Table of Contents
My Wife
Pledge Happy A Wedded Life Yon Cœur : Sans Peur.
X. Remarkable Rings
3 pages
Rings from the Earliest Period
34 pages
Nvs Amoris
ABES PROTEROS VGIAE Roman 'memorial' gift-rings. adopted for classic rings when used as memorial gifts. The first is inscribed, - You have…
Inxpo No
ME Anglo-Saxon ring, found near Bosington. a male head, round which is inscribed 'NOMEN EHLLA FID IN XPO,'-my name is Ella; my faith is in…
Tège Helldovicuni. Imperatorem
From the reign of Hugh Capet each King had his particular seal-ring. St. Louis had for device a ring interlaced with a garland of lilies…
Ring Superstitions
57 pages
Zara Za I Deze Vel
Outside DEBAL·6V T.6VTTANI Inside Talismanic ring 'The talismanic character of these mysterious words seems to be sufficiently proved by…
Salv Sre
Galen mentions a green jasper amulet belonging to the Egyptian King Nechepsus, who lived 630 years before the Christian era. It was cut in…
Secular Investiture by the Ring
12 pages
Rings in Connection with Ecclesiastical Usages
THE ring has, for many ages, formed a part of ecclesiastical insignia. It appears to have had a twofold purpose and signification, the one…
Rings in Ecclesiastical Usages
35 pages
Pivs.ix.pont. Max
'What is called the Annulus Piscatoris, or the "Fisherman's Ring," is the Pope's lesser seal, or signet, used for documents of minor…
Mariov
Inscription on a supposed religious ring, found at Carlisle. 'The annexed engraving represents a ring found, about 1790, in Stretly Park…
Betrothal and Wedding Rings
18 pages
Higsvsna Zavsrex
In the Braybrooke Collection is a splendid gold gemmel ring, with enamelled and jewelled twin or double hoops, which play one within…
Token Rings
10 pages
Memorial and Mortuary Rings
19 pages
Posy, Inscription, and Motto Rings
9 pages
Qvi Se Poet Garder Des Mavxdisans
(on a gold ring found on Flodden Field, in the possession of George Allen, Esq., of Darlington, 1785).
In God Is All
(on a silver ring found among the ruins of the Priory of St. Radigund, near Dover, in 1831).
Customs and Incidents in Connection with Rings
2 pages
Finger-Ring I.ore
were twenty-one oars on each side. Musical performers attended in another barge. The vessel left the Piazza of St. Mark under a salute of…
Customs and Incidents
18 pages
Remarkable Rings
15 pages
Thenri Lo Darnley
1565 Signet-ring of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Darnley ring. In the interesting 'Notices of Collections of Glyptic Art,' by the Rev. C…
Sant Lovis
Denys' (1646) this ring is thus described: 'L'anneau du mesme glorieux Roy Sainct Louis qui est précieux : il est d'or, semé de fleurs de…
Rings from the Earliest Period. P
4 pages
Betrothal and Wedding-Rings. P
I SHOULD not omit to mention the famous sermon of good Jeremy Taylor on 'a wedding-ring for the finger,' which is worthy the perusal not…
Ring Tokens
THE story of the ring given by Queen Elizabeth to the Earl of Essex is of such romantic interest that it is sad to destroy the charm by…
Tion of Finger-Rings
The Rings are divided into Two Grand Chronological Classes.
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…
Divided into Official and Personal
Rings of Popes, or with Papal insignia.
Signet Rings
38 a Heraldic, with Coats of Arms or Badges. 39b Merchants' Marks. 40 C Crowned Letters or Devices. 41 Letters without Crowns. e Other…
Love, Betrothal, and Marriage
45 h Tokens of Love. 46 í Posy Rings. 47 Giardinetti. 48 k Betrothal Rings. 49 I Gimmal Rings. 50 m Marriage Rings. 51 n Jewish Nuptial…
Historical Rings
56 $ Rings used by, or belonging to, Historical Persons. 57 t Rings commemorating Historical Events. 58 u Rings emblematical of particular…
Charm, Magic, and Medicinal
64 a a Cramp Rings. 65 bb Rings with Toadstones or other substances believed to possess medicinal virtues. 66 cc Astrological and…
Ornamental Rings
5 pages