{{Short description|Type of headwear}} [[File:Rion Sumiyoshi performing her short program at the 2023 Grand Prix de France.jpg|thumb|Figure skater, Rion Sumiyoshi, wearing a jeweled circlet as part of her costume.]] A '''circlet''' is a piece of headwear that is similar to a diadem or a corolla.<ref name="Edwards1976">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Steane2003">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Barnes1859">{{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}}</ref> The word 'circlet' is also used to refer to the base of a crown or a coronet, with or without a cap.<ref name="Carlisle1813">{{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}}</ref><ref name="BaigentRussell1864">{{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}}</ref> Diadem and circlet are often used interchangeably,<ref name="Twining1967">{{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 }}</ref> and 'open crowns' with no arches (as opposed to 'closed crowns') have also been referred to as circlets.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Woodall2015">{{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}}</ref>
==Heraldic circlet== In heraldry, a circlet of an order of knighthood may be placed around the shield of the bearer to signify membership of a particular order. In British heraldry, this pertains to the grades of Commander and above (i.e. Knight Commander and Knight Grand Cross):
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150" class="center"> File:Order of the Garter in Heraldry.svg|The Garter circlet File:Circlet heraldique des chevaliers du Bain.svg|Order of the Bath File:Ornements Ordre de Saint-Michel et Saint-Georges.svg|Order of St Michael and St George File:Royal Victorian Order in Heraldry.svg|Royal Victorian Order File:Order of the British Empire - Non Arms.svg|Order of the British Empire File:Ornements circlet Order of St John (UK) -vector.svg|Order of St John </gallery>
==See also== *Achievement (heraldry) *Tiara
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{{Types of Crowns}}
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