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Showing posts with label memento mori. Show all posts
Showing posts with label memento mori. Show all posts
Friday, 4 November 2022

A Ring “for a remembrance”: memento mori and mourning rings in wills.

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  The giving of rings “for a remembrance” was common in early modern wills, and many survive. Memento mori rings, reminding the owner th...
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