Heraldic Atlas

The International Glossary comes with a set of plates, a total of about 520 illustrations for all the terms contained in the Glossary.

You can browse through these plates; then, by clicking on the picture of a heraldic figure, you will find out its name, in 6 languages (French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch).

Each plate is between 30 and 100K, and there are two plates per page.

Contents

  1. shields, position on the shield, tinctures (1-28)
  2. partitions (29-52)
  3. partitions, disposition (53-76)
  4. ordinaries: fess (77-100)
  5. fess, pale (101-124)
  6. bend, chevron (125-148)
  7. chief, misc. ordinaries (149-172)
  8. misc. ordinaries (173-196)
  9. cross (197-220)
  10. cross, saltire (221-244)
  11. fleur-de-lys, geometric charges, astronomical charges (245-268)
  12. lion (269-292)
  13. birds, fish (293-316)
  14. quadrupeds (317-340)
  15. misc. animals, military charges (341-364)
  16. flora (365-388)
  17. tools (389-412)
  18. clothing (413-436)
  19. geometric patterns (437-460)
  20. miscellaneous (461-484)
  21. miscellaneous (485-508)
  22. exterior ornaments (509-525)
  23. exterior ornaments (528-530)