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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2438875, member: 2844"]These were made throughout Western and central Europe. And remember, these were made for religious institutions, not for state political reasons.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> The flower isn't a French style fleur-de-lys, but a lily for purity, also symbol of the virgin Mary and of Joseph:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://kloosterwelle.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Burgh-Leliendale-detail-annunciatie-Gabriel-kondigt-geboorte-aan-met-lelie-Vlaams-willem-vrelant-Getty-ms-ludwig-IX-8-f-58r-1024x510.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.carmelitana.be/Cached/23210/canvas/500x400/22292.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are different types of fleur-de-lys types, in different parts of Europe, the oldest one is probably the Florentine giglio.</p><p>French heraldic fleur-de-lys, always with the horizontal band across the three petals, preferably gold on blue (this one is on white):</p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.myonlinestore.eu%2F93de21b1-6be1-11e9-a722-44a8421b9960%2Fimage%2Fcache%2Ffull%2F86f46965ac0c5326bba6c369117c3ee25ad5844c.jpg&sp=1595179019Tf29ccfe0b835381979710fa65baa6a653dc0751774644c5936074739f5bda712" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2438875, member: 2844"]These were made throughout Western and central Europe. And remember, these were made for religious institutions, not for state political reasons.;) The flower isn't a French style fleur-de-lys, but a lily for purity, also symbol of the virgin Mary and of Joseph: [IMG]https://kloosterwelle.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Burgh-Leliendale-detail-annunciatie-Gabriel-kondigt-geboorte-aan-met-lelie-Vlaams-willem-vrelant-Getty-ms-ludwig-IX-8-f-58r-1024x510.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.carmelitana.be/Cached/23210/canvas/500x400/22292.jpg[/IMG] There are different types of fleur-de-lys types, in different parts of Europe, the oldest one is probably the Florentine giglio. French heraldic fleur-de-lys, always with the horizontal band across the three petals, preferably gold on blue (this one is on white): [IMG]https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.myonlinestore.eu%2F93de21b1-6be1-11e9-a722-44a8421b9960%2Fimage%2Fcache%2Ffull%2F86f46965ac0c5326bba6c369117c3ee25ad5844c.jpg&sp=1595179019Tf29ccfe0b835381979710fa65baa6a653dc0751774644c5936074739f5bda712[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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