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, 207 -- -- pilgrims’ rings in the, 265 -- -- Roman and Romano-British rings in the, 41 -- -- Royalist mourning ring in the, 371 -- -- 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 wedding-ring, 277 Cabalistic ring, 139 Cantelupe, ring of Bishop de, 229 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, 103 -- -- 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, 351 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, 141 Crystallomancy, 100 Cuerdale, Saxon rings found at, 63 Curious advertisements of rings in cakes, 173 Custom, curious Russian ring, 447 Dactylomancia, or ring divination, 111 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