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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy artefact of high/late Medieval date. This artefact might have been a finger-ring or possibly a type of mount in the form of a loop. The incomplete item weighs 10.98g and has a decorative circular plate of 28.7mm diameter, and thickness of 1.2mm. The plate is curved and has two tapering projection on opposite sides of the plate that end in worn rounded points. It is probable, but uncertain, that these points are the remains of worn breaks that might have continued to form two integral spikes or rivets or joined together to form a complete loop. It is not possible to determine what cross-section these projections might have had although it seems likely that the width and thickness was very slight in comparison to the front plate. The upper surface, the external side of the curve, has a central circular field depicting a lamb left with a crucifix possitioned diagonally across the body of the lamb. Around the edge of the plate is the latin inscription: + ECCE AGNVS D. ECCE QVI TOLIS PEC. This is an abbrieviation of: ECCE AGNVS DEI ECCE QVI TOLLIT PECCATA MUNDI. This inscription translation to: Behold the lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world; John 1:29. The legend is bordered above and below by an thin line. The area surrounding the inscription and surrounding the central design is infilled with a silvery grey substance, now incomplete, which is probably niello. The inscription, thin bordering lines and central design are all shallow areas lower than the surface of the grey substance, appearing as voids or depressions within this substance. It is probable that all of these negative areas would originally have been infilled with a substance of contrasting colour, probably/possibly enamel, none of which survives.See PAS record LIN-8F8C76.
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