H
- 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]
I
- 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]
J
- 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]
K
- 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]
L
- 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]