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Tion of Finger-Rings

The Rings are divided into Two Grand Chronological Classes.

APPENDIX.

Class I. ANTIQUE, comprising all European Rings prior to the year A.D. 800, when the Empire of Charlemagne was established in Europe, and England was united under one Sceptre, and all Oriental Rings prior to the Hedjira, A.D. 622, or prior to the Mussulman Conquest of the various countries. Class II. MEDIEVAL AND MODERN, comprising all Rings subsequent to those dates.

Each Ring in the Collection should have a small label or ticket, of card or parchment, attached to it, bearing on one side the special letters belonging to the group, and on the other its number in the group; thus any Ring removed from the Collection, when once so arranged, can be easily restored to its proper group and place.

The letters O and Y (Nos. 15 and 25) are left vacant in case any collector should desire to make or add any other group.

I A Egyptian. 2 B Assyrian. 3 C Babylonian. 4 D Phoenician. 5 E Hebrew. 6 F Greek. 7 G Etruscan.