Fede ring

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

A fede ring is a ring in which two hands clasp, as if in friendship, love or betrothal. The design was used in Ancient Rome, maybe earlier. It became prominent in the Middle Ages, from the 12th century onward.[1] The name "fede" is from the Italian phrase mani in fede ("hands clasped in faith").[2][3][4]

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  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