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Such ribbons were also used to crown victorious athletes in important sports games in antiquity. It was later applied to a metal crown , generally in a circular or " fillet " shape. For example, the crown worn by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands was a diadem, as was that of a baron later (in some countries surmounted by three globes).
The Diadumenos is the winner of an athletic contest at a games, still nude after the contest and lifting his arms to knot the diadem, a ribbon-band that identifies the winner and which in the bronze original of about 420 BCE would have been represented by a ribbon of bronze. [1]
Thereafter the diadem was worn by the Roman emperors as a symbol of sovereignty. Earlier, it was used as a head-dress by Roman women. [2] Later, in medieval times, a fillet was a type of headband worn by unmarried women, usually with a wimple or barbette. [3]
November 19, 2024. At the annual Diplomatic Corps reception, Queen Camilla wore Queen Elizabeth's aquamarine and diamond tiara for the first time.
A radiant or radiate crown, also known as a solar crown, sun crown, Eastern crown, or tyrant's crown, is a crown, wreath, diadem, or other headgear symbolizing the Sun or more generally powers associated with the Sun. It comprises a number of narrowing bands going outwards from the wearer's head, to represent the rays of the Sun.
While examining the diadem the most notable feature is the Herakles knot located on the front imitating a cloth headband. The knot is a reminder that the Macedonian king was a religious leader and direct descendant of the Greek hero and his father Zeus, king of the gods. On each side of the Herakles knot the metal makes a weave like pattern ...
Diadumene, "diadem-bearer", referring to the crown of tentacles, is a female form intended to bring to mind the Diadumenos, the renowned Greek sculpture of an athlete crowning himself with the victor's ribbon diadem.
The Canadian and British medals were of different designs. Canada: The medal is gold-plated, bronze medal with a thin raised edge and, on the obverse, an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, crowned with the George IV State Diadem and circumscribed by the words QUEEN OF CANADA • REINE DU CANADA.