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Record ID: PAS-751353
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval finger-ring in three fragments, formed of a flat hoop terminating in two clasped hands with scalloped cuffs. The ring carried a rudimentary engraving, which consists of an inscription punctuated by simple stars, circles and foliate motifs. The inscription reads: 'de don co . . '. The inscription is either a corruption of the popular medieval sentiment 'de bon coer' ('of/from good heart') or it signifies the gift of/from a heart (using the noun 'don' meaning 'gift'). The finger-ring is silver-gilt, and dates from the la…
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2024
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Record ID: PAS-152DEA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a copper-alloy single looped oval buckle frame (c. 14th century). This buckle is flat at the front and convex on the reverse. It has an enlarged outside edge, the centre of which being what survives as this fragment. At the centre of the outside edge it has a central pin rest, decorated either side. The abstract decoration is composed of linear incised lines, an abstraction of the confronted birds motif seen on similar buckles, and annulet punch marks in the field around. There is also a row of three punched annulets along the base of the each bird. The buckle has been…
Created on: Wednesday 17th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
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