Ancient Rings

An Illustrated Collector's Guide

T.N. Pollio (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

180 Seiten

2018
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7385-1 (ISBN)

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Ancient finger rings made of base metals and low-grade silver alloys are increasingly being unearthed and sold through a growing assortment of marketplaces worldwide. Reference material on ancient rings has focused mainly on historic and "high-end" pieces--the precious metals and stones of royalty and the wealthy--while little has been written on the evaluation of common rings. This guide describes their composition, structure and imagery, thus providing merchants, collectors and researchers with a comprehensive reference on these ancient artifacts that, until now, have gone unexamined.

T.N. Pollio is a researcher and historian who lives in East Haven, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Avenues for Exploration

Part I: The Basics

A Brief History of Ring Collecting

Terminology

Materials Used

Decorative Additions

Part II: Important Issues

Ring Types

Availability

Difficulties in Identification and Dating

The Identification Process

The Dating Process

Ethical Issues

The Proliferation of Fake Antiquities

Part III: Historical Periods and Styles

Dating Conventions

Neolithic Period

Copper Age

Bronze Age

Iron Age

Judaism

Classical Antiquity

Medieval Period

Islam

Byzantium

The Renaissance

The Modern Period/Industrial Age

Part IV: Universal Symbols

The Recurrence of Common Symbols

Additional Ancient Symbols: The Vinca Pictograms

Part V: Ring Types by Period

Bronze and Iron Ages

Persian Empire

Greco-Roman Antiquity

Greek Rings

Roman Rings

Byzantine Period

Medieval and Renaissance Periods

Viking-Era and Later Baltic Designs

The Modern Period/Industrial Age

Part VI: Cleaning and Conservation

Silver Rings

Copper, Bronze and Brass Rings

Epilogue

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.11.2018
Zusatzinfo	473 photos, glossary, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	322 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
ISBN-10	1-4766-7385-3 / 1476673853
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7385-1 / 9781476673851
Zustand	Neuware