn't indicative of the quality of the content.
Reference
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Hubert Herald
Historical and modern arms and emblems by country. A few articles are in Dutch.
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A Guide to Software for Heraldry
By me. Spans vector, raster, and specially designed programs.
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Heraldica
A very dated-looking but still comprehensive site on heraldry covering a number of topics.
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The Handbook to English Heraldry
A classic, but sometimes inaccurate, book focusing on English heraldry.
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A Complete Guide to Heraldry
The definitive guide to English heraldry. Although mostly accurate, it has some odd opinions.
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Heraldic Sources
A massive compendium of heraldic books organised by country, intended as the basis for an armorial project.
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Flags of the World
Although its main remit is flags, and the web design looks rather vintage, it also covers heraldry.
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International Heraldry
Explains the basics of international heraldry; very handy for newcomers to the field.
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European Heraldry
Displays arms of historical European states, similar to WappenWiki.
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Heraldicum.ru
A Russian heraldic website. Although there is an English version available, it's not very big.
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Portal:Heraldry/Web resources
Wikipedia's list of external heraldic resources, including heraldic authorities in some countries.
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Official Blazons Wiki
Official descriptions of national (and some regional) coats of arms and emblems.
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Escutcheons of Science
Arms of notable scientists, explorers, and industrialists.
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Heraldry of the World
Not only a great reference for civic and regional arms, but also a veritable collection of historic artifacts.
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Europeana Heraldica
The Finnish state records of arms relating to that country's history.
Artifacts
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Heraldry in the Scher Collection
A collection of coins with heraldic designs.
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Postcards with coats of arms
A Polish online museum page containing a selection of historical heraldic artifacts.
Assets
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SVG Images for Heralds
A compendium of free-to-use heraldic images from a variety of sources.
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WappenWiki
Lists historical shields of European states. Can be a bit historically off at times; but still a great source of SVG assets.
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Book of Traceable Heraldic Art
A compendium of free-to-use heraldic images from a variety of sources.
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DrawShield
An online application that allows you to create designs based on heraldic language.
Armorials
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Links to Online Rolls of Arms
A list of rolls of arms available online, hosted by the Viking Answer Lady.
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Vakhushti Georgian flags collage
An image containing semi-heraldic flags collected by cartographer Prince Vakhushti.
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Book of all Kingdoms
An interesting medieval book which contains numerous semi-heraldic banners which... are not very accurate.
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Period Armorials Online
A listing of over 150+ period heraldic rolls and miscellaneous records.
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Stemmatographia
An armorial combining fictional and historic arms that is influential in the Balkans.
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Arkiv Jan Raneke
A detailed Swedish classification of European noble coats of arms with charming hand-drawn art.
