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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

Archers’ rings, 87, 105–108

    Aristophanes, of rings, 9

    Aristotle, blamed by Plato for wearing rings, 32

    Arnulphus, Bishop of Metz, ring of, 269

    _Art nouveau_ rings, 87

    Artemidora, mummy-case of, 51

    Artemidorus, rings in dream-book of, 37

    Arundel collection, 171

    Arundel, Thomas, keeper of jewels of Edward the Confessor’s shrine,
        175

    Assyrian and Babylonian rings, 3
      ancient contract as to emerald set in one, 4, 5

    Assyrian jewellers’ firm, 4

    Astle, Thomas, 155

    Astrolabe ring, 88

    Auckland, Lord, 101

    Augustine, St., 299

    Augustus, 336, 347
      signet of, 130, 131

    Aurelian’s seal ring, 133

    Austrian rings, 87, 110

    Avery, Samuel P., 66

    Avitus, Archbishop of Vienne, letter of, describing ring, 266, 267,
        277

    Aztecs, treasures of the, 19
      silversmiths of the, 20
      finger-rings of the, 20


            B

    Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, 76

    Bacon, Francis, on telepathic test with a ring, 326, 327

    _Bacula_, little rod for rings, 55

    Bagobos of Philippine Islands, superstitions of the, 352

    Balas-ruby, 276

    Bardel, W., x

    Barlow, Hon. Peter T., vii, 153

    Barr, Miss Ada M., vii

    Barrow, F. H., viii

    Beatty, W. Gedney, vii

    Beauvoisin, Mlle. de, rings owned by, 76

    Becket, St. Thomas à, ring taken from shrine of, 182, 183

    Beefsteak Club memorial rings, 47

    Benedict XIV, 281

    Bequests of signets, 149

    Berghem Lodowyck van (Louis de Berquen) cuts diamonds for Charles
        the Bold, 215

    Béquet, Albert, 59

    Berlin Mineralogical Museum, 108

    Berlin Royal Museum, 67

    Bernard of Clairvaux, St., signet of, 145

    Bernhard IV, Margrave of Baden, portrait of, 62

    Berteildis, wife of Dagobert I, signet of, 138

    Beryl, 134, 158, 252, 334, 335

    Besborough collection, 73

    Betrothal rings, _see_ wedding rings

    Bible, rings mentioned in the, 1, 115, 116, 336

    Bibliothèque Nationale, 162

    Bibliothèque du Roi (later Bibliothèque Nationale), 139

    Bingham, Hiram, viii

    Inca rings found by, in Peru, 83

    Bishop, Heber R., collection, 55, 105, 106

    Bishops’ rings, of Allstan, Bishop of Sherborne, 271
      of Arnulphus, Bishop of Metz, 269
      of Ebba, Bishop of Rheims, 270
      of Bishop of Flambard, 275
      of Bishop Geoffroy Rufus, 275
      of Archbishop Greenfield, 272
      of Bishop Hervée, 273
      of Hilary, Bishop of Chichester, 272
      Innocent III’s definition of, 273
      of Archbishop Parker, 276
      of Seffrid, Bishop of Chichester, 272
      of Archbishop Sewell, 272
      of Archbishop Sigfroi, 274
      of Bishop John Stanberry, 275
      stolen by Piers Gaveston, 276
      set with green tourmalines, 276
      of Bishop William of St. Barbara, 275
      of Bishop Wykeham, 275
      of Wytlesey, Archbishop of Canterbury, 275

    Blake, W. W., ix

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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

Archers’ rings, 87, 105–108

    Aristophanes, of rings, 9

    Aristotle, blamed by Plato for wearing rings, 32

    Arnulphus, Bishop of Metz, ring of, 269

    _Art nouveau_ rings, 87

    Artemidora, mummy-case of, 51

    Artemidorus, rings in dream-book of, 37

    Arundel collection, 171

    Arundel, Thomas, keeper of jewels of Edward the Confessor’s shrine,
        175

    Assyrian and Babylonian rings, 3
      ancient contract as to emerald set in one, 4, 5

    Assyrian jewellers’ firm, 4

    Astle, Thomas, 155

    Astrolabe ring, 88

    Auckland, Lord, 101

    Augustine, St., 299

    Augustus, 336, 347
      signet of, 130, 131

    Aurelian’s seal ring, 133

    Austrian rings, 87, 110

    Avery, Samuel P., 66

    Avitus, Archbishop of Vienne, letter of, describing ring, 266, 267,
        277

    Aztecs, treasures of the, 19
      silversmiths of the, 20
      finger-rings of the, 20


            B

    Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, 76

    Bacon, Francis, on telepathic test with a ring, 326, 327

    _Bacula_, little rod for rings, 55

    Bagobos of Philippine Islands, superstitions of the, 352

    Balas-ruby, 276

    Bardel, W., x

    Barlow, Hon. Peter T., vii, 153

    Barr, Miss Ada M., vii

    Barrow, F. H., viii

    Beatty, W. Gedney, vii

    Beauvoisin, Mlle. de, rings owned by, 76

    Becket, St. Thomas à, ring taken from shrine of, 182, 183

    Beefsteak Club memorial rings, 47

    Benedict XIV, 281

    Bequests of signets, 149

    Berghem Lodowyck van (Louis de Berquen) cuts diamonds for Charles
        the Bold, 215

    Béquet, Albert, 59

    Berlin Mineralogical Museum, 108

    Berlin Royal Museum, 67

    Bernard of Clairvaux, St., signet of, 145

    Bernhard IV, Margrave of Baden, portrait of, 62

    Berteildis, wife of Dagobert I, signet of, 138

    Beryl, 134, 158, 252, 334, 335

    Besborough collection, 73

    Betrothal rings, _see_ wedding rings

    Bible, rings mentioned in the, 1, 115, 116, 336

    Bibliothèque Nationale, 162

    Bibliothèque du Roi (later Bibliothèque Nationale), 139

    Bingham, Hiram, viii

    Inca rings found by, in Peru, 83

    Bishop, Heber R., collection, 55, 105, 106

    Bishops’ rings, of Allstan, Bishop of Sherborne, 271
      of Arnulphus, Bishop of Metz, 269
      of Ebba, Bishop of Rheims, 270
      of Bishop of Flambard, 275
      of Bishop Geoffroy Rufus, 275
      of Archbishop Greenfield, 272
      of Bishop Hervée, 273
      of Hilary, Bishop of Chichester, 272
      Innocent III’s definition of, 273
      of Archbishop Parker, 276
      of Seffrid, Bishop of Chichester, 272
      of Archbishop Sewell, 272
      of Archbishop Sigfroi, 274
      of Bishop John Stanberry, 275
      stolen by Piers Gaveston, 276
      set with green tourmalines, 276
      of Bishop William of St. Barbara, 275
      of Bishop Wykeham, 275
      of Wytlesey, Archbishop of Canterbury, 275

    Blake, W. W., ix

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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.

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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