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A roll of arms (or armorial) is a collection of coats of arms, usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by the name of the person bearing the arms. A roll may also consist of blazons (verbal descriptions) rather than illustrations. ==Varieties== The heraldist Stephen Friar, writing in 1987,〔''A New Dictionary of Heraldry'', 1987〕 classified rolls as follows: * Occasional: relating to a specific event such as an expedition, tournament or a siege. * Institutional: associated with foundations, orders of religion or chivalry possibly compiled over many years. * Regional: collecting the arms of residents of a region; a practice almost unique to the English county rolls of the 14th century. * Illustrative: sometimes used to illustrate narratives or chronicles. * General: a combination or variety of collections. * Online rolls: In the Internet age, a number of societies maintain rolls of their members. A roll of arms arranged systematically by design, with coats featuring the same principal elements (geometrical ordinaries and charges) grouped together as a tool to aid identification, is known as an ordinary of arms (or simply as an ordinary). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「roll of arms」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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