Rings for the finger - George Frederick Kunz

“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]