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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Divided into Official and Personal

OFFICIAL.

ECCLESIASTICAL.

Rings of Popes, or with Papal insignia.

Rings of Cardinals, or with Cardinals' insignia.

Rings of Archbishops or Bishops, or with Episcopal insignia.

Rings of Abbots and Priors, or Abbesses or Prioresses. Rings of other Ecclesiastical Dignitaries.

CIVIL. 32 F Rings bearing the insignia of Sovereigns, not being Signet Rings. 33 Rings of Investiture. 34 Credential Rings. 35 Presentation Rings (Sergeants). 36 R Masonic Rings.

MILITARY. 37 Rings worn by Knights of various orders.

Knights of Malta. وو دو Templars.

St. John of Jerusalem.

PERSONAL.

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