Summary

Flat circular brooch of silver inscribed "IHESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDE", from Middleby Church, Dumfriesshire, c. 1300

Accession Number

H.KO 16

Other references

Original description

Flat circular brooch of silver, IHESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDE, 1 7/8" dia. Middleby Church, Dumfriesshire.//T. Deniozou note, 2011-02-18, 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. The half-length pin is a flat oval in section and has a projecting rectangular collar, with a horizontal medial groove between notched ridges. The front of the collar is decorated with small ring punch marks. The reverse is undecorated.//NOTES:1 Graham Callander 1924, fig 3, no 6, 164, no 15, 170-71.//2 PSAS, vol I, 1854, 25-6.//JM

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