Hohenzollern Museum, Berlin, 224 Holbein, Hans, 59 Holmes, W. H., viii Hololith rings, 97, 99 sqq. Homeric epics, rings not mentioned in, 8 Hope, Henry Philip, 325 Horace, 44, 53 on Thynnian rings, 71 Horseshoe-nail rings, 110 Hough, Walter, viii, 24 Humerous mottoes on rings, 221, 222 Hungarian rings, 166, 318 Hunila, Gothic ring of, 163 Hunyady, John, ring story concerning, 166 Huntington, Archer M., 278 Hyalite, 227 I Iconographic rings, 74 Imperial Kunstgewerbe Museum, Vienna, 87 Indians, American, rings of, 17–30 Innocent III sends four rings to Richard Cœur de Lion, 178 definition of bishops’ rings by, 273 Iolite, 227 Irene, Empress, wife of Alexis Comnenus, 144 Irish rings, 85, 226 one set with diamonds found near Mallingor, Co. Westmeath, 191 Iron rings, 10, 11, 17, 84, 228, 328 Isaiah on rings of Hebrew women, 65 Isidore of Seville, 52, 70, 195, 267 Isis and Serapis, ring figuring, 57, 70 Isis, rings dedicated to statue of, in Spain, 252 Italian rings, 74, 79, 85, 109, 147, 214, 262–265 Ivory rings, 84, 104, 113, 120, 136 J Jacinth, (zircon), 21, 78, 86, 124, 340 healing power of, set in a ring, 340 Jade, 158 ring box of in Bishop Collection, 55 entire rings of, 105–108, 319 Jadeite, 158 Jackson, A. V. Williams, viii, 160 James, Epistle of, wearer of gold ring in, 14 James I, sapphire ring announcing Elizabeth’s death brought to, 188, 189 James IV of Scotland, turquoise ring of, 181, 182 Japanese rings, 82, 85 Jasper, 33, 87, 257 entire ring of, 99 Jastrow, Morris, Jr., viii Jean Sans-Peur, Duke of Burgundy, ring of, 149 Jeanne d’Arc, rings of, 347, 348 Jeffreys, Judge, ring of, 190, 191 Jehangir Shah, entire emerald ring of, 101 entire ruby ring of, 102 Jemshid, magic ring of, 116 Jeremiah, on the signet ring, 135 Jeroboam II, King of Israel, signet ring from time of, 366 Jet, entire ring of, 108 John, King, jewels of, 55 John II of France, ruby ring of, lost at Poitiers, 164, 165 John V, Paleologus, Emperor, 146 John XXII, Pope, stones used in ecclesiastical rings in time of, 276 John Constans, Elector of Saxony, portrait of, 61 John of Salisbury, 176, 177 Johnson, Dr. Samuel, wedding ring of, 223 Jones, William H., viii Jonson, Ben, “ring posy” of, 238 Jordan, Agnes, abbess of Bridgetine Convent, ring on sepulchral image of, 280 Joseph’s ring, 1 Josephus, 132 story of magic ring, 294, 295 Jupiter, ring of priests of, 250 Justinian, Emperor, decree of, regarding rings, 15 Juvenal, 57, 96, 97 Juxon, Bishop, and rings of Charles I, 156 K Kalidasa, 321 Karavongu, Prabha, ix