destroyed.”
The chosen design for Benedict ring was inspired by a Michelangelo painting. The final concept required more than 200 sketches and 마카오 슬롯머신 잭팟 colored drawings. It depicts St. Peter, who was a fisherman, and carries the inscription “Benedictus XVI,” the pope’s official title in Latin. The elliptical shape represents the piazza in front of St Peter’s Basilica, laid out by the sculptor Bernini in the 17th century.
The ring is 35 grams of pure gold. It took eight artisans working 15 hours a day for two weeks to make it. That adds up to an expensive piece of jewelry, but some things can’t be measured in money.
CBS News correspondent Allen Pizzey asked the goldsmith, “Is the value of this ring the price of the gold, the work you put in it, or what the ring means overall?”
Franchi said, “The value of the time and the gold is nothing. It is effectively annulled by the strong symbolic power and the fact that it has been worn by Benedict XVI and that it tells a story that is a basis of Christian faith.”
It is also the product of skill passed on from father to sons, and honed over a lifetime. As a Roman goldsmith, Franchi said a papal commission was “the highest point of my career.”
And it looks like it may be repeated. The Vatican has announced that the new pope’s ring will be the same as the old one — except for the name change.
For Pizzey’s full “CBS This Morning” report, watch the video above.
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