Rings for the finger - George Frederick Kunz

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]