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Description: | Copper alloy finger-ring. The finger-ring is decorated with three projecting knobs, which are surrounded by a series of notches on the hoop. The projecting knobs are cast in one with the hoop and the notched grooves are probably also cast features. External diameter 20mm, internal diameter 16mm, weight 3 grams. Its general form is unlike the known rings of the prehistoric, Roman and early medieval period and the basis of this negative evidence it is probably medieval or early post-medieval in date. The decoration is similar to that used on a type of finger-ring known as a decade ring (Dalton 1912, 122, nos.788-810; Taylor and Scarisbrick 1978, 27, no.54). Decade rings are so-called because they usually have ten projecting knobs, the fingers passing from one to the other in the recital of prayers, in a manner similar to the rosary (Dalton 1912, 122). There is some suggestion that they are known as early as the fourteenth century but most specimens are sixteenth century or later in date (Dalton 1912, 122). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | MacDonald, Philip | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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