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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1920.3892 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name roundel Description Top plate of a dagger pommel, engraved with a design of a mounted knight in armour, surrounded by foliage and flowers. The knight is facing left. The roundel is pierced at the top and centre.The object has been identified as part of the LGBT+ collections as it depicts a knight. There are historical accounts across Europe of knights entering into marriages with one another. The ceremonies were identical to weddings, with slightly different wording used to refer to the male partners. This was so common that it made it into literature at the time, such as the Arthurian stories of Lancelot and Galehaut, as well as in the novel Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Production period Medieval Material metal Dimensions diameter: 75.00 mm depth: 1.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1920.3892
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

roundel
Description

Top plate of a dagger pommel, engraved with a design of a mounted knight in armour, surrounded by foliage and flowers. The knight is facing left. The roundel is pierced at the top and centre.The object has been identified as part of the LGBT+ collections as it depicts a knight. There are historical accounts across Europe of knights entering into marriages with one another. The ceremonies were identical to weddings, with slightly different wording used to refer to the male partners. This was so common that it made it into literature at the time, such as the Arthurian stories of Lancelot and Galehaut, as well as in the novel Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Production period

Medieval
Material

metal
Dimensions

Details