Nimenefeld ... a Saxon place-name meaning "the new common ground"

Nimenefeld's Heraldry

Here are the newest submitted arms of the Canton
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Here is the Arms of Nimenefeld - Gules, within a laurel wreath, a garb and on a chief Or a demi-sun Gules

Here is the Badge of Nimenefeld - (Fieldless) charged upon a sun Gules, a garb Or

In the period in which we play the heralds and their jobs evolved. In the beginning they were bards and singers that would sing about the big doin's in the next town or big city. During the course of this they would sing the praises of one knight or another. Well the knights liked this and would give them presents, and then later they would pay them.

At roughly the same period, when the knights weren't fighting in a battles, they would have "tournaments" to test they prowess. The only problem was they would actually fight, so people were actually dying. The king was not pleased that his knights were killing each other, so a system of "safer" tournaments were started. Almost from the very beginning, the heralds were involved.

The knights had to be identified in battle and later in the tournaments. So over a couple of centuries, what we refer to as book heralds evolved. They came to run the tournaments, keep track of the heraldic devices of the knights, design new arms for people, and serve as the public address systems at tournaments and in courts.

Since they ran the tourneys and the tourneys were held in many different places the heralds were able to pass back and forth over borders even during war time.Due to this ability, the heralds finally became the "month piece" for the king, ambassadors. The heralds evolved into diplomats.

For more information, see the links off the SCA Herald's Page

In the SCA the heralds serve 3 purposes;

• book heralds - the heralds help the populace choose and register the names and heraldic devices, and answer all questions about heraldry
• field heralds - the heralds act as the public address system at events, making announcements and calling tournaments (they are also known as tournament heralds)
• court heralds - the crowns hold public courts at most events and the heralds run them and make all of the announcements

If you would like to ask the herald any possible question about heraldry or you want help with your heraldry, email me at eogan@nc.rr.com

For more pictures and information of the heraldry of Windmasters' Hill see the Windmasters' Scriptorium page

For general information of SCA Heraldry see the SCA Herald's page

If you are interested in the Atlantia College of Heralds, or for submission forms, or if you want contact information on any of the heralds of the Kingdom of Atlantia see the Atlantia Herald's page

A group that helps people in the SCA with their names and devices is the Academy of St Gabriel's

This page was last updated on 01/20/2008 by Baron Eógan mac Ailpein.