A complete dictionary of heraldry conceived to enable the reader find, within one volume, all there is to know about heraldry, made easily accessible without the need to search elsewhere. Each term will be found in alphabetical order, fully defined and illustrated with, in most cases, an adjoining image. The rules of heraldry are also explained so that arms, and the manner in which they are constructed, may be understood and, when found verbally described rather than painted, correctly interpreted.