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INDEX

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

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