Ring Brooch
1200-1300 (made)
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Ring brooch, bifaceted, silver, niello. Engraved in Lombardic lettering and partly nielloed, with the inscriptions (possibly magical); obverse, inner face: '+ EZERAEZERA ERAVELADAN'; obverse, outer face, '+ DVDD VDBALTEBANIALPHAET'; reverse, '+ AOT VOLIOOIOMOOOIOAV'.
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Materials and techniques | Silver, niello |
Brief description | Ring brooch, silver, engraved with inscriptions and partly nielloed, Italian, 1200-1300. |
Physical description | Ring brooch, bifaceted, silver, niello. Engraved in Lombardic lettering and partly nielloed, with the inscriptions (possibly magical); obverse, inner face: '+ EZERAEZERA ERAVELADAN'; obverse, outer face, '+ DVDD VDBALTEBANIALPHAET'; reverse, '+ AOT VOLIOOIOMOOOIOAV'. |
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Object history | On acquisition called South German, fourteenth century. Subsequently catalogued as Italian, thirteenth century. |
Bibliographic reference | Lightbown, Ronald. Medieval European Jewellery: with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1992. cat. 1. p. 491. |
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Accession number | 1024-1871 |
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Record created | September 9, 2004 |
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