[Ansteorra] Terms Coronets when to use
Marc Carlson
marccarlson20 at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 17 19:22:54 PDT 2006
Just to toss in ...
OED:
1. a. A small or inferior crown; spec. a crown denoting a dignity inferior
to that of the sovereign, worn by the nobility, and varying in form
according to rank.
1494 FABYAN Chron. VII. 603, .iii. ladyes rychely clad in golde and sylke,
with coronettes vpon theyr heddes...
2. a. A fillet or wreath of beautiful workmanship or precious materials,
worn as an ornament round the temples; esp. in modern costume, a decorative
part of a woman's head-dress, consisting of a plate or band of metal, or the
like, encircling the front of the head.
1599 Microcynicon (Fairholt), But oh her silver framed Coronet With lowe
downe dangling spangles all beset...
b. A chaplet or garland of flowers for the head.
1590 SHAKES. Mids. N. IV. i. 57 She his hairy temples then had rounded, With
coronet of fresh and fragrant flowers...
And a bunch of other stuff.
Ooh, a cool new word: Coroniform - shaped like a crown.
So, what's crown?
[ME. croun(e, earlier crun(e, syncopated from coroune, corune, corone, a.
AF. coroune, in early ONF. corune, curune (central OF. corone, coronne, in
13th c. couronne) = Pr., Sp., It. corona:L. corna crown, orig. wreath,
chaplet.
The 11th c. corona in the O.E. Chron. was directly from L. The syncopated
crune was used already in the 12th c.; but the fuller form survived beside
it to the 16th c.]
I. 1. a. An ornamental fillet, wreath, or similar encircling ornament
for the head, worn for personal adornment, or as a mark of honour or
achievement; a coronal or wreath of leaves or flowers.
c1325 E.E. Allit. P. A. 237 A pyt coroune et wer at gyrle, Of mariorys & non
oer ston. ..
b. fig. Chiefly referring to the wreath with which the victor was
crowned in the ancient Grecian and Roman games, or to the AUREOLA of a
martyr, virgin, or doctor, as victor over the world, the flesh, or the
devil; usually the sense is more or less idealized or spiritualized (e.g. in
crown of martyrdom, martyr's crown; no cross, no crown, etc.), or
transferred to any kind of honourable distinction or reward bestowed upon a
victor.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 39 Drihten bihat on wakiende ane crune et scal beon
seofesie brihtre ene a sunne...
Hmm, since Crown and Coronet derive from Corona, it seems perfectly
reasonable to refer the Coronæ of Ansteorra by such a nebulous term.
Marc/Diarmaid
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