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69 ff Rings with Precious Stones, according to their kind. APPENDIX. 70 gg Rings set with enamels, paste, or other ornaments, having no special meaning. 71 hh Peasants' Rings. 72 í í ASIATIC, including Modern Persian, Hindoo, and Chinese. 73 kk AFRICAN. 74 II MISCELLANEOUS RINGS, which group will contain all such as cannot be brought under the other heads of classification, such as whistle-rings, puzzle-rings, squirt-rings, jointed rings to form devices, rings with watches, dials, compasses, &c. 75 mm Rings made of strange and unusual materials, not being metal. 76 nn Unascertained.
Additional Note.
In the chapter on 'Memorial and Mortuary Rings' (page 378), I have related the circumstance of an Arabian princess in Yemen, who had been buried with her rings and other jewels; a tableť recording that she had vainly endeavoured to exchange them for flour during the great famine mentioned in the Holy Scriptures.
A singular incident of this character is stated in Forbes's 'India' (vol. ii. p. 18): 'The present finest mausoleum in Cambaya was erected to the memory of a Mogul of great rank, who, during a famine which almost depopulated that part of the country, offered a measure of pearls for an equal quantity of grain; but not being able to procure food at any price, he died of hunger, and this history is related on his monument.' INDEX. 231 ABB ABBOTS invested with the ring, 'Abraxas,' definition of, 139 Adriatic, marriage of the Doge of Venice with the, 419, 529 'Agla,' the mystic word inscribed on rings, 137 Agnes, legend of the saint and the ring, 239 Alcock, Bishop, on consecration of nuns, 233 Alexandrinus, Clemens, advice on rings, 39 'Alhstan' ring, the, 62 Amelia, memorial ring of the Princess, 375 American ring, gigantic, 488 Amulet-rings, 103, 126, 138, 166, 140, 141, 147 Ancient custom of Archbishops of Rouen, 211 Anecdote of a mourning-ring used at a wedding, 449 Angelo, ring of Michael, 470 Anglo-Saxons, betrothal rings of the, 306 Anne, mourning ring of Queen, 373 'Annuli Ecclesiæ,' Bishops' rings so called, 212 Antique intaglio rings with mottoes, 418 Antoinette, ring of Queen Marie, 374 Apollo and Marsyas, ring of, 470 Archery, rings prizes for, 444 Armenians, betrothal rings among the, 312 Arnulphus, ring of Bishop, 228 BIS Arundel Collection of gem-rings, 462 Ashantee, rings from, 455 Astrological rings, 108 BAILEWSKI Collection, Jewish ring in the, 300 Bards rewarded with rings, 192 Bavarian peasant's ring, 84 Becket, ring from the shrine of Thomas à, 247 'Beef Steak' Club, ring of the, 193 Bequests of rings, 355 Berquem, rings engraved by Louis de, 450 Berry, Lady, the fish and the ring, IOO Bessborough Collection of gemrings, 462 religious ring in the, 258 Betrothal and wedding rings, 275, 526 of the Jews, 298, 299 Romans, 303 Anglo-Saxons, 306 Germans, 310 Italians, 310 Middle Ages, 307 Armenians, 312 in the North, 305 Gresham, 318 481 of Sir Thomas - Martin Luther, rings divided, 309, 316 Bishops buried with rings, 203 rings used to seal baptismal fonts, 212 BIS INDEX.
CRO Bishops' rings, manner of benediction, 219 of investiture, 209, 213 engravings on, 212 used as signets, 213 importance attached to, 213 how worn, 218 resignation of, by the ring, 211 rings taken from degraded, 218 Bitton, ring of Bishop de, 228 Blaize, rings on the fingers of St., 221 Blessing of coronation-rings, 179 - cramp-rings, 163, 522 Boccaccio's fable of the three rings, 451 Bonomi, M., on Pharaoh's ring, I Borgias, poison rings of the, 434 Bowet, ring of Archbishop, 225 Braybrooke Collection, Jewish marriage rings in the, 299 - Gemmel ring in the, 321 - rings with death's-heads in the, 372 - - ring of Pope Boniface in the, - pilgrims' rings in the, 265 207 Roman and Romano-British rings in the, 41 371 Royalist mourning ring in the, mourning rings of Mary and William III. in the, 374 mortuary ring in the, 383 ring of Tippoo Saib in the, 490 nun's ring in the, 240 --thumb-ring in the, 89 Bribe rings, 444 Bride-cake, rings placed in, 171 British Museum, gem-rings in the, 459 Brooches and rings, 74 Bunyan, ring of John, 495 Burnet, bequest of ring by Bishop, 363 Bursting of rings a bad omen, 168 'Bury' wills, bequests of rings in the, 356 Byron, lines by, on the weddingring, 277 CABALISTIC ABALISTIC ring, 139 ring of Bishop de, Carbuncle rings, 159 Cardinals buried with rings, 203 invested with rings, 215 - rings laid aside on Good Friday, 216 Castellani Collection, rings in the, 46 Catherine, legend of the spousal ring of St., 238 Chaplet, origin of the, 252 Chariclea, famous ring of, 463 Charles I., signet ring of, 461 memorial rings of, 366 Charles II., rings stolen from, 452 - signet-ring of, 461 mourning-ring of, 371 Charlemagne charmed by a ring, 115 Charm rings of the Greeks and Romans, 10з -- Benvenuto Cellini on, 105 of the Oxford Conjurer, 132 Charms, Sigil, 113 Charters confirmed by rings, 184 Chichester, rings belonging to the Dean and Chapter of, 225 Childeric, ring of King, 386 Christ, espousals to, 233 Christian rings, representations on, 38, 258 Claddugh wedding-rings, 320 Clerical fondness for rings, 220 Clovis, ring-token of King, 323 Cockatrice, mystic properties of the, 152 Cologne, legend of the Three Kings of, 143 Colour, change of, in jewels evil portents, 160 Commonwealth, rings during the, 288 Cork, ring-token to the Earl of, 35 Cornwall, ancient signet-ring found in, 266 Coronation rings, 177 - ring of Queen Elizabeth, 165 James II., 177 Coronets on rings, 475 Cotterell, curious ring bequeathed by Sir Charles, 361 Cramp-rings, 162, 522 Cranmer, ring of Archbishop, 217 Cromwell crest, ring on the, 421 Cross, the true, wood of in rings, INDEX.
CRY Crystallomancy, 100 Cuerdale, Saxon rings found at, 63 Curious advertisements of rings in cakes, 173 Custom, curious Russian ring, 447 D ACTYLOMANCIA, or ring divination, III GAR Eloy, rings of St., 232 Enchanted rings of the Greeks, 113 Engagement-ring of the Prince Regent, 284 Epilepsy, rings to cure, 153 Episcopal rings, 209, 225, 230, 239 engravings on, 212 fashion of, 216 formula of investiture with, or ring 214 usually set with sapphires, 217 Dancas, a thank-offering ring, 247 Darnley ring, the, 460 Days, rings worn on particular, 165 Decade rings, 248 Deæ Matres, worship of the, 107 Devereux ring, the, 338 Device rings illustrative of death, 372 Devonshire gems, the, 458 Diamond-pointed rings, 76 Diplomacy, rings given in, 184, 422 Divinating power in a ring, 450 Divination by prayer-book and ring, 172 sounds, 113 rings in wedding-cakes, 170 Doctors' rings, 191 Doctors' Commons, rings mentioned in wills at, 356 EARLIEST materials of rings, 3 Early Christian rings, 258, 259, 268 Ecclesiastical mortuary, or 'corsepresent,' 221 - usages, rings in connection with, 198 Edgcumbe, Lady, and the ring, 429 Edward I., token-ring of, 324 Edward the Confessor, 'pilgrim' ring of, 116, 516 Egyptian rings, 5 exhibited at the South Kensington Museum, 12 at the Louvre, 13 representations on, II glass rings, 13 ring with double keeper, 17 Egyptians, their fondness for rings, IO - modern rings of the, 16 Eldon, memorial ring of, 375 Elfric's canon against clerical rings, Elizabeth, token-ring of Queen, 343 ring of St. Loup, 217 Episode in ring history, 453 Escutcheon ring, French, 81 Espousals to Christ, 233, 259 Essex ring, the, 336, 528 Ethelswith, Queen of Mercia, ring of, 55 Ethelwulf, ring of King, 54 Etruscan rings, 18 in the Bibliothèque Nationale at Paris, 20 British Museum, 15 --- Waterton Collection, 15 'Evil eye,' rings to preserve from the, 151 Evil portents connected with rings, 165 FISH and the ring, legends of the, 98, 510 Fishes, rings found in the bodies of, 439 Fisherman's ring, the, 198 Fleet marriages, 282 Forensic order of knighthood, 191 Formula for blessing cramp-rings, 164 investing bishops with rings, 215 Fotheringay, ring-relic of, 475 French 'escutcheon' ring, 81 - Régard, Souvenir, and Amitié rings, 414 - rings, 79, 81 episcopal rings, 228 Funerals, rings given to attendants at, 364 GARDINER, ring of Bishop, Garter rings, 193 INDEX.