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Rings are unique among personal adornments: none other carries such a weight of symbolism. Rings can be enjoyed for themselves as objects of beauty; but equally fascinating are the meanings that have been attached to them. With rings, lovers and wedded couples pledged their faith, kings and popes exercised their power, noblemen displayed their lineage, merchants marked their goods. Rings warned their wearers to meditate on salvation; commemorated the dead; proclaimed loyalties. Almost every example awakens a human story to life. To her history of rings from the Middle Ages to modern times, Diana Scarisbrick brings an unequalled knowledge of remarkable treasures in museums, private collections and salerooms. She notes the choice of specific gems, the role of the goldsmith, and changes in taste, design and attitudes; and she unravels the iconography of rings. Memoirs, inventories and imaginative literature, together with contemporary portraits, illuminate the social context. Rings of significance and rings for show, rings that have adorned the fingers of Richard Coeur-de-Lion and the Duchess of Windsor all are described, explained and illustrated in enlargements that convey the excitement of handling the jewels themselves. Infinitely precious yet unobtrusive, personal and enigmatic, rings still speak to us in a language that defies time. Diana Scarisbrick is an art historian specializing in the history of jewelry and engraved gems. She has curated exhibitions on jewelry at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. She writes a monthly jewellery column for "Harpers and Queen" magazine, and contributes regularly to "Country Life", "Apollo" and "The Burlington Magazine".
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After briefly explaining the ancient origins of finger rings, art historian Scarisbrick examines this most personal item of jewelry. She presents over 480 examples of rings from British and European collections representing many forms from the Middle Ages through today. Using close-up photography to augment her in-depth treatment of the examples' provenance, history, and symbolism, Scarisbrick offers a well-documented, scholarly treatment emphasizing the symbolism of authority--princely and ecclesiastic--as well as piety, fidelity, love, and remembrance. Though fascinating and well illustrated, this excursion into the messages of rings worn by European aristocracy may be too technical and detailed for the casual reader. Recommended for academic and special libraries as well as comprehensive public library collections.
- Therese D. Baker, Western Kentucky Univ. Libs., Bowling Green
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Rings: Symbols of Wealth, Power and Affection
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Rings : Symbols of wealth, power and affection
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ISBN 10: 0500015635
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Hardback. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 24 x 31cm 224pp very good hardback in dust jacket with over 480 examples, 153 in colour. Six chapters including The 18th century, Rococco and Neo-Classical elegance, 17th century Baroqe sobriety and splendour. A heavy book, may need extra postage. Seller Inventory # 30492
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Rings: Symbols of Wealth, Power and Affection (1st edition hardback in good dust jacket)
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ISBN 10: 0500015635
ISBN 13: 9780500015636
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published by Thames & Hudson in 1993, here is the very scarce first hardback printing of Diana Scarisbrick's RINGS: Symbols of Wealth, Power and Affection. Black cloth binding, gilt spine lettering, gilt front cover decoration, 224 pages, super illustrations throughout the book is classified as fair, since inexplicably a sizeable portion of the full title page has been trimmed out, otherwise the book is very good with some light bumping and rubbing to the edges and corners of the boards. The dust jacket is good with some moderate chipping and creasing to the edges. The book is therefore at least £30 cheaper than a mint copy but due to excessive weight will require additional postage to areas OUTSIDE the UK as follows: Europe £5, Rest of the World £7. UK postage is of course exactly as quoted and will be tracked for this item. Seller Inventory # 15107
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