Ermine tails in 14th century English and French Sources

Compiled by Iago ab Adam and Aryanhwy merch Catmael
for report 2903 of the Academy of Saint Gabriel

Please see Academy of Saint Gabriel report 2903 for references to the source of each image.

Limoges, France, or England, c. 1290-1324

England, early 14th C

A chart of the above image

England, early 14th C

A chart of the above image

England, early 14th C

England, 1301

England, 1301

England, c.1340

England, c.1360

England, c.1365-70

Brittany, 1361

Brittany, 1360s

Brittany, 1366

England, late 14th C

Other medieval drawings of ermine tails can be found in A. C. Fox-Davies' book The Art of Heraldry, p.49; the ones on the top row are probably appropriate for the 14th century. Slightly later examples appear in the Edward IV roll, from the 1460's. Some 14th century German drawings appear in The Zurich Roll; #32 on this page contains ermine (bottom left in the first image).