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Ornamental Rings: Virgin

RIN Rings, 'Vertuosus,' 162, 355 offered to the Virgin, 130 watch, 494 in wedding cakes, 170 possets, 173 given at wrestling-matches, 195 wedding, how worn, 291, 293 blessing wedding, 288 of espousals to the Virgin, 237 mentioned in wardrobe books, 228 - thumb wedding, 289 of the Virgin in Raphael's Sponzalizio, 291 ancient origin of wedding, 297 whistle, 494 worn on particular days, 165 zodiacal, 110 SANCTITY of the Popes aisregarded, 202 Sapphires, episcopal rings set with, 217 Saxon rings found at Cuerdale, 63 Scarabæus on rings, 5 Schliemann's, Dr., discoveries at Troy (?), 32 Scots, wedding-ring of Mary, Queen of, 280 Scott, Sir Walter, on superstitious charms, 132 Season-rings of the Romans, 28, 30 Sebek-nefru, signet-ring of, 7 Secular investiture by the ring, 177 Seffrid, ring of Bishop, 225 Serjeants' rings, 186 Seymour ring, the, 480 Shakspeare, rings bequeathed by, 359 - the ring (presumed) of, 484 Shrine of Thomas à Becket, ring from the, 247 -- the Magi, 144 Shrines, legacies of rings to, 244, 259 Sicily, supposed ring of Roger, King of, 465 Sidney, rings bequeathed by Sir Philip, 358 Sigebert, supposed ring of King, 70 Sigil charms, 113 Signet-ring of Sennacherib, 9 Singer, collection of posy-rings by Mr. J. W., 394 TOO Singular mode of securing rings, 449 Soden Smith, rings in the collection of Mr. R. H., 230, 502 Solomon's ring, 91, 503 Southey on zodiacal signs, 109 Spain, ring-customs in, 312 Spanish rings, 79 Squirt rings, 493 Stone and silver rings of the Romans, 31 Stuart rings, the, 492 Suckling, lines on a wedding-ring, by Sir John, 287 Superstitions connected with the carbuncle, 159 160 change of colours in jewels, gold rings, 175 rings generally, 91 toadstone, 156 turquoise, 159 TALISMANIC ring, remarkable gold, 95 Tau-rings, mystic character of, 155 Thierry, ring of Bishop, 204 Thumb-rings, allusions to, 88 magical, 89 - of the Romans, 29 364 worn in token of widowhood, Tippoo Saib, rings of, 490 Toadstone rings, virtues of, 157 Token-rings, Charles II., 350 Earl of Derby, 348 Duke of Dorset, 347 Edward I., 324 Queen Elizabeth, 340 Earl of Essex, 336, 528 George III., 352 Queen Henrietta Maria, 349 Henry VIII., 334, 335 Henry IV. of Germany, 326 James of Scotland, 327 King John, 325, 332 Margaret of Scotland, 333 Queen Mary, 335 Mary, Queen of Scots, 340 Viscount Melgum, 350 King Oswald, 324 Sir John Perrot, 344 Earl of Toulouse, 327 Tooth rings, 495 INDEX.

TOU Tournaments, rings given at, 197 Trinity rings, 248, 254 - ivory rings, 487 Troy, discoveries on the (presumed) site of, 32 Turquoise rings, the gage d'amour of the Germans, 159 - their magical virtues, 158 VALENTINE'S DAY, rings given on St., 422 Venetian rings, 76 weddings, rings at, 311 - reliquary ring, 143 Venice, marriage-ring of the Doge of, 99, 419, 529 - saved by St. Mark's ring, 119 'Vertuosus' rings, 162, 355 Virgin, gifts of rings to the, 130 Virtues of a loadstone ring, 156 - turquoise ring, 158 -- the ring-finger, 155 Votive rings of the Romans, 44 Vow of chastity with mantle and ring, 241 with a ring, 183 WALES, the Prince of, invested Walton, rings bequeathed by Izaak, 360 Wardrobe books, rings mentioned in the, 228 Warwick, ring-token sent by Guy, Earl of, 331 Washington, bequest of rings by, 363 Watch set in a ring, 494 Waterton Collection, curious South Saxon ring in the, 60 ecclesiastical ring with figure of Christ, in the, 264 - - Egyptian rings in the, 13 episcopal ring in the, 230 Etruscan ring in the, 15 Gnostic rings in the, 107 Greek and Roman rings in the, 50 - Papal rings in the, 207 - ring on the forefinger of a statue in the, 291 Wedding-rings, ancient origin of, mentioned in ancient rituals, ZOD Wedding-ring, blessing the, 288 of the Claddughs,' 320 during the Commonwealth, given by the Prince Regent, 288, 290 296 - 289 Princess Royal, 296 Queen Victoria, 296 plain gold, 295 how worn, 291 several, worn at marriages, worn on the thumb, 289 one of the smallest, 287 of the German Jews, 302 in cakes, 170 ring of the Rev. George Bull, 290 - - James II., 281 Mrs. Johnson, 279 Mary, Queen of Scots, 280 Mrs. Moore, 280 Baron Rosen, 281 lines by Suckling on a, 287 Woodward on a, 277 Customs of the Russians, 174 Wells, rings belonging to the Dean and Chapter of, 231 Whistle rings, 494 William of Wyckham, ring of, 226 Winchester Cathedral, rings belonging to the Dean and Chapter of, - 226 - ring found in the tomb of William Rufus in, 385 Pontifical Wire-rings of the Saxons, 58 Worcester Cathedral, rings found in, 209 'Worsley' seal-ring, the, 467 Wotton, rings bequeathed by Sir Henry, 359 Wrestling, prize-rings for, 195 XERXES, a great gem-fancier, 16 of the, 109 ZODIAC, astrological definition Montfaucon's singular theory of the, 109 Zodiacal signs, Southey on, 109 NN