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A lunula (pl. lunulae) was a crescent moon shaped pendant worn by girls in ancient Rome. [1] Girls ideally wore them as an apotropaic amulet, [2] the equivalent of the boy's bulla. [3] In the popular belief the Romans wore amulets usually as a talisman, to protect themselves against evil forces, demons and sorcery, but especially against the ...
Most gold lunulae have decorative patterns very much resembling beaker pottery from roughly the same period, using geometrical patterns made up of straight lines, with zig-zags and criss-cross patterns, and many different axes of symmetry. The curving edges of the lunula are generally followed by curving border-lines, often with decoration ...
Lunula (amulet), a Roman amulet worn by girls, the equivalent of the bulla worn by boys; Gold lunula, a specific kind of archaeological solid collar or necklace from the Bronze Age or later; Lunula, the crescent-moon decoration on an ancient Roman calceus senatorius; Lunula (anatomy), the pale half-moon shape at the base of a fingernail
Necklace with lenticular bulla, Ostia, Augustan age, gold. Roman bullae were enigmatic objects of lead, sometimes covered in gold foil, if the family could afford it. A bulla was worn around the neck as a locket to protect against evil spirits and forces. Bullae were made of differing substances depending upon the wealth of the family.
And now, it looks like Princess Anne is following suit with a meaningful piece of jewelry. According to Steven Stone's Leading Jewellery Expert, Maxwell Stone, the Princess Royal's latest jewelry ...
"There's a meaning behind every piece, and it's something that everyone can connect with," she says. "Maybe someone didn't even lose a loved one, but we've all lost something. In the past five ...
Meghan Markle just paid tribute to her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, by wearing a meaningful accessory. Last week, the Duchess of Sussex, 42, traveled to Nigeria with her husband, Prince ...
Today it is held by the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, where it is on permanent display.According to Mary Cahill of the museum, the objects are significant as the only extant "association between the discs and the lunula, because the discs would be considered among the earliest gold ornaments and the lunula as coming a little bit later". [6]