Gold and sapphire ring, England, 15th century
from The British Museum
The inscription reads:
une fame nominatiue a fait de moy son datiff par la parole genitiue en depit de lacusatiff
...which, as far as I can tell, is a Middle French grammar joke.
Yes, yes it is.
(For those who are curious "A nominative woman made me her dative through a genitive speech despite the accusative")
























