Diadem Question
Okay, so I have my Rowena gown for Azkatraz more or less squared away, and now I'm working on the accessories. My question is this: did we ever get a detailed description of her diadem is the books?
I can't remember ever reading a true description of it, besides the notes that it's "discolored" (mentioned in both HBP and DH) and that it contains the inscription "Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure." Rowling also describes it variously as a diadem, a tiara and a circlet, which is as much help to me as a parka on a desert island, because these are all different designations. A circlet is different from a tiara, and a diadem is clearly not a circlet. ~curses inexact word usage~
Anyway, I've found promising prospects for both circlets and tiaras, but am not sure which would be best. Thoughts? Suggestions? How did you all envision it when reading? In any case, I think I'll be going without a veil, even though that's more period-accurate, because she's never mentioned as wearing one and I've yet to see her depicted anywhere with a veil.
So... circlet? Tiara? Miss America thingie? Burger King paper crown?
I can't remember ever reading a true description of it, besides the notes that it's "discolored" (mentioned in both HBP and DH) and that it contains the inscription "Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure." Rowling also describes it variously as a diadem, a tiara and a circlet, which is as much help to me as a parka on a desert island, because these are all different designations. A circlet is different from a tiara, and a diadem is clearly not a circlet. ~curses inexact word usage~
Anyway, I've found promising prospects for both circlets and tiaras, but am not sure which would be best. Thoughts? Suggestions? How did you all envision it when reading? In any case, I think I'll be going without a veil, even though that's more period-accurate, because she's never mentioned as wearing one and I've yet to see her depicted anywhere with a veil.
So... circlet? Tiara? Miss America thingie? Burger King paper crown?