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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Ring Brooch

1400-1450 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Ring brooch, gilded silver. On the first side, engraved with a black letter inscription '+ Jhesus: naz[ar]enus Rex: Iudeorum' (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews). On the other side similarly engraved with 'Johannus / : Lamb' (John Lamb), each word separated by scrolling ivy foliage. The head of the pin is engraved with a Latin cross on the first side, and on the other side with a floriated cross.


Object details

Categories
Jewellery
Metalwork
Christianity
SCRAN
Object type
Ring brooch
Materials and techniques
Gilded silver, engraved
Silver Gilt
Engraving
Brief description
Silver-gilt ring brooch inscribed in Latin 'Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews' and in English 'John Lamb'. England, 1400-50.
Physical description
Ring brooch, gilded silver. On the first side, engraved with a black letter inscription '+ Jhesus: naz[ar]enus Rex: Iudeorum' (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews). On the other side similarly engraved with 'Johannus / : Lamb' (John Lamb), each word separated by scrolling ivy foliage. The head of the pin is engraved with a Latin cross on the first side, and on the other side with a floriated cross.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 2.8cm
  • Depth: 0.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Jhesus Naz[ar]anus Rex: Iudeorum' (Latin)
    Translation
    Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews
  • 'Johannes Lamb' (English)
    Translation
    John Lamb
Object history
Purchase. RF 69/988
Subjects depicted
Faith
Scrolls (Motifs)
Bibliographic reference
Lightbown, Ronald. Medieval European Jewellery: with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1992. cat. 23. p. 497.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.12-1969

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Record createdSeptember 9, 2004
Record URL
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