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Posted by Nellie
on November 6, 2009, 8:20 pm, in reply to "You are right !"
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I also recall now that we used to put the bar above and below Roman numerals.
--Previous Message--
: Ursula, I think you are definitely putting us
: back on the right track !!
:
: I immediately thought of GD Xenia, but it
: seems there is no connection.
: "Ksi" is also the grapheme for 60
: in the ancient Cyrillic numbering system:
:
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_numerals
:
: And the winding line over the character
: finally makes sense - it would be a
: "titlo", used to "mark
: letters when they are used as numerals"
: :
:
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titlo
:
: So this must have indeed made it a very
: appropriate gift for the Queen's Diamond
: Jubilee from her Family in the East.
: So Russian - yes, Imperial - very much so,
: but also with a bigger historical
: significance than I thought...
:
: What is interesting is that the Duchess
: started wearing it in public in January
: 2007, just a few months before she turned 60
: herself (in July 2007)...
:
: Thank you very much, Ursula, waiting for the
: references to close the chapter
:
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: --Previous Message--
: Hello all,
: we discussed about the brooch and I heard
: the heart brooch was the gift of Nicolas II
: and Empress Alix, GD and Grand
: duchess of Hesse, GD and Grand duchess
: Serge, Prince and Princess Louis
: Battenberg.
:
: Given in 1897 for Queen Victoria's diamond
: jubilee. It has been exhibited in
: the Imperial Institute at the occasion.
:
: VICTORIA'S JUBILEE GIFTS; An Exhibition in
: London of Gifts from All Quarters of the
: Globe. AMERICA WELL REPRESENTED A Square
: Mile of Illuminated Addresses on Parchment,
: Silk, and Vellum -- A Collection Ranging
: from Precious Stones to Bicycles.
:
: November 2, 1897, Wednesday
:
: LONDON, Oct. 20. -- Yesterday, at the
: Imperial Institute, South Kensington, an
: exhibition of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
: presents was opened to the public at an
: admission fee of 1 shilling per head, the
: income from the exhibition -- which will
: last several month -- to be devoted to the
: Prince of Wales's Free Hospital Fund. Didn't
: post it because I search for a sketch
:
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: Will ask the source tomorrow :-)
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