constanius Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 St. Bartholomew cast lead 40mm. 44gm. RR. Roman School. Probably cast in the second half of the 16th century(Attwood), 1550-1575(Toderi). Le medaglie italiane del XVI secolo - Volume 2 - Page 817 https://books.google.com/books?id... Giuseppe Toderi, ?Fiorenza Vannel Toderi 2568. SAN BARTOLOMEO apostolo Terzo quarto secolo XVI Fusa 40 mm D. .S. BARTOLOMEVS. .APOSTOLVS. Busto a sinistra. R. Scritta in sei righe in corona di alloro: CREDO / IN. SP. SANC. / E SANCTAM / ECCLESIAM / CATHOLI / CAM. Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam Creed I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church. COUNCIL OF TRENT 1545-1563 - Ecumenical XIX (Contra Novatores 16 cent.) Session IV (April 8, 1546) The Sacred Books and the Traditions of the Apostles are Accepted. Soon after an unknown Roman medallist produced 12 medals, the obverses each had one of the twelve apostles and the reverses each had a diferent part of the newly accepted shortened version of the apostels creed(credo = I believe) which together made the whole creed. 2 more from the series pictured in a 2011 auction http://http://www.deamoneta.com/it/auctions/search/66?c=Medaglie+devozionali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Neat medals. I bet the Apostles creed set is quite nice when complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iosephus Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Nice medal! Do you have any others in the series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted August 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Nice medal! Do you have any others in the series? No, I was not even aware of the series until I acquired this one, in fact it was not until I sent pictures to Philip Attwood at the British Museum asking for any info re this specific medal and he informed me of the series and that it had to be issued after 1546, when the Sacred Books and the Traditions of the Apostles were accepted. He covered the series in his "Italian medals, c.1530-1600, in British public collections" so he was the right authority to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iosephus Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 I just looked through Attwood's book, and interestingly the British Museum only has five of the medals in the series, and is lacking St. Bartholomew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted April 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Managed to acquire another in the seriesObv. . S . THOMAS . . APOSTOLVS . Rev. DESCEDIT AD INFER. TERTIA . DIE RESURREX . A MORTVIS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Congrats! I find the Roman style of these to be very intriguing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Congrats! I find the Roman style of these to be very intriguing. Agree. They look like British Cartwheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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