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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE MODERN REGALIA. Having given a history of the regalia worn by the sovereigns of England from the time of Alfred to that of Charles 1., some account may be expected of the symbols of royalty which from the restoration of the monarchy have descended to our days. They have, however, so little beyond their intrinsic value to recommend them, that the notice will be as brief as possible, and confined to the crowns and ornaments of the sovereign only; those of the queen consort having no claim to illustration on this occasion. THE CROWN CALLED ST. EDWARD'S Was made, we are told, for the coronation of Charles II., in imitation of that destroyed by the Parliamentarians. That it must have been made rather, as Sandford says, in commemoration than in imitation of that precious relic, will be obvious to any one who takes the trouble to compare its figure, as given in Sir Edward Walker's account of the coronation of Charles II., and only differing in the height of the arches from its present form, with that of any of the ancient crowns of England, including the rude representation of the crown of Edward himself on his coins as before described. It is formed of four crosses, and as many fleurs de lys of gold rising from a rim or circlet of gold, and having two arches crossing each other and forming four bows bytheir depression in the centre, embellished with pearls, with a mound and cross of gold on the top, encircled with a band or.fillet of gold. The cap within is made of crimson velvet, turned up with ermine. The original cap was purple. On the accession of William and Mary, it will be remembered that this crown was reported by the master of the Jewel House as being dismantled of its jewels.?Vide p. 91 of this work. The present disposition of them, therefore, cannot dat...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217253000 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217253008 |
| Weight | 0.23 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.15 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 62 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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