1920s Old Church Slavonic SINNER Ring victorian a fearsome thing with a

a fearsome thing with a surface of gold like scaly snake-skin

For nothing that swims and does not merely stick or cling to rocks is easily taken or captured without trouble by man as are asses by wolves

and Crassus Syria

light surface wear to the stones

is known to have destroyed his seal before committing suicide)

1920s Old Church Slavonic SINNER Ring victorian a fearsome thing with aLORD JESUS CHRIST, SON OF GOD, HAVE MERCY ON ME, A SINNER. These words, in Old Church Slavonic, are emblazoned on this early 20th century ring, in vivid royal blue enamel. Had me stumped for quite some time after it quickly became clear it wasn't Russian as I'd initially thought. From Wikipedia: "Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic was the first Slavic literary language. Historians credit the 9th century Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and