As she descends the stairs in her black velvet dress with its large collar of ermine and with a diadem of white roses on her hair, she is literally stunning.
Love should be her diadem.
She would have to own that she had been beaten, to confess that the diadem had passed from her brow, and the sceptre from her hand!
So perished the most infamous woman that ever wore a royal diadem, as had been predicted.
Upon her powdered, snowy hair is a little diadem of diamonds.
diadem
noun[C]
uk/ˈdaɪ.ə.dem/us/ˈdaɪ.ə.dem/
asmallcrown(=circulardecorationfor thehead)withjewelsin it
(镶有宝石的)小型王冠,冕
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The initiate on the right also wears this ornament, and even the sun deity in the medallion has exchanged his customarydiademfor heron feathers.
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Belgica was soon identified by the solid iron strips and cast-iron decoration on her bow, the 'diadem' she had carried all her life.
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It is possible that, before abandoning the structure, the artisan was in the process of finishing the plaques to adorn thediademregalia in this southern room.
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This has been passed down like a royaldiademfrom generation to generation, even though it started only in about 1940.
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There are remains of the slipware in the creases of her drapery, blue traces on thediademand re-red on her coat.
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Thediademincludes 1333 diamonds weighing 325.75 carats (65.15 g), and 169 pearls along its base.
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Has the greatness of kings been diminished by the crosses glittering atop their diadems?
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They wear silver diadems on their heads, simple sandals, and silver lace sashes on their waists.
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It includes two pairs of ornate earrings, three diadems, a chest pendant, a bracelet, a gold cup, four rings, ornamented plaques and plain strips.
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Also in accordance with the text, she has a crescent moon under her feet and a silverdiadembearing 12 stars is on her head.
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She can divine the recent past, which is manifested for the viewer in the jewel of herdiadem.
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However, clearly, the object contained within was not thediadem, but something of a more insidious nature.
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Above the bishops, represented all without nimbus, diadems are hanging between gathered vela (curtains).
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In earlier times this blood fountains were falsely interpreted as flower ornaments or snake diadems.
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Above the arch and located on two opposite sides are figures of two winged angles with diadems.
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