Rings for the finger

INDEX

Reading edition

Aah-hotep, Queen, signet of, 117

Abbots’ rings, 280

Abbott, Dr., Egyptian collection of, 118

Abbesses’ rings, 280

Aberdeen, Earl of, 339

Achametis, on dreams of rings, 298

Add-a-link ring, 93

Adjustable rings, 93

Adler, Cyrus, viii

Ælian, 32

African rings, 64, 83, 84, 328

Agate, 81, 87, 335

Agincourt, rings found on battlefield of, 165

Agla motto on healing rings, 339

Agricola, Johannes, on healing rings, 351

Ahasuerus, signet of, 116

Ahlstan, Bishop of Sherbourne, ring of, 271

Albert, Prince, 225

Albertus Magnus, on virtues of talismans, 311

Alexander the Great, signet of, 123

Alfonso X, Lapidario of, 304, 305

Alfonso XIII, old usage said to have been observed at marriage of, 213

Alliot, Hector, viii

Amber, 104, 341

entire rings of, 104

Ambrose, St., 128

Amelia, Princess, Memorial ring of, 43

Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), ring of, 67

American Museum of Natural History, 65

American rings, 17–30, 47, 84, 85, 108

Amethyst, 34, 50, 73, 86, 111, 125, 126, 158, 227, 252, 279, 328, 335

Andalusite, 86

Anglo-Saxon rings, 195

of Bishop Ahlstan, 271

of Ethelswith, 173, 174

of Ethelwulf, 173, 174

Anhalt, princess of, magic ring of, 316, 317

Annay, Sir William d’, ring given to by Richard Cœur-de-Lion, 177

Anne, St., betrothal ring of, 261

Anne of Denmark, 189

Antiochus IV, Epiphanes, signet of, 125

Antoninus Pius, head of, on signet, 140

Anularius, a ring-maker, 16

Anuli natalitii, 15

Anulus pronubus, 193

Apollonius of Tyana, magic rings of, 296, 325

Aquamarine, 158

Aquinas, St. Thomas, 211

Arabic rings, Mohammed’s seal, 141

with carnelians, 141

mottoes and devices on, 142

Archæological Institute, London, 73

Archers’ rings, 87, 105–108

Aristophanes, of rings, 9

Aristotle, blamed by Plato for wearing rings, 32

Arnulphus, Bishop of Metz, ring of, 269

Art nouveau rings, 87

Artemidora, mummy-case of, 51

Artemidorus, rings in dream-book of, 37

Arundel collection, 171

Arundel, Thomas, keeper of jewels of Edward the Confessor’s shrine, 175

Assyrian and Babylonian rings, 3

ancient contract as to emerald set in one, 4, 5

Assyrian jewellers’ firm, 4

Astle, Thomas, 155

Astrolabe ring, 88

Auckland, Lord, 101

Augustine, St., 299

Augustus, 336, 347

signet of, 130, 131

Aurelian’s seal ring, 133

Austrian rings, 87, 110

Avery, Samuel P., 66

Avitus, Archbishop of Vienne, letter of, describing ring, 266, 267, 277

Aztecs, treasures of the, 19

silversmiths of the, 20

finger-rings of the, 20

Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, 76

Bacon, Francis, on telepathic test with a ring, 326, 327

Bacula, little rod for rings, 55

Bagobos of Philippine Islands, superstitions of the, 352

Balas-ruby, 276

Bardel, W., x

Barlow, Hon. Peter T., vii, 153

Barr, Miss Ada M., vii

Barrow, F. H., viii

Beatty, W. Gedney, vii

Beauvoisin, Mlle. de, rings owned by, 76

Becket, St. Thomas à, ring taken from shrine of, 182, 183

Beefsteak Club memorial rings, 47

Benedict XIV, 281

Bequests of signets, 149

Berghem Lodowyck van (Louis de Berquen) cuts diamonds for Charles the Bold, 215

Béquet, Albert, 59

Berlin Mineralogical Museum, 108

Berlin Royal Museum, 67

Bernard of Clairvaux, St., signet of, 145

Bernhard IV, Margrave of Baden, portrait of, 62

Berteildis, wife of Dagobert I, signet of, 138

Beryl, 134, 158, 252, 334, 335

Besborough collection, 73

Betrothal rings, see wedding rings

Bible, rings mentioned in the, 1, 115, 116, 336

Bibliothèque Nationale, 162

Bibliothèque du Roi (later Bibliothèque Nationale), 139

Bingham, Hiram, viii

Inca rings found by, in Peru, 83

Bishop, Heber R., collection, 55, 105, 106

Bishops’ rings, of Allstan, Bishop of Sherborne, 271

of Arnulphus, Bishop of Metz, 269

of Ebba, Bishop of Rheims, 270

of Bishop of Flambard, 275

of Bishop Geoffroy Rufus, 275

of Archbishop Greenfield, 272

of Bishop Hervée, 273

of Hilary, Bishop of Chichester, 272

Innocent III’s definition of, 273

of Archbishop Parker, 276

of Seffrid, Bishop of Chichester, 272

of Archbishop Sewell, 272

of Archbishop Sigfroi, 274

of Bishop John Stanberry, 275

stolen by Piers Gaveston, 276

set with green tourmalines, 276

of Bishop William of St. Barbara, 275

of Bishop Wykeham, 275

of Wytlesey, Archbishop of Canterbury, 275

Blake, W. W., ix

Blakeslee collection, portraits in, showing ring wearing, 62

Bloodstone, 158, 191, 331

Bohemian garnet wings, 109

Boleyn, Anne, sends “cramp rings,” 343

Boniface IV, mention of pontifical ring in decree of, 267

Boniface VIII, ring found in tomb of, 273

magic ring of, 306

Bonza, Buddhist priest, rings made by, 82

Boog, Theodore de, xi

“Book of Thetel,” magic ring described in, 311

Borde, Andrew, on cramp rings, 343

Borgia, Cesare, motto in poison-ring of, 37

Borgia, Lucrezia, rings at betrothal of, 215

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

“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

Quicksilver rings, 328, 351

Rabbies’ rings, 252, 253

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

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

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

Ulysses, ring of, 8

United States National Museum, 85

University Galleries, Oxford, 60

University of Pennsylvania, excavations at Nippur by, 4

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

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

Xerxes, signet of, 122

“Ywaine and Gawin,” romance, magic ring in, 310

Zerubbabel, ring of, 135

Zick, Stephan, ivory ring made by, 75

Zircon (jacinth,) 78, 86, 124, 340

Zodiacal rings, 85, 328, 329