{"id":6946,"date":"2020-03-30T17:05:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T17:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/josebaptista.com\/pearls-symbolize-the-purity-and-the-beauty-of-love\/"},"modified":"2020-04-03T15:08:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T15:08:41","slug":"pearls-symbolize-the-purity-and-the-beauty-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josebaptista.com\/en\/pearls-symbolize-the-purity-and-the-beauty-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearls symbolize the purity and the beauty of love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The &#8220;Queen of Jewels&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also called the &#8220;Queen of Gems&#8221;, the pearl is one of the oldest and most appreciated gems in the world. Pearls are from the materials that were earlier used for personal adornment. The earliest writings that mention pearls date from around 2000 BC. Pearls have been much appreciated since antiquity. The name \u201cpearl\u201d comes from the Latin <em>pirla<\/em>, short for <em>pyre<\/em>, a word with the meaning of \u201cteardrop shape\u201d. For the Romans the pearl was a symbol of love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not known for sure who exactly discovered them, but during the Middle Ages, in the 13th and 14th centuries, many countries in Europe prohibited by law that ordinary people could use pearls, reserving them only to those who were part of the aristocracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ideal Gift\r\n\r\nAfter the French Revolution, when discriminatory laws were abolished, pearls came to be considered the ideal gifts of engagement and marriage, for inspiring beauty and innocence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jacqueline Kennedy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the great personalities of the 20th century, whose life was marked by politics, tragedy, glory, and wealth, made pearls her mark. 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