Rings for the finger

by George Frederick Kunz

C

• 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]

D

• 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]

E

• 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]

F

• 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]

G

• 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]