MEDIEVAL 'AND NOW ABIDETH FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, THESE THREE; BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE' POSY LOVE RING 15th-16th century AD A triangular-section silver hoop, pie-dish bezel with intaglio motif of two birds beneath a rosette and fronds, asterisk and chevron to each lateral face; the hoop with engraved latin legend: 'nunc autem manet fides spes caritas tria haec maior autem eorum est caritas' (I Corinthians 13:13); translating to: 'And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love'; Eastern European workmanship. 6.05 grams, 26mm overall, 19.19mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20.0, Japan 19) (1"). Very fine condition. A large wearable size. Provenance Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1990s. Literature Cf. Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings, reprinted Ipswich, 1993, item 554
MEDIEVAL 'AND NOW ABIDETH FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, THESE THREE; BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE' POSY LOVE RING 15th-16th century AD A triangular-section silver hoop, pie-dish bezel with intaglio motif of two birds beneath a rosette and fronds, asterisk and chevron to each lateral face; the hoop with engraved latin legend: 'nunc autem manet fides spes caritas tria haec maior autem eorum est caritas' (I Corinthians 13:13); translating to: 'And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love'; Eastern European workmanship. 6.05 grams, 26mm overall, 19.19mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20.0, Japan 19) (1"). Very fine condition. A large wearable size. Provenance Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1990s. Literature Cf. Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings, reprinted Ipswich, 1993, item 554
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