The facts we have gathered about finger-rings are scattered over the history of many ages and nations; and in the selection of illustrations we have been guided by their historic value as well as their artistic merits, so that they may be referred to as authorities to test the age and country of other works of their class, if brought to them for comparison.
[74-*] “History and Poetry of Finger-rings.”
[74-†] Genesis, chap. xxxviii.
[75-*] “Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians,” vol. iii. p. 373.
[82-*] Barrera, “History of Gems and Jewels.”
[83-*] “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” chap. xxv.
[83-†] “The History and Poetry of Finger-rings,” by Charles Edwards.
[89-*] “Antiquité Expliquée et Representée en Figures.”
[96-*] “Account of Excavations at Harnham Hill.” Archæologia, vol. xxxv.