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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