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.’ [Illustration] INDEX. Abbots invested with the ring, 231 ‘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 Arundel Collection of gem rings, 462 Ashantee, rings from, 455 Astrological rings, 108 Bailewski Collection, Jewish betrothal 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, 100 Bessborough Collection of gem-rings, 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- of Sir Thomas Gresham, 318 -- -- -- -- -- -- Martin Luther, 481 -- rings divided, 309, 316 Bishops buried with rings, 203 -- rings used to seal baptismal fonts, 212 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, 1