French Heraldry

Arms from the Albigensian Crusade 1209-1244.

Modern drawings of the arms of various participants in the Albigensian Crusades.

The Bigot Roll of Arms, 1254: An Analysis, by Talan Gwynek.

An analysis of the arms found in the following source.

Ordinary of the Bigot Roll of Arms, 1254, by Kristina Pereyra.

240 blazons from a French roll of arms.

Ermine tails in 14th century English and French Sources, by Iago ab Adam and Aryanhwy merch Catmael.

A short collection of images associated with Academy of S. Gabriel Report #2903.

Armorial de la Paix d'Arras, by Steen Clemmensen.

This is a roll of arms of the participants of the Peace Conference at Arras 1435. It contains arms of members of the English, French, and Burgundian embassies.

An excerpt from the Armorial de Guillaume Revel for the county of Forez, c.1450.

Modern re-drawings from a roll of arms.

An Essay on Seme, by Eowyn Amberdrake.

This article was written at a time when the SCA College of Arms was trying to figure out how to treat strewn charges, so some of the discussion is related specifically to the RfS and is now obsolete. The data and the conclusions, drawn from French, English, and Scottish examples, are all still correct and useful.

Armorial de l'Ordre de la Jarretière, by Arnaud Bunel.

This is an armorial of the Order of the Garter. The arms have all been redrawn in a modern style, and so these particular depictions should not be taken as a guide to medieval emblazonry. However, the arms are all medieval, and so can be used as a guide to style. Most of the people listed here are English; there are a few French.

Armorial des Chevaliers de l'Annonciade, by Arnaud Bunel.

This is an armorial of the Ordine Supremo della Santissima Annunziata, a knightly order created in 1362 or 1364 by Count Amédée VI of Savoy. The arms have all been redrawn in a modern style, and so these particular depictions should not be taken as a guide to medieval emblazonry. However, the arms are all medieval, and so can be used as a guide to style.

Armorial des Chevaliers du Croissant, by Arnaud Brunel.

This is an armorial of the Order of the Crescent, a knightly order created in 1448 by King René d'Anjou. The arms have all been redrawn in a modern style, and so these particular depictions should not be taken as a guide to medieval emblazonry. However, the arms are all medieval, and so can be used as a guide to style.

Jean Faucket's Commonplace Book.

This is a digitization of a Burgundian manuscript from the late 15th or early 16th century. The first 125 pages or so contain full color depictions of arms. Some of the arms in the initial pages may be apocryphal, but the majority of the ones in the latter pages are of real people and places, both French and non-French.

Le Blason des armoiries, by Hierosme de Bara.

Dated to 1628.

Armorial of Arms from the Livre de Tournois by Rene of Anjou, by Lothar von Katzenellenbogen.

A list of the arms found in the 15th century Livre de Tournois by Rene d'Anjou; these arms were devised by Rene, and were not in general borne by real people.

Livre du Toison d'Or.

This is a book of the Order of the Golden Fleece, dating to the end of the 16th century.

The Cloisters Armorial, by Sabine Berard.

This article is a collection of photographs of heraldic display in various m edia from the medieval wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It covers heraldry from various times and places in Europe.