English version La versione italiana è disponibile di seguito. “Families” gallery contains a list of coats of arms related either to noble families, or to not noble ones from all over the world. Every country has its own rules for adopting a coat of arms but in many countries one can choose a coat of arms without having any noble ancestors, therefore we have not divided the families according to this parameter. We have always specified the geographical area of each family (explicitly or in hashtags) and therefore some elements in the coats of arms that are related to the local tradition have not been further specified in th

Social Instagram: arsaraldica Useful pages for my DeviantArt gallery. Introduction: a list of main principles of heraldry with the conventions used in this page. Heraldry in Game of Thrones: an introduction of heraldic discipline in the world of Game of Thrones. Heraldry of the families: the conventions used and the FAQ list regarding Families gallery. References: a complete list of references used to draw the coats of arms in this page. Pagine utili per la mia galleria DeviantArt. Introduzione: una lista dei principi base dell'araldica con le convenzioni usate in questa pagina. L'araldica ne Il trono di spade: un'introduzione della d

English version La versione italiana è disponibile di seguito. Coats of arms. George R. R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the novel which the TV show Game of Thrones is based on, created a society where heraldry covers a main role. Coats of arms and mottos are known by readers as well as the houses which they belong to. Most of the features of European heraldry can be found in Westeros heraldry, but since this  discipline is strictly related to history, culture and to the land where it has developed, coats of arms of Westeros houses have some peculiar features which cannot be ignored during their realization. Blazon. Hera