The best way to study heraldry is not through books about the subject, but from
primary sources. Many of these are not the original documents, they are
webified versions put online by dedicated amateurs.
Arms drawn from the
Albigensian Crusade (early 13th c.)
Nine European Rolls of Arms of the
Thirteenth Century
The Zurich Roll of
Arms (14th c.)
Manesse
Codex (14th c.)
Paul Bergman's
Armorial De Flandre du XVIme Siécle (16th c. Flanders)
The Internet Medieval
Sourcebook (for primary texts online)
What Grants of Arms Really
Looked Like (scans of various heraldic documents)
Note: There are others available rolls online in French and German, but because of
my poor language skills I can't read the sites to confirm this independently.
Non-english site links and descs are welcome.
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