![]() Richard Greene, F.S.A.,(Handwritten note: 'for fourteen guineas ) from whom it was acquired in 1856 by the British Museum. It subsequently passed into the possession of the Duke of York on the sale of his plate and jewels at Christie's in March, 1827, it was purchased by Mr. Its history is unknown during the period between Mary's death and the year 1792 when an impression is reproduced by Astle as "from a seal of Mary Queen of Scots in the royal collection of the Queen's House" it thus belonged at that time to Queen Charlotte. Since after her marriage in 1558 Mary no longer bore the arms of Scotland alone, while after the death of Francis she would no longer have used the cipher with his name, it may be assumed that the ring was made, probably in France, at some time in the decade between 15. ![]() S.Walford, 'Archaeological Journal', xv, p. The employment of Greek letters in this cipher, and in a variant used by Mary in a letter to Elizabeth, June 15,1565, is in accordance with precedent, Francis I having employed Φ, Louis XII and Louis XIII Λ (Menestrier, 'Véritable Art du Blason', p.22, Paris, 1673, and W. If not a motto such as 'Nemo me impune lacessit', or 'Optimam partem elegit', this may have been the anagram, 'Sa vertu m'attire', which is found round the same cipher engraved on Mary's silver hand-bell in the possession of the family of Bruce of Kennet ('Catalogue of Antiquities', as above, pp. It has been conjectured that some legend may have been painted upon the white enamel of the band. In the design at the back of the bezel, white enamel is visible in the band enclosing the cipher, translucent red on upper stroke of the M, and white in the upper stroke of the Φ the crown may have been enamelled in black. The hoop is much worn, so that the floral scrolls are partly effaced traces of green enamel remain in one flower. 316::Ī.Way in Catalogue of Antiquities, Works of Art, and Historical Scottish Relics exhibited in the Museum of the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland during their annual meeting held in Edinburgh, July, 1856 (Edinburgh, 1859), pp. The Romans embedded Greek culture into their own and the eagle became the symbol of the military might of Rome.Curator's comments Text from Dalton 1912, Catalogue of Finger Rings, no. Zeus, in anger, would have smote him with a thunderbolt, but Apollo intervened and, transforming the king into an eagle, set him beside the throne of Zeus. According to some, the eagle was once a mortal king named Periphas, whose virtuous rule was so celebrated that he was came to be honored like a god. In Greek mythology Zeus is often depicted with an eagle / THE AETOS DIOS was a giant, golden eagle which served as Zeus’ personal messenger and animal companion. Size of bezel 16 x 14 mm Ring size “M” = US “6+1/2 weight 16.9 grams The Holy Roman Empire explicitly proclaimed itself to be the successor of the Western Roman Empire, and remolded itself with all the past glories, and symbols of ancient Rome into the new European state. In around 1250 a double headed eagle became the banner for the Holy Roman Empire and therefore this would predate that. in modern gold setting.The depiction of this eagle is born out of the Roman Imperial eagle where the stance of the bird had movement, while here it is transformed into a banner like two dimensional heraldic stance.įrankish or North Italian perhaps pre Holy Roman Empire.
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