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A gimmal ring, or gimmel ring, is a ring with two or three hoops or links that fit together to form one complete ring.
The name comes from Latin gemellus, twin, via Old French. They were also known as joint rings.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, such rings were fashionable in England, Germany, and other countries, and were often used as betrothal rings. The engaged couple would wear one hoop each and rejoin them to use as a wedding ring. With triple link rings, a third person could witness the couple’s vows and hold the third part of the ring until the marriage.
Around 1600, the gimmal ring began to sometimes incorporate the clasped hands of the fede ring and a third symbol, a heart, was added, sometimes with a third shank. Designs involving clasped hands, and sometimes a heart, remained popular after the Renaissance
Fede ring
A ring in which two hands are clasped, as if in friendship, love or betrothal.
mani in fede - Italian, “hands clasped in faith”
