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Description: | A fragment of a Medieval finger-ring, consisting of a rectangular bezel and part of the shoulders. The bezel has a border on each side engraved with flowers. The left side has suffered considerable damage and most of the decoration is missing. The shoulders have beaded borders. The right shoulder retains its engraved decoration, which takes the form of a sun-burst and a sprig of foliage.The ring is iconographic in type, since it carries the representation of a Saint on the bezel, in this case an image of the Virgin and Child.The interior has the following inscription:joye sanz fyn ('joy without end')The finger-ring fragment is gold and dates from the fifteenth or early sixteenth centuries.
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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