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Franks bequest. Catalogue of the finger rings, early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, mediaeval and later (1912)

British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, Franks, Augustus Wollaston, Sir, 1826-1897, Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 36

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ish, the hoops beingcommonly wreathed, engraved with sprigs, and enamelled ; a note on p. 111 givesthe names of the most popular saints and the reason for their choice. Icono-graphic rings were often engraved with mottoes such as mon ccenr avez, loial dhir,per bon amour, en ban an, &c., which…

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