Circlet

{{Short description|Diadem}}

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A circlet is a piece of headwear that is similar to a diadem or a corolla.{{cite book|author=Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards|title=Tutankhamun's Jewelry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PKnpAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|location=Egypt|isbn=978-0-87099-155-4|page=9}}{{cite book|author=John Steane|title=The Archaeology of the Medieval English Monarchy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t1SFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA35|year=2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-64159-8|page=31}}{{cite book|author=Albert Barnes|title=Notes Explanatory and Practical on the Book of Revelation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TIJgr7wHLoIC&pg=PA246|year=1859|publisher=Harper & brothers|page=246}} The word 'circlet' is also used to refer to the base of a crown or a coronet, with or without a cap.{{cite book|author=Nicholas Carlisle|title=A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, and of the Islands in the British Seas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h9pAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT482|year=1813|publisher=G. and W. Nicol and Bell and Bradfute|page=482}}{{cite book|author1=Francis Joseph Baigent|author2=Charles James Russell|title=A Practical Manual of Heraldry and of Heraldic Illumination: With a Glossary of the Principal Terms Used in Heraldry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rKntazTdEqEC&pg=PA39|year=1864|publisher=G. Rowney|pages=39–40}} Diadem and circlet are often used interchangeably,{{cite book|author=Edward Francis Twining|title=European Regalia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kx_WAAAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Batsford|page=66|isbn=9787410002039 }} and 'open crowns' with no arches (as opposed to 'closed crowns') have also been referred to as circlets.{{cite book|author=A Lady|title=Anecdotes, Personal Traits, and Characteristic Sketches of Victoria the First|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qPcDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA547|year=1840|publisher=William Bennett|page=547}} In Greek this is known as stephanos, and in Latin as corona aperta, although stephanos is associated more with laurel wreaths and the crown of thorns said to have been placed on the head of Jesus.{{cite book|author=Chris Woodall|title=Atonement: God's Means of Effecting Man's Reconciliation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a7t2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA173|year=2015|publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers|isbn=978-1-4982-0795-9|page=173}}