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Ornamental Rings: Irish

GEM Gems mounted in Roman rings, 30, 40 Gemmel rings, 313, 318 Gentlemen formerly distinguished by rings, 446 George III., ring-token to, 352 German 'liberation' rings, 448 Germans, interchange of rings among the, 310 'Gesta-Romanorum,' ring stories in the, 124 'Giardinetti' rings, 79 Gift-rings of the Romans, 46 Glasgow, ring in the arms of the city of, 98 Gnostic rings, 107 Gold ring at Irish weddings, 173 Gray the poet, bequest of rings by, 374 Greece, interchange of rings in modern, 311 Greek Church, rings how worn in the, 293 Græco-Egyptian gold rings, 7 Greek ring in form of a crescent, 26 - and Roman rings, 18, 50 charm rings, 103, 113 Gresham, wedding-ring of Sir Thomas, 319 Gretna Green marriages, 283 Grey, linked rings of Lady, 317 Gundulf, ring of Bishop, 213 Gyges, ring of, 96, 508 HATTON, charm ring of Lord Chancellor, 161 Hebrew betrothal and marriagerings, 298 Henrietta Maria, ring of Queen, 493 Henry VII., charm ring of, 133 Henry of Worcester, ring of, 230 Henry IV. of Germany, ring-token sent by, 326 Heraldic ring, 481 Hereford Cathedral, rings found in, 227 Herrick on the wedding-ring, 276 'Heth,' the sacred name inscribed on rings, 140 Hilary, ring of Bishop, 225 Hoof-rings, charmed, 153 KEN IDENTIFICATION by means of rings, 426 Incidents and customs in connection with rings, 419 Indian rings, 78, 84 Inscription rings, 390, 417 Inscriptions on glass with diamond rings, 77 Interchange of rings among the Germans, 310 Investiture of Abbots with rings, 231 - - Bishops with rings, 215 - Cardinals with rings, 215 Novices with rings, 232 secular, by the ring, 177 Ipomydon, ring-token given to, 327 Irish Academy, episcopal ring in the Royal, 230 Irish, early, rings, 61, 65 weddings, gold rings at, 173 Iron rings of the Romans, 25, 303 French lines on, 303 Ishtar, legend of, 7 Italian rings, 76, 310 Ivory Egyptian rings, 8 - Trinity rings, 487 J AMES of Scotland, ring-token sent by King, 327 Jasper amulet-rings, 148 Jeffreys, token-ring given to Judge, 351 Jet, talismanic virtues of, 106 Jews, betrothal and marriage-rings of the, 298 covenant-rings of the, 297 - ring worn by the High Priest of the, 91 John, token-rings sent to, 325 - ring of the Order of St., 193 Johnson, wedding-ring of Dr., 279 Josephus, account of charm-rings by, 92 on the rings of the Israelites, 3 Jupiter, the planet, propitious for weddings, 94 KENILWORTH Castle, ring Kensington Museum, memorial rings in the, 388 Kentigern, legend of St., 98 INDEX.

KEY Key-rings, Roman, 45, 51, 293 Keys delivered at weddings, 294 Kilsyth, loss of a ring by Lady, 167 Kings buried with their rings, 385 Kirchmann on episcopal rings, 210 Knight Hospitaller, ring of a, 196 Knight, legend of the cruel, 99 Knighthood, rings of, 181 I ACEDEMONIAN rings, 18 Lawsuits, rings an authority in, 184 Legacy of rings to shrines, 244 Legend of St. Agnes and the ring, 239 238 - 133 -- Catherine and the ring, the fish and the ring, 98, 510 'Royal of France' jewel, Marianson and the rings, 354 --St. Mark's ring, 119 131 -- - - 143 a ring derived from the North, the 'Pilgrim' ring, 117, 516 Three Kings of Cologne, - Lady of Toggenburg, 354 - a ring of espousals received from Our Saviour, 237 129 on the statue of Venus, Lines on wedding-rings, 276 Lion, King-at-Arms, ring given to, 194 Loadstone set in wedding-rings, 304 Londesborough Collection, charmring against the 'Evil Eye' in the, 153 decade ring of Delhi work in the, 253 - - early Christian ring in the, 47 episcopal ring in the, 230 gemmel rings in the, 319 - Jewish marriage-rings in the, 298 314 jointed betrothal ring in the, Irish rings in the, 61 - Italian rings in the, 76 later period rings in the, 75 love gift ring, 47. 'Lucretia' ring in the, 318 magical thumb-ring in the, 89 MEC Londesborough Collection, mecha- nical mystic ring in the, 147 memorial and mortuary rings in the, 373 - Moorish rings in the, 83 mortuary rings in the, 383 motto ring in the, 416 Papal ring in the, 208 'religious' ring in the, 251 - ring of Bishop Thierry in the, 204 toadstone rings in the, 157 Lost rings, singular recovery of, 436 Louis XII., rings of, 461, 469 Love-knots, rings with, 414 Love-pledges, rings as, 283 Lucretia, rings with representations of, 318 Luther, betrothal and marriagerings of Martin, 481 Lynnoch, Turlough, signet-ring of, 194 MAGI, rings of the, 143 Magical thumb-rings, 89 Maintenon, ring of Madame de, 469 Man, ring-custom in the Isle of, 443 Mantle and ring, vows taken with, 241 Mark, ring of St., 119 Marlborough gem-rings, 461 Marriage-ring of the Doge of Venice, 99, 419, 529 Marriages, fleet, 282 Gretna Green, 283 Marriage ring of Joseph and the Virgin Mary, 93, 505 of prelates, 234 237 Archbishop Rich to the Virgin, Martin, rings of St., 285 Martyrs and saints, relics of, in rings, 142 Mary, Queen of Scots, investiture rings of, 182 - signet-ring of, 459, 478 Massinissa and Sophonisba, figures of, on a ring, 38 Materials of wedding-rings, 285, Mayhew, ring of Bishop, 227 Mecca, rings of, 17 Mechanical mystic ring, 147 MED INDEX.