No edit summary Tag: sourceedit |
No edit summary Tag: sourceedit |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
|affiliation= |
|affiliation= |
||
}} |
}} |
||
| − | '''Tangle & Noils Wigmakers & Perruquiers''' was a wig shop located in [[Diagon Alley]], [[London]], [[England]], above [[Brigg's Brooms]]. Occupying the top floor of the building, it had a front door |
+ | '''Tangle & Noils Wigmakers & Perruquiers''' was a wig shop located in [[Diagon Alley]], [[London]], [[England]], above [[Brigg's Brooms]]. Occupying the top floor of the building, it had a front door (without any stairs) that led out to a height of one storey above the street, which was presumably intended to make the store accessible only to [[wizardkind|witches and wizards]] on [[broom]]s.<ref name="PSdeluxe">Illustration of [[Diagon Alley]] by [[Jim Kay]] from the Deluxe Illustrated Slipcase Edition of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' ([http://media.bloomsbury.com/rep/files/harry-potter-diagon-alley.pdf see here]).</ref> |
==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
||
*The name of the shop has textiles connotations; "to tangle" means "to become mixed together or intertwined", and a {{wplink|noil}} is a short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns. |
*The name of the shop has textiles connotations; "to tangle" means "to become mixed together or intertwined", and a {{wplink|noil}} is a short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns. |
||
Revision as of 23:26, 18 August 2015
Tangle & Noils Wigmakers & Perruquiers was a wig shop located in Diagon Alley, London, England, above Brigg's Brooms. Occupying the top floor of the building, it had a front door (without any stairs) that led out to a height of one storey above the street, which was presumably intended to make the store accessible only to witches and wizards on brooms.[1]
Etymology
- The name of the shop has textiles connotations; "to tangle" means "to become mixed together or intertwined", and a noil is a short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Deluxe Illustrated Slipcase Edition)
Notes and references
- ↑ Illustration of Diagon Alley by Jim Kay from the Deluxe Illustrated Slipcase Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (see here).
| England, Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Carkitt Market - Diagon Alley - Horizont Alley - Knockturn Alley |