Crests & Coats of Arms ( was: Re: House crest images?)

[nut_shell16]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...> wrote:
> Caveat--I am *not* yelling at Shelley....she just happens to be 
the one who
> has most lately said
> 
> > Does anyone have a link to some good pictures of the house 
crests? I
> > would like to make an iron-on for a t-shirt.
> 
> 
> (realizing it's hopeless, unable to stop trying) they are not 
*crests.*
> Crests in proper heraldic terminology are the little figures on 
top of the
> helmet, if a helmet is sitting on top of the shield. What each of 
the houses
> has is a *coat of arms.* Hogwarts has a *coat of arms* made of 
combining the
> houses' *coats of arms.* Not crests. Nowhere in the books is the 
heraldry
> described closely enough to tell us what the crests might be.
> 
> ~Amanda, wondering how many old listies were just *waiting* for 
that....
> (passes Shelley an eclair and sits down to wait with her until her 
hearing
> comes back)



**takes the eclair (thank you) and recovers her hearing**

Point taken. Someone might mention that to the Harry Potter Lexicon, 
though.   http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/houses.html 

Which, by the way is where I found the images!  Thanks!  Shelley


Thanks, Shelley