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Description: | A medieval finger-ring, much damaged and distorted. It belongs to a category of ring known as iconographic because of the incorporation of images of saints into their design, often combined with an inscription. In this instance, the bezel carries the engraved image of Saint Christopher bearing the Christ-child on his shoulder. Christ holds an orb mounted with a cross. In the later Middle Ages, St Christopher was believed to protect against sudden death. Inside the hoop of the ring is inscribed the motto: de bon coer (of good heart). The ring is highly ornamental. The back of the hoop is beaded and cabled and each of the shoulders is engraved with three flowers of two types (one five-petalled; the other a tulip?) in an alternating order. Rays of light are engraved above the two flowers in the top register where some white enamel survives.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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