Borgias, poison rings of the, 37
Borough, Sir Edward, wins diamond ring at tournament, 181
Bossuet, Jacques Béminge, memorial ring given him by Princess
Henrietta Anne, 45
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 192
Braddock, Charles S., Jr., ix
Brandon, Thomas, Earl of Suffolk, wins ruby ring at tournament, 181
Brantôme, Pierre de Boudeilles, Seigneux de, 168
Branualdius, 300
Brass rings, 82, 84, 352
Brera gallery, Milan, 203
British Museum, x, 5, 35, 39, 40, 44, 50, 58, 68, 69, 75, 82, 86,
89, 98, 99, 100, 104, 136, 143, 150, 151, 173, 197, 251, 257,
293
Bronze age, rings of the, 2
Bronze rings, 58, 89, 109, 251, 257, 293
Broun, W. H., entire emerald ring, owned by, 103
Brouwer, Bart., entire diamond ring by, 105
Brummagem rings, 113, 114
Burgundian rings, 73
Burmese rings, 82
Butler, Samuel, 194, 222
Buxtorf, Johann, on Hebrew betrothal rings, 203
Byron, Lord, signet owned by, 152
Byzantine rings, 143, 144–146, 161, 197, 256, 338
C
Cæsar, Julius, signet of, 130
Caius, St., ring of, 261
Caligula, head of, on ring, 133
Cambodian rings, 82
Camden, William, 183
Campbell, Archibald, ring of, 182
Cantacuzene, Emperor, 146
Canute, King, ring found on body of, 179
Caracalla, head of, on signet, 140
Cardinals’ rings, sapphire used for, 276
various stones used for in earlier times, 276
cost of, 277
of Cardinal Farley, 278
in portraits, 278
Carlomans’ signet ring, 140
Carlyle, Thomas, 324
Carnelian, 6, 125, 141, 158, 269, 318, 323, 328
entire rings of, 100
Casa Grande, Arizona, rings found at, 17
Casimir, John, Count Palatine, medal of, with figure of diamond
ring, 171
Catharine von Bora, ring commemorating her marriage to Martin
Luther, 216, 217
Cathoir the Great, called “Hero of Rings,” 191
Cat’s-eye, 78
“Celestial stones” in rings, 330
“Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles,” story of a ring in, 215
Cesnola collection of Cypriote antiquities, 119
Chalcedony, 74, 124, 158, 159, 334, 335, 363
entire rings of, 100, 258–261
Charioteer’s ring, 33
Charlemagne, ring of, 300–302
Charles the Bald, letter of, to Pope Nicholas I, 270
Charles I, 153, 189, 190
memorial rings of, 41
signet of, as Prince of Wales, 156, 157
as king, 157
Charles II, sealed with diamond signet of his father, 157
gave ring to Judge Jeffreys, 191
Charles IV, Emperor, 259
Charles V, of France, signet of, 146
Charles the Bald, letter of, to Pope Nicholas I, 270
Charlotte, Queen, 151
Chase, William M., x
Chaves Pass, Arizona, ring found at, 17
Chifflet, Jean Jacques, 139
Childeris I, signet of, 138–140
Chindaswinthe, Visigoth sovereign, promulgated law regarding
betrothal rings, 200
Chinese rings, 81, 85, 105–108, 248, 319–321
Chlorastrolite, 335
Chrysoberyl, 86
Chrysolite, _see_ peridot
Chrysoprase, 34
Chrysostom, St. John, on ring inscriptions, 135
Church, Sir Arthur Herbert, 86
Church collection, 86
Cicero, tells how Verres had rings made, 16
of ring seized by Verres, 127
Cigarette ring, 94
Clemens Alexandrinus, 14, 121, 133, 199, 296
Clement IV, Pope, “Fisherman’s Ring” of, 263
Clement V, Pope, stones used in ecclesiastical rings in time of,
276
Clement VIII, Pope, 263
Cleopatra, signet of, 126
Cleveland Museum of Art, 90
Clotaire II, coin of, set in ring, 162
Clothilda, receives betrothal ring from Clovis I in 493 A.D., 201,
202
Clovis I of France, on bishops’ signets, 137
Coats-of-arms on signet rings, 149
Coello, Claudio, 59
Coins set in rings, 162
Coke, Sir Edward, historic ring bequeathed by, 189
diamond ring of, 189
College of Arms, London, gift to, by Duke of Norfolk, 181
Color of stones in bishops’ rings, significance of, 274, 275
Columbus, Knights of, rings of, 332
Commodus, signet of, 131
“Communion rings,” 351
Comnenus, Alexis, signet-ring of, 144
Comnenus, John, 144
“Cone-shell” rings, 17
Congo, King of the, thumb ring of, 64
_Conlegium anularium_, 16
Constantius II, signet of, 161
Copper rings, 19, 20, 22, 84, 328
Coral, 63, 78, 341
Cordierite, 86
Corean rings, 107
Coronation ring, English, 174, 282, 283
Coronation ring, French, 284
Cortés, Fernan, 19
Corundum, 86
Cosmas and Damian, Sts., effigies of, on a healing ring, 338
“Cramp rings,” 341–345
Cranach, Lucas, 61
Crisp collection of memorial rings, 43
Culin, Stewart, vii
Curry, James, bought Henrietta Maria’s signet, 156
Cushing, Frank H., 21, 22
Cypriote rings, 6, 7, 111, 119, 120
Cyrianides, magic rings described in, 295
D
_Dactyliotheca_, 53, 54
Dactylomancy, 299, 308
Daggett, Frank S., viii
Dalhousie, Lord, 103
Dalton, O. M., 39, 150
Damer, Miss Dawson, 225
Daniel, Book of, signet mentioned in, 115
Darius III, signet of, 123
Darnley, Henry, Lord, wedding ring of, 217, 218
Dashur, rings found at, 68
Davenant, Sir William, of a rush-ring, 206
Death, removing of rings in case of, 134
Decade rings, 34
DeForest, Robert W., vii
Deloche, M., 10, 58, 140
Dial rings, 39, 87
Diamond, 78, 89, 98, 99, 101, 167–170, 181, 183, 189, 215, 227,
235, 252, 278, 288, 334
entire rings of, 105
Divining with rings, 299
Divorce rings, 235
Dixon, Joseph K., viii
Doctors’ rings, 266
Domenico dei Camei, gem engraver, 148
Domna, Julia, wife of Septimius Severus, causes Philostratus to
write life of Apollonius of Tyana, 296
Drake, Alexander Wilson, 85, 86, 217
Drake, Mrs. Alexander W., vii, 217
Drake collection, 85, 353
Dreams about rings, 37, 104, 132, 298
Dryden, John, 312
on gimmal ring, 219
Durant, Guillaume, Bishop of Mende, on spiritual meaning of wedding
ring, 207
Dutt, Dasmodar, Hindu portraitist, 63
Dynamite rings, 110
E
Ebbo, Bishop of Rheims, ring sent to, by mother of Charles the
Bald, 270
Ecgberht, Archbishop of York, 267
Eden, Hon. Miss, 101
Edward the Confessor’s ring, 162, 174, 176, 342, 343
Edward I, tomb of, opened in 1774, 179
Edward II, 276
Edward III, 315
gives ruby ring, 180
Edward IV, decree of, against spurious rings, 114
Edward VI, 343
marriage service in prayer-book of, 204
Eglamore, Sir, mediæval romance, magic ring in, 310
Egmont’s poison ring, 38, 39
Egyptian rings, 1, 5, 6, 51, 67, 68, 96, 117, 118, 249
Eisen, Gustavus A., vii
Eleanora, Empress of Germany, ring of, 168
Eleazar’s magic ring, 294, 295
Electric curative rings, 354
Electrum rings, 110, 314
Elizabeth, Queen, 49, 149, 152, 162, 169, 219
diamond ring given by, to Mary, Queen of Scots, 183, 184
ring given by, to Essex, 186–188
portrait of, showing ring, 188
healing ring sent to, 350
Elk-hoof, rings made from, 352, 353
Elks, Benevolent Protective Order of, rings of, 332
Emblems, Christian, on rings, 253–255
Emerald, 4, 5, 34, 50, 74, 78, 89, 106, 121, 176, 178, 180, 181,
211, 227, 252, 274, 275, 276, 282, 305, 328, 335
entire rings of, 101–103
Emnechildis, wife of Childeric II, signet of, 138
Engagement rings, 227, 230, 233–235, 237
English rings, 36, 41–45, 47, 48, 64, 74, 85, 113, 129, 144,
149–157, 169, 173–192, 211, 219, 221, 222, 224, 231, 269–272,
274, 282–284, 286, 287, 349
Enkomi, Cyprus, rings found in tombs at, 5, 6
Enstatite, 86
Eskimos, do not favor rings, 31
Essex, Earl of, wins diamond ring at tournament, 181
Essex ring, 162
Essex, William Devereux, Earl of, story of ring sent him by
Elizabeth, 186–188
Estampes, Anne de Pisseleu, Duchesse d’, favorite of Francis I, 168
Esther, book of, signet mentioned in, 116
Ethelswith, ring of, 173, 174
Ethelwulf, ring of, 173, 174
Etruscan rings, 68, 69
Eugene III, Pope, 144
Eugene IV, Pope, 259
Evans, Sir John, 209
Evdokim, Archbishop, 282
Evil eye, rings as charms against, 236, 293
F
Faber, Conrad, portrait by, 148
Fairbanks, Arthur, viii
Fairchild, B. G., 363
Farley, Cardinal, ring of, 278
Faustina the elder, head of, in entire sapphire ring, 99
_Fede_, Italian designation of betrothal ring, 209
_Fei-tsui_ jade, 107
Fenton, Edward, on the turquoise, 220
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 81
Figdor, Albert, x, 89, 167
Figdor (Dr. Albert) collection, 45, 89, 167, 210, 253
Filipino rings, 83, 352
Filippo Maria, Duke of Milan, 259
Finger on which betrothal or wedding ring is placed, 194–197, 203,
215, 222
Fish symbol (Christian), 255
“Fisherman’s Ring,” 262–265
Fitzherbert, Mrs., ring of, with portrait of George IV, 224
Flambard, Bishop, ring of, 275
Fletcher, John, allusion of, to rush-rings, 206
Fortnum, Drury, 153, 154, 156
Fossil coral, 334
Francis I, verses written with diamond ring by, 168
Francis II of France, 150
Franklin rings, 77
Franks Bequest collection, 40, 104, 150
Frederick I of Prussia, talismanic ring of, 171, 172
Frederick the Great, 171
Frederick William I of Prussia, 172
Frederick William III of Prussia, 172
French Revolution, rings of, 76
French rings, 45, 47, 75–77, 85, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93, 139, 140, 145,
147, 149–151, 164, 168, 170, 173, 179, 201, 211, 212, 215, 273,
348
French soldiers, rings made by, 92, 93
“Friday Ring” of Charles V of France, 164, 165
Friedländer, R, & Sohn, ix
Frölen Gösta, Washington ring owned by, 192
Fuller, Thomas, 227
G
Galba, signet of, 131
Galen, soporific ring in supposed treatise of, 337
Galleria Carrara, Bergamo, 61
Gallo-Roman rings, 59, 202
Gardiner, Bishop, of “cramp rings,” 343
Garnet, 21, 86, 109, 110, 111, 125, 178, 227, 335
curious test of genuineness of, 340
Gauge, Allen’s Standard, 356
Gauge, Engelmann’s ring, finger and millimeter, 359
Gaveston, Piers, carries off bishops’ rings, 276
Genesis, signet mentioned in, 115
Genlis, Mme. de, “Sapphire Merveilleux” by, 326
Geoffroy Rufus, Bishop, ring of, 275
George I, wedding rings frequently worn on thumb in reign of, 194
George III, 43, 151
George IV, ring of, with portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert, 224
Germanic Museum, Nuremberg, 210
German rings, 17, 45, 58, 75, 85, 88, 158, 163, 167, 171, 172, 200,
208–210, 216, 221, 227–229, 235, 273, 274, 305
Germans, ancient, rings of, 17
“Gesta Romanorum,” story of ring in, 300, 306, 307, 345, 346
Ghirlandajo’s portrayal of the betrothal of the Virgin, 203
Giardinetti rings, 74
Gilgamesh Epic, porphyry ring mentioned in, 96
Gimmal ring, 218–220
Glasgow, explanation of arms of city of, 216
Glass rings, 109, 144
Glenn, L. C., viii
Goclenius, 353
Gold-plated rings, 109
Gold quartz, 335
Gorius, 33
Gothic rings, 163
Gottheil, Richard, vii
Gratacap, L. P., viii
Greek Church, usage as to wedding rings in, 203, 204
Greek-letter fraternities, rings of, 334
Greek rings, 7–10, 51, 69, 110, 111, 112, 122, 124, 126, 198, 251,
256
Greenfield, Archbishop, ring of, 272
Greer, Right Rev. David H., viii, seal of, 279, 280
Gregory, St., formula as to bishops’ rings in Sacramental of, 267,
268
Gregory XIII, Pope, 281
Gregory XVI, 35
Gregory, Nyassa, St., 256
Gresham, Sir Thomas, wedding ring of, 219
Grien, Hans Baldung, 62
Grimm, Jacob, in betrothal rings in Germany, 207
Grossherzoglich-Hessisches Museum, Darmstadt, 73
Guild of ring-makers in ancient Rome, 16
Gyges, magic ring of, 289–291, 307, 314
H
Hadrian, value of rings in time of, 98
signet of, 134
Hadrian IV, sends emerald ring to Henry II, when granting
sovereignty of England over Ireland, 176
Hafiz of Shiraz, 289
Hamilton, Lord John, sapphire ring sent to, by Mary, Queen of
Scots, 184
Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph von, 142
Hamper, William, thumb-ring owned by, 339
Han Dynasty, jade rings of, 105
Hannibal, rings taken by, at battle of Cannæ, 11, 12
Hapgood, Mrs. Isabel, viii
Harnham Hill, ring found at, 195
Harrower, Miss Katherine, signet owned by, 160
Hâtshepset, Queen, signet of, 117
Hatton, Lord Chancellor, sends healing ring to Queen Elizabeth, 350
Hatzfeldt, Princess, portrait of, 61
Healing rings, 336–354
Hebrew rings, 85, 115, 134, 213, 214, 252, 253, 338, 366
Helen of Troy, magic ring of, 92, 292
Heliodorus, describes a ring in his “Æthiopica,” 111
Henri II, medal of, with figure of diamond ring, 170
Henry II receives emerald ring from Pope Hadrian IV with grant of
sovereignty over Ireland, 176
Henry III, of England, rings among Crown Jewels of, 55
pawns jewels of Edward the Confessor’s shrine, 175
Henry IV of England, decree of against spurious rings, 114
Henry V of England, 166
Henry VI, of England, serjeants’ rings in time of, 49
Henry VII of England, gives rings as tournament prizes, 181
Henry VIII, 182, 189
portrait of, 59
Henrietta Maria, Queen, signet of, 153–156
Heraclius, Emperor, 141
“Hermit’s stone” in ring, 305
Herrick, Robert, 218
Hervée, Bishop, ring of, 273
Hilary, Bishop, ring of, 272
Hindu rings, 63, 77–80, 85, 101–103, 223, 321
Hirth, Friedrich, viii
“Hnited” (The Welded), mystic ring given King Olaf by Ulf the Red,
323
Hodge, F. W., viii
Hogarth, William, 94
Hohenzollern Museum, Berlin, 224
Holbein, Hans, 59
Holmes, W. H., viii
Hololith rings, 97, 99 sqq.
Homeric epics, rings not mentioned in, 8
Hope, Henry Philip, 325
Horace, 44, 53
on Thynnian rings, 71
Horseshoe-nail rings, 110
Hough, Walter, viii, 24
Humerous mottoes on rings, 221, 222
Hungarian rings, 166, 318
Hunila, Gothic ring of, 163
Hunyady, John, ring story concerning, 166
Huntington, Archer M., 278
Hyalite, 227
I
Iconographic rings, 74
Imperial Kunstgewerbe Museum, Vienna, 87
Indians, American, rings of, 17–30
Innocent III sends four rings to Richard Cœur de Lion, 178
definition of bishops’ rings by, 273
Iolite, 227
Irene, Empress, wife of Alexis Comnenus, 144
Irish rings, 85, 226
one set with diamonds found near Mallingor, Co. Westmeath, 191
Iron rings, 10, 11, 17, 84, 228, 328
Isaiah on rings of Hebrew women, 65
Isidore of Seville, 52, 70, 195, 267
Isis and Serapis, ring figuring, 57, 70
Isis, rings dedicated to statue of, in Spain, 252
Italian rings, 74, 79, 85, 109, 147, 214, 262–265
Ivory rings, 84, 104, 113, 120, 136
J
Jacinth, (zircon), 21, 78, 86, 124, 340
healing power of, set in a ring, 340
Jade, 158
ring box of in Bishop Collection, 55
entire rings of, 105–108, 319
Jadeite, 158
Jackson, A. V. Williams, viii, 160
James, Epistle of, wearer of gold ring in, 14
James I, sapphire ring announcing Elizabeth’s death brought to,
188, 189
James IV of Scotland, turquoise ring of, 181, 182
Japanese rings, 82, 85
Jasper, 33, 87, 257
entire ring of, 99
Jastrow, Morris, Jr., viii
Jean Sans-Peur, Duke of Burgundy, ring of, 149
Jeanne d’Arc, rings of, 347, 348
Jeffreys, Judge, ring of, 190, 191
Jehangir Shah, entire emerald ring of, 101
entire ruby ring of, 102
Jemshid, magic ring of, 116
Jeremiah, on the signet ring, 135
Jeroboam II, King of Israel, signet ring from time of, 366
Jet, entire ring of, 108
John, King, jewels of, 55
John II of France, ruby ring of, lost at Poitiers, 164, 165
John V, Paleologus, Emperor, 146
John XXII, Pope, stones used in ecclesiastical rings in time of,
276
John Constans, Elector of Saxony, portrait of, 61
John of Salisbury, 176, 177
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, wedding ring of, 223
Jones, William H., viii
Jonson, Ben, “ring posy” of, 238
Jordan, Agnes, abbess of Bridgetine Convent, ring on sepulchral
image of, 280
Joseph’s ring, 1
Josephus, 132
story of magic ring, 294, 295
Jupiter, ring of priests of, 250
Justinian, Emperor, decree of, regarding rings, 15
Juvenal, 57, 96, 97
Juxon, Bishop, and rings of Charles I, 156
K
Kalidasa, 321
Karavongu, Prabha, ix
Keith, Minor C., viii
Kentigern, St., promises finding of a wedding ring, 216
Key-shaped rings, 71
Khufu (cheops), ring of priest of his pyramid, 118
King, C. W., 111, 147, 157, 171
Kircher, Athomasius, 213
Knights of Columbus, rings of, 332
Knights of Pythias, rings of, 334
Knot, the, as origin of the ring, 2
Koch, Court Jeweller, ring collection of, 209
Konstantinidis Collection at Nicosia, 6
Kunzite, 334
_Kusa_-grass (Saccharum spontaneum) rings of, among the Hindus, 77
L
Labouchère, M., 157
Labradorite, 34, 86
Lafayette, ring given to, by Washington, 192
Lalique, René, 87
Lambeccius, 315
Lapidario of Alfonso X, 304, 305, 328
Lapis-lazuli, 50, 63, 96, 117, 158, 171
Lapplanders, magic rings of the, 324
“Latitude and Longitude Ring,” 233
Laufer, Berthold, viii
Layard, Sir Austen Henry, 3
Leaden rings, 112, 328
Leaming, Vice-Chancellor E. B., 192
Legal use of a ring, 36
Legend, Scotch, of loss of a wedding ring, 215, 216
Lentulus, signet of, 127
Leo X, Pope, 264, 269
Leopold I, 315
Lessing G. E., tale of rings in his “Nathan der Weise,” 346, 347
Levesque, M., 147
Leyden Papyrus, formulas for magic rings in, 297, 298
Lichtenau, Countess, anecdote of ring taken by, 172
Lincoln, Waldo, ix, 47
Lindenschmidt, Ludwig, 58
Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of, ring of, 332
Londesborough collection, 34, 169, 213, 218, 220, 311
London Archæological Institute, 166
“Lorscher Ring,” 73
Lothaire’s signet, 140
Lotto, Lorenzo, 61
Louis I, signet of, 140
Louis VII, donates ring to shrine of Thomas à Becket, 183
Louis IX, supposed signet ring of, 145
Louis XI, 167
Louis XII, signet of, 147, 148
Louis of Luxembourg, Constable, rings given by, 167
Louisa, Queen of Prussia, betrothal ring of, 224
Louvre Museum, 249
Lovat, Lord, memorial ring of, 44
Lucas, Dr. F. A., viii
Lucian, tale of a magic ring told by, 122
Lucretius, of Samothracius rings, 70
Lucullus, signet of, 130
Luminous ring, 317
Luther, ring commemorating wedding of, 216, 217
Lyly, Sir Peter, 62
M
“Mabinogian,” magic ring in, 307, 308
McCurdy, George Grant, ix
Machu Picchu, Inca city of refuge, 83
Macrobius, on ring-finger, 52, 194
Mæcenas, signet of, 130
Magic rings, _see_ talismanic
Magnetic iron, 328
“Mahabharata,” rings mentioned in the, 77
Mâharânî of Sikkim, portrait of, 63 (Frontispiece)
Malory, Sir Thomas, 309
Mandeville, Sir John, 315
Manx customs as to rings, 205
Marat, effigy of on ring, 76
Maratta, Carlo, portrait by, 278
Marcellus Empiricus, on cure of hiccoughs by the placing of a ring, 336
Marcina, St., the Younger, ring of, 256
Marcus Aurelius, head of, in signet, 140
Margaret of Anjou, 180, 181
Marguerite de Valois, verses written with diamond ring by, 168
Maria of Austria, portrait of, 59
Marius, wore iron ring at triumph, 10
Mark, St., legend of ring of, 312, 314
Marlborough Collection of Gems, 99
Marston John, rings mentioned in play by, 46
Martial, epigrams of, on rings, 34, 53, 54
Mary of Burgundy, ring of, 167
Mary I of England, 183
Mary, Princess, afterwards Queen, portrait of, 60
Mary, Queen of Scots, 155
ring memorials of, 45, 184–186
portrait of, 60
signet ring of, 149–151, 153
ring given her by Elizabeth, 183, 184
wedding ring of, 217, 218
Masonic rings, 331, 332
Materials of rings, 95–114
Mathias, Emperor of Germany, ring of, 168
Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, ring found in tomb of, 179
Maurus, Rabonus, Archbishop of Mainz, 268
Maximilian I, Emperor, betrothal ring of, 234, 235
Maximinus, Emperor, thumb ring of, 58, 162
Mazza, B., viii
_Mazzel tob_, inscription on Hebrew betrothal rings, meaning of,
213
Medici, Cosimo dé, _impresa_, with diamond rings, 170
Megenberg, Konrad son, 311
Memorial rings, 40–48
Mendæans of Mesopotamia as silversmiths, 31, 32
Mendoza, Spanish ambassador, ring sent to, by Mary, Queen of Scots,
185
Mercato, Michele, 258
“Merchant of the Ruby,” 180
Merchant’s ring of glass, mentioned in “Piers Plowman,” 144
Mercier, Louis Sebastien, 76
Mercury as bestower of magic rings, 295, 296
Meroë, ring of a queen of, 67
Meronitz, Bohemia, garnets from, 110
Merovingian rings, 58, 72, 73, 137, 138, 257
Meteorites, rings set with peridots from, 330
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 51, 80, 105, 119, 188
“Michelangelo’s Signet,” 147
Mills, William C., ix
Min Yonk Ik, Corean prince, jade rings of, 107
Minoan rings, 116, 118
Minos of Crete, ring of, 291, 292
Mint-marks from signets, 129
Mirror rings, Hindu, 79
Mithridates the Great, 54
Mocha-stone, 87
Mohammed’s seal, 141
Moonstone, 335
Moore, Isabel, ix
Moorehead, Warren K., ix, 21, 22
Moose, Loyal Order of, rings of, 332
Morgan, Henri de, 2, 68
Morgan, J. de, 68
Morgan, Octavius, 75
Morse, Edward S., ix
“Morte d’Arthur,” story of magic ring in, 309, 310
Moss-agate, 335
Mostiola, St., has betrothal ring of the Virgin, 259
Mother-of pearl, 81
Mottoes, 209–213, 221, 222, 233, 234, 237–248
formed by initials of stones set in rings, 50, 226
Müller, Peter, on legal significance of giving a ring, 204
Murray, George Gilbert Aimé, 4
Musa, Antonius, granted right to wear gold rings, by Augustus, 336
Museo Nacional, Mexico City, Aztec finger-ring in, 20
Mycenæan rings, 6, 68, 99, 109, 118
N
Nadir Shah, entire emerald rings of, 101, 102
Nails, horseshoe, rings of, 110, 326
Names of rings in ancient and modern India, 78, 79
in various modern languages, 364–365
“_Naoratna_” (_navaratna_) ring, 78, 321
Napoleon memorial rings, 47, 48
Napoleonic rings, 173
Narwhal tusk, rings of, 341
Natal rings, 90, 91, 328, 329
“Nathan der Weise,” tale of rings in, 346, 347
National Geographic Society, 83
National Hungarian Museum, 16, 318
National Museum at St. Germain-en-Laye, 121
National Museum, Washington, D. C., 85
Navajo Indians, rings of, 22–30
Nelson, Admiral Horatio, memorial rings of, 44
Nero, signet of, 130
New Gallery, London, 225
New York Historical Society, 118
Newall, Edward T., viii
Nibelungen Ring, 303
Nider, Johann, legend of miraculous nun’s ring in his Formicarius,
286
Niello, how made and applied, 271
Nippur, record of emerald ring found at, 4, 5
Noe, Sydney P., viii
Norfolk, Duke of, donates ring of James IV of Scotland, 181
Numa Pompilius, iron rings worn in age of, 10
rings on statues of, 52
Nuns’ rings, 284–286
O
Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society, 19
Ominous substitution for a wedding ring in a Scotch legend, 226
“Oneirocritica” of Artemidorus, 37
Onyx, 39, 111, 158, 159, 328
Opal, 86, 227, 269, 291
Orders and societies, rings of, 332, 333
Origin of the ring, 1–32
Ostby & Barton Co., ix
Othman, loses Mohammed’s seal, 141
Otto III of Germany, orders disinterment of Charlemagne’s remains,
302
Overbury, Sir Thomas, 189
Ovid, portrait ring of, 57
on a ring gift, 193
Owen, Sir Richard, 196
P
“Pacifying ring,” 233
Papal rings, 262–265
Passion, healing ring with emblems of the, 348, 349
Pearl, 34, 50, 60, 78, 87, 114, 180, 236, 252, 334, 335
figured on portrait of Queen Mary I of England, 60
Peary, Admiral Robert E., ix
Pectunculas shells, rings made of, 17
Pelissier, Georges, ix
Pembroke, William Herbert, Lord, enjoins in his will that his widow
shall enter order of widowhood, 286
Pepys, Samuel, his bequest of rings to his friends, 41
Perfume rings, 38
Peridot (chrysolite), 21, 86, 227, 335
Persian rings, 2, 80, 103, 116, 122, 123
Perugia, betrothal ring of the Virgin at, 100, 222, 258–261
Peruvian rings, 83
Pesaro, Antonio, 61
Peters, Rev. Dr. John P., viii, 160
Peters, Miss Joan St. Michael, signet owned by, 160
Petrarch, on ruby ring of John II of France, 164
Petrie, William Flinders, ix
Phenacite, 86
Philip II of Spain, ring sent to by Mary, Queen of Scots, 185, 186
at consecration of “cramp rings,” 245
Philostratus, Flavius, 296
Phocus, ring of, 9
Phœnician rings, 68, 121
Physicians’ rings, 345
Piccolomini Collection, 71
Pierce, President, ring given to, 84
Pinakothek, Munich, 62
Pilloy, L., 59
Pipe-stopper ring, 94
Pius II, Pope, ring of, 262
Pius VI, 263, 264
Pius IX, 263, 281
Planetary rings, 296, 327, 328, 351
Plasma, 274
Platinum rings, 229, 230
Plato, blames Aristotle for wearing rings, 32
on ring of Gyges, 290, 291
Plautus, ring mentioned by, in his “Miles Gloriosus,” 193, 194
of sealing up household goods, 133
Pliny, 1, 8, 10, 53, 104, 121, 195, 199, 336
Plotina, wife of Trojan, supposed ring of, 71
Plutarch, 8, 123
Pococke, Bishop, 191
Poison ring, in ancient Rome, 36
of Hannibal, 36
of Demosthenes, 36
Rubbinical, 36
of the Borgias, 37
Egmont’s, 38
Polish rings, 65
Polycrates, ring of, 120–122
Polygnotus, rings in pictures by, 9
Pompey, 54
signet of, 127, 130
Pomphonica, Roman lady, ring of, 33
Pope, Alexander, 112
Porphyry, 96
Portrait rings, 76
Portraits illustrating ring-wearing, 60–64, 148, 152, 188, 278
Portuguese rings, 172, 173, 328, 329
“Posies” for rings, selection of, 237–247
Prado Gallery, Madrid, 60
Prehnite, 335
Prince, John Dyneley, viii, 365
Prometheus, legend as to ring of, 1, 2
Propertius, of a ring burned in a funeral pyre, 134
Protonotaries’ rings, 281
Proverbs, French, regarding rings, 76
Pueblo Bonito, Nev., rings found at, 108
Pueblo ruins of Arizona and New Mexico, rings from, 17
Purposes, special, of ring wearing, 32–50
Puzzle rings, 219
Pyrite, 335
Pythias, Knights of, rings of, 334
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Quicksilver rings, 328, 351
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