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History Behind Different Marriage Jewelry
Jewelry has been used to woo and proclaim love for millennia. It forms an important part of the wedding vows and it acts as a symbol for people that you are married and off the market so to speak. There is a long history and a great deal of symbolism that is associated with the various types of jewelry that is given and worn throughout marriage.
Wedding rings have been used since around Roman times to show that a woman was married. In these times the men did not generally wear wedding rings, that is a much more recent inclusion in the wedding vows and customs. The wedding band is a circle and it is supposed to symbolize eternal love. The ring is also supposed to be worn on the left hand ring finger since there is a vein there that leads directly to the heart and it is known as the ‘vena amoris’.
Engagement rings are a more recent addition to the marriage tradition. This was started around the ninth century when Pope Nicolas I made it compulsory for a gold engagement ring to be given as a symbol of the future grooms’s capacity to look after the needs of his future wife.
The custom of placing gemstones in the betrothal rings began a long time later, but it was not until 1477 that the diamond really started to earn its place in engagement rings. In 1477 Mary of Burgundy was the first woman to receive a diamond engagement ring.
When diamonds became more accessible during the industrial revolution, they started to become popular in engagement rings. Since this time solitaire engagement rings have been the most popular types of rings as they symbolize love and purity, as well as the fact that they sparkle like crazy.
These days there are a lot of different stones, designs and settings that are used in wedding and engagement rings. Pink and champagne diamonds are popular alongside the regular white diamond. Different settings such as princess cut engagement rings have also become very popular.
Another piece of jewelry that is commonly given is the eternity ring, which has a more than 4000 year history that was started by the Egyptians. In the past the rings often represented a serpent with their tale in their mouth to show eternity. These days a row of smaller gemstones that compliment the engagement ring are more commonly given on anniversaries.
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