Cæsar’s ring, 156.
Caius Marius, 26.
California ring presented to President Pierce, 43.
Cameo, its origin, 156.
Canute, King, discovery of his tomb, body and ring, 70.
Carbuncle, 29.
Cardinal’s ring, 83.
Carey, Robert, Earl of Monmouth, takes the “Blue Ring” to James on
Queen Elizabeth’s decease, 174.
Catacombs of Rome, 89.
Cats cut upon Egyptian rings, 38.
Cecil, Earl of Salisbury. 49.
Chains of criminals made into rings to cure diseases, 136.
Chalcedony, its supposed magical power, 106.
Charlemagne, story connected with founding Aix-la-Chapelle, 138.
Charles I., supposed ring of this monarch given to a boy, 177;
his ring used by Sir Philip Warwick, 178;
mourning rings of this king, 179;
his hair used for rings, 180.
Charles II., Duchess of Portsmouth takes diamond rings from his hand
when on his death-bed, 183.
Charles VIII. of France, 145.
Charm rings, 93.
Cheops, ring of, 149.
Childeric, his tomb, body, ring, 71.
Christians, rings of early Christians, 39, 40.
Christians wearing talismanic rings, 119;
symbolical figures on the rings of early Christians, 203;
Christian marriage-ring copied from Romans, 205.
Coffin-nails or screws made into rings to cure king’s evil, 132.
Collar, pliable ring in the form of, 37.
College of Navarre, gives ring to Crichton, 188.
Commonwealth of England, inclined to abolish the ring in marriages,
208.
Convulsions cured by silver rings, 132.
Copts, betrothal ring used by them, 198.
Coral, its supposed magical power, 107.
Cork, Earl of, 160.
Cornelian rings found near the Pyramids, 26.
Cornelian, its magical and medical powers, 100, 105.
Coronation rings, 67.
Council of Trent, in relation to marriage, 195, 204.
Cramp rings, 128.
Cranmer using the ring of Henry VIII. before the Council, 72.
Creeping to cross, 130.
Crichton (the Admirable), ring given to him by the College of
Navarre, 188.
Criminals, chains of, made into rings to cure diseases, 136.
Croly’s lines on a gem representing a woman contemplating a
household god, 230.
Cupid and Psyche, on a Roman signet, 214.
Cupid with butterflies, on a ring, 144.