London, 1724, 1736. First published by his son Thomas, after the
bishop’s death in 1715.
[332] Archæologia, vol. ii, pp. 32-35, London, 1773. Figured on plate
i, figs. 1 and 2.–
[333] George Frederick Kunz and Charles H. Stevenson, “The Book of the
Pearl,” New York, 1908, p. 438.
[334] Federici Augusti Junii, “De annulo Romanorum sponsalitio,”
Lipsiæ, 1744, citing Ovidii, lib. ii, Amor. Eleg. xv.
[335] Saturnalia, lib. vii, cap. 13.
[336] See page 222.
[337] Isidori, “De ecclesiasticis officiis,” lib. xx, cap. 8, in
Migne’s “Patrologia Latina,” vol. lxxxiii, cols. 811, 812.
[338] Deloche, “Le port des anneaux dans l’antiquité romaine, et dans
les premiers siècles du moyen âge,” Paris, 1896, pp. 96–98; Mémoires de
l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, vol. xxxv, pt. 2.
[339] Naturalis Historia, lib. xxxiii, cap. 24.
[340] John Yonge Akerman, “An Account of Excavations in an Anglo-Saxon
Burial Ground at Harnham Hill Near Salisbury,” in Archæologia, vol.
xxxv, p. 266, and Plate XII (opp. p. 278).
[341] “The Sarum Missal done into English by A. Harford Pearson,”
London, 1844, p. 552. The directions and blessings are translated from
the Latin; the vows of the bride and bridegroom are from an old English
version.
[342] O. M. Dalton, “Byzantine Art and Archæology,” Oxford, 1911, p.
544, fig. 329.
[343] _Ibid._, p. 546.
[344] Marshall, “Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and
Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum,” London,
1907, pp. 99, 100; No. 579, pl. xvii.
[345] Federici Augusti Junii, “De annulo Romanorum sponsalitio,” Lipsiæ
(1744), pp. xiii, xiv; citing Pliny’s “Hist. Nat.,” lib. xxxiii, cap.
i, and Clement’s “Pædogogus,” lib. iii, cap. xi.
[346] Tertulliani, “Opera Omnia,” ed. Migne, Parisiis, 1879, vol. i,
col. 353. Apol. adv. gen.
[347] August. Epist. 119 ad Januar. cap. 18.
[348] C. Drury Fortnum, “On Finger Rings of the Early Christian
Period,” in Journal of Archæology, vol. xxviii, pp. 266–292; figured on
p. 291.
[349] Fredegari, “Historia Francorum epitomata,” cap. xviii; in
Patrologia Latina, ed. J. P. Migne, Parisiis, 1879, vol. lxxi, col. 584.
[350] Hucher, “Sigillographie du Maine,” _Bulletin Monumental_,
vol. xviii, p. 308.
[351] Symeonis Thessalonicensis Archiepiscopi, “Opera Omnia,” in
Migne’s Patrologia Græca, vol. clv, Paris, 1866, cols. 505, 508, “De
honesto et legitimo conjugio.”
[352] Coloniæ, 1509, cap. 11.
[353] Communicated by Mrs. Isabel F. Hapgood.
[354] Petri Mülleri, “De annulo pronubo,” Jenæ, 1734, p. 22.
[355] Petri Mülleri, “De annulo pronubo,” Jenæ, 1734, p. 31.
[356] Cyril Davenport, “Jewellery,” Chicago, 1908, p. 114.
[357] Cap. 55.
[358] “Glossarium ad scriptores mediæ et infimæ Latinitatis,” Parisiis,
1733, vol. i, col. 457.
[359] Cited in H. R. D. Anders, “Shakespeare’s Books,” Berlin, 1904, p.
189.
[360] Deloche, “Le port des bagues dans l’antiquité romaine et dans les
premiers siècles du moyen âge,” Paris, 1896, pp. 61–63; from Mémoires
de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, vol. xxxv.
[361] Jacob Grimm, “Deutsche Rechtsalterhümer,” Berlin, 1854, pp. 177,
178.
[362] This recalls Juvenal’s “digito pignus fortasse dedisti” (perhaps
thou hast set a pledge on a finger). Sat. vi, 27.
[363] Fairholt, “Rambles of an Artist,” London, n.d., p. 90, fig. 97.
[364] _Ibid._, p. 124, fig. 124.
[365] Communicated by L. Weininger, of Vienna.
[366] _Anima magis est ubi amat quam ubi animat._
[367] Barbier de Montault, “Un anneau du XVe siècle,” Tours, 1876.
[368] Jean Szendrei, “Catalogue de la collection de bagues de Madame
Gustave de Tarnóczy,” Paris, 1889, p. xlviii.
[369] Barbier de Montault, “Un anneau du XVe siècle,” Tours, 1876, pp.
14–17. For additional “posies” see pp. at end of this chapter.
[370] Shown in Fairholt’s “Rambles of an Artist,” p. 127, figs. 152,
153.
[371] _Ibid._, p. 128, fig. 154.
[372] Kircheri, “Œdipus Ægyptiacus,” Romæ, 1652, vol. i, p. 283.
[373] Jewish Encyclopædia, vol. x, art. Rings by Albert Wolf, of
Dresden, Saxony.
[374] “Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Works of Art at the
South Kensington Museum, June, 1862,” section 32, “Rings,” by Edmund
Waterton, pp. 630, 631.
[375] See Gregorovius, “Lucrezia Borgia,” pp. 375, 376, of Ital.
translation.
[376] Robert de Berquen, “Les Merveilles des Indes Orientales et
Occidentales,” Paris, 1661, pp. 14, 15. Robert de Berquen writes of
Louis (Lodowyk) as “one of his ancestors.”
[377] Alfred Maury, “Croyances et Legendes du Moyen Age,” Paris, 1896,
p. 277, note.
[378] Fairholt, “Rambles of an Artist,” p. 128, fig. 155. The
authenticity of the ring may be regarded as somewhat doubtful.
[379] Julius Köstlin, “Life of Luther,” trans. from the German, New
York, 1883; pp. 334, 335.
[380] Fairholt, “Rambles of an Artist,” p. 132, fig. 165.
[381] Burgon, “The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Gresham,” London, 1839,
vol. i, p. 51.
[382] Catalogue of a collection of ancient and modern rings and
personal ornaments formed for Lady Londesborough, London, 1853, pp. 8,
9. Privately printed.
[383] Cited in Furness, “Variorum Shakespear,” vol. vii (Othello),
Phila., 1888, p. 132.
[384] Evans, “Posy Rings,” London, 1892, p. 13.
[385] _Ibid._, p. 13.
[386] Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, “On Superstitions Connected With the
History and Practice of Medicine and Surgery,” London, 1844, pp. 36, 37.
[387] Col. T. H. Hendley, “Indian Jewellery,” “Journal of Indian Art
and Industry,” vol. xii, p. 5, 1907–1909.
[388] G. Bapst, “Les Joyaux de la Couronne,” Paris, 1889, p. 18.
[389] Cyril Davenport, “Jewellery,” Chicago, 1908, p. 112.
[390] William Tegg, “The Knot Tied: Marriage Ceremonies of All
Nations,” London, 1877, p. 314.
[391] Fuller, “Holy State,” chap. xxii, Of Marriage.
[392] Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des allerhöchsten
Kaiserhauses, vol. i, Pt. II, p. xxi, Wien, 1883.
[393] Johnson, “Tunis of To-day”; in the National Geographic Magazine,
vol. xxii, p. 747; No. 8, Aug., 1911.
[394] Historical Manuscripts Commission, Twelfth Report, Appendix, Pt.
IV, MSS. of Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle, vol. i, London, 1888, p.
6.
[395] A number of posies of the list comes from Joseph Maskell’s
excellent little monograph, “The Wedding-Ring,” London, 1888, pp. 31–35.
[396] From the “Card of Courtship, or the Language of Love,” published
in 1653; cited in Tegg’s “The Knot Tied,” London, 1877.
[397] From “The Mysteries of Love and Eloquence,” London, 1658; in
Tegg’s “The Knot Tied.”
[398] T. Wada, “Die Schmuck- und Edelsteine bei den Chinesen,” Tokyo,
1904, reprint from the “Mitteilungen” of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Natur- und Volkeskunde Ostasiens, vol. x, Pt. I.
[399] Pompei Fasti, “De verborum significatu,” lib. xx, s. v. Edera,
ed. of Ed. Thewrewk de Ponor, Budapest, 1889, p. 58.
[400] Adolf Furtwängler, “Die Antiken Gemmen,” Leipzig and Berlin,
1900, vol. iii, p. 446.
[401] F. G. Frazer, “The Golden Bough,” vol. iii, London, 1911, p. 314.
[402] F. H. Marshall, “Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan,
and Roman, in the ... British Museum,” London, 1907, pp. xxix, xxx,
Nos. 629, 640.
[403] Montfaucon, “L’antiquité expliqué,” vol. ii, Pt. II, Paris, 1719,
pp. 324, 325; Plate 136.
[404] Communicated by Prof. Cyrus Adler of the Dropsie College for
Hebrew and Cognate Learning, in Philadelphia, the information being
derived from the Hebrew Encyclopædia entitled “Ozar Yisrael,” vol.
v, p. 6, col. i, s. v. Tabaath. Prof. Richard Gottheil of Columbia
University confirms the views expressed by Prof. Cyrus Adler that the
ring was never the distinguishing mark of a Rabbi.
[405] Abbé Barraud, “Des bagues à toutes les époques,” Bulletin
Monumental, vol. xxx, pp. 624–641.
[406] Raoul Rochette, “Tableau des Catacombes de Rome,” Paris, 1837,
pp. 235, 236.
[407] S. Augustini, “De trinitate,” lib. viii, cap. 5, 6. Figured in
Raoul Rochette, “Tableau des Catacombes de Rome,” Paris, 1837, title
page.
[408] Ruinart, “Acta sanctorum martyrum sincera et selecta,” Paris,
1689, p. 40.
[409] Gregorii episcopi nysseni, “Opera,” vol. iii, in Migne’s
Patrologia Græca, vol. xli, Parisiis, 1858, col. 990.
[410] See Rev. I, viii.
[411] C. W. King, “Antique Gems,” London, 1860, p. 358.
[412] King, “The Gnostics,” London, 1864, p. 139.
[413] O. M. Dalton, “Franks Bequest, Catalogue of the Finger Rings,
Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediæval and Later [British
Museum],” London, 1912, p. 7, No. 39.
[414] M. Deloche, “Étude historique et archéologique sur les anneaux
sigillaires,” Paris, 1900, pp. 139–142, figs.
[415] Mercati, “Metallotheca Vaticana,” Romæ, 1719, p. 185.
[416] Giacinto Gimma, “Delia storia naturale delle gemme,” Napoli,
1730, vol. i, p. 39.
[417] Pauli Aringhi, “Roma subterranea,” Romæ, 1651, p. 701.
[418] Santi Aurelii Augustini, “Opera Omnia,” ed. Migne, Parisiis,
1884, cols. 226, 227.
[419] Communicated by L. Weininger, of Vienna.
[420] Platina “De vitis Pontificorum”; “Vita Clementis IV.”
[421] Edmund Waterton, “On the Annulus Piscatoris, or Ring of the
Fisherman”; Archæologia, vol. xl, figures on pp. 140 and 142.
[422] Edmund Waterton, “On the Annulus Piscatoris, or Fisherman’s
Ring,” Archæologia, vol. xl, pp. 138–142, London, 1866.
[423] Abbé Barraud, “Des Bagues à toutes les époques et en particulier
de l’anneau des évêques et des abbés,” Bulletin Monumentale, vol. xxx,
pp. 390, 391, 1864.
[424] X. Barbier de Montault, “Le costume et les usages ecclésiastiques
selon la tradition romaine,” Paris, n.d., vol. i, p. 161.
[425] _Ibid._, pp. 158, 159.
[426] Sancti Aviti, Epist. lxxviii, Migne, “Patrologia Latina,” vol.
lix, col. 280.
[427] Isidori, “De ecclesiasticis officiis,” lib. ii, cap. v, 12.
[428] Migne, “Patrologia Latina,” vol. lxxxiii, cols. 783, 784.
[429] Philippe Labbé and Cossart, “Sacros. concil.,” vol. v, cols.
1618, 1714.
[430] Wetzer and Welte’s “Kirchenlexikon,” 2d ed., Freiburg im
Breisgau, 1897, vol. x, p. 211, art. Ringe by K. Schrod.
[431] Ed. Merati, p. 1737.
[432] Edmund Waterton, “On Episcopal Rings,” _The Archæological
Journal_, vol. xx, London, 1863, p. 228.
[433] Rot. Pat. Hen. III. m. 20 d.
[434] Liber 28, Ed. I; fol. 278, p. 344.
[435] Philippi Labbei et Cossarti, “Sacrosancta concilia,” vol. viii,
col. 878.
[436] Edmund Waterton, “Episcopal Rings,” in _The Archæological
Journal_ vol. xx, p. 227, fig. p. 228.
[437] Ph. Labbei et Cossarti, “Sacrosancta Concilia,” vol. ix, col.
395, of the Council of Nimes.
[438] Edmund Waterton, “Episcopal Rings,” in _The Archæological
Journal_, vol. xx, p. 235, figs. 6, 7 and 8 on plate opposite that
page.
[439] “De sacro altaris mysterio,” Migne’s Patrologia Latina, vol.
ccxvii, col. 796.
[440] Arnaud, “Notice sur les objets trouvés dans plusieurs cercueils
de pierre à la cathédral de Troyes,” Troyes, 1844, p. 13.
[441] Catalan, “Pontificale romanum,” vol. iii, p. 358, citing the
annals of Abraham Begovius, ad annum 1303, num. 8.
[442] R. Rucklin, “Das Schmuckbuch,” Leipzig, 1871, vol. ii, pl. 56,
fig. 5.
[443] See also Hefner, “Trachten,” pl. 9.
[444] _Op. cit._, vol. i, p. 167.
[445] Edmund Waterton, “On Episcopal Rings,” _Archæological
Journal_, vol. xx, p. 228, London, 1863; citing Dart, “Hist. of
Cant. Cath.,” p. 346, fol. 279, and Duranti, “De ritibus,” lib. ii,
cap. ix, sec. 37.
[446] O. M. Dalton, “Franks Bequest, Catalogue of the Finger Rings,
Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic Mediævel, and Later [British
Museum],” London, 1912, pp. xxxvii, xxxviii.
[447] Catalogue of the special exhibition of works of art ... at the
South Kensington Museum, June, 1862, London, 1863, p. 636.
[448] Maurice Faucon, “Les arts à la cour d’Avignon sous Clément V et
Jean XXII,” in Mélanges d’Archéologie et d’Histoire II^{ème} Année, pp.
76, 77; IV^{ème} Année, p. 107.
[449] Italian XIV Century MSS. in the author’s library. What appears to
be a topaz ring is on the fourth finger of the right hand in Titian’s
portrait of Archbishop Filippo Archinto, painted in the middle of the
sixteenth century.
[450] Edinburgh Review, July, 1866, p. 247.
[451] X. Barbier de Montault, “Le costume et les usages ecclésiastiques
selon la tradition romaine,” Paris (1897), vol. i, p. 162.
[452] _Ibid._, vol. i, p. 159.
[453] This ring is figured as frontispiece to the writer’s “Curious
Lore of Precious Stones,” Philadelphia and London, 1913.
[454] From a letter written by Bishop Greer to the author, September
22, 1916.
[455] Kirchmann, “De anulis,” Lugd. Bat., 1672, p. 185.
[456] Tractatus de officio episcopi, ad Henricum Senonensem episcopum,
cap. ix.
[457] H. Druitt, Costume in Brass, p. 98.
[458] “Dictionnaire d’archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie,” ed. by
Dom Fernan Cabrol, vol. i, Paris, 1907, col. 2187, art. _anneau_
by Leclercq.
[459] X. Barbier de Montault, “Le costume et les usages ecclésiastiques
selon la tradition romaine,” Paris (1897), vol. i, pp. 163, 164.
[460] _Ibid._, vol. i, pp. 164–170.
[461] _Ibid._, vol. i, pp. 175, 176.
[462] The complete ceremonies and procedures observed at the coronation
of the kings and queens of England, London (1902), p. 30.
[463] Debrett’s Dictionary of the Coronation, London (1902), pp. 38,
126.
[464] Cyril Davenport, “Jewellery,” Chicago, 1908, Plate xvi, opp. p.
110.
[465] Abbé Barraud, “Des bagues à toutes les époques, et en particulier
de l’anneau des évêques et des abbés,” Bulletin Monumental, vol. xxx,
p. 17.
[466] Abbé Barraud, “Des bagues à toutes les époques et en particulier
de l’anneau des évêques et des abbés,” Bulletin Monumentale, vol. xxx,
p. 32.
[467] X. Barbier de Montault, “Le costume et les usages ecclésiastiques
selon la tradition romaine,” Paris, (1897), vol. i, p. 174, note.
[468] Cited by William Jones, “Finger-Ring Lore,” London, 1877. pp.
236, 237.
[469] Henry Harrod “On the Mantle and Ring of Widowhood,” Archæologia,
vol. xl, pt. 2, p. 308; London 1864.
[470] Op. cit., p. 309, citing Gough, “Sepulchral Monuments,” vol. i,
p. cxix.
[471] Giovanni B. Rampolli, “Annales Musulmani,” vol. viii, Milano,
1824, p. 544 _sqq._, note 90.
[472] Burton “Supplementary Nights,” London, 1886, vol. iii, p. 72,
note.
[473] The poems of Mohammed Hafiz of Shiraz, translated by John Payne,
London, 1901, vol. iii, p. 230; epodes II, 2.
[474] Lib. ii, cap 3; Platonis Dialogi, ed. Hermann, vol. iv, Lipsiæ,
1883, pp. 37, 38.
[475] Cæselii, “Commentarii antiquorum lectionum,” Venetiis, 1516, p.
141; lib. iii, cap. xxv.
[476] Hygini, “Astronomica,” ed. by Emile Chatelain and Paul Legendre,
Paris, 1909, p. 19. Bibliothèque de l’École des Hautes Études, Fasc.
168.
[477] King, “Handbook of Engraved Gems,” London, 1866, p. 184, citing
Ptolemy Hephaistion, bk. ii, and Suidas.
[478] This may have been the ring supposed to have been given by
Apollo, before the birth of Seleucus.
[479] Abrahami Gorlæi, “Dactyliotheca,” Delphi Batavorum, 1601, p. 3.
[480] F. H. Marshall “Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan
and Roman, in the British Museum,” London, 1907, pp. xxiii, xxxiii,
131, Plate XX, fig. 801.
[481] F. H. Marshall. “Catalogue of Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and
Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum,” London,
1907, p. xxxiii, No. 386; see Plate XII.
[482] Suetonii, “Nero,” cap. xlvi.
[483] Suetonii, “Galba,” cap. x.
[484] Flavii Josephi, “Antiquitates Judeorum,” Basileæ, 1540, p. 203.
[485] Luciani, “Opera Omnia,” ed. Jocobitz, Lipsiæ, 1881; Navigium, 42,
43, 44.
[486] Philopseudos, 17.
[487] Clementis Alexandrini, “Stromata,” lib. i.
[488] Longi, “De annulis signatoriis” Francofurti et Lipsiæ, 1709, p.
39.
[489] “Dictionnaire d’archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie,” ed. by
Dom Fernan Cabrol, vol. i, Pt. II, Paris, 1907, cols. 2215, 2216, s. v.
anneaux.
[490] Artemidori Daldiani et Achametis Sereini “Oneirocritica,”
Lutitiæ, 1603, p. 259.
[491] Rev. Oswald Cockayne, “Anglo-Saxon Leechdom,” vol. iii, London,
1866, pp. 199, 205, 215 in “A Book of Dreams by the Prophet Daniel.”
[492] Lebeau, “Histoire du Bas-Empire,” livre XIX; vol. iv, p. 307, ed.
Desaint et Saillant, Paris, 1759.
[493] St. Augustine, “De doctrina christiana,” lib. ii, cap. 20.
[494] Communicated by L. Weininger, of Vienna.
[495] Scheuzeri, “Itinera per Helvetiæ alpinas regiones,” Lug. Bat.,
723, vol. iii, pp. 381–383.
[496] See the present writer’s “The Magic of Jewels and Charms,”
Philadelphia and London, 1915, pp. 238, 239.
[497] Petrarchæ, Epistolarum libri, Lugduni, 1601, pp. 10, 11.
[498] Annales Lamberti, in Monum. Germ., vol. iii, p. 91.
[499] Monum. Germ. Script., vol. vii, p. 106.
[500] “The Edda,” by Winchell Faraday, Pt. II, London, 1903, pp. 16, 17.
[501] The history of “Reynard the Fox,” trans. and pub. by William
Caxton, 1481; ed. by Edmund Goldsmid, Edinburgh, 1884, vol. ii, pp. 55,
56. Privately printed.
[502] “Lapidario del Rey D. Alfonso X, codice original,” Madrid, 1881,
folios 3 recto, col. 2; 14 recto, col. 2; 106, verso, col. 2.
[503] Mauricii Pinder, “De adamante,” Berolini, 1829, p. 68.
[504] “Der grosse Wolfdietrich,” ed. Holtzmann, Heidelberg, 1865, pp.
243, 271.
[505] C. W. King, “Antique Gems and Rings,” London, 1872, p. 393;
citing “La vie, état et condition du pape Maleface, racontés par des
gens de foi.”
[506] “Die Gesta Romanorum,” ed. Wilhelm Dick, Erlangen, 1890, pp. 10,
11.
[507] Wirt Sikes: “British Goblins: Welsh folklore, fairy myths,
legends and traditions,” London, 1880, pp. 365–366.
[508] Pierre Lacroix, “Sciences et Lettres au Moyen Age,” Paris, 1877,
p. 238.
[509] Mason in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1865, Pt. II,
p. 200; Bastian, “Oestliches Asien,” vol. i, p. 146.
[510] Bishop Percy’s Folio Manuscript, ed. by John W. Hales and
Frederick J. Furnivall, London, 1868, Vol. II, p. 363.
[511] Slay.
[512] Ritson, “Ancient English Medical Romances,” London, 1802, vol. I,
p. 65.
[513] Jacobi Gaffarelli, “Curiositates inauditæ,” Hamburgi, 1706, p.
112; Latin trans. citing Alberti, “De mirabilibus,” tr. 3, cap. 3.
[514] Konrad von Megenberg, “Buch der Natur,” ed. by Dr. Franz
Pfeiffer, Stuttgart, 1861, p. 472.
[515] Catalogue of a collection of ancient and mediæval rings and
personal ornaments, London, 1853, p. 5. Privately printed.
[516] William Jones, “Credulities, Past and Present,” London, 1880, pp.
208–210.
[517] The Venetian artist, Paris Bordone (1500–1570) painted a picture
depicting the gondolier in the act of delivering St. Mark’s ring to the
Doge.
[518] Johannes Tritheim’s “Wunder-Buch,” Passau, 1506 (Reprint, p. 275).
[519] Luke iv, 30: “But he passing through the midst of them went his
way.” This refers to his escape at Nazareth from those who sought to
cast him down from the hill.
[520] O. M. Dalton, “Franks Bequest, Catalogue of the Finger Rings,
Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediæval and Later [British
Museum],” London, 1912, p. 138, Nos. 877, 878, 879; see Plate XV.
[521] Petri Lambeccii, “De Augustissima Bibliotheca Cæsarea” Vindobonæ,
1665, p. 28.
[522] Jacobi Gaffarelli, “Curiositates inauditæ,” Hamburgi, 1706, p.
118; Latin trans.
[523] William Jones, “Credulities Past and Present,” London, 1880, p.
211.
[524] Citing Beckmann, “Geschichte des Fürstentums Anhalt,” Dessau,
1722.
[525] William Jones, “Credulities Past and Present,” London, 1880, p.
177.
[526] “Cimeliotheca Musei Nationalis Hungarici,” Budæ, 1825, p. 55.
[527] Communicated by Mr. George Osborn.
[528] Berthold Laufer, “Jade, a Study in Chinese Archæology and
Religion,” Chicago, 1912, pp. 284, 285.
[529] Berthold Laufer, “Jade, a Study in Chinese Archæology and
Religion,” Chicago, 1912, pp. 210, 211; Field Museum of Natural
History, Pub. 154, Anthropological Series, Vol. X, citing A. Conrady in
preface to Stentz, “Beiträge zur Volkskunde Süd-Schantung’s,” p. 10.
[530] _Ibid._, p. 210.
[531] Communicated through Prof. Austin F. Rogers, Leland Stanford
University, by Mr. Wah S. Lee.
[532] Personal communication from Kien Taw Sein Ko, of Rangoon, Burma.
[533] Arthur A. Macdonel, “A History of Sanskrit Literature,” New York,
1914, pp. 354–358.
[534] Butler, “Court Life in Egypt,” London, 1880, pp. 238–242.
[535] Du Chaillu, “The Viking Age,” New York, 1889, vol. ii, pp. 310,
326.
[536] Torsten Kolmodin, “Lapparne och deres Land: Skildringar och
Studier,” Stockholm, 1914, Pt. III, p. 30.
[537] John Sterling, “The Onyx Ring,” Boston, 1850, xxii 263 pp. 8 vo.
[538] Catalogue of the Collection formed by Henry Philip Hope Esq.,
arranged and described by B. Herz, London, 1839, 6 + 112 p., 42 pl.,
folio; see p. 38, No. 3. Plate XI.
[539] _Ibid._, p. 86, No. 5.
[540] Communicated by the Rev. John Baer Stoudt, of Northampton, Pa.
[541] Jacobi Wolfii, “Curiosus amuletorum scrutator,” Francofurti &
Lipsiæ, 1692, pp. 660, 661.
[542] Julius Ruska, “Das Stienbuch des Aristoteles,” Heidelburg, 1912,
p. 6.
[543] Communicated by Mrs. Isabel Moore, formerly of Woodstock, N. Y.,
now in the Azores.
[544] O. M. Dalton, “Franks Bequest, Catalogue of the Finger Rings,
Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediæval and Later [British
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[545] George F. Kunz, “On five new American Meteorites,” American
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