Heraldry in the Barony of Dragon's Laire

The Herald

The herald is the officer responsible for everything from simple field heraldry such as announcing the next bout in the tourney, to designing unique arms for a new branch, and heralding Baronial courts. Their duties include; assisting members of the populace research, design and register names and devices, keeping records of awards, training new heralds, and supervising voice heraldry for events.

Heraldry serves many purposes in the SCA. The visual display of heraldry, on banners, clothing and other objects creates pageantry. Maintaining the order of precedence reinforces the Medieval social structure, and heraldic research aids in persona development by providing appropriate names and personal devices.

Golden Dragon Pursuivant

The principal Herald in Dragons Laire is the Golden Dragon Pursuivant. Currently in Dragon's Laire, heraldic duties are divided between the Golden Dragon Pursuivant and our "Book" Herald. The Golden Dragon acts as the primary herald, visible at court functions, organizing voice heralds and handing official office records. Our "book" herald, focuses on the documentation and registration of names and devices.

Graphic Submissions

For those who may need to send images to the book herald via e-mail, here are the step-by-step procedures. These steps are for the "Windows" operating system, but are probably not much different in an "Apple". In your graphics program, to save the image you intend to send, go to the "File" tab at the upper-left of the screen, select "Save as", You will then be offered the choice of where to save the file to, (The default is "My Pictures") what to name the file, and "Save as type". With "Paint", the default option is 24- bit bitmap, (.bmp or .dib) DO NOT use this option! Go to the drop-down button and select JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif) The file-size generated in a bitmap file is HUGE, and can take forever to download, especially via dial-up. If you are using other graphics programs, their default formats might require that particular program to open them, such as Photoshop’s .psd-format. Once you have saved it as a JPEG-type file, you can use the "save" option to save any changes you make to it from that point on.

Contact the
Golden Dragon Pursuivant

THL Caius Foxcotte

Contact the Book Herald

THL Ian MacKynnes

All SCA Kingdom Heraldry Badges

All the Knowne World Kingdom's Devices and Badges in one place, for reference.

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