Inscribed Vervels: A corpus and discussion of late medieval and Renaissance hawking rings found in Britain

by Michael J. Lewis and Ian Richardson

This book provides a corpus of inscribed hawking rings (vervels) reported Treasure via the Portable Antiquities Scheme over the last twenty years. Since vervels are normally inscribed with information about their owners, they constitute an important social and archaeological record. This information is explored through the corpus, which shows the objects to have been owned predominantly by men of status, particularly in the Stuart period. Also included...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1407316788
• ISBN13: 9781407316789
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 11.7"