Olympic Records

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Crown, Crosier, Pallium, Papal Tiara, Ceremonial Mace, Medal, Magical Tools in Wicca, Ecclesiastical Ring, Wand, Coronet, Regalia, Omophor, Globus Cruciger, Sceptre, Shoulder Mark, Flail, Aiguillette, Camauro, Sword of State, Baton, State Crown, Marshal's Star, Curtana, Ceremonial Weapon. Excerpt: An aiguillette , aguillette or aiglet (from French aiguille "needle") is a decorative tag or tip for a cord or ribbon , usually of gold and sometimes set with gemstones or enameled . Small cords and ribbon bows tipped with pairs of aiguilettes were fashionable ornaments in the 16th and early 17th centuries. In contemporary military and civil uniforms, an aiguillette is an ornamental braided cord with a similar metal tip, derived from armor fastenings, and the plastic or metal aglet on a shoe lace is also a direct descendant.Uses Bolo tie with aiguillettesSlashes in the sleeves of a man's fur-lined gown are closed with buttons and pairs of small aiguillettes. Aiguillettes were made in sets, and might be of silver, silver-gilt , or gold. Surviving portraits show that aiguillettes could be functional or purely decorative, though many were used to "close" seams and slashes that are not always apparent on dark garments in portraits. They were made in matched sets and were worn in masses. The Day Book of the Wardrobe of Robes of Elizabeth I of England records items given and received into storage, including details of buttons and aiguillettes lost from the Queen's clothing:Lost the 2 of February ... 1 bunsh of small gold tagges or aglettes from a gowne of black satten at Sittingbourne parcell of uppon the same gowne 193 bunshes Elizabeth's aiguillettes were variously enameled with white, red, black, blue, and purple details or set with diamonds , garnets , rubies , and pearls; those of Anne...