1978, ‘A corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones from British Sites’, (‘British Archaeological Reports’ BS 8), Oxford, no. 1912, ‘Catalogue of Finger Rings, Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Medieval and Later in the British Museum’, London, no. 1976, ‘Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts 900-1006 (A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles’, Vol. ![]() 94V) of the Bosworth Psalter of c.980 (British Library, Additional MS 37517 (cat. 1959,0210.1), argues for a tenth-century date this is further supported by comparisons with contemporary manuscript illustration, for similar rows of elongated leaves are also found on the L initial (f. The use of serrated band filigree on this ring, which may also be seen on the King's School brooch (reg. 600 180 ROMAN GLASS AND BRONZE RING II-III c. Wearing chiton, holding cornucopia in her left hand and ears of wheat in right hand. 1982, ‘Anglo-Saxon Art: A New Perspective’, Manchester, 108). Flat, oval, clear light yellow glass depicting standing figure of Tyche. Most of these were set aside for the adornment of the shrine when it should be built” (Dodwell, C.R. Albani’ I, 29, tells us that at St Albans in 1005, the year of the great famine, Leofric the Abbot sold various church treasures “and kept only some precious gems for which he could not find buyers, and some noble carved stones which we commonly call cameos. For instance, the fourteenth-century ‘Gesta abbatum monasterii S. The finely cut and detailed intaglio of Mars, the god of war, agriculture, and the protector of Rome, must have had a personal significance for the wearer. That Roman gems were prized during this period and used on such religious works of art as survive on the Continent, as well as on personal ornaments, can be inferred from the documentary sources. Roman intaglio (hare and hound) A hare leaping to the right is brought down by a hound. 205), which is set with an intaglio figuring ‘Bonus Eventus’, but the only examples to survive from the later period are this finger ring, and an unpublished gold finger ring from Hitchin which also has heart-shaped serrated band filigree on the shoulders. However, this particular version lacks the hinge cheek pieces such helmets often include.The reuse of Roman gems by the Anglo-Saxons may be seen in earlier pieces of jewellery such as the seventh-century gold finger ring from Snape in Suffolk (Henig 1978, no. It includes a crest composed of either feathers or horse hair and a frontlet over the forehead. ![]() Mars’s helmet, an iconic element of his depiction, is the Attic type-a form commonly worn by soldiers in Roman historical reliefs. This is no regular man-this is a god, and his nudity serves as an indication of his divinity. ![]() He is bare chested and presumably naked except for the cloak draped casually around his shoulders. His face is youthful and clean-shaven with a somber, reserved expression. Incised on the gem itself we see the god Mars, in profile to the left, wearing a crested helmet. ![]() Instead it was probably worn as a pendant, perhaps on special occasions, and it certainly would have been handed down in its original family as a treasured heirloom. The reddish orange, translucent carnelian gem is set in a gold setting from a later period with twisted wire at the edges. Measuring nearly 1.5 inches tall, this intaglio is huge-far too large to wear as a ring or to be used as a sealing device. An engraved gem, frequently referred to as an intaglio, is a small and usually semi-precious gemstone that has been carved, in the Western tradition. Klein Ancient Art Acquisition Fund purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor David P. This beautiful intaglio is carved in a piece of bright blue and green striped mosaic glass, formed by laminating individual pieces in separate colors under. Ancient Roman intaglio ring believed to depict the first emperor Augustus and valued at £200 sells at auction for £117,0 year old ring is believed to depict Romes first emperor.
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