File:Roissy triskelion iron ring signet.svg

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DescriptionRoissy triskelion iron ring signet.svg	One depiction or artistic rendering of the Roissy "triskelion" ring, as described in the "Story of O" by Pauline Réage: Made of "dull grey" polished iron, and lined inside with gold (presumably to avoid staining the skin of the finger). On top, the ring had an iron signet disk that was fairly large (relative to the size of a woman's ring), with a slightly-raised convex shape, which "for design bore a three-spoked wheel inlaid in gold, with each spoke spiraling back upon itself like the solar wheel of the Celts". This is a very basic depiction (using only simple cylinder and disk shapes, shown in a simple "isometric projection" pseudo-perspective) -- in an actual ring, the perpendicular angles should of course be rounded, and the top of the signet disk (here shown flat) should be slightly convex. In the "Story of O" novel, this is a female sexual submission and recognition symbol. Each woman who has been to Roissy wears such a ring to attest to those in the know that her lover or husband is her master, and that she obeys him and allows him to make use of her body whenever and however he wishes. Theoretically, when any other man who is a member of the book's secret society spots a woman wearing such a ring, then if he shows her the matching disk he usually keeps concealed (at the end of a watch chain etc), he will have the powers of a temporary master over her, and she must obey him as a sex slave during their encounter (though no incident of this type actually occurs among the events recounted in the novel). Deutsch: Der Eisenring der O mit der Triskele nach der Beschreibung im Buch „Geschichte der O“ von Pauline Réage. Français : L'anneau de fer de Roissy dans l' « Histoire d'O » par Pauline Réage.
Date	Original vector PostScript source developed 2006, uploaded as SVG file to Wikimedia Commons 2012
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Author	AnonMoos (first-uploaded SVG file version a vectorization by Adam_Rędzikowski of raster image by AnonMoos)
Other versions	For an alternative version of the "Ring of O" (based on a movie, not the book), see Ring der o.jpg.
SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid. This vector image was created with another SVG tool.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	12:37, 27 December 2012	512 × 680 (11 KB)	AnonMoos	adjust margins, add slight white margins
	01:20, 23 December 2012	515 × 682 (11 KB)	AnonMoos	reorganize SVG to avoid yellow and transparency slightly bleeding through certain edges...
	18:05, 22 December 2012	515 × 682 (12 KB)	AnonMoos	adjust margins slightly
	14:29, 28 November 2012	521 × 684 (12 KB)	AnonMoos	fixing small flaw at right of lower yellow area (inner lining)
	03:44, 28 November 2012	521 × 684 (12 KB)	AnonMoos	uploading original SVG file from which PNG was generated
	02:33, 28 November 2012	926 × 1,252 (77 KB)	Adam Rędzikowski	User created page with UploadWizard