Baronial Heraldic Resources & Library

Name Books

A Dictionary of British Surnames by P.H. Reaney and R.M. Wilson, 1976

An Sloinnteoir Gaeilge agus An tAinmneoir by Muiris O. Droighneain, 1982

The Domesday Book: England's Heritage, Then and Now by Thomas Hinde, 1995

The Old Norse Name by Geirri Bassi Haraldsson, 1977

The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names by E.G. Withycombe, 1947

The Surnames of Scotland by George Black, 1946

Webster's Dictionary of Proper Names by 1970

Armory/General Heraldry Books

The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, 1976

The Complete Book of Heraldry by Stephen Slater, 2002

A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davis, 1978

Concise Encyclopedia of Heraldry by Guy Cadogan Rothery, 1994

Debrett's Guide to Heraldry and Regalla by David Williamson, 1992

A Dictionary of Heraldry by Stephen Friar, 1987

The Dictionary of Heraldry: Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees by Joseph Foster, 1994

Fabulous Heraldry by Alfgar the Sententions, 1976

Heraldic Templates for the SCA by Lady Alanna Volchevo Lesa

Heraldry, Ancestry, and Titles: Questions and Answers, L.G. Pine, 1965

Heraldry of the World by Carl Alexander von Volborth, 1973

Heraldry: Sources, Symbols, and Meaning by Ottfried Neubecker, 1976

Lady Argent Snail's Armory Insta-Boing Check List

A Manual for Beginning Heralds by Alexandre sur la Mer, 1984

Middle Kingdom Boke of Ceremonies

Middle Kingdom Pursuivant's Handbook by 1994

Northshield Boke of Cermonies Northshield Pursuivants Administrative Handbook

The Observer's Book of Heraldry by Charles MacKinnon of Dunakin, 1966

An Ordinary to Woodward's Treatise on Heraldry by Migel Gneuyle de Normandie, 1985

Papworth's Ordinary of British Armorials, 1977

A Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry, as used in SCA by Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme and Akagawa Yoshio, 1988 (aka Pic Dic)

Rules of Submissions of the College of Arms of the SCA by 2001

Known World Heraldic Symposium proceedings

The 1981 proceedings:

Contents Of The Proceedings

"An Ordinary of Hateful Heraldry" "An Introduction to terms in French Blazon" "Japanese Heraldry, the Mon: Design and Use" "On the Etymology of Gules" "Period Practice of English Surnames" "Some Books on Personal Names" "Anglo-Saxon Personal Names" "Scandinavian Personal Names in Domesday Book" "An Abreviated introduction to the Elvish Language for the Instruction of Heralds" "In Defense of the Clan Taira: On Clan and Kingship" "Alternative Translations of SCA Titles" "Some Information on the Historical use of Mottoes, Crests, and Supporters" "Of Scrolls and Rolls and Sealing Wax, Or, Why SCA Scrolls are so hard to design" "Some Remarks on Authenticity in Preparing Documents" "A Computer Data Base for Awards" "Unlearning Heraldry" "A Non-Herald's View of Heralds" "Getting it Right: New Directions in SCA Armory" "Teaching, Politics, and Research." "Some Attributed Arms" "Voice of the King: The Herald in Court" "Investiture of a Squire" "Sigillorgraphics" "The Boke of St Albans"

The 1987 proceedings:

Contents Of The Proceedings
"History of the College of Arms" "Heraldic Defaults" "Some Crosses and Their Forms" "Arabic Naming Practices" "Russian Names Made Understandable" "How to Use and Not Abuse Your Voice" "A Survey of Heraldic Costume"

The 1988 proceedings:

Contents Of The Proceedings
"Order of the Medieval Universe as Exemplified by Attributed Heraldry" "A Grammer of Blazonry" "The Extraordinaries or When Heralds Go Bad" "How to Draw and Paint Heraldic Beasts" "Some Aspects of Period Ship Design" A Guide for Heraldic Artists" "Heraldic Display Marking Book Ownership-Book-plates and Book-Stamps" "Muslim Heraldry, an Introduction"

The 1989 proceedings:

Contents Of The Proceedings

"The Last Herald" "Florilegium: A Definition" "Blazoning: Birds" "Per Fess and the Chief" "Blazoning Comets and Sparks" "Jewish Heraldry" "Ksiazat Polskiego Heraldika" "Blazon as an Artificial Intelligence Language" "A Discussion of Tertiaries: A Follow-up" "Blazon, Emblazon, and Period Practice" "On the Period Usage of Tinctures" "On Blazoning Details: a Conversation" "Welsh Name Formation" "On Period Bynames" "Welsh Compound Given Names" "Feminine Given Names from the Italian Renaissance" "Italian Personal Names" "One Hundred Most Beautiful Names of God" "Arabic Personal Names from the Futuwwah" "Western European Names of the 13th Century" "Welsh Metronymic Surnames" "Welsh Legendary Names" "Some More on TSCA Bynames"

The 1990 proceedings:

Contents Of The Proceedings
"Burger Heraldry of the German Renaissance" "A Cookbook Approach to Heraldic Design, or 101 Recipes for Barracuda" "Armory and Blazonry for the Completely Uninitiated" "Mongolian Naming Practices" "Medieval Offical Document Forms" "Dogs of the Lichfield Gospels" "The Complete Achievement" "Islamic Scrolls" "The Medieval Herald" "Welsh Noble Titles"

The 1991 proceedings:

Contents Of The Proceedings

"Luftwaffe Heraldry" "The Medieval Herald: A Partner in Chivalry" "On the Orle" "Automating Rule and Conflict Checking" "Herald's Reputations" "The Argentaye Tract: A Translation" "Bluffing Your Way Through Gaelic Names" "A Beginning Onomastics Library" "Annotated Name Book List" "Names and Naming Practices in the Merioneth Lay Subsidy Roll 1292-3" "Names from A Distant Mirror" "Jewish Naming Conventions in Angevin England" "Vikings in Russia"

The 1999 proceedings:

Contents Of The Proceedings

"Heraldy is an Art, Not a Science" "The Philosophical Basis of Diference, or What are Little CD's Made of" "Emblazoning Dragons" "Emblazoning Wyverns" "Emblazoning Gryphons" "Monster Postures, part I" "Roll of the College of Arms" "The Bynames of the Viking Age Runic Inscriptions" "Cornish (and Other) Personal Names from the 10th Century Bodmin Manumissions" "On Being a Kingdom External Submissions Herald" "On Mailing the CoA" "Societas Silvestris- A Heraldic Mendicant Order" "Court Heraldry" "Azure and Argent and Gules, Oh My- Heraldic Teaching Banners"

The 2001 proceedings:

Contents Of The Proceedings

"Herauldic Philosophy: A Personal Construct" "Basic Heraldic Design (or, 'I want a device, where do I start?')" "Blazoning of Creatures" "'Humility'" "How to Run a Consult Table" "I See by Tour Outfit: Order Robes, Historical and Modern" "An Heraldic Purse" "Care and Feeding of Heraldic Consultation Tables" "History of Herauldrie" "Baronial Pursuivant" "An Overview of the Lingustic History and Geography of Northern Britan" "Scots-Gaelic Pronunciation" "Court Herauldrie" "Spelling Russian Names in Period English" "Jewish Women's Names in an Arab Context: Names of the Geniza of Cairo" "Period Order Names" "Introduction to Illumination" "Screaming Novice Calligraphy, or, What are all those funny marks, Mister?" "Insular Gospel Illumination" "Period Pigments and Binders for Use on Manuscript Page and Panel" "Manuscript Production at the Court of Jean duc de Berry" "Six Centuries of London Charters: A Compilation of Historical Documents" "Appendix: Awards and Orders of the Knowne World"

The 2002 proceedings:

Contents Of The Proceedings
"Medieval Monster Mix and Match" "Heraldic Gleanings from the Canterbury Tales" "Field Heraldry for Greyhound Coursing" "Beyond Lions, Dragons, and Unicorns" "Snakestones" "An Essay on Seme" "Names from 1587 Tax Rolles from Provins" "16th Century Given Names from Ormskirk Registry" " Feminine Names in France 9th-15th Centuries" "Basque Feminine Names" "Scroll Layout"

The 2004 proceedings:

Contents Of The Proceedings

"An Introduction to the Documentation of Names" "Researching Mongol Names in the SCA" "And the Last Shall be First: The connection between language and name order in Hungarian names" "Basque Onomastics of the Eighth to Sixteenth Centuries" "Names of Aliens in London, 1571" "A Jewish Memory Bank Nuremburg, 1349" "Patterns in Middle English Names with Multiple Bynames" "Hungarian Feminine Bynames" "On Citing a Reference" "Canting of Arms" "New World Flora and Fauna in Period or Near Period Armoury" "Depictions of Heraldic Imagery on Apothecary Jars" "The Coronation Ordo of Roger II of Sicily" "Heralds in Renaissance Epics" "To Be a Court Herald at Coronation or Final Destination Meridian Style" "Heraldic Titles in Meridies" "Towards a More Period Text"

Collections Of Heraldic Precedents For The S.C.A.

Precedents of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986-June 1990)

Precedents of Master Da'ud ibn Auda (vol 1 June 1990-91, vol 2 July 1991-June 1992)

General Resource Books

The Concise Oxford French Dictionary, Abel Chevalley and Marguerite Chevalley, 1950

The Outline of History by H.G. Wells, 1956