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Rings for the finger : $b from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.Kunz, George Frederick

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Rings for the finger : $b from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.

Name: Rings for the finger : $b from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.
Author: Kunz, George Frederick

Kunz, George Frederick

Rings; Rings -- Folklore

The want of thee is grief to mee.

    _Privata di te moriró._
    (Deprived of thee I shall die).

    _Mon esprit est partout,
    Mon cœur est avec vous._
    (My mind is everywhere,
    My heart is with you).

    Faithfull ever, deceitfull never.

    God’s blessing be on thee and me.

    Love him in heart whose joy thou art.

    A loving wife prolongeth life.

    Desire hath set my heart on fire.

    Both or neither, chuse you whether.

    Parting is vayne when love doth remayne.

    I fancy none but thee alone.

    God sent her me my wife to be.

    This is your will, to save or kill.

    If you deny, then sure I dye.

    Your sight, my delight.

    Joyfull love this ring do prove.

    In thee I prove the joy of love.

    Silence ends strife with man and wife.

    This ring doth binde body and minde.

    Death never parts such loving hearts.

    Body and mind in thee I finde.

    Ryches be unstable
      And beauty will dekay,
    But faithful love will ever last
      Till death dryve it away.

One of those posies might seem to refer covertly to the length of the
foregoing list:

    This hath no end, my sweetest friend. 1653.

  [Illustration: SOME RINGS IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

  1, silver and gilt; pierced with scrolls and the “Little Monk” of
  Munich. Modern. Bavarian. 2, Tyrolese. Peasant’s engagement ring
  of silver with design of two hearts and scrolls. 3, French (?).
  Said to have belonged to a collateral branch of the Montmorency
  family. Gold, large garnet with emerald each side; the crown
  composed of pearls and small diamonds. Bought in London. 4,
  Chinese ornament. 5, heavy silver, set with malachite. 6, Chinese
  ornament. 7, Italian (?). Peasant’s engagement ring of silver.
  8, Italian. Gold, set with a turquoise, a horse’s head in white
  enamel at either side. 9, Tyrolese. Silver, set with a chamois
  tooth for good luck. 10, French. Bishop’s ring of gold and
  silver. Enameled bezel set with an almandine and diamonds. Bought
  in Geneva. 11, Italian. Sixteenth Century style. Gold set with a
  garnet. 12, Italian (?). Silver, set with a large crystal (?).
  Black and white enamel on bezel. 13, Italian. Gold, set with a
  cluster of red and green stones alternating; a crystal in the
  centre. 14, gilt, set with red glass (?). 15, bronze, decoration
  in relief. 16, Italian. Gold set with turquoises. 17, French (?).
  Gold, set with a brilliant. 18, Laplandish. Silver-gilt with
  pierced design.]

  [Illustration: JACQUES GUAY, COURT GEM ENGRAVER OF LOUIS XV,
  ENGRAVING GEMS IN HIS WORKROOM AT THE LOUVRE

  Mariette, “Traité des Pierres Gravées,” Paris, 1750]

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History

Rings for the finger : $b from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.

Kunz, George Frederick

Rings; Rings -- Folklore

The want of thee is grief to mee.

    _Privata di te moriró._
    (Deprived of thee I shall die).

    _Mon esprit est partout,
    Mon cœur est avec vous._
    (My mind is everywhere,
    My heart is with you).

    Faithfull ever, deceitfull never.

    God’s blessing be on thee and me.

    Love him in heart whose joy thou art.

    A loving wife prolongeth life.

    Desire hath set my heart on fire.

    Both or neither, chuse you whether.

    Parting is vayne when love doth remayne.

    I fancy none but thee alone.

    God sent her me my wife to be.

    This is your will, to save or kill.

    If you deny, then sure I dye.

    Your sight, my delight.

    Joyfull love this ring do prove.

    In thee I prove the joy of love.

    Silence ends strife with man and wife.

    This ring doth binde body and minde.

    Death never parts such loving hearts.

    Body and mind in thee I finde.

    Ryches be unstable
      And beauty will dekay,
    But faithful love will ever last
      Till death dryve it away.

One of those posies might seem to refer covertly to the length of the
foregoing list:

    This hath no end, my sweetest friend. 1653.

  [Illustration: SOME RINGS IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

  1, silver and gilt; pierced with scrolls and the “Little Monk” of
  Munich. Modern. Bavarian. 2, Tyrolese. Peasant’s engagement ring
  of silver with design of two hearts and scrolls. 3, French (?).
  Said to have belonged to a collateral branch of the Montmorency
  family. Gold, large garnet with emerald each side; the crown
  composed of pearls and small diamonds. Bought in London. 4,
  Chinese ornament. 5, heavy silver, set with malachite. 6, Chinese
  ornament. 7, Italian (?). Peasant’s engagement ring of silver.
  8, Italian. Gold, set with a turquoise, a horse’s head in white
  enamel at either side. 9, Tyrolese. Silver, set with a chamois
  tooth for good luck. 10, French. Bishop’s ring of gold and
  silver. Enameled bezel set with an almandine and diamonds. Bought
  in Geneva. 11, Italian. Sixteenth Century style. Gold set with a
  garnet. 12, Italian (?). Silver, set with a large crystal (?).
  Black and white enamel on bezel. 13, Italian. Gold, set with a
  cluster of red and green stones alternating; a crystal in the
  centre. 14, gilt, set with red glass (?). 15, bronze, decoration
  in relief. 16, Italian. Gold set with turquoises. 17, French (?).
  Gold, set with a brilliant. 18, Laplandish. Silver-gilt with
  pierced design.]

  [Illustration: JACQUES GUAY, COURT GEM ENGRAVER OF LOUIS XV,
  ENGRAVING GEMS IN HIS WORKROOM AT THE LOUVRE

  Mariette, “Traité des Pierres Gravées,” Paris, 1750]

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Rings for the finger : $b from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.

Rings for the finger : $b from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.

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