Intro to Heraldry: Part II - Tinctures, charges, and the blazon

Part 2 of an introductory series to heraldry. In this video, we break down arms into their constituent parts. We list the most common tinctures, charges, ordinaries, and divisions, and then we go on to learn about blazonry by making a few of our own arms.

The following video will discuss the achievement as a whole beyond just the shield. Crests, mantling, helmets, supporters, and all those extra frills will be covered in the next video.

Link to part 1:    • Intro to Heraldry: Part I - What is a...  
Link to part 3:    • Intro to Heraldry: Part III - Beyond ...  

In the last video, we discussed the history, purpose, and context in which heraldry was used, and we unwrapped the terminology about what "coats of arms" and "family crests" really are.


Other useful resources on heraldry:

The Wikipedia pages regarding heraldry are quite helpful and in-depth, though of course don't take them as your only source of knowledge.
Here's the main page to get you started. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldry
And here's the portal to the whole category: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...

The Heraldry Subreddit is a hivemind of individuals who are quite knowledgeable, and will usually be able to answer any questions you might have regarding heraldry.
  / heraldry  

The SCA maintains a heraldic authority within its ranks, and much of their resources are useful to us as well. Mistholme is particularly valuable--it's an online pictorial dictionary of all sorts of different charges complete with art.
http://mistholme.com/pictorial-dictio...




Music used:
Kings of Tara by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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