Heraldic charges and their meaning?

Question

Could anyone be able to give me a link to a decent site that explains heraldic charges and their meaning

to explain for example : a red cross on a gold field with a semer of eagles - how would I draw this heraldic shield ?

Thanks to anyone who will be able to help me.

Answer 1

You might find a visit to these site useful

http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/

http://www.americancollegeofheraldry.org...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazonry

Answer 2

hi...it might help i you go to search engine like yahoo or google or msn, or whatever you prefer. Then try typing "heraldry meaning" surely it will give a lot of websites...you can browse to them one at a time. A lot to choose from, well its better than given url; you might not get satisfied with. The information is at your finger tips do the fuzz ^_^

Good luck god Bless!!

Answer 3

This link may help you.

http://www.fleurdelis.com/meanings.htm

Answer 4

Blazons is a program that will draw a coat of arms from its description. It is a Windows95 program but will run in Windows XP set to large fonts. I am using it now in Windows XP, it is the last blazoning program that I know of, there used to be several. You can download a trial version at: http://members.aol.com/rbillard/blazons....

The meanings of the charges is given on several web sites a Google search should turn up some. one is at: http://www.fleurdelis.com/meanings.htm

Answer 5

Just understand that coats of arms (misnomer frequently used "family crest") do not belong to surnames.

They were and are granted to individual men not families.  Only the legitimate direct male line descendants of the man that was granted one are entitled to one and actually only the oldest son is entitled to his father's. The younger sons can be entitled to one with differences.

There might have been several different men with the same surname, not all necessarily related, that were each granted their own coat of arms, all different and many men with that surname were never granted one.  No one peddler that sells them on the internet, at shopping malls, at airport, in magazines or solicit by direct mail will have all of them. They don't need to in order to sell to the gullible.  The only time they will have more than one is if more than one man with the same surname from different national origins were granted one. Then they will have one of each and there might have been more.

So you can see there can be quite a few coats of arms for people with the same surname, but no way does that mean everyone with that particular surname is entitled to one.