The quotation from Mathew 19, verse 6 'What God therefore hath joined together, let not man put asunder', relating to the indissolubility of marriage, appears in either Latin or German on other Renaissance wedding rings. Cf. Taylor, Scarisbrick, op.cit. nos.712, 713, 716, Dalton, op.cit. no.992 and Christie's, 13 December 1989, lot 451. For another multiple hoop marriage ring with similar amatory motifs in the Waddesdon Bequest described as Flemish cf. Dalton, op.cit. no.1055