Rings from the Earliest Period
Rings from the Earliest Period (Use of signet-rings as symbols)
THE use of signet-rings as symbols of great respect and authority is mentioned in several parts of the Holy Scriptures, from which it would…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Moses
The earliest materials of which rings were made was of pure gold, and the metal usually very thin. The Israelitish people wore not only…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Egyptian
Rings of inferior metal, engraved with the king's name, may, probably, have been worn by officials of the court. In the Londesborough…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Ishtar
At a meeting of the Society of Biblical Archæology, in June 1873, Dr. H. F. Talbot, F.R.S., read an interesting paper on the legend of…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Etruscan
On this subject the Rev. C. W. King remarks that gold rings, even of the Etruscan period, are very rare, the signets of that nation still…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Fairholt
Fairholt, in Rambles of an Archæologist,' describes an ancient Etruscan ring in the British Museum, with chimeræ on it opposing each other…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Tavernier
Tavernier states in his 'Travels' that the Persians did not make gold rings, their religion forbidding the wearing of any article of that…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Etruscans
The Etruscans and the Sabines wore rings at the period of the foundation of Rome, 753 b.c.
Rings from the Earliest Period: Roman (Etruscan At a meeting)
Etruscan At a meeting of the Archæological Institute (May 3, 1850) the Dowager Duchess of Cleveland exhibited a curious Roman ring of pure…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Greek
A singular discovery of Roman relics was made in 1824 at Terling Place, near Witham, Essex, by some workmen forming a new road; the earth…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Marius
In Rome every freeman had the right to use the iron ring, which was worn to the last period of the Republic, by such men as loved the…
Rings from the Earliest Period: According
Juvenal alludes to the 'season' rings :- Charged with light summer rings his fingers sweat, Unable to support a gem of weight. 6 It The…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Romans (Rock crystal appears to have)
Rock crystal appears to have been much in use among the Romans for making solid finger-rings carved out of one single piece, the face…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Alexander
On the ring of Julius Cæsar was a representation of an armed Venus, as he claimed to be a descendant of the goddess. This device was…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Victory
At a meeting of the Archæological Institute at Norwich in 1847 a fine gold Roman ring found at Caistor was exhibited, set with an intaglio…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Masinissa
The following engraving (from Gorlæus) refers to the story of Masinissa and Sophonisba, well known to classical readers. She was betrothed…
Rings from the Earliest Period (Jewel-case of a Roman lady)
jewel-case of a Roman lady containing a complete trousseau, including rings: one is of gold, the hoop slightly ovular, and curving upward…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Roman (Found at Lyons)
Boeckh's Inscriptions (dating from the Peloponnesian War) enumerate in the Treasury of the Parthenon, among other sacred jewels, the…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Romans (Roman Key-rings When a person)
Roman 'Key-rings.' When a person, at the point of death, delivered his ring to anyone, it was esteemed a mark of particular affection. The…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Herculaneum
In the Museum at Naples are two fine specimens of rings discovered at Herculaneum and Pompeii, illustrations of which are here given from…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Saxon
Among our British, Saxon, and Mediæval ancestors, rings were in common use. Pliny ('Hist. Nat.' lib. xxxiii. c. 6) mentions, that the…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Ethelwulf
Anglo-Saxon period which have been discovered would not discredit the workmanship of a modern artificer. One of the most interesting relics…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Mercians
In connexion with this valuable relic is the gold ring of Æthelswith, Queen of Mercia, the property of the Rev. W. Greenwell, F.S.A., by…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Anglo-Saxon
Rings were given in Anglo-Saxon times to propitiate royal favours. Thus, towards the end of the tenth century, Beorhtric, a wealthy noble…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Alhstan
The Alhstan ring, engraved and described in the 'Archæologia' (vol. iv. p. 47), is in the Waterton Collection. Some observations on this…
Rings from the Earliest Period (Being also twisted these two)
of being also twisted; these two have been twined together to form one ring.
Rings from the Earliest Period (With a zigzag punched ornament)
with a zigzag punched ornament round it. This ring was found in the neighbourhood of Bristol.
Rings from the Earliest Period: Collection
Of the later period of ring-decoration there are some splendid specimens in various collections. Mr. Fairholt, in his 'Facts about…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Italian
Rings of Italian workmanship of a late period are remarkably beautiful. Venice particularly excelled in this art. In the Londesborough…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Henry
A similar story is recorded of Henry the Fourth of France and the Duke of Montpensier. The latter had written with his diamond ring on a…
Rings from the Earliest Period: French
Annexed are representations of some remarkably fine rings (French) dating from the close French. of the fourteenth century or the…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Moorish
In the Londesborough Collection is a triplicate of Moorish rings, which will enable us to understand their peculiarities. One has a large…
Rings from the Earliest Period: Hereford
A brass signet-ring found in the Cathedral Close at Hereford, bears for impress a kind of merchant's mark, a cross, with the lower…
Rings from the Earliest Period: English
To the practice of English ladies wearing, formerly, the wedding-ring on the thumb I have alluded in the chapter on 'Betrothal and…