Title

Reliquary ring (The Thame Ring), 14th century. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Reliquary ring (The Thame Ring), 14th century. Double-armed cross forms the central motif and the ring cover can be removed to reveal a cavity that may once have contained a relic; engraved on the back with a scene from the Crucifixion and is inscribed in Latin. Dimension: height: bezel 2.5 cmwidth: hoop 2.5 cmwidth: 1.6 cm//Oxford, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Date

1300

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Reference

HRM19E80_233

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

25,6Mb (752,6Kb) / 8,8in x 11,2in / 2648 x 3373 (300dpi)

Keywords

wealth close up religious religion box British color colour decorative ring medieval jewellery jewelry antique wealthy century status Britain image studio shot concept close-up finger Ring semi-precious stone casket amethyst Hoard Middle Ages 14th century Fourteenth Century reliquary object Unknown gold Ashmolean Museum chasse Thame Hoard Thames Ring gold object