This stuff is far too easy for HSS members but if you know anyone who would like a very elementary course in heraldry to use up some of the time between Joe Wicks, Sandi Toksvig and the getting out of the corkscrew, here are the first ten sessions.......
Week 1:
The component parts of an achievement of arms:
http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryLesson1.pdf
The tinctures, fesses. lions rampant, blazonry, lions to colour in
http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryLesson2.pdf
Divisions of the field, dexter and sinister, brass rubbings to colour in
http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryLesson3.pdf
Roundels, crosses, other heraldic charges to colour in
http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryLesson4.pdf
Week one Quiz and recommended weekend viewing
http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryQuiz1.pdf
Week 2:
700th Anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath - Seals
Making a Difference, unicorns to colour in.
Coronets of Rank, Sudoku 1, Word-search 1 (Heraldic Terms)
Canting Arms, crossword, Sudoku answer, heraldic anagrams, colour in wyverns etc
Week two Quiz; Suduko 2, Clans and Families word-search, Easter Weekend viewing
http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek2Quiz.pdf
At the weekends, I recommended some heraldic viewing on Youtube.
The links to the Weekend Viewing list of recommend short films on heraldry may not work on all browsers so here they are again:
Weekend One:
At the weekends, I recommended some heraldic viewing on Youtube.
The links to the Weekend Viewing list of recommend short films on heraldry may not work on all browsers so here they are again:
Weekend One:
Here is a short programme introduced by a former Lyon Office artist, the late Romilly Squire, on the Heraldry of Queensberry House, at the Scottish Parliament
Romilly again, this time talking about the heraldry in the main hall at the Scottish Parliament.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEq4tDhKZA8&t=2s
Another very short film, this time without words but demonstrating the art of Ioannis Vlazakis, th eminent Greek heraldic artist .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibWg70bUP-I&t=81s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibWg70bUP-I&t=81s
A very short film of the Thistle Chapel in Edinburgh, showing the knights’ crests placed high above their stalls and plates with the knights’ coats of arms placed on the back of each stall.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3akD8R-hp4
Heraldry in action: the Lord Lyon, Heralds and Pursuivants attend Her Majesty the Queen as Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLh4Ztc1Jc&t=30s
A very short guide to coats of arms can be found here: - it takes less than 1.5 minutes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osbMXZstL4o
Weekend Two (Easter Weekend)
Weekend Two (Easter Weekend)
A lecture by Slains Pursuivant, John Malden, on the Funeral Heraldry of Mary Queen of Scots.
Illustrated heraldic tour of Crathes Castle by former Ross Herald, Charles Burnett.
The Lord Lyon, Officers of Arms and the Royal Company of Archers attend the Queen at the Opening of the Scottish Parliament in 2016.
The heraldic artist, Andrew Stewart Jamieson shows how it is done.
A short clip of Leonard Ponsford, heraldic carver in action.
Much heraldry, including grants of arms, is produced on vellum. This is a short BBC film showing the process by which the skins are prepared and arrive at the artists' studio.
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