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Description: | A fragment of a silver Medieval annular brooch. It is approximately half of a brooch frame, incomplete due to old breaks. The frame has an external diameter of 18.18mm, is 3.08mm in width, c.0.6mm in thickness and weighs 0.37g. On one surface there is an inscription, with the letters A E(possibly) then D E M E I (small gap) M following round the circumference. This may be part of of an inscription or legend as found on personal medieval seals, such as 'mater dei miserere' but insufficient survives. The other surface is plain.Annular brooches with inscriptions, false lettering or decoration are most probably of fourteenth century date. An example from medieval London with a religious inscription can be seen in Egan and Pritchard 1991.
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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