Heraldry in the Blogosphere!

There's a heraldry-related blog post over at Luke Gilman: Life and Law (http://www.lukegilman.com/2010/08/22/history-of-the-lex-seal-at-the-university-of-houston-law-center/) about the arms of the University of Houston Law Center.

It's a nice little post, and gives a bit of the reasoning, both heraldic and legal, behind the martlets on the chief.  You might go check it out!

Heraldry (Sort of) in Houston, Texas

We had the opportunity in February to travel down to Houston for a presentation.  (I'd been invited to talk about the heralds visitations to the Friends of the Clayton Library down there.)  Having a few extra minutes before driving over the library where the presentation was to be given, we drove around a bit to see what we could see.  And, doggone, if not three blocks from hotel but we found some heraldry.  Sort of.

As you can see, it's not really a coat of arms (it would be, what, Sable, a bendlet sinister [or even a riband* sinister] argent?), and even the shield looks like a combination of shield and single eagle supporter, not too unlike the arms of the United States on the breast of a bald eagle, but done in a very modern style.

But, hey, as I always say, "heraldry is where you find it."  And, as I also note, you can find it just about anywhere.

* Parker's A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry defines "riband or ribbon" as "[t]he term Ribbon is used by one or two heraldic writers for a diminutive of the bend, of which it is one-eighth in width."