Ring Brooch
ca. 1250-1350 (made)
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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
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| 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). |
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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.10. p. 493. |
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| Accession number | M.41-1975 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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