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Ring

16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gold ring, the hoop engraved with C and M flanking a true lover's knot and inscribed in Roman capitals DEVX. CORPS. VNG. CVER


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraved gold
Brief description
Gold ring, the hoop engraved with C and M flanking a true lover's knot and inscribed in Roman capitals DEVX. CORPS. VNG. CVER, possibly England, 16th century
Physical description
Gold ring, the hoop engraved with C and M flanking a true lover's knot and inscribed in Roman capitals DEVX. CORPS. VNG. CVER
Dimensions
  • Depth: 0.7cm
  • Diameter: 2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • inscribed C and M flanking a true lover's knot (the hoop engraved)
  • inscribed DEVX. CORPS. VNG. CVER (in Roman capitals)
    Translation
    'Two bodies one heart'
  • Unmarked
Object history
Exhibited by Rev. James Beck to a meeting of the Archaeological Society in 1862 and said to have been found at Glastonbury Abbey, subsequently part of the Waterton Collection.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Archaeological Journal, vol. XX, 1863, p. 195
Collection
Accession number
897-1871

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Record createdMarch 6, 2006
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