Medieval Jewellery: In Europe 1100-1500

- - Product Description: Jewellery hasalways been of central importance to all human societies, but medieval jewelleryis relatively less well-known. This book draws on the important collection atthe V&A to focus on the heart of the medieval period from 1100 to 1500. Thejewellery worn in medieval Europe was important as an indicator of the wearer'ssocial status and wealth, faith and superstition, allegiances and literacy.Royalty and the nobility wore gold, silver or precious gems, the costliestjewellery while humbler ranks wore base metals, copper or pewter, sometimes setwith coloured glass, in imitation of gems. This richly illustrated book looksat the jewels themselves and contemporary portraits and sculpture to place thejewellery in its cultural context.

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