International Illustrated Glossary

This illustrated glossary can be used two ways:

1. Translator: enter a word to find its translation in any of six languages, as well as illustrations for all the terms.

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2. Atlas: browse the pictures and click to find the name of an object in all six languages.

Note

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Elsewhere on the Web

• A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry by James Parker, put on the net by Saitou, an excellent glossary (mainly for British usage), with historical examples and fully illustrated; highly recommended.
• Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry published in 1908 (letters A-U)
• Heraldic Dictionary by James Dignan (tinctures, partitions, ordinaries)
• Terminología Heráldica (in Spanish; link broken as of 7/2000)

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