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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

ca. 1250-1350 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ring brooch, silver. One one side engraved with an inscription in simple Lombardic letters 'R.O.B.E.R.T.I LOVE YAG: LOVES ME' (Robert I love (you?). On the other side similarly engraved with the inscription 'IHESUS NAZARENUS REX IUD' (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews).


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver, engraved
Brief description
Silver ring brooch, inscribed in Lombardic letters 'Robert I love yag [you?] loves me' and in Latin 'Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews'. England, about 1250-1350.
Physical description
Ring brooch, silver. One one side engraved with an inscription in simple Lombardic letters 'R.O.B.E.R.T.I LOVE YAG: LOVES ME' (Robert I love (you?). On the other side similarly engraved with the inscription 'IHESUS NAZARENUS REX IUD' (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews).
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 3.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • R.O.B.E.R.T.I LOVE YAG: LOVES ME (English, simple Lombardic lettering)
    Translation
    'Robert I love (you?): Loves me
  • IHESVS NAZARENVS REX IVD (Latin, simple Lombardic lettering)
    Translation
    Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews
Credit line
Given by Dame Joan Evans
Subjects depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Lightbown, Ronald. Medieval European Jewellery: with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1992. cat.10. p. 493.
Collection
Accession number
M.41-1975

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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