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Bringing the IAP Catalog Up to Date29 May 2025 Improving the O&A Website2 Feb 2025 O&A Website Traffic Statistics30 Jan 2025 Morsulus Software Agenda27 Jan 2025 Report from Winter 2025 KWHSS26 Jan 2025 Geographic Divisions of the SCA19 Jan 2025 Publishing the LoARs to the Web12 Jan 2025 Historical Trends in Extraordinary Titles8 Jan 2025 Proposed Session for vKWHSS: “Heraldic IT Systems”28 Dec 2024 Heraldic Alternatives for the Ranged Weapons Peerage18 Dec 2024 Badges for the Champions of Østgarðr15 Dec 2024 Traceable Art at the Coming of the Frost12 Dec 2024 Morsulus Herald Application Letter6 Oct 2024 A Timeline of the SCA Armorial Database6 Oct 2024 Gadfly Herald Extraordinary5 Oct 2024 Running the O&A via Docker23 Sep 2024 Additional Updates to the CoA Website17 Sep 2024 Heraldic Registration Basics Redux9 Sep 2024 On the Heraldic Submissions for the Ranged Weapons Peerage2 Sep 2024 Unregistered Badges of the Eastern Baronage31 Aug 2024 Armorial Banners for House Runnymede31 Aug 2024 Two Routes to Ancient Names and Arms30 Aug 2024 Geographic and Linguistic Indexes of DMNES20 Aug 2024 Google Searches for the CoA Website27 Jul 2024 Imagining a New Look for OSCAR20 Jul 2024 First Round of Updates to the CoA Website19 Jul 2024 Prototyping a New Look for the O&A7 Jul 2024 Historical Timing of East Kingdom Coronation5 Jul 2024 Notes from the Heraldic Technology Roundtable1 Jul 2024 Agenda for the Heraldic Technology Roundtable29 Jun 2024 All of the Field Only Armory25 Jun 2024 Enhanced Readability for the CoA Website15 Jun 2024 Traceable Art Summer Update14 Jun 2024 Making a Sheet Wall Panel for East Kingdom Royal at Pennsic7 Jun 2024 Provincial Court Report from Lions Learn Lessons29 May 2024 Heading to KWHSS27 May 2024 Anno Societatis Conversions18 Apr 2024 Report from Provincial Court at Bear’s Tavern22 Mar 2024 Machine-Printed “Silk Banners”19 Mar 2024 KWHSS Panel Proposal: Software Roundtable18 Mar 2024 Proposed Navigation Changes for the CoA Website7 Mar 2024 Thoughts on Updating the CoA Website5 Mar 2024 Personal Heraldic Title26 Feb 2024 A Sketch of Possible Changes for the CoA Website23 Feb 2024 Kingdom Sumptuary Laws for Heraldic Achievements21 Feb 2024 Corrections Wanted!17 Feb 2024 Kingdom Crown Calendar Comparison7 Feb 2024 A Phylogeny of the Laurel Kingdoms5 Feb 2024 A Modern Map of the SCA’s Known World5 Feb 2024 Charting the East’s Crown Cycle4 Feb 2024 Identifying Charge Groups Revisited30 Jan 2024 Ordinaries, Divisions, and Arrangements Revisited26 Jan 2024 O&A Search for Unregistered OSCAR Submissions31 Dec 2023 A Concordance of Heraldic Terminology25 Nov 2023 An Ancient Branch Name24 Oct 2023 Thanks to All of the Traceable Artists30 Sep 2023 Third Quarter Update20 Sep 2023 Branch Arms on the East Kingdom Pennsic Sheetwalls23 Aug 2023 Team Blue Square6 Jul 2023 A Techie’s Guide to the Ordinary & Armorial18 Jun 2023 Populace Pride7 Jun 2023 On Contrast for Furs and Proper14 May 2023 Populace Badge of Northpass2 Apr 2023 The Crown Province’s Shibbøleðr9 Mar 2023 A Winter’s Worth of Traceable Art8 Mar 2023 Heraldic Love in the Seahorse3 Mar 2023 Armorial of the Viceregents of the Crown Province24 Feb 2023 Mapping the Changing Cantons23 Feb 2023 The Season of #HeraldicLove14 Feb 2023 Seeking Proofreaders for Old LoARs13 Jan 2023 Who Owns the Copyright to the LoARs?12 Jan 2023 Extraordinary Recognition8 Jan 2023 Descriptions for Field Division Directions5 Jan 2023 Why You Can’t Register Marshalled Armory18 Dec 2022 Downloading Armorials from the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek17 Dec 2022 Name Change for Appleholm & Whyt Whey12 Dec 2022 Traceable Art Autumnal Wrapup4 Dec 2022 A Modern British Princely Achievement2 Dec 2022 Brainstorming Armorial Designs From Period Sources28 Nov 2022 A Parochial New Yorker’s Map of the Current Middle Ages11 Nov 2022 Inkscape for Armorial Heralds18 Aug 2022 Traceable Art for Pennsic 499 Jul 2022 Traceable Art Visitor Analytics25 May 2022 Traceable Art at Year’s End1 Jan 2022 Autumn Art Updates6 Nov 2021 JSON Data for the Traceable Art13 Sep 2021 Traceable Art at Summer’s End5 Sep 2021 A Database Schema for the Traceable Art3 Sep 2021 Seeking A Technical Collaborator or Successor for the Traceable Heraldic Art28 Aug 2021 An Idiosyncratic System for Publishing the Traceable Heraldic Art28 Aug 2021 On Belling the Cat28 Aug 2021 Five Years Before The Mast3 Aug 2021 Traceable Additions for May29 May 2021 Tracing Heraldic Art in Clip Studio26 May 2021 A Revised Armory Conflict-Checking Checklist8 May 2021 An Updated Map of Østgarðr6 May 2021 How the East Kingdom got its Blue Tyger29 Apr 2021 [People’s Democratic Republic of the East, Returned, Apr 1996 LoAR]18 Apr 2021 An Unsubmitted Badge for the “Vicar-General” of Østgarðr18 Apr 2021 April Additions to the Traceable Art13 Apr 2021 A Roadmap to Morsulus’s Monthly Updates11 Apr 2021 The Refrigerator Test8 Apr 2021 April First Letters of Misintent1 Apr 2021 New Clip Art Files Posted Without Gray Fills14 Mar 2021 Addressing Gray Fills and Uneven Line Weights7 Mar 2021 Stodart’s Survey of Scottish Arms7 Mar 2021 Armory Submissions from Virtual Heralds Point3 Mar 2021 Traceable Art for February27 Feb 2021 An Introduction to the Tinctures16 Feb 2021 A Roadmap to the World of Morsulus14 Feb 2021 A Badge for Heraldic Artists12 Feb 2021 Updating the O-and-A Category Files3 Feb 2021 A Pair of Hearts Pierced2 Feb 2021 A Technique For Internal Detailing On Sable Clip-Art Charges31 Jan 2021 Hexcodes for Heraldic Tinctures27 Jan 2021 Conflict Checking Multiply-Divided Field-Only Armory24 Jan 2021 A Survey Of Online Armorial Clip Art Sources17 Jan 2021 A Survey of Digital Tools for Armory Illustration17 Jan 2021 Armorial Catalog for Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin15 Jan 2021 Facsimile of an Ancient Heraldic Manuscript (1878)9 Jan 2021 Armorial Displays from the Album Amicorum of Jean le Clercq8 Jan 2021 Traceable Art for December19 Dec 2020 An Updated Catalog of IAP Submissions17 Dec 2020 Memories of Hal Ravn, Former Morsulus Herald5 Dec 2020 The Strange Case of the Codex Herald Advocate5 Dec 2020 Memories of Iathus of Scara, Former Morsulus Herald29 Nov 2020 Heraldic Authority In the Earliest Bylaws of the SCA22 Nov 2020 Traceable Art for November15 Nov 2020 Downloading “Scottish Nobility E2”18 Oct 2020 Achievements with Heraldic Tabards from “Irish Nobility E1”16 Oct 2020 Downloading “Irish Nobility E1”16 Oct 2020 Downloading Powell’s Roll29 Sep 2020 The Lineage of Morsulus Heralds27 Sep 2020 An SCA Ordinary from AS XXXIV26 Sep 2020 Memories of Iulstan Sigwealding, Former Morsulus Herald26 Sep 2020 A Brief History of Free Trumpet Press26 Sep 2020 September’s New Traceable Art20 Sep 2020 An Overview of Historical Armory Practices in England14 Sep 2020 Armorial Achievement for Alaxandair Mórda14 Sep 2020 Building the O-and-A Search from Source30 Aug 2020 August Additions to the Traceable Art28 Aug 2020 Unusual Weights for the O&A Complex Search25 Aug 2020 A History Of The Digital O&A From LoAR Cover Letters22 Aug 2020 An Introduction to the Pictorial Dictionary & the SCA Heraldry Wiki22 Aug 2020 DMCA Takedown Notices22 Aug 2020 Updating the O-and-A Database14 Aug 2020 Installing the O-and-A Search on Your Web Site13 Aug 2020 What Does the Brigantia Herald Do?8 Aug 2020 What Does the Eastern Crown Herald Do?8 Aug 2020 Rules on the Appearance of Armorial Displays Within Armory1 Aug 2020 Precedent Review: May Flags and Sails Be Divided or Charged?1 Aug 2020 Precedent Review: Can Lozenges, Roundels, and Delfs be Escutcheons of Pretense?1 Aug 2020 Precedent Review: Can Plain Lozenges and Roundels Be Used as Fieldless Badges?1 Aug 2020 Charges Which Can Appear To Be An Armorial Display in a Fieldless Badge31 Jul 2020 Downloading the Stemmario Trivulziano27 Jul 2020 Traceable Art for June and July19 Jul 2020 Downloading the Arlberg “Viennese Manuscript”29 Jun 2020 Running an OSCAR Commentary Training Session Online22 Jun 2020 May Additions to Traceable Art31 May 2020 A [Revised] Grammar of Blazonry26 May 2020 Identifying Charge Groups7 May 2020 Traceable Art Acknowledgements1 May 2020 April First Submissions20 Apr 2020 Traceable Art Quarantine Update12 Apr 2020 Using DrawShield for Emblazons12 Apr 2020 Using GIMP for Emblazons12 Apr 2020 Downloading the Livro do Armeiro-Mor4 Apr 2020 #HeraldicLove 202014 Mar 2020 Traceable Art Winter Update26 Feb 2020 A Catalogue Of Period Devices14 Feb 2020 Downloading the Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft8 Feb 2020 The Mystery of the Maunch Maltale8 Feb 2020 Downloading The Gelre Armorial27 Nov 2019 New Fall Illustrations24 Nov 2019 The Role of a Branch Herald15 Nov 2019 Name and Device for Engel der Pfau3 Nov 2019 Family Per-Pale Badges17 Oct 2019 Traceable Art at Pennsic XLVIII4 Sep 2019 Awards from Pennsic Provincial Court20 Aug 2019 An Updated Order and Awards Chart5 May 2019 Bärenschnitt Badge28 Apr 2019 Name and Device for Hrotger the Tervingi28 Apr 2019 Name and Device for Arthur von Eschenbach28 Apr 2019 Frequency of Last Names23 Apr 2019 Frequency of First Names19 Apr 2019 Frequency of Branch Designators14 Apr 2019 Provincial Awards Missing From the Kingdom Order of Precedence9 Apr 2019 April’s Traceable Art8 Apr 2019 An OSCAR Commentary Checklist23 Mar 2019 The Last Super-Simple Field-Only Armory18 Mar 2019 Family Animal Badges17 Mar 2019 An Armory Conflict-Checking Checklist10 Mar 2019 Complex Lines Quick Reference10 Mar 2019 “What Is a Coat of Arms and What Was It For?”6 Mar 2019 Name for Sydoc nicTalmach2 Mar 2019 Another Round of Traceable Art11 Feb 2019 An Early Roll of Arms of the Canton of Whyt Whey26 Jan 2019 Recent Art Additions9 Jan 2019 Book Heraldry Symposium in Lion’s End9 Dec 2018 Court Report, Barleycorn18 Sep 2018 Artistic Variation in Heraldic Art18 Sep 2018 A Proposed Design for Viceregal Coronets1 Sep 2018 Name and Device for Bahja al-Azraq28 Aug 2018 Traceable Art at Pennsic XLVII15 Aug 2018 Name and Device for Anne of Østgarðr1 Aug 2018 Name and Device for Catelin Straquhin1 Aug 2018 Court Report, Blood and Axes15 Jul 2018 What Does Morsulus Herald Do?18 Jun 2018 “How Do I Get a Coat of Arms?”4 Jun 2018 Common and Uncommon Armorial Elements24 May 2018 Court Report for Lions Awaken14 May 2018 Name for Gibbs Moryss10 Apr 2018 A SQL Interface for the SCA Armorial4 Mar 2018 Interfaces to the Armorial Database3 Mar 2018 Armory Conflict-Checking Resources1 Mar 2018 An Overview of the Heraldic Submission Process17 Feb 2018 OSCAR Color Gamuts7 Feb 2018 Heraldic Tincture Hexcodes7 Feb 2018 Ordinaries and Divisions and Arrangements, Oh My!20 Jan 2018 Heraldic Templates15 Jan 2018 Court Report, Deck The Halls of Valhalla14 Jan 2018 A Glossary of Heraldic Terms5 Jan 2018 New Traceable Images24 Dec 2017 Name and Device for Seònaid inghean mhic Aoidh20 Dec 2017 Appointment as Seahorse Pursuivant16 Dec 2017 The Submission Escutcheon8 Dec 2017 Traceable Art Fall Update13 Nov 2017 On Using Your Mundane Armory12 Nov 2017 The Arms of The Viceroys and Vicereines of Østgarðr12 Nov 2017 Name and Arms for Josef von Ulm5 Nov 2017 Registration Basics Class Notes31 Oct 2017 The Order of the Sea Dog31 Oct 2017 The Award of the Sea Star30 Oct 2017 Court Report, Whyt Whey Schola In The Solar28 Oct 2017 The Østgarðrian Ladies’ Favor14 Oct 2017 The Order of The Silver Sea-Lion14 Oct 2017 The Order Of The Silver Lantern14 Oct 2017 Name and Arms for Badr al-Abyārī30 Sep 2017 Orders and Awards of Østgarđr and the East Kingdom22 Sep 2017 Every Distinct Tincture, Fur, and Field Treatment27 Aug 2017 Examples of Individually Attested Pattern Registrations27 Aug 2017 Traceable Art at Pennsic17 Aug 2017 Names and Arms for Sara and Giuseppe Sala di Paruta28 Jun 2017 Name and Arms for Lady Angelica di Nova Lipa14 Jun 2017 Intellectual Property Rights In Branch Armory4 Jun 2017 Copying Heraldic Art from OSCAR1 Jun 2017 Badge for Lady Beatrice della Rocca28 May 2017 A Geographic History Of The East Kingdom19 May 2017 Heraldic Registrations of the Canton of Brokenbridge8 May 2017 Heraldic Registrations of the Canton of Lions End8 May 2017 Court Report, Picnic in the Ruins7 May 2017 Traceable Art Update For April27 Apr 2017 Name and Device for Alaxandair Mórda mac Matha25 Apr 2017 Device for Christophe de Frisselle19 Apr 2017 The Lost Cantons of Østgarðr3 Apr 2017 Arms and Badge for Lady Sofya Gianetta di Trieste31 Mar 2017 Arms for Lady Magdelena Caminante31 Mar 2017 My Name and Device30 Mar 2017 Heraldic Search Shortcuts14 Mar 2017 Heraldic Registrations of the Canton of Northpass6 Mar 2017 A Badge for the Outer Burroughs of Østgarðr?6 Mar 2017 A Map of Østgarðr5 Mar 2017 Heraldic Registrations of the Canton of Whyt Whey4 Mar 2017 More (and Less!) Traceable Art1 Mar 2017 More Traceable Art5 Feb 2017 Two Articles by Lothar von Katzenellenbogen24 Jan 2017 Traceable Art Update22 Jan 2017 A Traceable Resource for Armory Illustration17 Dec 2016 Device and Populace Badge for the Canton of Whyt Whey11 Dec 2016 Device and Name for Zoya the Orphan11 Dec 2016 Emblazon for Clae Odea31 Oct 2016 Populace Badges27 Oct 2016 Released and Returned Sea-horses of Østgarðr26 Oct 2016 Heraldic Registrations of the Orders and Awards of Østgarðr26 Oct 2016 Heraldic Sea-horses of Østgarðr26 Oct 2016 Youth Combat Badges12 Oct 2016 A Digital Armory Toolbox2 Oct 2016 Tilting At “Arabian” Lamps2 Oct 2016 Armory of the Populace of the Canton of Whyt Whey2 Oct 2016 Greetings to the known world!2 Oct 2016