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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