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LOT 1783
Medieval Bronze Inscribed Ring Brooch
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (6.36 grams, 30 mm).
Flat-section hoop with legend to obverse 'X POVERT PA'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Graham Slater collection, Cambridge, 1980s-1990s.
FootnotesThis popular ring-brooch legend is the beginning of a proverb [Whiting P334: poverty parts company] found in 15th century manuscripts, which the
brooches may well antedate – see, for example, PAS database SF-84C91E, i.e. the perhaps cynical observation that if one loses one’s money, one loses one’s friends.
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Medieval Stained Glass Panel of the Annunciate Virgin
Western France, 1250-1275 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,460
Depicting Mary clad in red and green, with a green halo outlining her head, raising her hands in exclamation. 1.92 kg, 53 x 23.5 cm
Eglise Saint-Malo, Dinan, France, by repute. Acquired from the above by Mr and Mrs Junius P. Morgan, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. The Dalva Brothers collection. Accompanied by a previous cataloguing document. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12994-246433.
Although her garments are uncharacteristic of figures of the Virgin, she nevertheless almost certainly represents Mary as she appeared in a scene of the Annunciation. Both in terms of the choice of colours, and in the style and treatment of her features and drapery folds, she can be compared very closely with window panels from the third quarter of the thirteenth century removed from the Church of Saint Radegonde in Poitiers, including a window now in the Glencairn Museum in Bryn Athyn which shows in its lowermost vignette an identically dressed Virgin riding side saddle on a donkey during her flight into Egypt (fig. 1a-b). -
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Medieval Lead Pilgrim's Badge with Saint Paul
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Fragment with portion of a beaded border, profile bust and raised hand holding a sword, 'SPA' legend above. 2.36 grams, 24 mm
From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000. -
Medieval Bronze Knight's Holy Sepulchre Badge
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with punched-point border. 0.99 grams, 22 mm
Ex Graham Slater collection, Cambridge, 1980s-1990s.
The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.
