Dextrochere Maintaining a Pen

Source: Heraldic Templates. Artist: Torric inn Björn.
Source: Heraldic Templates. Artist: Torric inn Björn.

Hand Couped Maintaining a Quill Pen

A human hand. Default alignment: dexter hand apaumy, fingers to chief. Proper coloration: only if skin tone is blazoned.

Source: Workes of Armorie. Artist: John Bossewell.
Source: Workes of Armorie. Artist: John Bossewell.

Quill Pen (1)

A bird’s feather, trimmed to allow use as a writing implement. Default orientation: palewise, point to base.

Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist: Unknown Illustrator. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist unknown. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Quill Pen (2)

A bird’s feather, trimmed to allow use as a writing implement. Default orientation: palewise, point to base.

Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist: Unknown Illustrator. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist unknown. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Quill Pen (3)

A bird’s feather, trimmed to allow use as a writing implement. Default orientation: palewise, point to base. No proper coloration.

Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr.
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr.

Quill Pen (4)

A bird’s feather, trimmed to allow use as a writing implement. Default orientation: palewise, point to base. No proper coloration.

Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Quill Pen (5)

The plumage of a bird. Default orientation: quill to base. No proper coloration.

Source: Heraldry, Ancient and Modern (Page 307, from the seal of Edward V). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Heraldry, Ancient and Modern. Artist unknown. (Page 307, from the seal of Edward V.)

Quill Pen Entwined by an Escroll

A small piece of parchment, which always appears with another charge piercing it. No default orientation. No proper coloration.

Source: Two Tudor Books of Arms (Page 144). Artist: Robert Cooke. .
Source: Two Tudor Books of Arms. Artist: Robert Cooke. (Page 144.)

Quill Pen Transfixing an Escroll Fesswise (1)

A small piece of parchment, which always appears with another charge piercing it.

Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Adapted from an image of a scroll and of a feather, both elsewhere in this collection. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Adapted from an image of a scroll and of a feather, both elsewhere in this collection. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Quill Pen Transfixing an Escroll Fesswise (2)

A small piece of parchment, which always appears with another charge piercing it. No default orientation. No proper coloration.

Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.