Medieval Bronze Ring with Double Pentagram Decoration

12th-13th century AD

€ 200.00 VAT margin scheme

In stock: 1 available Article code: 26-3102

Description

Medieval bronze ring featuring a distinctive double lobed bezel, each section engraved with a five pointed star or pentagram. Broad and smoothly tapering shoulders and plain ring band.

Specifications

Outside diameter: ± 22 mm

Inside diameter: ± 18,7 x 19,6 mm

Bezel: ± 9,9 mm

Condition

Good and solid condition, wearable. Smooth patina and minor surface irregularities and signs of wear consistent with age and use.

The Pentagram has been used as a symbol of Christianity, particularly by the Knights Templar, a military order that was active during the Crusades. It symbolised the five wounds of Christ and in the past it was commonly seen as a symbol of protection or a way to ward off evil.

This protective Christian symbolism is also famously illustrated in the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, where the knight Gawain bears the pentagram on his shield as a token of truth, spiritual perfection, and his devotion to the five wounds of Christ.

The transition of the pentagram into a primary symbol of occultism occurred much later, during the mid-19th century, largely due to the French occultist Éliphas Lévi, who distinguished between the upright pentagram and the inverted pentagram as symbols of light and dark magic.

Period	Middle Ages
Category	Ancient Jewellery
Material	Bronze

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