Ring Brooch
1200-1300 (made)
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Ring brooch, gold, inscribed in Lombardic letters ending in a foliate spray; on the obverse in French ':PENSEET: DELI: PARKI: SUECY:' ('I think of him with this token'); on the reverse ':IESUS: NAZAREN[US] REX : IUDORUM' ('Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews').The pin missing.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Gold |
| Brief description | Ring brooch, gold, inscribed with a romantic and a religious inscription in Lombardic letters. English or French, 1200-1300 |
| Physical description | Ring brooch, gold, inscribed in Lombardic letters ending in a foliate spray; on the obverse in French ':PENSEET: DELI: PARKI: SUECY:' ('I think of him with this token'); on the reverse ':IESUS: NAZAREN[US] REX : IUDORUM' ('Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews').The pin missing. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dame Joan Evans |
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| Bibliographic reference | Lightbown, Ronald. Medieval European Jewellery: with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1992, cat. 7, p. 492 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.46-1975 |
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| Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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