“Parole che risvegliano emozioni.
Parole che senti tue e che desideri condividere.
Parole come gioielli da indossare.” —”Gioielli di Pace, bracciale: ‘L’Amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle,'” Shanti Gioielli, (retrieved, March 20 2024)
Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
“Parole che risvegliano emozioni.
Parole che senti tue e che desideri condividere.
Parole come gioielli da indossare.” —”Gioielli di Pace, bracciale: ‘L’Amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle,'” Shanti Gioielli, (retrieved, March 20 2024)
“Here is my artistic sculptural homage to Dante Alighieri author of Dante’s Inferno. A very detailed ring with lots of renaissance styled floral scrolls adorning the work and a very accurate depiction of Dante the poet. Certainly a stand out art piece that will get noticed at any party. The ring is very comfortable to wear, it’s 20 mm wide at the top part of the band and 8 mm wide at the bottom of the band. The ring is over 45 grams of silver. A one of a kind piece for a literature or poetry lover, anyone who loves the arts.” —cerriousdesign
The handmade Dante ring is available for purchase on Etsy for $224.10.
18K gold bracelet by jeweller Temple St. Clair, featured on the site The Picket Fence: “The inside of the bracelet features an intimate detail: an inscription of the last verse of Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy–– Amor Che Move Il Sole E L’Altre Stelle (The love that moves the sun and other stars).” —The Picket Fence
The image above also features the matching ring, available at The Editorialist: “Marrying science and art, the Astrid Ring unfolds like an astronomical model of the cosmos, revealing multiple rings that can be worn on the finger, or around the neck as a pendant. Engraved with symbols representing the planets, as well as the last verse of Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy—’Amor Che Move Il Sole E L’Altre Stelle’ (The love that moves the sun and other stars)—this timeless ring expresses the belief that it is love that moves the universe.” —The Editorialist
“Carved with the last line out of Dante’s Divine Comedy, ‘By the Love that moves the sun and the other stars.’ This sweet little eternity band is engraved and oxidized which adds a sentimental vintage feel.” —Local Eclectic
14K solid gold ring by jeweller Sofia Zakia sold on Local Eclectic.
“I created a one-of-a-kind ring inspired by Dante’s The Divine Comedy, Paradiso, Canto 33, The Final Vision. I’ve studied The Divine Comedy in both English and Italian and have always loved the way the poem combines so many seemingly disparate elements: mythology, realism, love, judgment, geometry, and astronomy to name a few. In Canto 33, Dante faces God and sees ‘the Love that moves the sun and the other stars.’ It is the moment when his life on earth intersects with his life outside of this earth.” –Donna Distefano
The ring, which features pieces of actual meteorite, was featured in the exhibit “Out of this World: Jewelry in the Space Age” at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia (November 7, 2020 – October 24, 2021). In Style magazine did a piece on it, too (see image below).
See also our previous post on Distefano’s “Elixir of Love” ring.
Contributed by Donna Distefano
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Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.