A treatise on heraldry, British and foreign : with English and French glossaries (1896)
Woodward, John, 1837-1898 · Edinburgh ; London : W. & A.K. Johnston · leaf 325
d the circlet is hinged.It consists of four golden plates ; the upper edge of eachrises into a (demi-) fleur-de-lis. From the backs of these ( 26o ) rise the arches which support a cross. All the parts ofthe crown are set with rough gems. The celebrated Szent Korona, (the Holy Crown), orcrown of… … Fig. 21.—The Szent Korona. that its upper portion was presented to St. Stephen,the first King of HUNGARY, by Pope SYLVESTER II.The lower portion, as we know from history, was presentedafter the year 1074, by the Emperor MICHAEL VII.,(Ducas) to Geysa I., of Hungary. Tradition declaresthat the two…
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