The Archaeological journal . ence upon gems orrings. The subject is also similarly rendered in theGregorian Gospels in the Library of Corpus ChristiCollege, Cambridge. 39. A hoop ring of bronze, octagonal externally. Onsix of these sides, between a beaded borderline, are representations, incised, of wingedfigures, each bearing an object which maybe intended for a wreath or coronal ; someseem to be habited in longer drapery, othersin short tunics, with high domed hats andboots. On the other two sides the sacredmonogram J? is repeated. These figures may be in-tended to represent angels, or more
The Archaeological journal . ence upon gems orrings. The subject is also similarly rendered in theGregorian Gospels in the Library of Corpus ChristiCollege, Cambridge. 39. A hoop ring of bronze, octagonal externally. Onsix of these sides, between a beaded borderline, are representations, incised, of wingedfigures, each bearing an object which maybe intended for a wreath or coronal ; someseem to be habited in longer drapery, othersin short tunics, with high domed hats andboots. On the other two sides the sacredmonogram J? is repeated. These figures may be in-tended to represent angels, or more probably ring is in perfect condition ; the surface in-dicates that it has been under water, probably inthe Tiber. I purchased it at Rome. It may beascribed to the later fourth or early in the fifthcentury. On the subject of the pagan figure of Victory beingused on Christian objects, vide De Rossi, Bulletinofor 18G7, p. 77 and 84, on a monument from secf/iid di piombo, a leaden pail or situla, on VOL. XXXVII. 2 v 354 EARLY CHRISTIAN FINGER RINGS. among other devices, are the figures, in relief, of anOrante and a Victory, near a palm tree. The formerprobably represents the martyr Perpctua, the Victory thesymbol of triumph. A figure of Victory was alsoimpressed on the coins of the early Christian emperors,associated with the sign of the cross or sacred it occurs on consular diptychs of Christian times,and this, notwithstanding that the curia and the altarand cultus of Victory had been abolished. See alsolienier (Insertp. de VAlgerie) who records a marble fromCirta, on which Victory is represented with a crown inthe right and a palm in the left hand ; three crosses andthe words A . deo . datvr . bictoria prove that theVictory is the emblem of spiritual as of moral triumph,symbolising the rnanus Dei, the Divine influence. ggfes 40. Bronze ring, a hoop circular within,rftiil anc^ seven-sided externally, bearing an*gj? a * %^ inscription,
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