MEDIEVAL MYSTIC RING, 12th-14th CENTURY, SIZE 8 1/2 2/14/2023 9mm rounded face band and

9mm rounded face band and raised domed oval bezel with two parallel lines serving as a signet

5th-11th century

inscribed one at a time

Size 9 1/2 for a man’s ring finger

MEDIEVAL MYSTIC RING, 12th-14th CENTURY, SIZE 8 1/2 2/14/2023 9mm rounded face band andGilt bronze, oval form with a raised banded edge bezel with a six point star (hexagram) on hatched field, the center with cabalistic ciphers, mostly obscured by texture from burial. The form of the decoration accords with more common Christian rings of the period, representing the Star of Bethlehem. However, at the time, the Star of Bethlehem was depicted with four points. This is an effort to superficially emulate the Christian symbol using a six