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This tradition continued during the Middle Ages, and afterwards, in many places in western Europe, as part of local tradition.  The word <i>fede</i>, meaning faith, was used for medieval rings of this design.  They are also often called <i>gimmel</i> rings, meaning twin, when they are made from two separate parts, as here.\r\n\r\nThis example was described as seventeenth-century Bohemian when it was acquired by the Museum in 1871. It was part of a collection of 760 rings and engraved gems from the collection of Edmund Waterton (1830-87).   Waterton was one of the foremost ring collectors of the nineteenth century and was the author of several articles on rings, a   book on English devotion to the Virgin Mary and an unfinished catalogue of his collection (the manuscript is now the National Art   Library). Waterton was noted for his extravagance and financial troubles caused him to place his collection in pawn with the   London jeweller Robert Phillips. When he was unable to repay the loan, Phillips offered to sell the collection to the Museum and it   was acquired in 1871. A small group of rings which Waterton had held back were acquired in 1899.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Silver-gilt double ring, consisting of two separate interlocking rings, each set with a quatrefoil and one hand.  Each quatrefoil has a small garnet in its centre.  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