Rafael’s “Sposalizio” in Brera Gallery, Milan, 203
Raleigh, Sir Walter, lines written with diamond ring by, 169
“Ramayana,” rings mentioned in the, 77
Rameses II, ring of, 249
Rameses III, rings in time of, 97
Rathbun, R., ix
Read, Sir Charles Hercules, ix, 58, 99
Reale Galleria d’Arte Antica, Rome, 60
“Regal of France,” large diamond in ornament given by Louis VII to
shrine of St. Thomas à Becket, 183
“Regard Rings,” 227
Reinach, Salomon, 121
Religious use of rings, 249–287
“Repeal Ring,” 50
“Reynard the Fox,” magic ring described in, 303, 304
Rhinoceros horn, healing rings of, 338, 352
hoof rings of, 337
Richard, Cœur de Lion receives four gold rings from Pope Innocent
III, 178
Richard II, memorial rings of, 41
grants coronation Ring to Westminster Abbey, 174
directs that a ring be put on his finger after death, 179
Rienzi, Cola di, wedding ring of, 214
Riker, William, ix
Ring-making, 354–364
Ring-money, 35
Roberts, Oliver A., ix
Robespierre rings, 77
Rock-crystal, 125, 149, 158, 328, 335
entire rings of, 100
Rogers, Austin T., ix
Roman rings, 10, 33, 52–58, 71–73, 85, 97–99, 100, 104, 113, 126,
128, 130–132, 134, 198, 250, 255, 258–261, 293, 337
rules as to wearing those of iron or gold, 10–16
Roosevelt, Miss Alice (Mrs. Longworth) anecdote regarding ring
given to, by Sultan of Sulu, 236, 237
Roscius, Roman actor, right of wearing a ring accorded to, 13
Rossi, Abbot Adamo, 258
Rothschild, Baron Ferdinand, 88
Roty, Oscar, marriage medals of, 232, 233
Royal Collection at Windsor Castle, 147, 156
Rubens’ “Betrothal of Marie de’Medici,” 224
Ruby, 50, 78, 89, 90, 101, 106, 144, 147, 164, 165, 174, 178, 180,
181, 183, 227, 269, 270, 274, 275, 283, 334, 340
entire ring of, 102
Runic inscription on healing ring, 339
Rush-rings, for mock marriages, 206, 207
Russian Church, usage as to wedding rings in, 203, 204
Russian rings, 85, 100, 204
S
Saadi, ring story in Gulistan of, 163, 164
Sackvil, Thomas, Duke of Dorset, ring given to by James I, 350
Sagan Kerens of S. E. Asia, superstitious use of rings with, 308
“St. Martin’s Ring,” 113, 114
“Sakuntala” of Kalidasa, magic ring in, 321, 322
Salisbury, Richard, Bishop of, on rush-rings, 206
Samothracian rings, 70, 85
Santo Anello, Capella del, 261
“Saphire Merveilleux,” 325, 326
Sapphire, 36, 74, 78, 89, 143, 158, 161, 176, 178, 179, 184, 188,
189, 227, 269, 270, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 325, 331,
335, 339
Sard, 158, 159, 337
Sardonyx, 96, 121, 125, 159
Sarum Rite, order of matrimony in the, 196, 197
Sassanian rings, 85, 161
Saxon’s Lode, thumb ring found at, 64
_Scalæ anulariæ_ in Rome, where ring-dealers sold their wares, 16
Scandinavian rings, 323, 324, 339
Scaraboid rings, 51
Scaurus, Emilius, _dactyliotheca_ of, 54
Scheibel, Lieut., ring found by, 300
Schley, Mrs. Annie R., viii
Schneider, Hofrat, 172
Scipio Africanus, signet of, 129
Seffrid, Bishop, ring of, 272
Seleucus I, Nicator, signet of, 124
magic ring of, 293
Senlis, Pierre Bishop of, formula for dedicating nun’s rings in his
pontifical, 285
Serapis and Isis, ring figuring, 57, 70
head of Serapis on signet, 140
Serjeants’ rings, 48, 50
Serpent rings, 72, 78, 91, 92
Servius Tullius, rings in statues of, 52
Sewall, Archbishop, ring of, 272
Shakespeare, 40, 46, 152, 166, 207, 220, 221, 247, 310, 317
bequest of rings to his friends, 41
signet of, 151
Shashank I (Shishak), ring of, 117
Shaw, Sir Edmund, mourning rings bequeathed by, 349
Shell rings, 17, 18, 21
Shemai, signet ring of, 366
“Shield of David” on healing rings, 339
Shook, Sheridan, amethyst ring worn by, 85
Shujah, Shah, entire emerald ring given by, to British East India
Company, 101
to Runjit Singh, 102
Shylock’s turquoise, 220
Siamese rings, 81
Sigfroi, Archbishop, ring of, 274
Sight, restoration of, by rings, 337
Sigismond Augustus of Poland, decree of, as to Hebrew rings, 65
Signet ring or rings
of Queen Aah-hotep, 117
of Ahasuerus, 115
of Alexander the Great, 123
of Amenhotep IV, 67
of Antiochus Epiphanes, 125
of the Arabs, 142
of Augustus, 130, 131
of Aurelian, 133
of St. Bernard de Clairvaux, 144
at baptisms, 136
bequests of, 149
betrothal rings used as, 133
of bishops, 137
owned by Lord Byron, 152
of Julius Cæsar, 130
of Charles I of England, 156
of Charles V of France, 146
of Childeric I, 138–140
of Childeric II’s wife, 138
coats of arms on, 149
of Commodus, 131
of Alexis and John Comnenus, 144
of Constantius II, 161
of Dagobert I’s wife, 138
of Darius, 123
dreams of, 132
of early French Kings, 37, 138
of Galba, 131
of Hadrian, 134
of Queen Hatshepset, 117
diamond, of Queen Henrietta Maria, 153–156
ivory, for sealing amphoræ, 120–122
of priest of Khufu’s pyramid, 118
of Lentulus, 127
of Lothaire, 140
of Louis le Debonnaire, 140
of Louis IX, 145
of Louis XII, 147, 148
of Lucullus, 130
of Mæcenas, 130
of Mary Queen of Scots, 149–151
merchants’, 144
“Michelangelo’s Signet,” 147
of Mohammed, 141
mottoes on, in Arabic, 142
of Nero, 130
in platinum or gold, 158
of Polycrates, 120
of Pompey, 127
of Scipio Africanus, 129
of Seleucus, 124
of Shakespeare, 151
of Shemai, 366
superstitious use of, 122, 123
of Sylla, 130
of Thothmes III, 117
of Tiberius, 134
one stolen by Verres, 126, 127
of Wilhelm I of Germany, 158
of President Wilson, 161
of Xerxes, 122
of Zerubbabbel, 135
Skiff, F. J. V., ix
Sloane, Sir Hans, rings in collection of, 87
Smith, Sir Thomas, 350
Society of Antiquaries, London, 75
Solomon’s ring, 288, 289
Somers, Lt. Robert, ring given to, by Washington, 192
South Kensington Museum, 190, 315
Spanish rings, 85
Spartans, iron rings of, 10
Spencer, Leonard, ix
Spessartite, 335
Sphere, 86
Sphere ring, 88
Spinel, 86
Spodumene, 86
Squirt ring, 148
Staël von Holstein, Baron Erik Magnus, 192
Stanbery, John, Bishop, ring of, 275
Starr, Friedrich, ix
State gems for ring setting, 334, 335
Steevens, George, on Shylock’s turquoise, 220
Stephen Radislav, King of Servia, nuptial ring of, 198
Sterling, John, “Onyx Ring” by, 324, 325
Stewart, Rev. Father William J., viii
Stone, George C., viii
“Stone of Invisibility,” 307
Stone rings, 2, 21
“Stone of Remembrance,” 307
Stoudt, Rev. John Baer, ix
Stratonice, wife of Seleucus I, rings dedicated by, 251
Strickland, Agnes, 184
Suetonius, 134
Suffolk, Countess of, takes vow of widowhood, 287
Suidas, 312
Sulu, Sultan of, pearl ring given by, 236, 237
Sunstone, 335
Superstitious use of seal-rings, 122, 123
Surprise rings, 94
Surrya, Prince, 81
Swivel rings, 94
Sylla, signet of, 130
Symeon, Archbishop of Thessalonica, his description of Byzantine
marriage ceremony about 1400 A. D., 202
Symbols, Christian, 253–255
Syrian rings, 124, 125, 160
T
Tacitus on Germanic iron rings, 17
Taft, ex-President William H., ix, 161, 236
Talismanic and magic rings
Albertus Magnus on, 311
Apollonius of Tyana’s, 296, 325
Boniface VIII’s, 306
Charlemagne’s, 300–302
Christian, in British Museum, 257
Clemens Alexandrinus on, 296
as charm against the Evil Eye, 236, 293
fortune-telling by means of, 299
of Frederick I of Prussia, 171, 172
of Gesta Romanorum, 300, 306, 345
of Gyges, 289–291
of Helen of Troy, 92, 292
“Hnited” (“The Welded”) given to King Olaf, 323
in the “Mabinogian,” 307
Sir John Mandeville on, 315
St. Mark’s, 312–314
of Minos of Crete, 291, 292
in “Morte d’Arthur,” 309, 310
_naoratna_ ring of Hindus, 78, 321
in Reynard the Fox, 303
“Saphir Merveilleux,” 325
Scandinavian, 323, 339
of Seluecus I, Nicator, 293
in Sir Eglamore, 310
“Ring of Solomon,” 288, 289
in Sterling’s “Onyx Ring,” 324
superstitious use of, by Sagan Karens, 308
Tewfik Pasha’s experience with one, 322, 323
in “Book of Thetel,” 311
one made by Abbot Tritheim, 314
in Wolfdietrich, 305, 306
in Yuain and Gawin, 310
Tanagra, ring from, 112
Tassi, Agosto, engraver of “Michelangelo’s Signet,” 147
Tavernier, Jean Baptiste, 143, 154, 155
Tedyngton, Richard, keeper of jewels of Edward the Confessor’s
shrine, 175
Tertullian on betrothal ring, 199
Tewfik Pasha, experience of, with a magic ring, 322, 323
Theodorus of Samos, engraver of ring of Polycrates, 120
Thomas, Dr. John, Dean of Westminster, 179
Thompson, C. J. S., ix
Thothmes III, ring of, 117
Thumb rings, 58, 87, 105–108, 194, 222
Thynnian rings, 70
Tiberius, seal ring of, removed when he became unconscious, 134
Tibetan, 81
Tin rings, 328
Toad swallowing a serpent, ring designed in form of a, 311
Toadstone, warns of poison when worn in a ring, 341
Toe rings, 78, 80
Topaz, 78, 86, 125, 158, 178, 276, 335
Tourmaline, 86
green (“Brazilian emerald”), used for bishops’ rings in Brazil,
277
Tournament, rings as prizes at a, 181
“Tower Rings,” 169
Trallianus, Alexander, recommends ring as cure for biliousness, 338
_Trauring_, German designation of betrothal ring, 209
Tree, Sir Herbert, x
Trees sealed with rings, 128
Tricolored magic ring, 304
“Trinity Ring,” 75
Tritheim, Abbot of Spandau, magic ring made by, 314
True-lovers’ knot, 2
Tumulty, J. P., ix
Türk, Viennese court jeweller, collection of rings made by, 66
“Turkie,” old name of turquoise, 220
Turquoise, 21, 23, 24, 34, 63, 75, 81, 86, 103, 114, 150, 182, 328,
334
Tyrolean rings, 353
Tyszkiewicz Collection, 121
U
Ulysses, ring of, 8
United States National Museum, 85
University Galleries, Oxford, 60
University of Pennsylvania, excavations at Nippur by, 4
V
Valens, Emperor, 299
Vandyke, Anthony, 62
Vergil, Polydore, 342
Verney, Sir Edmund, ring given to, by Charles I, 190
Verres, seal ring stolen by, 126
Victoria, Queen, 156, 225
Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington Museum), 217, 269, 271
Virgin, betrothal ring of, at Perugia, 100, 222, 258–261
Visigoths, law of, concerning betrothal rings, 200
Vyse, Colonel, 118
W
Wada, T., x
Waddesdon Bequest, 88
Wade, Mr. and Mrs. J. Homer, 90
Wales, Prince of, ring among insignia of, made by Welsh gold, 283,
284
Walwyn, Francis, engraver of Henrietta Maria’s diamond signet, 154
Warbeck, Perkin, 180
Ward, William Hayes, ix, 3
anecdote of ring bought by, 3, 4
Washington rings, 77, 191, 192
Watch rings, 40, 87, 353
Watelet, M., 147
Waterton, Edmund, 34, 214
Waterton Collection, 217, 269–271
Wearing of rings, methods of, 50–66
Wedding or betrothal rings
sent by Clovis I, 201
conditional gift of, 205
diamond, in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, 221
on which finger placed, 194–197, 203, 215, 222
George IV’s with portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert, 224, 225
in ancient Germany, 208
in modern Germany, 209
gimmal rings as, 218, 219
gold, already used by Romans in 2d. century, 199
gold, surrendered for iron in Germany, 228
in Greek Church, 202–204
of Sir Thomas Gresham, 219
Hebrew use of, 213, 214
of iron, in early Roman times, 199
of Dr. Samuel Johnson, 223
loss of a, Scotch legend regarding, 216
of Queen Louisa of Prussia, 224
commemorating Luther’s marriage, 216, 217
Manx custom as to, 205
of Mary Queen of Scots, 217
for men, 230
mottoes on, 209, 211, 221, 233–248
with names formed by initial letters of precious stones, 227
obligation involved in giving a, 204
ominous substitute for one, in a Scotch legend, 226
of Cola di Rienzi, 214
rush-ring as, 206
Shylock’s turquoise perhaps in betrothal ring, 220
story of a, in “Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles,” 215
turquoise used for in Germany, 221
Week-day gems for ring-setting, 331
Weininger, Leopold, x
Weir, J. Alden, viii
Wellington, Duke of, 224
Welsh gold used for Prince of Wales’ ring, 284
Widowhood,” “Ring of, 286, 287
order of, 286, 287
Wier, J. Alden, on rings in portraits, 64
Wild-ass, healing rings made from hoof of, 352
William the Conqueror, tomb of, at Caen destroyed by Huguenots, 179
William Rufus, ring found in tomb of, 179
William I of Germany, 172
signet of used by William II, 158
William IV, of England, Coronation Ring of, 283
William de St. Barbara, ring of, 275
Wilson, President Woodrow, signet-ring of, vi, 161
Winslow, Isaac, memorial ring of, 47
Winslow, Josiah, 47
Wiseman, Cardinal, manuscript describing Solessing of “cramp
rings,” owned by, 344, 345
Wiser, David, 108
Wissler, Clark, viii
“Wolfdietrich,” story of magic ring in, 305, 306
Wolter, Charlotte, ring of, 90
Woodford, General Sir John, 165
Woodland, Theodore M., viii
Writing with diamond ring, 168–170
Wu Ting Fang, jade rings of, 107, 108
Wykeham, Bishop, ring of, 275
Wyman, Walter C., viii
Wytlesey, Archbishop of Canterbury, ring of, 275
X
Xerxes, signet of, 122
Y
“Ywaine and Gawin,” romance, magic ring in, 310
Z
Zerubbabel, ring of, 135
Zick, Stephan, ivory ring made by, 75
Zircon (jacinth,) 78, 86, 124, 340
Zodiacal rings, 85, 328, 329
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Grandchild.
[2] Great grandchild.
[3] Signet of the author, reading George F. Kunz, New York. Engraved
upon a dark red sard, in Teheran, Persia, in 1895.
[4] Fossey, “La magie assyrienne,” Paris, 1902, p. 83.
[5] Délégation en Perse, Mémoires publiés sous la direction de M. J. de
Morgan, vol. viii, “Recherches archéologiques,” 3d ser., Paris, 1905,
pp. 321, 322; figured on p. 320.
[6] Communicated by the late Dr. William Hayes Ward.
[7] Communicated by the late Dr. William Hayes Ward.
[8] Hilprecht and Clay, “Business Documents of Murashû Sons of Nippur”:
The Babylonian expedition of the University of Pennsylvania, Series A:
Cuneiform texts, vol. ix, Philadelphia, 1898, p. 30.
[9] F. H. Marshall, “Catalogue of Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan and
Roman, in the ... British Museum,” London, 1907, pp. 1, 2, 997 (see pl.
xx); also the same author’s Catalogue of the Jewellery Greek, Etruscan
and Roman, in the ... British Museum, London, 1911, p. xvii.
[10] Max Ohnefalsch-Richter, “Kypros, the Bible, and Homer,” London,
1893, vol. i, p. 367, and vol. ii, plate xxxii, fig. 32.
[11] Strena Helbigena, 73; Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. xxi, p.
155, fig. 33; p. 159, fig. 39; Schliemann Mycenæ and Tiryns, pp. 354,
360.
[12] See F. H. Marshall, _op. cit._, p. 3; rings from Enkomi,
Cyprus.
[13] Pauly’s Real Encyclopädie der Altertumswissenschaft, vol. ix, pt.
i, col: 827; Stuttgart, 1914; Marshall, Catalogue of the Finger Rings,
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the British Museum, London, 1907, No.
574.
[14] Corpus inscriptionum Græcarum, 3137, i, 87 sq.
[15] Le Brun-Dalbanne, “Les Pierres gravées du trésor de la cathédrale
de Troyes,” Paris, 1880, p. 32.
[16] Aristophanes, “Knights,” Act II, sc. 4.
[17] Æliani, “Varia historia,” Lib. I, cap. xxi.
[18] Lib. xxxiii, cap. iv.
[19] _Ibid., loc. cit._
[20] M. Deloche, “Le port des anneaux dans l’antiquité romaine, et dans
les premiers siècles du moyen âge”; extrait des Mémoires de l’Académie
des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, vol. xxxv, Paris, 1896, pp. 4, 5.
[21] Titi Livii, “Ab urbe condita,” lib. xxiii, cap. xii.
[22] Sat. iii, lines 153–156.
[23] Titi Livii, “Ab urbe condita,” lib. xlii, cap. xvi.
[24] Valerii Maximi, “Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX,” lib.
viii, cap. i.
[25] See Plinii, “Naturalis Historia,” lib. xxxiii, cap. xxiii.
[26] “Naturalis Historia,” lib. xxxiii, cap. xi.
[27] F. H. Marshall, “Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan
and Roman,” in the ... British Museum, London, 1907, p. xix, citing
Macrobius, Saturnalia III, 14, 13, and Cicero, Ad. Fam. X, 32, 2.
[28] Clementis Alexandrini, “Pædagogus,” lib. iii, cap. ii.
[29] Beck, “Corpus juris civilis,” vol. ii, pp. 406, 407.
[30] “Cimeliotheca Musei Nationalis Hungarici, sive catalogus
historico-criticus antiquitatum, raritatum, et pretiosorum--eius
instituti,” Budæ, 1825, p. 136.
[31] Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum, vol. i, No. 1107.
[32] _Ibid._, vol. xi, No. 1235.
[33] Suetonii: “Vita Augusti,” 72.
[34] Cicero, “In Verrem,” iv, 25, 26.
[35] Deloche, “Le port des anneaux dans l’antiquité romaine, et dans
les premiers siècles du moyen âge,” Paris, 1896, pp. 46, 47; extrait
des Mémoires de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, vol.
xxxv, part ii.
[36] Jesse Walter Fewkes, “Two Summers’ Work in Pueblo Ruins,” Bureau
of American Ethnology, vol. xxii, pt. i, p. 91. Also the same writer’s
“Casa Grande, Arizona,” Bureau of American Ethnology, vol. xxviii, pp.
143, 144; rings figured on pl. lxxv, fig. _A_, and in text cut,
fig. 49.
[37] Communications from Prof. George Grant McCurdy, Curator,
Anthropological Section of Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale
University, and from Dr. Frank S. Daggett, Director, Museum of History,
Science and Art, Los Angeles, Cal.
[38] Communicated by Dr. William C. Mills, Curator and Librarian of the
Museum.
[39] W. W. Blake, “The Antiquities of Mexico,” New York, 1891, p. 74,
figure.
[40] _Ibid._, p. 73, figures.
[41] Warren K. Moorehead, “Primitive Men in Ohio,” New York, 1892, p.
148; see plate xxvi, p. 152.
[42] Warren K. Moorehead, “Stone Age in North America,” Boston and
New York, 1910, vol. i, p. 440, fig. 385, ring in Collection of B. H.
Young, Louisville, Kentucky.
[43] See the writer’s “Magic of Jewels and Charms,” Philadelphia and
London, 1915, pp. 352, 353; colored plate opp. p. 352.
[44] Warren K. Moorehead, “A Narration of Exploration in New Mexico,
Arizona, Indiana, etc.,” Andover, Mass., 1906, p. 89, fig. 45.
[45] Not named after Charles L. Tiffany.
[46] Communicated by Walter Hough, Acting Head Curator, Dept. of
Anthropology, United States National Museum, Washington, D. C.
[47] Communicated by Joseph K. Dixon, Secretary of the National
American Indian Memorial Association.
[48] The details in this and the following paragraphs are taken from
Washington Matthews, “Navajo Silversmiths,” in the Second Annual Report
of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1880–1881, Washington, 1881, pp.
171–178.
[49] _Op. cit._, between pp. 174 and 175, plate showing silversmith’s
shop set up near Fort Wingate.
[50] “An Ethnologic Dictionary of the Navaho Language,” published by
the Franciscan Fathers, Saint Michaels, Arizona, 1910, p. 271.
[51] This is a well-printed octavo of 536 pages, with a most
comprehensive index.
[52] _Op. cit._, pp. 283, 284.
[53] Communicated by Admiral Peary in a letter to the author, February
13, 1916.
[54] C. W. King, “Antique Gems,” London, 1860, p. 281; citing Ælian,
iii, 19.
[55] Frederick William Fairholt, “Rambles of an Archæologist,” London,
1871, p. 86, with figure of ring.
[56] J. P. Mariette, “Traité des pierres gravées,” Paris, 1750, vol. i,
p. 18.
[57] See Marshall, “Catalogue of the finger rings, Greek, Etruscan,
and Roman, in the departments of antiquities, British Museum,” London,
1907, p. xxvi, note.
[58] Archæological Journal, London, 1863, vol. xx, p. 75.
[59] London, 1853, p. 6.
[60] O. M. Dalton, “Franks Bequest, Catalogue of the Finger Rings,
Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediæval and Later” (British
Museum), London, 1912, p. 122, No. 792, pl. xi.
[61] X. Barbier de Montault, “Le costume et les usages ecclésiastiques
selon la tradition romaine,” Paris, 1897, vol. i, pp. 176, 177.
[62] Historical Manuscripts Commission, Report of MSS. in various
collections, vol. iv, Dublin, 1907, p. 59.
[63] Plinii, Hist. Nat., lib. xxxiii, cap. xxv.
[64] “Neuhebräisches und Chaldäisches Wörterbuch,” by Jacob Levy,
Leipzig, 1879, vol. ii, p. 139, s. v. tabba’ath.
[65] Artemidorus, “Oneirocritica,” ii, 5.
[66] Davenport, “Jewelry,” Chicago, 1908, pp. 127, 128.
[67] Frederick William Fairholt, “Rambles of an Artist,” London, n. d.
(1865?), p. 144, fig. 177.
[68] John Lathrop Motley, “The Rise of the Dutch Republic,” New York,
1856, Vol. iii, pp. 558, 559, citing a curious Dutch pamphlet published
at Leyden in 1582 and consisting of two letters, one from Bruges, dated
July 25, 1582, the other written two days later from Antwerp.
[69] C. J. S. Thompson, “Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries,” London,
n.d., 2d. ed., p. 123.
[70] O. M. Dalton, “Catalogue of the Finger-rings, Early Christian,
Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediæval, and Later [British Museum],” London,
1912, p. lv.
[71] O. M. Dalton, “Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Early Christian,
Byzantine, Mediæval and Later,” bequeathed by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks (British Museum), London, 1912, p. 243, No. 1698, pl. xxiii.
[72] O. M. Dalton, “Franks Bequest, Catalogue of the Finger Rings,
Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediæval and Later” (British
Museum), London, 1912, p. 245, No. 1708, pl. xxiii.
[73] “Memorial Rings, Charles the Second to William the Fourth, in the
Possession of Frederick Arthur Crisp,” privately printed (London). The
data in this and succeeding paragraphs treating of memorial rings, are
(unless otherwise noted) derived from this valuable and interesting
work.
[74] Crisp Collection, No. 334, p. 115.
[75] No. 632, p. 197.
[76] Crisp Collection, No. 981, p. 317.
[77] No. 165, p. 69.
[78] Notes and Queries, 11th ser., No. 311, December 11, 1915, p. 469.
[79] A. E. Cropper, “Some Notes On Three Classes or Types of Rings,” in
The Connoisseur, London, vol. xix, p. 184, September to December, 1907.
[80] Communicated by L. Weininger, of Vienna.
[81] O. M. Dalton, “Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Early Christian,
Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediæval and Later,” bequeathed by Sir Augustus
Wollaston Franks, K.C.B. (British Museum, London, 1912, p. xxxiii,
footnote.)
[82] O. M. Dalton, “Franks Bequest, Catalogue of the Finger Rings,
Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediæval, and Later [British
Museum],” London, 1912, p. 204, No. 1417.
[83] Communicated by Waldo Lincoln, the owner of the ring.
[84] O. M. Dalton: “Franks Bequest, Catalogue of the Finger Rings,
Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediæval and Later [British
Museum],” London, 1912, p. 232, No. 1628.
[85] Szendrei, “Catalogue de la collection de bagues de Mme. de
Tarnóczy,” Paris, 1889, pp. 142, 143.
[86] Charles Edwards, “The History and Poetry of Finger-Rings,” New
York, 1855, pp. 86–90.
[87] Hon. R. C. Neville (4th baron Braybrooke), “The Romance of the
Ring, or the History and Antiquity of Finger Rings,” Saffron Walden,
1856, pp. 25, 26.
[88] Londesborough Collection: Catalogue of a collection of ancient and
mediæval rings and personal ornaments, London, 1853, p. 7. Privately
printed.
[89] Compte rendu de la Commission Arch. de St. Pétersbourg, 1864, p.
182.
[90] Macrobii, “Saturnalia,” Lipsiæ, 1868, p. 446, lib. vii, cap. 13.
[91] “Historia Naturalis,” liber xxxiii, 24.
[92] Sancti Isidori Hispalensis Episcopi, “Opera Omnis,” vol. iv, col.
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