This page is a directory of articles that should be useful to sign heralds.

About Sign Heraldry

• Sign Heralds' Website (2025)
• Sign Herald's Handbook [Also in PDF] (2014)
• Newsletters: May 2021 [PDF], Nov 2021 [PDF]

Community

• Sign/Silent Heraldry Facebook group
• Sign Heralds Practice Facebook group

The Role of Sign Heralds

• So You Want to Become a Silent Herald? by Suzanne de la Ferté (2015)
• Communication in a Soundless World by Suzanne de la Ferté (2023)
• Making Court Come Alive by Suzanne de la Ferté (2023)
• Working Together - Royals, Court Heralds, and Sign Heralds by Suzanne de la Ferté (2023)
• 6 Things to Know About Silent Heraldry for Those Holding Court by Alexandra Vazquez de Granada (called Shandra) (before 2015)
• Why a Silent Herald? (before 2015)

SCA Sign Dictionaries

• Basic 25 Signs for Court by Suzanne de la Ferté (2023)
• SCA Sign Dictionary by Nesscia inghean Chearnaigh (2014)
• Nesscia’s Sign/Silent Heraldry YouTube channel

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Signing Information from Outside the SCA

About Sign Language and Deafness in General

• National Association of the Deaf (United States)
• World Federation of the Deaf
• Sign Languages in Lochac:
  • Auslan Sign Bank
  • New Zealand Sign Language

American Sign Language Lessons

• LifePrint.com
• StartASL.com

Manual Alphabets/Sign Language Dictionaries

• SpreadTheSign.com: Alphabet
• SpreadTheSign.com: Vocabulary
• Omniglot.com: Sign Language

National/Regional Sign Languages

• American Sign Language
• Australian Sign Language
• New Zealand Sign Language
• British Sign Language
• International Sign Language
• Sematos.eu Portal for International Sign Language
• Japanese Sign Language
• Sign Languages of Asia

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