PLEASE make more of these dude! i am fully obsessed. i would watch a five hour video just listing every single charge and division especially the obscure ones fr fr
Dude, Great vid! I really have a passion of making stories and characters based on the medieval ages and this video about heraldry helped me out big time! Keep it up!
So to clarify, the only part of the entire achievement that was traditionally hereditary was the crest? Family members could have completely different tinctures and achievements? Since the crest normally reflects the charge, I'm assuming the charge would also most likely be the same. Could a family have their own shield and achievement, like a town or organisation? I'm very curious about how individuals used to bear arms, and the ways that heralds could easily identify who belonged to which family just at a glance. These are great videos by the way, really enjoyed all three. You would not believe how difficult it is to find this sort of information online, it seems nobody knows what they are talking about or doesn't break it down into each component of heraldry. Looking forward to the video on badges.
To my understanding, any part of the achievement could be hereditary; there was no real rule on it. Take the British royal family for example. Their hereditary feature is three Or lions stacked on top of each other on a Gules background, which is reflected in the shield. Usually, the hereditary thing is the charge. But the crest is usually based on the charge, and lots of families used to the crest to mark their property (and family charge sounds weird), hence the term "family crest." At least, that's my understanding based on the sources I've come across.
5:27 note that this harness is NOT from the Renaissance, it's Toby Capwell's black English armor, which fits into the early-mid 15th century, not the Renaissance.
I don’t think he will post part 4 it’s been years I’ve waited for a long time these series is what got me into heraldry thank you for making such entertaining and fun videos
Tam sorry for the delay, but I still need to do more research about a few things, particularly banners. On top of that, my work life has been busy lately and my computer is fried. I took some footage for other videos but can’t edit them due to this. Thank you for the enthusiasm! I will try to keep pushing out videos for you guys
Yes, all three parts are expertly composed and easy to understand, well done. I too haven been interested in Heraldry for a long time as you might have guessed from my profile picture here, top/left. Keep up the good work.
Tam Great question! Short answer is yes, you can! The cap of maintenance, the Phyrgian cap, and the clerical wide-brimmed hat with tassels (idk the name of it) are all justifiable.
Fascinating. A question if I may. With regard to your own full device you have a sort of curling vegetation / starving. This design seems common to others I have seen. Is there a generic name for this type of adornment, and indeed is there a specific name for the style?
that is an excessively elaborate paper representation of a shredded up mantle (the physical version would get shredded up during tournaments, which became "manly" and "fashionable" and became incorporated into the paper representation … he mentioned this towards the start of the video)
A very helpful set of videos! You seem to have covered more details more completely than any other videos I've yet seen! In realizing my "family arms" or "family crest" would likely be off limits (as I'm at least a 4th gen. American) or not even real, I believe I shall just use what you've taught me to design my own arms and crest! XD
Is there a possibility, of a shield in a shield, like If I have a Fess shield, Red and white, and then tree with a yellow leaves and white bark, and on that tree there is another smaller shield with a Quarterly chevrons...with another object inside, like a sword...is that possible from a heraldic point of view?
Very informative video with some good examples, but it's interesting to hear you admit that people falsely bear arms that they are not entitled to 8:40 yet you've granted your own that you proudly bear?
He made his own for himself afaik (which he said could be done in ep. 1), and his point was that some people are bearing arms of someone other than themselves
Each arms is UNIQUE to EACH PERSON. Even if it is passed from father to eldest son, it would get modified so as to clarify that this particular arms belongs to the son, not the father. Great Britain still requires every arms to be unique. So even if you found a super cool arms belonging to your great-great-great-great-great-great grandpa, you'd still need to change it somehow to be able to call it your own.
In England, the rule was that the arms were passed from father to heir (normally first son), and that during the father's life, the heir would bear the arms differenced by a label (usually of 3 points of a contrasting color -frequently argent). Younger sons could bear the father's arms, usually with a mark of cadency. Scotland and Ireland had similar rules, but different. The rest of Europe had quite different rules, in a number of instances. Currently, the only granting authorities of who I am aware are the College of Arms in England, the King of Arms for Scotland, the King of Arms for Ireland, and the Canadian College of Arms. Australia, I think, may go through the College of arms in England. There are NO "family crests" and there are no "family arms" - strictly speaking, from the UK tradition. Until several years ago, there were granting authorities in Spain, Denmark, Norway, Germany and Russia, but to the best of my knowledge they are now obsolete. In the US, there is NO granting authority, and a citizen may assume arms if they so choose. There are several groups that have a "registry" of arms, and a number of people who are professional heraldric artists will assist in designing and painting arms. Best general reference I am aware of is "The Complete Guide to Heraldry" by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies which is still in print and available from Amazon.
Here's mine.... Try deciphering this... pretty simple, really. Argent a fess, azure with an eagle volent affronte, the head lowered and to the sinister, Or in chief 3 Maple Leafs joined gules in base, a bull twisting to dexter, head lowered to charge, gules Atop the Shield, a steel helm, facing dexter, proper, mantled gules doubled argent, A cubit arm holding a sword, proper. The Motto "Foritudine" to be carried in an escroll above the Crest
the comma placement is throwing me off, but here's what I thought white with a blue horizontal line in the middle (occupying ≈1/3 of the field) in the middle section, there is a golden eagle facing forward, wings outstretched (affronté), with head facing the viewer's right (I believe volant and affronté cannot be mixed together, as the volant is a flying position with tucked legs and the affronté has outstretched legs en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attitude_%28heraldry%29) in the top section, there are 3 (joined?) red maple leaves in the bottom section, there is a red bull (twisting?) to the viewer's left above the shield, there is a steel helmet facing viewer's left, with a red-and-white mantle and an arm (presumably a person's right arm) holding a sword and cut off at the elbow; the helmet, arm, and sword are all in their natural colors above the crest is an escroll reading "foritudine" I think the maple leaves should be mentioned first, as they are closer to the top of the shield than the eagle. Other than that, cool description!
Thanks so much for these videos. They are all greatly informative! Are you aware of anywhere one might be able to submit a blazon and see the resulting emblazonment (just to test how accurately the blazon was written)?
The only program I know that attempted to do that is called Blazons! 2000, which was written for the Windows 95/98 Operating System by Robert L. Billard. Unfortunately, it is no longer supported, although one may be able to find a copy at a program archive.
@ralchire Awesome videos, young sir! I really am looking forward to the fourth part. Any possible chance to contact you via email to ask further questions on heraldry? Something I have always been interested but am only now starting to really learn about. Thanks!
Anthony Ventura Yes, you can contact me at (my channel name)@gmail.com. I’ll help you out any way I can, and I can point you in the direction of some resources.
The shield is always blazoned first, but the rest of it isn't that important. The blazons I've seen vary in order of when they blazon the different parts. Lots of times they aren't written out as one long paragraph but are divided into separate paragraphs/lines for each part of the achievement. It's up to the emblazoner to figure out, for example, that the motto is to be carried in an escroll below the shield. Here's an example regarding one way you might write a whole blazon. "Azure, a bend Or. Helm: A helm affronte mantled Azure doubled Or. Crest: On a torse of the colors, a demi-lion rampant Or armed and langued Azure. Supporters: two lions rampant Or armed and langued Azure. Motto: 'two is one and one is none'."
If you're for some reason reading the latin as if its italian, with the consonant v not making the sound of w (like it does in the reconstructed pronunciation) , and c sometimes being pronounced as ch, you're doing it wrong
