1920s Old Church Slavonic SINNER Ring victorian The angles and lines are

The angles and lines are nearing architectural (albeit of a mid-20th century modernist aesthetic) while the design is verging on minimalist on account of its simplicity

Ring size: 4

is known to have destroyed his seal before committing suicide)

but it's a little stiff

and Crassus Syria

1920s Old Church Slavonic SINNER Ring victorian The angles and lines areLORD JESUS CHRIST, SON OF GOD, HAVE MERCY ON ME, A SINNER. These words, in Old Church Slavonic, are emblazoned on this early 20th century ring, in vivid royal blue enamel. Had me stumped for quite some time after it quickly became clear it wasn't Russian as I'd initially thought. From Wikipedia: "Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic was the first Slavic literary language. Historians credit the 9th century Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and