Finger-Ring Lore

Everything a Victorian antiquary could gather about rings: betrothal and mourning, poison rings and papal rings, the superstitions attached to every stone, and the rings dug from the presumed site of Troy.

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Class I. Antique

Arranged according to the various nations in the order of their antiquity or pre-eminence. 15 O 16 P Celtic. 17 Q Scandinavian. 20 T Frankish (Merovingian). 18 R Teutonic. 19 S Gaulish. 20 8 H Roman. 21 U Ancient British. 9 I Early Christian. 22 V Ancient Scotch.

IO J Byzantine. 23 W Ancient Irish.

II K Hindoo. 24 Anglo-Saxon (Early). 12 L Persian. 25 - Y 13 M Sassanian. 26 Z Unascertained and and 14 N Gnostic.

Miscellaneous.

MM2 APPENDIX. 27 A 28 13 29 30 31

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