NMS Archaeology Object 15314: H.KO 4 - Brooch
Description
Summary
Flat circular brooch of silver inscribed "IHESVS NAZARENVS, REX", deposited at Woodhead, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, c. 1298 - 1302
Accession Number
H.KO 4
Other references
Register number Classification number | 1864 NG 19 |
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Original description
Flat circular brooch of silver, 2 1/4" dia. inscribed IHESVS NAZARENVS, REX. Woodhead, Canobie, Dumfriesshire. Caption note, February 1993: Deposited at Canonbie, c. 1298 - 1302.//T. Deniozou note, 2011-02-04, Information taken from Glenn, Virginia, Romanesque & Gothic: Decorative Metalwork and Ivory Carvings in the Museum of Scotland, NMSE Publishing, Edinburgh, 2003: [One of] B1, C42, 41-2 [Angels, Nobles and Unicorns reference] //The flat ring brooch is complete with pin and has the inscription on the front within single marginal lines. The lettering is crude but legible with the letters s reversed. The pin is flattened oval in section with a rectangular collar decorated with two horizontal grooves. The reverse is completely plain.//NOTES:1 Thompson 1956, no 70, 22//2 Graham Callander 1924, 164, no 16, 171.//3 PSAS, vol V, 1864, pl viii, 216.//JM
Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)
None
Discovery / field collection
Date of discovery
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Method (e.g. excavation)
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Place (i.e. location of discovery)
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Acquisition
Acquisition date
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Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)
Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer
Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)
Agent
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