For 1000 years now, the highest dignitaries of the Christian Churches have been wearing them in their liturgical official acts (“pontificals’) in addition to other insignia also a so-called pontifical ring, e.g. bishops a bishop’s ring, cardinals a cardinal’s ring or even the pope the so-called fisherman’s ring.
As a rule, these rings were particularly magnificently designed and equipped only with the finest materials. These extraordinarily magnificent rings are also rarely handed down and are certainly among the highlights of every medieval museum collection. That is why this was such an outstanding 11th-century pontifical ring Idol for our latest highlight from our goldsmith studio.
For our replica of such a medieval ring made of 925 silver, the on the original unfortunately lost pearl wreath carefully restored and the ring in the center with a living one citrine Mistake. The ring head was additionally refined with a hand-engraved, encircling Latin inscription: "Auro loquente omnis oratio inanis est" is written there, which means something like "When the gold speaks, then the world is silent".
The outer edge of the ring head was elaborately set with cultured pearls, with the dark red almandines typical of the time, with many small spherical pyramids and even with real sapphires. At the end, the pontifical ring was patinated in a complex manner. This means that our ring suits every modern-day knight or nobleman or every fair maiden or maiden. 😉
The ring size of the medieval ring presented here is “61”. The ring head with the gemstone settings is approx. 29 x 32 mm in size and almost one centimeter high. The citrine alone in the middle of the ring, which has been cut in a medieval style true to the original and has many interesting inclusions, measures 13 x 10 mm.
Of course, this ring can also be made in a different ring size, with your preferred gemstones and even made entirely of gold. Even the surrounding inscription can be customized for you.
Please just let us Your wishes knowledge.
