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<p>[QUOTE="Bardolph, post: 4906276, member: 96174"]The term vervelles may be used as you say, and in fact is, but it is incorrectly applied. I am a member of several metal detectorist websites, and many members make the same mistake. A vervelle, vervel or varvel, however you want to spell it, is in 99% of cases a flat ring with the owner's name inscribed or occasionally his arms. Harness pendants are generally triangular but can be square and in the post medieval time, circular.</p><p>In the UK's PAS scheme where detectorists register their finds, there are 7776 harness pendants, mainly medieval. There are only 134 vervels if which 80% or more are from the 16th to early[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bardolph, post: 4906276, member: 96174"]The term vervelles may be used as you say, and in fact is, but it is incorrectly applied. I am a member of several metal detectorist websites, and many members make the same mistake. A vervelle, vervel or varvel, however you want to spell it, is in 99% of cases a flat ring with the owner's name inscribed or occasionally his arms. Harness pendants are generally triangular but can be square and in the post medieval time, circular. In the UK's PAS scheme where detectorists register their finds, there are 7776 harness pendants, mainly medieval. There are only 134 vervels if which 80% or more are from the 16th to early[/QUOTE]
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