Fede ring

A fede ring is a design of ring in which two hands meet and are clasped in friendship, love or betrothal. The design is ancient going back to Roman times if not before. It became prominent in the medieval period from the 12th century onwards and in more modern times.[1] The name fede is from the Italian phrase mani in fede or hands clasped in faith.[2][3][4]

Renaissance fede ring (c1500-1650) (Walters Art Museum)

See also

References
  1. Bury, Shirley (1985). Sentimental Jewellery. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. p. 29. ISBN 0112904173.
  2. Rose, M. B. (1988). Essays on sexuality, influence, and performance. Evanston, Ill, Northwestern University Press, and the Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies.
  3. Ramsey, L. G. G. (1955) The concise encyclopedia of antiques, Volume 1, Hawthorn Books
  4. Weinstein, R. (2004). Marriage rituals Italian style: A historical anthropological perspective on early modern Italian Jews. Leiden, Brill


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