Talisman rings

Number recorded on PAS database: 13

Talisman rings were in use in the Middle Ages and were believed to have magical powers that were able to ward off or cure ailments.   Sometimes the inscriptions were nonsensical and were just (apparently) random letters but in some example the names (or variants of) of the magi (three wise men – Gaspar, Melchior and Balthazar) were used as these were thought to have curative powers.