Record ID: LANCUM-4C5823
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Blackpool
Workflow stage: Published
A rare 'Christogram' gold ring with a black-letter inscription in lower-case letters reading ihc engraved on a sub-oval bezel. The inscription means IESUS CHRISTOS SALVATOR (Jesus saviour of man). The ring is probably 15th century but could be earlier. In the Latin-speaking Christianity of Western Europe the most common Christogram is 'IHS' or 'IHC', derived from the first three letters of the Greek name for Jesus, Iota-eta-sigma. The Greek letter eta was transliterated as the Latin letter C due to the visually similar form of the lunate sigma or as Latin S since the two alphabets …
Created on: Monday 5th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SKIPPOOL', grid reference and parish protected.