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October 2024
September 2024
- Running the O&A via Docker
- Additional Updates to the CoA Website
- Heraldic Registration Basics Redux
- On the Heraldic Submissions for the Ranged Weapons Peerage
August 2024
- Unregistered Badges of the Eastern Baronage
- Armorial Banners for House Runnymede
- Two Routes to Ancient Names and Arms
- Geographic and Linguistic Indexes of DMNES
July 2024
- Google Searches for the CoA Website
- Imagining a New Look for OSCAR
- First Round of Updates to the CoA Website
- Prototyping a New Look for the O&A
- Historical Timing of East Kingdom Coronation
- Notes from the Heraldic Technology Roundtable
June 2024
- Agenda for the Heraldic Technology Roundtable
- All of the Field Only Armory
- Enhanced Readability for the CoA Website
- Traceable Art Summer Update
- Making a Sheet Wall Panel for East Kingdom Royal at Pennsic
May 2024
April 2024
March 2024
- Report from Provincial Court at Bear's Tavern
- Machine-Printed “Silk Banners”
- KWHSS Panel Proposal: Software Roundtable
- Proposed Navigation Changes for the CoA Website
- Thoughts on Updating the CoA Website
February 2024
- Personal Heraldic Title
- A Sketch of Possible Changes for the CoA Website
- Kingdom Sumptuary Laws for Heraldic Achievements
- Corrections Wanted!
- Kingdom Crown Calendar Comparison
- A Phylogeny of the Laurel Kingdoms
- A Modern Map of the SCA's Known World
- Charting the East's Crown Cycle
January 2024
December 2023
November 2023
October 2023
September 2023
August 2023
July 2023
June 2023
May 2023
April 2023
March 2023
February 2023
- Armorial of the Viceregents of the Crown Province
- Mapping the Changing Cantons
- The Season of #HeraldicLove
January 2023
- Seeking Proofreaders for Old LoARs
- Who Owns the Copyright to the LoARs?
- Extraordinary Recognition
- Descriptions for Field Division Directions
December 2022
- Why You Can't Register Marshalled Armory
- Downloading Armorials from the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
- Name Change for Appleholm & Whyt Whey
- Traceable Art Autumnal Wrapup
- A Modern British Princely Achievement
November 2022
- Brainstorming Armorial Designs From Period Sources
- A Parochial New Yorker's Map of the Current Middle Ages
August 2022
July 2022
May 2022
January 2022
November 2021
September 2021
- JSON Data for the Traceable Art
- Traceable Art at Summer's End
- A Database Schema for the Traceable Art
August 2021
- Seeking A Technical Collaborator or Successor for the Traceable Heraldic Art
- An Idiosyncratic System for Publishing the Traceable Heraldic Art
- On Belling the Cat
- Five Years Before The Mast
May 2021
- Traceable Additions for May
- Tracing Heraldic Art in Clip Studio
- A Revised Armory Conflict-Checking Checklist
- An Updated Map of Østgarðr
April 2021
- How the East Kingdom got its Blue Tyger
- [People's Democratic Republic of the East, Returned, Apr 1996 LoAR]
- An Unsubmitted Badge for the "Vicar-General" of Østgarðr
- April Additions to the Traceable Art
- A Roadmap to Morsulus's Monthly Updates
- The Refrigerator Test
- April First Letters of Misintent
March 2021
- New Clip Art Files Posted Without Gray Fills
- Addressing Gray Fills and Uneven Line Weights
- Stodart's Survey of Scottish Arms
- Armory Submissions from Virtual Heralds Point
February 2021
- Traceable Art for February
- An Introduction to the Tinctures
- A Roadmap to the World of Morsulus
- A Badge for Heraldic Artists
- Updating the O-and-A Category Files
- A Pair of Hearts Pierced
January 2021
- A Technique For Internal Detailing On Sable Clip-Art Charges
- Hexcodes for Heraldic Tinctures
- Conflict Checking Multiply-Divided Field-Only Armory
- A Survey Of Online Armorial Clip Art Sources
- A Survey of Digital Tools for Armory Illustration
- Armorial Catalog for Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin
- Facsimile of an Ancient Heraldic Manuscript (1878)
- Armorial Displays from the Album Amicorum of Jean le Clercq
December 2020
- Traceable Art for December
- An Updated Catalog of IAP Submissions
- Memories of Hal Ravn, Former Morsulus Herald
- The Strange Case of the Codex Herald Advocate
November 2020
- Memories of Iathus of Scara, Former Morsulus Herald
- Heraldic Authority In the Earliest Bylaws of the SCA
- Traceable Art for November
October 2020
- Downloading “Scottish Nobility E2”
- Achievements with Heraldic Tabards from "Irish Nobility E1"
- Downloading "Irish Nobility E1"
September 2020
- Downloading Powell's Roll
- The Lineage of Morsulus Heralds
- An SCA Ordinary from AS XXXIV
- Memories of Iulstan Sigwealding, Former Morsulus Herald
- A Brief History of Free Trumpet Press
- September's New Traceable Art
- An Overview of Historical Armory Practices in England
- Armorial Achievement for Alaxandair Mórda
August 2020
- Building the O-and-A Search from Source
- August Additions to the Traceable Art
- Unusual Weights for the O&A Complex Search
- A History Of The Digital O&A From LoAR Cover Letters
- An Introduction to the Pictorial Dictionary & the SCA Heraldry Wiki
- DMCA Takedown Notices
- Updating the O-and-A Database
- Installing the O-and-A Search on Your Web Site
- What Does the Brigantia Herald Do?
- What Does the Eastern Crown Herald Do?
- Rules on the Appearance of Armorial Displays Within Armory
- Precedent Review: May Flags and Sails Be Divided or Charged?
- Precedent Review: Can Lozenges, Roundels, and Delfs be Escutcheons of Pretense?
- Precedent Review: Can Plain Lozenges and Roundels Be Used as Fieldless Badges?
July 2020
- Charges Which Can Appear To Be An Armorial Display in a Fieldless Badge
- Downloading the Stemmario Trivulziano
- Traceable Art for June and July
June 2020
May 2020
- May Additions to Traceable Art
- A [Revised] Grammar of Blazonry
- Identifying Charge Groups
- Traceable Art Acknowledgements
April 2020
- April First Submissions
- Traceable Art Quarantine Update
- Using DrawShield for Emblazons
- Using GIMP for Emblazons
- Downloading the Livro do Armeiro-Mor
March 2020
February 2020
- Traceable Art Winter Update
- A Catalogue Of Period Devices
- Downloading the Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft
- The Mystery of the Maunch Maltale
November 2019
- Downloading The Gelre Armorial
- New Fall Illustrations
- The Role of a Branch Herald
- Name and Device for Engel der Pfau
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
May 2019
April 2019
- Bärenschnitt Badge
- Name and Device for Hrotger the Tervingi
- Name and Device for Arthur von Eschenbach
- Frequency of Last Names
- Frequency of First Names
- Frequency of Branch Designators
- Provincial Awards Missing From the Kingdom Order of Precedence
- April's Traceable Art
March 2019
- An OSCAR Commentary Checklist
- The Last Super-Simple Field-Only Armory
- Family Animal Badges
- An Armory Conflict-Checking Checklist
- Complex Lines Quick Reference
- "What Is a Coat of Arms and What Was It For?"
- Name for Sydoc nicTalmach
February 2019
January 2019
December 2018
September 2018
- Court Report, Barleycorn
- Artistic Variation in Heraldic Art
- A Proposed Design for Viceregal Coronets
August 2018
- Name and Device for Bahja al-Azraq
- Traceable Art at Pennsic XLVII
- Name and Device for Anne of Østgarðr
- Name and Device for Catelin Straquhin
July 2018
June 2018
May 2018
April 2018
March 2018
- A SQL Interface for the SCA Armorial
- Interfaces to the Armorial Database
- Armory Conflict-Checking Resources
February 2018
January 2018
- Ordinaries and Divisions and Arrangements, Oh My!
- Heraldic Templates
- Court Report, Deck The Halls of Valhalla
- A Glossary of Heraldic Terms
December 2017
- New Traceable Images
- Name and Device for Seònaid inghean mhic Aoidh
- Appointment as Seahorse Pursuivant
- The Submission Escutcheon
November 2017
- Traceable Art Fall Update
- On Using Your Mundane Armory
- The Arms of The Viceroys and Vicereines of Østgarðr
- Name and Arms for Josef von Ulm
October 2017
- Registration Basics Class Notes
- The Order of the Sea Dog
- The Award of the Sea Star
- Court Report, Whyt Whey Schola In The Solar
- The Østgarðrian Ladies' Favor
- The Order of The Silver Sea-Lion
- The Order Of The Silver Lantern
September 2017
August 2017
- Every Distinct Tincture, Fur, and Field Treatment
- Examples of Individually Attested Pattern Registrations
- Traceable Art at Pennsic
June 2017
- Names and Arms for Sara and Giuseppe Sala di Paruta
- Name and Arms for Lady Angelica di Nova Lipa
- Intellectual Property Rights In Branch Armory
- Copying Heraldic Art from OSCAR
May 2017
- Badge for Lady Beatrice della Rocca
- A Geographic History Of The East Kingdom
- Heraldic Registrations of the Canton of Brokenbridge
- Heraldic Registrations of the Canton of Lions End
- Court Report, Picnic in the Ruins
April 2017
- Traceable Art Update For April
- Name and Device for Alaxandair Mórda mac Matha
- Device for Christophe de Frisselle
- The Lost Cantons of Østgarðr
March 2017
- Arms and Badge for Lady Sofya Gianetta di Trieste
- Arms for Lady Magdelena Caminante
- My Name and Device
- Heraldic Search Shortcuts
- Heraldic Registrations of the Canton of Northpass
- A Badge for the Outer Burroughs of Østgarðr?
- A Map of Østgarðr
- Heraldic Registrations of the Canton of Whyt Whey
- More (and Less!) Traceable Art
February 2017
January 2017
December 2016
- A Traceable Resource for Armory Illustration
- Device and Populace Badge for the Canton of Whyt Whey
- Device and Name for Zoya the Orphan
October 2016
- Emblazon for Clae Odea
- Populace Badges
- Released and Returned Sea-horses of Østgarðr
- Heraldic Registrations of the Orders and Awards of Østgarðr
- Heraldic Sea-horses of Østgarðr
- Youth Combat Badges
- A Digital Armory Toolbox
- Tilting At "Arabian" Lamps
- Armory of the Populace of the Canton of Whyt Whey
- Greetings to the known world!