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Notes on Two Medieval Objects
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 January 2012
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The beautiful gold ring here illustrated (fig. I) was dug up in 1924 at Cannington, near Bridgwater.
The high bezel contains a dark cabochon sapphire held by claws, the sides being ornamented with birds in pierced work. The hoop is engraved with the Angelic Salutation in capitals which include uncial forms ; it is flat sided, the surfaces sloping away to the outer edge, which is enriched by a pearled band and a raised quatrefoil at the back. The shoulders have monsters' heads in relief.
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page 278 note 1 According to information kindly given by Mr. A. D. Turner in field no. 298 near ‘Gurney Street’ on the 25 in. Ordnance Survey map, Somerset, sheet L, 5. The maximum diameter of the ring is 1·24 in.
page 278 note 2 Demay, G., Sceaux de la Normandie, p. 8Google Scholar , no. 48.
page 279 note 3 Now in the British Museum. It was acquired at a miscellaneous sale in London in 1924. The height is 7.9 in.
page 280 note 1 Pulsky, , Radisics, and Molinier, , Chefs-d'œuvre d'orfèvrerie ayant figuré à l'Exposition de Budapest, plates opposite pp. 2 and 83.Google Scholar
page 281 note 1 This is also the case with the original of fig. 3.
page 281 note 2 Fig. 3 is said to have been found during the making of a railway in the north of Hungary.