Love Conquers All, Latin Traditional Posy Ring, 14K White Gold, No Antiquing

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Love Conquers All, Latin Traditional Posy Ring, 14K White Gold, No Antiquing

Amor Vincit Omnia

$647.00

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The Latin amor vincit omnia translates as love conquers all, a motto known to all students of English Literature as the one engraved on the brooch worn by the prioress in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, written in the 14th Century. The full quote from the Roman poet Virgil’s Eclogues is omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori or love conquers all; let us, too, yield to love. The original ring, from which this is licensed, is now in the collection of the Department of Medieval and Modern Europe, British Museum, London.

Available in 14K white gold in whole and half sizes 5 – 13.75 (UK/AU sizes J- Z+2.5. Widths vary by size range: Sizes up to 8.5 tend to have widths from 3.8mm to 3mm; sizes 9 and up tend to have widths from 3.3mm to 3.5mm; the profile or depth averages 1.4mm; the weight averages 2.5 to 3gm. 

No antiquing: No darkening of the letters is included. Your ring will be bright with white lettering.

Priced singly. Order two for a pair (choosing one size at a time and placing it in your basket). Includes a history card and a chic ring box. Priced individually. Hand-crafted to your order in the U.S. by the ancient art of lost-wax casting. A portion of the proceeds of this ring supports the British Museum.

Your gold poesy ring(s) will be hand-made to your order and will ship in four to five weeks. 

Whether spelled posie, poesy, posey, or posy, the word is pronounced ‘posy’ and refers to a ring that was popular during medieval and Renaissance times as a gift from lover to beloved. Quotations from courtship stories were inscribed, usually on the inside, but sometimes on the outside of the ring. Shakespeare popularized the rings by mentioning them in several of his plays. In Hamlet, ‘Is this a prologue or the posy of a ring?’

From the British Museum: By 1430 love rings engraved with inscriptions were known as ‘posies’ (from ‘poesy’ or poetry). In the 13th and 14th centuries the language of the posy was usually French, but from the 15th century English became increasingly common. Rings were given on many occasions. They often seem to have been declarations of love, rather than formal betrothal or marriage rings.

Another quote from the British Museum: This ring is known as a posy ring, deriving from the French ‘poesie ‘ (poetry). Posy rings were plain hoops inscribed with mottoes or saying, that might express sentiments of faith, commemoration, friendship and love. It was an especially popular type of ring in the fifteenth century. The romantic inscriptions on posy rings suggest that they were also used for weddings.

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