Ring inscription — couplet
Subjects: ring inscriptions; love
Versification: —
couplet —
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Macaronic: Latin
1.Source: Godstow Oxfordshire (excavated at the Benedictine nunnery at Godstow, Oxfordshire, before 1868)., British Museum (MME AF 1075). A broad hoop engraved on the outer side with flowers and leaves. Within this are lozenge-shaped panels, engraved with the Trinity, the Virgin and Child, and a bearded male saint.
Transcription:Most in mynd and in myn hert
Lothest from you ferto depart.
Editions: Cherry, John.
“The Godstow Ring.”
In
Marks and Williamson (2003)
XRichard Marks, and Paul Williamson.
Gothic: art for England 1400-1547.
London: V & A; New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2003
: 371.