The following are handouts that have been used for various classes taught by the heralds, in some cases updated to make them 'current' to today. You may find that some of the information presented below is either in a form that may be easier for you to understand than what you may find elsewhere (such as the Herald's Handbook), or additional information on a topic that may enhance your understanding. As time goes by, we hope to add more of these class handouts here.

Armory

• Bad Heraldic Art - Good Heraldic Art - or Mostly Period Design
  (A class taught at the Heraldic Collegium, November 15, 2003) -- Written by Dame Teleri Tawel

Names

• Common Naming Patterns
  (A class taught at the Heraldic Collegium, November 15, 2003) -- Written by Walraven van Nijmegen

Protocol

• Interacting With Royalty
  (A class taught at a West Kingdom Collegium, that combined many things, including making presentations to the Royalty, writing letters to the Royalty, personal interaction with The Royalty, being called into Court, and more ...) -- Written by Hirsch von Henford

• Courtly Behavior
  (A class taught at a West Kingdom Collegium that attempts to explain what court is about, why you should consider attending, and how you as a person attending court are expected to behave.) -- Written by Hirsch von Henford

On Being a Court Herald

• Preparing for Court
  (A class taught at a Heraldic Collegium, Spring, 2001 -- this was updated for the same class taught at the same event in the Spring of 2002, updated yet again for the next year, Spring, 2003). This handout is really a condensation of information found in articles in the Herald's Handbook, and is an outline -- while teaching the actual class the bullet points were expanded on, and discussed, both by the instructor and the senior heralds present.) -- Written by Hirsch von Henford

• Being a Duty Herald
  (A class taught at a Heraldic Collegium, Spring, 2003) -- Written by Wilhelm von Homburg

What the College of Heralds Does

• The College of Heralds; What We Do, And How Your Name/Arms/Badge Gets Registered
  (A West Kingdom Collegium Class, Spring, 1999. This handout covers a lot of the things that are discussed in a lot more detail in other parts of this website, and was meant as an overview for someone relatively new to the SCA.) -- Written by Hirsch von Henford

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