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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Signet Rings

38 a Heraldic, with Coats of Arms or Badges. 39b Merchants' Marks. 40 C Crowned Letters or Devices. 41 Letters without Crowns. e Other Devices. 43 f Persian, Cufic, and Arabic, with names. 44 g Antique Intagli in Medieval settings.

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