|
Date: |
|
Description: | Large gold finger-ring. The external diameter is 23.5 mm and the internal diameter is 19 mm. The hoop is 7 mm wide, and is D-shaped or very slightly biconvex in cross-section. It is 2.5 mm thick and weighs 13.69g. The exterior is completely undecorated; the interior has an engraved 'posy' between two slightly different ornamental scrolly motifs. The posy reads (in Italian, and in italic lettering) Questo ci, fa una. This can be translated as 'This to (or for) us, makes one'. A slightly freer translation might be 'This ring makes us one'. Judy Rudoe has commented that the style of the lettering suggests a date in the 17th century. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1600
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
|
|