An An SCA device is a heraldic insignia which used to indicate that the owner of the device is present. The SCA uses the word armory to refer to heraldic insignia in general. Every chapter of the SCA has an officer, called a Herald or Pursuivant, to assist participants in choosing appropriate names and armory.

 

Heraldry within the SCA is practically the same as within period and used almost exactly in the same way. It can be used to identify a person from a large distance, even when involved in combat. It also is used to identify personal property. A flag or banner over a tent or even a castle shows the owner to anyone that can see. In the Middle Ages, when many people could not read, these pictures, which follow a set of formal rules that limit how similiar devices could be, allowed most everyone to identify ownership of people, places and things.

FAQ's: Several articles and documents answering common questions and providing commonly needed forms and letters;

 

Rules: Documents that guide the College, documents such as the Administrative Handbook for submissions procedures and heraldic officers, and the Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory (SENA) for name and armory registration;

 

Archives: Links to several areas of accumulated data of concern to the operation of the College, such as the Letters of Acceptance and Return (LoARs), collected precedents set by past rulings, and the Ordinary and Armorial, a database of all registered names and armory.