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Source Description
Wedding rings are often inscribed; this example features inscriptions in several languages. One cameo of the Roman ring is inscribed with the Greek "EYTYXI" (Good luck) and its hoop with the Latin "DVLCIS VIVAS" (Live sweetly). The other cameo depicts an elaborate ship, a symbol of the church. Its bezel resembles a fingernail, which suggests that it was worn near the tip of the finger, perhaps just above the third joint.
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Document identity
localId
31590
label
Wedding Ring
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
31590
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Wedding Ring
description
Wedding rings are often inscribed; this example features inscriptions in several languages. One cameo of the Roman ring is inscribed with the Greek "EYTYXI" (Good luck) and its hoop with the Latin "DVLCIS VIVAS" (Live sweetly). The other cameo depicts an elaborate ship, a symbol of the church. Its bezel resembles a fingernail, which suggests that it was worn near the tip of the finger, perhaps just above the third joint.
provenance
Alessandro Castellani, Rome, by 1883, [mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from France]; sale, Collection Alessandro Castellani: Objets d'art antiques, Rome, March 17-April 10, 1884, lot 924, illust.; E. Guilhou, Paris, by 1912, by purchase [no. 439 in 1912 catalogue]; Sale, Superb Collection of Rings Formed by the Late Monsieur E. Guilhou, London, Sotheby & Co., November 9, 1937, lot 406, pl. 14; Jacob Hirsch, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1945, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N6212]; Joseph Brummer Sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, May 12, 1949, lot 254; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
date
3rd-4th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
finger rings
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.9
height
1.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 1/8 x W: 9/16 in. (2.86 x 1.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Roman
inscriptions
[Inscription
Greek] EYTYXI; [Inscription
Latin] DVLCIS VIVAS [Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum XIII.3(2) 10024.63
med
gold, cameos
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
ROM
JWL
exhibition_ids
1954
2054
2227
2513
2542
2704
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
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no
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no
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2
type
photo
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670992abcbd73c84
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no