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Links to info on rings;

Celtic;
Deo Totat
http://www.finds.org.uk/wordpress/index.php/329
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART49084.html

Roman;
http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/view/br ... man%20ring
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showcat.php?cat=181

Anglo Saxon & Viking (5th to 11th C);
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showcat.php?cat=205
http://larsdatter.com/rings-1.htm

Medieval;
http://www.medieval-rings.com/searchres ... 48c34f86a3
http://www.time-lines.co.uk/erol.html#3687X0
http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/view/br ... val%20ring

Later Medieval (11th to 15th C);
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showcat.php?cat=117
http://larsdatter.com/rings-2.htm
http://larsdatter.com/rings-3.htm

Post Medieval (16th C onwards);
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showcat.php?cat=121
http://larsdatter.com/rings-4.htm

Iconographic;
http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/view/br ... onographic
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showca ... 17&ppuser=

Posy;
Several centuries ago, the Europeans became rather taken with what we would class as an engagement ring, but was then called a Poesy Ring. This ring was given to a loved one as a form of promise, and signified fidelity and love. The Poesy Ring was offered as a pledge of eternal togetherness, much as today's engagement rings are offered as a promise of eternal marriage.

There is book called "English Posies and Posy Rings" by Joan Evans. It
lists about 3000 inscriptions.

The language used in many early posy rings was Norman French, with
French, Latin and English used in later times. The posies were
originally written on the outside, moving to the hidden inside of the
ring in later (mid 16th Century onwards) times.

Posy rings were popular love-tokens. They were inscribed on the inside, so the message remained secret to all but the wearer and giver.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posie_ring
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/hi ... _ring.aspx
http://www.inrebus.com/ringmottos_a.php
http://www.inrebus.com/latinphrases_a.php
http://www.wartski.com/Posy%20ring%20messages.htm
http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/view/br ... osy%20ring
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showca ... =1&si=posy

Seal and Signet;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(device)
http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/view/br ... ter_signet
http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/view/br ... eal%20ring
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showca ... &si=signet

Some good links there ...thanks

Cheers

http://www.finds.org.uk/wordpress/index.php/329 link not working

History Hunter wrote:http://www.finds.org.uk/wordpress/index.php/329 link not working

Probably doesn't exist any more the post being 9 years old Tony.

Cheers Sunray