A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y

• A.
• Abraxas stones, 95.
• Ackmetchet, marriage at, 199.
• Agate, its supposed magical and medical powers, 104.
• Agnes, St., priest placing ring on finger of statue, 141.
• Ahlstan, ring of, 39.
• Aix-la-Chapelle, ring connected with the founding of, 138.
• Alderman’s thumb-ring, 90.
• Alexander’s ring, 20, 66, 156.
• Amethyst, its supposed magical and medical powers, 100.
• Amulet-rings found at Eltham, 120;
• at Coventry, 121;
• in antique urns, 121;
• worn by physicians, 122;
• Dano-Saxon amulet, 136;
• amulet against storms, 136.
• Andrea of Sicily and Jerusalem, 118.
• Anglo-Saxon rings and workmen, 25.
• Anne, Countess Dowager of Pembroke, 91.
• Anne of Brittany sends ring to James IV. of Scotland, 158.
• Annulus pronubus, 201.
• Anselm, investiture by ring, 81;
• and his miracles, 81.
• Antiochus Epiphanes, ring of, 66.
• Apis, sacred Egyptian bull, 32.
• Arabian princesses, wearing rings with little bells attached, 90.
• Archbishop’s investiture by ring, 80.
• Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso, 126.
• Arnulph’s dream about a ring, 81.
• Artery, supposed, in the fourth finger, 47, 206.
• Augustus, ring of, 67, 156.
• B.
• Bagaley’s account of Stanley, seventh Earl of Derby, 181.
• Baker, Sir Richard, 141.
• Balassius, (Ruby,) 102.
• Belt, ring in the form of, 37.
• Bertie, Richard, receives diamond ring from King of France, 159.
• Betrothal rings: Grecian, 196;
• in Esthonia, 197;
• among the Copts, 198;
• ceremony attendant on betrothal, 199, 201;
• betrothal rings in Germany, 200.
• Bishops, investiture by ring, 80, 83;
• sealed with rings in early times, 85.
• “Blood-stone” of Jeffreys, 184.
• Bloody Baker, 141.
• “Blue Ring,” 174.
• Borgia, Cæsar, his poisoned ring. 144.
• “Bot,” 137.
• Boyle, Richard, (Great Earl of Cork,) 160.
• Brand, Miss v., her vision, 125.
• Bran of Brittany, 226.
• Brian Borholme, 147.
• Britons, rings worn by, 24, 25.
• British Museum, rings in, 34.
• Bronze rings, seldom used by Egyptians, 26.
• Bronze ring, widening by pressure, 37.
• Bucentaur, the galley used on the Doge marrying the sea, 73.
• Bull (Apis) on a ring, 32.
• Byron, his mothers wedding-ring, 189.
• C.
• 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.
• D.
• Dactylomancy, or divination by rings, 111.
• Dactylotheca, Roman name for cases containing rings, 22, 155.
• Dano-Saxon amulet, 136.
• Darnley’s ring, 173.
• Death’s-head rings, 30.
• Devereux, Earl of, ring given by Queen Elizabeth to, 162.
• De Vesci, King John’s bad conduct towards the wife of, 157.
• Diamond, 41;
• on swivel in ring, 49;
• its magical and medical powers, 100, 101.
• Divination by rings, 111, 112.
• Doge marrying the sea, 73; his ring of office, 75.
• “Dolzbote;” 138.
• Domestic deities of the Romans, small iron rings used for, 229.
• Drennan, Dr., his lines to his wife with a ring, 232.
• Dschemid, said to have introduced the ring, 16.
• Dundee, ring in memory of the great Dundee, 187.
• E.
• Edward, St., ring of, 128.
• Edward the Confessor’s ring, 157.
• Egyptians, their rings, 17, 21, 26, 27, 34, 35;
• on what fingers worn, 47, 48;
• no evidence that they used a marriage-ring, 196.
• Eldon, Lord, desired his ring to be buried with him, 225.
• Eleusinian mysteries, rings given to the initiated, 96.
• Elizabeth of Poland, talismanic ring given by her to her son Andrea, 118.
• Elizabeth, Queen, medicinal ring sent to her by Lord Chancellor Hatton, 124;
• ring given by her to Essex, 162;
• her death, 164;
• ring given by her to Mary of Scotland, 168.
• Elk’s horn, piece of, worn in ring to cure epilepsy, 135.
• Emerald, its supposed medical and magical powers, 100, 103.
• Epilepsy cured by wearing ring, 133, 135.
• Essex-ring, 162, et seq.
• Esthonia, betrothal rings in, 197.
• Eternity, ring an emblem of, 21.
• Ethelwoulf, ring of, 156.
• Etruscan rings, 35, 36.
• Evil eye, charm-rings to act against it, 93.
• Execustus, his two enchanted rings, 112.
• F.
• Fingers on which rings are worn, 45, 46, 67, 86, 202;
• finger for betrothal ring, 201, 202;
• finger for wedding ring, 206.
• Fish, rings found in, 59.
• “Fisherman’s Ring,” 77.
• Fits, cured by ring, 132, 133.
• G.
• Gallienus frightening a dishonest jeweller, 57.
• Galvanic rings, 135.
• Gambler’s rings, 145.
• Gauls, rings used by, 24.
• German betrothal ring, 200.
• Gesta Romanorum, story from, 233.
• Gibbet, iron from it made into rings to cure diseases, 136.
• Gimmal ring, 192.
• Gimmow (or Gimmal) ring, 192.
• Godwin, Earl, 11, 12.
• Gold rings, generally used by the Egyptians, 26;
• Roman gold rings, 27.
• Gray bequeaths his rings, 220.
• Greeks, inscriptions on their rings, 36;
• had the wedding and betrothal ring, 195, 196.
• Greek urns, rings in, 18.
• Gresham, Sir Thomas, his gimmal ring, 194.
• Gyges, ring of, 126.
• H.
• Hand, on which hand rings are worn, 45, 47;
• with thumb and two forefingers extended, 83.
• Hannibal’s ring, 154.
• Hathaway, Anne, lines to, (note,) 11.
• Hatton, Chancellor, sending medicinal ring to Queen Elizabeth, 124.
• Hebrews, wore a number of rings, 49;
• as to their using a marriage-ring, 196-7.
• Heliogabalus, never wore the same ring twice, 46.
• Henry II. of England, his tomb, body, ring, 71.
• Heraldry, ring in, 58.
• Herbert’s enigma, 62.
• Household gods of the Romans, small iron rings for, 229;
• Croly’s lines on a gem representing a woman contemplating a household deity, 230.
• Hyacinth, its supposed medical and magical powers, 102.
• Hynd Horn, ballad of, 115.
• I. J.
• 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.
• K.
• Kean the elder, his ring, 189.
• Kerouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, takes two diamond rings from the hand of Charles II. when in his death-throes, 183.
• Key, ring with a key attached, 196.
• King’s evil cured by ring made from coffin-nails or screws, 132.
• Kings of Scotland, ring used at their coronation, bequeathed by Cardinal York to Prince Regent, 188.
• L.
• Lacedemonians, as to their inventing seal-rings, 17.
• Lambert Linkin, ballad of, 114.
• Law of rings, 50.
• Lawyers in Rome, clients presenting them with rings, 23.
• Lines with a ring, 232.
• L’Isle, Lord, 158.
• Lituus, 23.
• Louis IX. of France, 58.
• Love’s Telegraph, 54.
• M.
• Mad-stone, (note,) 109.
• Madoc’s ring, 157.
• Magnet in a ring, 31.
• Marriage, its ceremony through the Church, ordained by Innocent III., 195;
• marriage at Ackmetchet, 199.
• Marriage-ring, Grecian and Roman, 195, 196, 216;
• used at Ackmetchet, 199;
• marriage-rings had inscriptions, others a sealing part, 215, 220, 221;
• ancient one of silver with inscription, 220.
• Mary, Queen of Scots, talismanic ring offered to her by Lord Ruthven, 119;
• her nuptial ring, 168, 170;
• portrait of Mary in a ring at Bolsover Castle, 171;
• a ring (one portion) sent to her by Queen Elizabeth, 171.
• Matilda, wife of the Conqueror, her tomb, body, ring, 71.
• Matrons of Warsaw, part with their rings to coin into ducats for Polish struggle, 190.
• Medicinal rings, 122, 123, 124, 136.
• Mei Amores, upon a ring, 144.
• Mexican officers’ rings, 154.
• Michaelis, (physician,) had medical ring made of tooth of sea-horse, 136.
• Mithridates, ring of, 155.
• Money in the form of rings, 13.
• Months, Polish idea of their being under the influence of precious stones, 56.
• Moore, his mother’s gift of her wedding-ring, 223.
• N.
• Name-rings, 55.
• Navarre, College of, gives ring to Crichton, 188.
• Nelson, memorial rings of, 188.
• Nero’s ring, 156.
• Nottingham, Countess of, and her connection with the Essex ring, 163.
• Newton, Sir Isaac, his magnet-ring, 31;
• his tooth set in a ring, 189.
• O.
• O’Neils of Ulster, and Turlough Lynnoch, 190.
• Opal, its supposed medical and magical powers, 105.
• Ordeal of touch, 137.
• Order of the Ring, 51.
• Orpine plant, inserted in rings, 215.
• P.
• Palatius, (Ruby,) 102.
• Pallas, freed-man of Claudius, ring of, 19.
• Papal ring, 76, 78.
• Pearls, 28.
• Pelican and young upon a ring, 225.
• Pembroke, Anne, Countess Dowager of, 91.
• Persians, their seal-rings, 52, 67;
• bridegroom makes a present of a ring, 198.
• Pharaoh’s ring given to Joseph, 66, 151.
• Physicians’ rings, 49, 122.
• Pierce, Franklin, ring from California presented to, 43.
• Pio, Albert, anecdote of, 49.
• Pius II., ring of, 79.
• Plague-rings, 136.
• Poison carried in rings, 38, 154.
• Pompeii, marriage-ring found at, 196.
• Pompey’s ring, 155.
• Pope’s ring, 17, 78.
• Pope the poet, bequeathed rings, 222.
• Porcelain rings worn by the Egyptians, 27.
• Portsmouth, Duchess of, her taking diamond rings from the hand of Charles II. in the death throes, 183.
• Power, rings connected with, 65.
• Powhattan, (ship,) 224.
• Prometheus, and his wearing the first ring, 15, 16.
• Prussian maiden and the sacrifice of her hair, 190.
• Puritans set against the wedding-ring, 208.
• R.
• Richard II., directions in his will, 71.
• Riddle on a ring, 62.
• Ring-dropping, 145.
• Ring-money, 13.
• Roman Catholic marriages, 208.
• Roman flute players, rings worn by, 23.
• Roman lawyers, rings given to, by clients, 23.
• Roman urns, rings in, 19.
• Roman rings, 36;
• marriage-rings, 195.
• Roman senators and their rings, 66.
• Roman slave, 146.
• Roman knights, 24, 66, 90.
• Ruby, its supposed medical and magical powers, 102.
• Rubric, marriage in the Episcopal Church governed by, 204, 205.
• Ruthven, Lord, offers talismanic ring to Mary, Queen of Scots, 119.
• Rush-rings, 215.
• S.
• Sackvil, Duke of Dorset, ring given to him by King James, 175.
• St. Anne, ring of, 214.
• Samothracian talismanic ring, 94.
• Sapphire; its supposed medical and magical powers, 104.
• Scarabæus, form of seal, 17.
• Sea-horse’s tooth, Michaelis’s medical ring made of, 136.
• Seal-rings, when first used by ladies, 26.
• Sebert, his tomb, body, ring, 70.
• Serjeants at law, their rings and the ceremony relating to their presentation, 86.
• Sessa, ring found at, 216.
• Shakspeare’s signet-ring, 10, 161;
• bequeathed rings to his brother players, 222.
• Shoes, rings with shape of soles of shoes, 24.
• Signets with Sanscrit inscriptions, 17;
• importance given to signets in England, 53.
• Size of rings, Egyptian, 31, 32, 33.
• Slave, Roman, 146.
• Solomon’s magic ring, 113.
• Sonnet, by Davison, 195.
• Sore cured by touch of ring-finger, 132, 133.
• Spain, the power of a girl to compel marriage when a ring has been given, 198.
• Stanley, seventh Earl of Derby, his character and last gift of rings, 181.
• Statues, rings on, 22, 23, 24.
• Sterling’s story of the “Onyx Ring,” 116.
• Storms, amulet against, 136.
• “Sty” on the eye cured by rubbing with wedding-ring, 132.
• Subarrhation, the delivering of ring and other gifts, 203.
• Substances from which rings are formed, 26.
• Suphis, ring of, 149.
• Suffolk, Duchess of, 159.
• Symbolum, a term used for a ring, 13.
• Syrian legend, 115.
• T.
• Talismanic rings, 93;
• their form, 96.
• “Thee, Mary, with this ring I wed,” 231.
• Theseus, 14.
• Thieves’ rings, 145.
• Thumb-rings, 90, 91, 92.
• Toad-stone. 107.
• Topaz, its supposed medical and magical powers, 104.
• Trau (betrothal) ring in Germany, 200.
• Trent, Council of, 195, 204.
• Tristram, had a mystical ring, 127.
• Trophy, emblem on rings, 155.
• Turlough Lynnoch, his ring, 190.
• Turquoise, its supposed medical and magical powers, 106;
• turquoise ring sent by the Queen of Louis XII. to James IV. of Scotland, 158.
• U. V.
• Ungulus, Oscan word for ring, 13.
• Urns, rings in Greek urns, 18.
• Urns, rings in Roman urns, 19.
• Value of some ring, 54.
• Venus, story of placing ring on brazen, statue of this goddess, 139.
• Virgin, the, story of placing ring on finger of statue, 141.
• W.
• Walpole’s poesy upon a ring, 63.
• Warsaw, matrons of, give their wedding-rings to be coined in aid of the Polish struggle, 190.
• Warts, taken away by ring touching them, 132.
• Warwick, Sir Philip, intrusted with use of the ring of Charles I., 178.
• Washington bequeathed rings, 229.
• Wedding-ring touching wart to take it away, 132;
• rubbing on “sty” to cure it, ib.;
• Grecian and Roman wedding-rings, 195, 196;
• gold-wire rings given away at weddings, 213, 215;
• ancient silver ring, 220.
• Whistle connected with a ring, 38.
• Wire rings of gold given away at weddings, 213.
• Wound cured by touch of ring, 133.
• Y.
• York, Cardinal, his bequest of the ring used by kings of Scotland on their coronation, 188.

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