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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: cdm on April 11, 2018, 09:34:30 AM

Title: Looking for Arthurian heraldry
Post by: cdm on April 11, 2018, 09:34:30 AM

Has anyone got any really good links, guides, hints, tips etc on the heraldry of Arthur and his opponents?

I had started collating it myself, lost a PC, and I'm too lazy to try and rebuild it all.

Looking for stuff so I can make retinues etc for a larger scale Arthurian based battles. I'll be using heretical late medieval figures like the movie, and I'm open to anything slightly non 'canon' if someone's done some detailed alternate reality Arthur :)

Title: Re: Looking for Arthurian heraldry
Post by: pws on April 11, 2018, 10:22:15 AM

Have a look to my blog post: http://pippoweb.blogspot.it/2017/12/cavalieri-della-tavola-rotonda-saga.html or here L.A.F.: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=105953.0

I used this one: https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/articles/some-arthurian-coats-of-arms with some adjustments.
ciao

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Title: Re: Looking for Arthurian heraldry
Post by: cdm on April 11, 2018, 10:44:18 AM

Quote from: pws on April 11, 2018, 10:22:15 AM

Have a look to my blog post: http://pippoweb.blogspot.it/2017/12/cavalieri-della-tavola-rotonda-saga.html

Great work, thank you so much :)

Title: Re: Looking for Arthurian heraldry
Post by: Metternich on April 19, 2018, 09:51:08 PM

If you mean Mort de Arthur sort of heraldry (which technically would be fantasy) :

http://www.gspendragon.com/armscollectedtext.html

Title: Re: Looking for Arthurian heraldry
Post by: charla51 on April 22, 2018, 11:17:40 AM

If you're refering to the 'historical' Dark Age Arthur, then the heraldry is anybody's guess.

Mounted Gododdin warriors supposedly carried 'white' or 'limed' shields.

If you're refering to the 'image of Mary' Arthur is said to have carried, that is a later interpolation, since historically when Arthur is supposed to have flourished,  the cult of Mary was just a 'kickstarter' in the Eastern Mediterrrean.

Title: Re: Looking for Arthurian heraldry
Post by: Belisarius on April 22, 2018, 11:53:16 AM

I would recommend reading Bernard Cornwall’s  Arthurian  trilogy .  Apart from the great story he gives different shield patterns / flags  for each minor kingdom or faction .  It’s all fantasy anyway , there was no “ heraldry  “ as we would know it in this period .