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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

1300-1400 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)
France (made)

Ring brooch, silver, possibly originally enamelled. Engraved on one side with an inscription in Lombardic letters 'AMI AME T X D ELI PEN CET' (Think of a friend who loves you), each group of letters divided from the next by a motif of a heart between two flowers. Engraved similarly on the other side with 'IHEUS NAZARENUS REX IUDEORUM' (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews). The pin is missing.


Object details

Categories
Jewellery
Metalwork
Object type
Ring brooch
Materials and techniques
Silver, engraved
Silver
Engraving
Brief description
Silver ring brooch inscribed with Lombardic characters, pin missing. Inscribed 'Think of a friend who loves you'. England or France, 1300-1400
Physical description
Ring brooch, silver, possibly originally enamelled. Engraved on one side with an inscription in Lombardic letters 'AMI AME T X D ELI PEN CET' (Think of a friend who loves you), each group of letters divided from the next by a motif of a heart between two flowers. Engraved similarly on the other side with 'IHEUS NAZARENUS REX IUDEORUM' (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews). The pin is missing.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • AMI AME T X D ELI PEN CET (Latin, Lombardic lettering)
    Translation
    Think of a friend who loves you
  • IHESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDEORVM (Latin, Lombardic lettering)
    Translation
    Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews
Credit line
Given by Dame Joan Evans
Production
Possibly made in England or France
Subjects depicted
Romantic Love
Heart
Quatrefoils
Bibliographic reference
Lightbown, Ronald. Medieval European Jewellery: with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1992. cat. 12. p. 494.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.33-1975

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
Record URL
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