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Description: | Complete late 15th- early16th century devotional iconographic gold finger ring. The hoop of the ring is formed from five integrally cast bezels. The bezels are circular in plan and flat in section. Each is separated by an oval bead, which has a scale decoration. Each of the bezels is engraved with symbols representing the passion of Christ.
1. Three dice (symbolising the division of Christ's robe)
2. Cross and hammer and nails
3. Pincers and flail
4. Pillar, spear and
5. The Sacred heart
There is a strong probability that the bezels were originally enamelled. The interior of the hoop is plain. The ring has an external diameter of 22mm and weighs 7.2g.
Whilst the ring falls into a recognised category of devotional rings and is probably a decade ring for use in prayer (the number of bezels and beads add up to ten), an exact comparison could not be found. The closest parallel to this ring is an example in silver gilt, dated to the 15th century published in ?Medieval Artefacts" by Nigel Mills, 1999; NM124 page 50. | 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: | 1475
1525 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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