Assorted Lessons in SCA Heraldry

Edited By Jaelle of Armida. (mka Judy Gerjuoy)


Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Peripheral

Answers to the Quiz



1. Argent, a saltire azure between two eagles and two lozenges gules.
Primary - the saltire / Secondary - the eagles and the lozenges as a single group.
 
2. Per fess azure mullety argent and Or, a fess and in base a bear statant gules.
Primary - the fess / Secondary #1 - the semy of mullets / Secondary #2 - the bear
 
3. Azure ermined Or, three roses within a bordure argent
Primary - the three roses / Peripheral - the bordure.
 
4. Per pale gules and purpure, on a fess argent between three bezants each charged with a rose, four fleams gules.
Primary - the fess / Secondary - the bezants / Tertiary #1 - the roses on the bezants / Tertiary #2 - the fleams. 
 
5. Sable, an elephant argent charged with a mullet gules within an orle argent.
Primary - the elephant / Secondary-Peripheral - the orle / Tertiary - the mullet
 
6. Gules, a chevron between three roses Or, each charged with a cross fitchy sable.
Primary - the chevron / Secondary - the roses / Tertiary - the crosses on the roses. 
 
7. Per fess nebuly purpure and argent, three lions within a bordure counterchanged.
Primary - the three lions / Secondary-Peripheral - the bordure
 
8. Per bend gules crusily Or and Or semy of hearts sable, on a bend sable a spear bendwise Or.
Primary - the bend / Secondary #1 - the crusily (semy of crosses crosslet) / Secondary #2 - the semy of hearts / Tertiary - the spear.
 
9. Vert, two lions rampant and a lymphad Or and in chief two spears fesswise in pale argent.
Primary - the lions and the lymphad / Secondary - the spears
 
10. Vert fretty Or.
Primary - the fretty treatment
 
11. Gules, on a cross argent five mullets gules.
Primary - the cross / Tertiary - the mullets.
 
12. Vairy purpure and argent, an eagle displayed sable between three roundels Or.
Primary - the eagle / Secondary - the roundels
 
13. Per chevron sable and Or, on a chevron three bullets and on a chief argent a lion passant gules.
Primary - the chevron / Peripheral - the chief / Tertiary #1 - the billets / Tertiary #2 - the lion.
 
14. Sable, a bordure argent ermined gules.
Primary-Peripheral - the bordure
 
15. Or, a wolf rampant sable between three hares gules all within a bordure sable billetty Or.
 Primary - the wolf / Secondary - the hares / Peripheral - the bordure / Tertiary - the billetty (semy of billets)
 

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