Talk:Half-arch (crown)

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Why was this terminology adopted? It makes no sense to me. In every standard reference work, in every major study of regalis (e.g., Lord Twinning's The Crown Jewels of Europe), every official guide book describing the regalia in European palaces, etc., an arch is used to describe a semi-circular strip of metal that extends from one side of a circlet to its opposite, even if that metal strip is bowed down in the center, like the St. Edward's Crown. The fact that this strip of metal intersects another at a right-angle or three others at corresponding angles doesn't effect the terms used for it, i.e., it is still described as an arch, not a half-arch. A half-arch is a strip of metal that only extends from one side of the circlet to the center where it turns back on itself, in a sort of S-shape and does not directly join its counterpart on the opposite side of the circlet, as in the Crown of India, the Queen Consort crowns of Mary of Teck and Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, both the king's and the queen's crowns of Bavaia, etc. In short, why doesn't Wikipedia use the same language in describing regalia as everyone else?

Why was this terminology adopted? In every standard reference work, every major study of regalia (e.g., Lord Twinning's The Crown Jewels of Europe), every official guidebook for the royal collections of regalia, etc., I have ever seen an arch is a semi-circular strip of metal that extends from one side of a circlet to the other, even when it is slightly bowed down in the center as in the St. Edward's Crown. Even when that strip of metal intersects another at a right-angle or three others at 45 degree angles at its center it is still described as an arch, not a half-arch. A half-arch is a strip of metal that extends from one side of a circlet and turns back on itself in a sort of S-shape without making direct contact with the corresponding stripe of metal rising from the opposite side of the circlet, as in, e.g., the Imperial Crown of India, the Queen Consort Crowns of Mary of Teck and Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, both the Bavarian king's and queen's crowns, etc. In short, why has Wikipedia adopted a terminology for describing regalia that is at variance with the standard language for describing regalia and can only confuse the reader? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.239.152.174 (talk) 04:40, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]