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]

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]