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LOT 1906
Medieval and Other Bronze Artefact Collection
14TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 3/4 in. (68 grams total, 16-46 mm).
Including pilgrim's badges, finger rings, appliqués and other items. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
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Lateral edge fragment from an architectural panel with vertical jamb, corbel and end of an arch with cooped leading edge; jamb with recessed lancet detailing, vertical orientation. 2.1 kg, 21.5 cm
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Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with Clasped Hands
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With central mane-in-fede motif beneath a star, Lombardic script legend '* FOY ME TENT' for 'fidelity sustains me'. 4.37 grams, 20 mm
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
This amatory legend is found on other matrices, where the first word is more usually spelled FEI – a similar example is PAS database, SOM-D80124. An impression in the National Library of Wales is attached to a document dated c.1310. For this and similar legends see, Jones, M., The Beautiful Game: Courtly Love Posies in Anglo-Norman Inscribed on Jewellery and Seals, in Journal of the British Archaeological Association 176 (2023), 1-30.
