A 14th Century Italian gold signet ring,
A 14th Century Italian gold signet ring,

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A 14th Century Italian gold signet ring,
the elongated rectangular bezel with engraved shield charged with a septafoil within Lombardic script, "SIGILLUM. OBERTI. D'SOLARI", the sides of the bezel sloping inward the curved facets with capitals top - "ET/ERB/UM", bottom "IL/LORUM. BAT., the shoulders with initials "O" and "S" The hoop exterior with inscription in nielloed Lombardic script,"IESUS AUTEM TRANSIENS PER MEDIUN CARO FACTUM EST ET HABITAVIT INNO", the bezel reverse crudely engraved with a face within the letter "O", probably Venetian, finger size - S
See front cover illustration and plate 2

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