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Jewelry was a diverse art during the medieval ages of making items that ornamented their wearer. Items could be purely decorative, or practical items to which decoration was added to create a pleasant effect, and impression of wealth. |
'''Jewelry''' was a diverse art during the medieval ages of making items that ornamented their wearer. Items could be purely decorative, or practical items to which decoration was added to create a pleasant effect, and impression of wealth. |
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Jewelry included items modernly thought of as jewelry: |
Jewelry included items modernly thought of as jewelry: |
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== See also == |
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*[[gemstones]] |
*[[gemstones]] |
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*[[beads]] |
*[[beads]] |
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== References == |
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*[[greek jewelry|http://www.addgr.com/jewel/elka/index.html]] |
*[[greek jewelry|http://www.addgr.com/jewel/elka/index.html]] |
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*[[http://www.florilegium.org/files/ACCESS/jewelry-msg.html|jewelry in Stefan's floregium]] |
*[[http://www.florilegium.org/files/ACCESS/jewelry-msg.html|jewelry in Stefan's floregium]] |
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Revision as of 15:28, 8 March 2004
Jewelry was a diverse art during the medieval ages of making items that ornamented their wearer. Items could be purely decorative, or practical items to which decoration was added to create a pleasant effect, and impression of wealth.
Jewelry included items modernly thought of as jewelry:
- rings, including seal rings
- broaches including annulars, penanulars, disk broaches
- necklaces
- pendants including decorative seals, reliqueries, and much more
- decorative pins, and also veil pins
- bracelets
- earrings
and also other items:
- horse harness pendants
- fancy jewlled belts
- jewelled trim on clothing
- fillets (head bands), torcs, circlets, crowns, coronets
- pilgrims badges
Jewelry could be made from a variety of materials:
- metal wire (gold, silver, copper, lead, alloys....)
- cast metal such as pewter
- beads from gemstones, glass, ivory, shell and coral, rock (eg fossils), wood or [metal]]
- enamelling
- carved wood or ivory (sometimes covered in other objects eg painted, gilded or inset with gems)
- coins or other keepsakes eg a diskbroach or earring from a coin (although in some cases deliberate copies were manufactured).
See also
