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== A Bee-jeweled Crown == | == A Bee-jeweled Crown == | ||
[[File:Crown jewels Poland 10.JPG|thumb|upright| | [[File:Crown jewels Poland 10.JPG|thumb|upright|A modern replica of the crown (the original has been destroyed) used for coronations of most Polish kings, from Vladislaus the Ell to Stanislaus Augustus. It's nice, but can you see a bee here?]] | ||
We've still got the diamond-bee puzzle to figure out. You know, the diamond bee said to have decorated the crown of Polish kings "to remind them that all virtues are to be found in the bee-state."<ref>{{Cyt | |||
| nazwisko = Ransome | | nazwisko = Ransome | ||
| imię = Hilda M. | | imię = Hilda M. | ||
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| rok = 2004 [1937] | | rok = 2004 [1937] | ||
| strony = 174 | | strony = 174 | ||
}} | }}</ref> Somehow, this peculiar ornament isn't mentioned by any expert on Polish crown jewels.<ref>{{Cyt | ||
| nazwisko = Rożek | | nazwisko = Rożek | ||
| imię = Michał | | imię = Michał | ||
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| wydawca = Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza | | wydawca = Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza | ||
| rok = 1987 | | rok = 1987 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref><ref>{{Cyt | ||
| nazwisko = Lileyko | | nazwisko = Lileyko | ||
| imię = Jerzy | | imię = Jerzy | ||
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| wydawca = Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza | | wydawca = Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza | ||
| rok = 1987 | | rok = 1987 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> Of course, they only wrote about those Polish crowns that have survived to our times (not many) or that were listed in official inventories of the royal treasure vault. So could it be that one of the Polish monarchs had a private crown, not listed in the inventories, that was adorned with a diamond bee? | ||
Wzmiankę o owej owadziej ozdobie w koronie polskich królów można znaleźć w cytowanej już ''Historii pszczelarstwa'' autorstwa Besslera: | Wzmiankę o owej owadziej ozdobie w koronie polskich królów można znaleźć w cytowanej już ''Historii pszczelarstwa'' autorstwa Besslera: | ||