Indian Brahmins, 95.
Innocent III. ordered the celebration of marriage through the
church, 195.
Inscriptions on Greek and Roman rings, 36.
Investiture by ring and staff, 80, 81, 82.
Ireland, diamond found in, 41.
Iron, rings of, 26, 27, 94, 229;
iron from gibbets made into rings to cure diseases, 136;
iron rings containing the Prussian maiden’s hair, 191.
Ivory rings worn by the Egyptians, 27.
Jacinth, its supposed medical and magical powers, 102.
James IV. of Scotland, receiving a turquoise ring from Anne of
Brittany, 158.
Jasper, its supposed superior healing and magical powers, 99, 105.
Jeffreys and his “Blood-stone,” 184.
Jewish marriage, and use of ring at it, 208.
Joan of Naples, 118.
John, King of England, his bad conduct in relation to the wife of
De Vesci, 157.
Johnson, Dr., his care of his wife’s wedding-ring, 222.
Joseph, ring given by Pharaoh to, 66, 151.
Judah and Tamar, 20.