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
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
Ethelwulf, ring of, 173, 174
Etruscan rings, 68, 69
Eugene III, Pope, 144
Eugene IV, Pope, 259
Evans, Sir John, 209
Evdokim, Archbishop, 282
Evil eye, rings as charms against, 236, 293
F
Faber, Conrad, portrait by, 148
Fairbanks, Arthur, viii
Fairchild, B. G., 363
Farley, Cardinal, ring of, 278
Faustina the elder, head of, in entire sapphire ring, 99
_Fede_, Italian designation of betrothal ring, 209
_Fei-tsui_ jade, 107
Fenton, Edward, on the turquoise, 220
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 81
Figdor, Albert, x, 89, 167
Figdor (Dr. Albert) collection, 45, 89, 167, 210, 253
Filipino rings, 83, 352
Filippo Maria, Duke of Milan, 259
Finger on which betrothal or wedding ring is placed, 194–197, 203,
215, 222
Fish symbol (Christian), 255
“Fisherman’s Ring,” 262–265
Fitzherbert, Mrs., ring of, with portrait of George IV, 224
Flambard, Bishop, ring of, 275
Fletcher, John, allusion of, to rush-rings, 206
Fortnum, Drury, 153, 154, 156
Fossil coral, 334
Francis I, verses written with diamond ring by, 168
Francis II of France, 150
Franklin rings, 77
Franks Bequest collection, 40, 104, 150
Frederick I of Prussia, talismanic ring of, 171, 172
Frederick the Great, 171
Frederick William I of Prussia, 172
Frederick William III of Prussia, 172
French Revolution, rings of, 76
French rings, 45, 47, 75–77, 85, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93, 139, 140, 145,
147, 149–151, 164, 168, 170, 173, 179, 201, 211, 212, 215, 273,
348
French soldiers, rings made by, 92, 93
“Friday Ring” of Charles V of France, 164, 165
Friedländer, R, & Sohn, ix
Frölen Gösta, Washington ring owned by, 192
Fuller, Thomas, 227
G
Galba, signet of, 131
Galen, soporific ring in supposed treatise of, 337
Galleria Carrara, Bergamo, 61
Gallo-Roman rings, 59, 202
Gardiner, Bishop, of “cramp rings,” 343
Garnet, 21, 86, 109, 110, 111, 125, 178, 227, 335
curious test of genuineness of, 340
Gauge, Allen’s Standard, 356
Gauge, Engelmann’s ring, finger and millimeter, 359
Gaveston, Piers, carries off bishops’ rings, 276
Genesis, signet mentioned in, 115
Genlis, Mme. de, “Sapphire Merveilleux” by, 326
Geoffroy Rufus, Bishop, ring of, 275
George I, wedding rings frequently worn on thumb in reign of, 194
George III, 43, 151
George IV, ring of, with portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert, 224
Germanic Museum, Nuremberg, 210
German rings, 17, 45, 58, 75, 85, 88, 158, 163, 167, 171, 172, 200,
208–210, 216, 221, 227–229, 235, 273, 274, 305
Germans, ancient, rings of, 17
“Gesta Romanorum,” story of ring in, 300, 306, 307, 345, 346
Ghirlandajo’s portrayal of the betrothal of the Virgin, 203
Giardinetti rings, 74
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