Keith, Minor C., viii Kentigern, St., promises finding of a wedding ring, 216 Key-shaped rings, 71 Khufu (cheops), ring of priest of his pyramid, 118 King, C. W., 111, 147, 157, 171 Kircher, Athomasius, 213 Knights of Columbus, rings of, 332 Knights of Pythias, rings of, 334 Knot, the, as origin of the ring, 2 Koch, Court Jeweller, ring collection of, 209 Konstantinidis Collection at Nicosia, 6 Kunzite, 334 _Kusa_-grass (Saccharum spontaneum) rings of, among the Hindus, 77 L Labouchère, M., 157 Labradorite, 34, 86 Lafayette, ring given to, by Washington, 192 Lalique, René, 87 Lambeccius, 315 Lapidario of Alfonso X, 304, 305, 328 Lapis-lazuli, 50, 63, 96, 117, 158, 171 Lapplanders, magic rings of the, 324 “Latitude and Longitude Ring,” 233 Laufer, Berthold, viii Layard, Sir Austen Henry, 3 Leaden rings, 112, 328 Leaming, Vice-Chancellor E. B., 192 Legal use of a ring, 36 Legend, Scotch, of loss of a wedding ring, 215, 216 Lentulus, signet of, 127 Leo X, Pope, 264, 269 Leopold I, 315 Lessing G. E., tale of rings in his “Nathan der Weise,” 346, 347 Levesque, M., 147 Leyden Papyrus, formulas for magic rings in, 297, 298 Lichtenau, Countess, anecdote of ring taken by, 172 Lincoln, Waldo, ix, 47 Lindenschmidt, Ludwig, 58 Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of, ring of, 332 Londesborough collection, 34, 169, 213, 218, 220, 311 London Archæological Institute, 166 “Lorscher Ring,” 73 Lothaire’s signet, 140 Lotto, Lorenzo, 61 Louis I, signet of, 140 Louis VII, donates ring to shrine of Thomas à Becket, 183 Louis IX, supposed signet ring of, 145 Louis XI, 167 Louis XII, signet of, 147, 148 Louis of Luxembourg, Constable, rings given by, 167 Louisa, Queen of Prussia, betrothal ring of, 224 Louvre Museum, 249 Lovat, Lord, memorial ring of, 44 Lucas, Dr. F. A., viii Lucian, tale of a magic ring told by, 122 Lucretius, of Samothracius rings, 70 Lucullus, signet of, 130 Luminous ring, 317 Luther, ring commemorating wedding of, 216, 217 Lyly, Sir Peter, 62 M “Mabinogian,” magic ring in, 307, 308 McCurdy, George Grant, ix Machu Picchu, Inca city of refuge, 83 Macrobius, on ring-finger, 52, 194 Mæcenas, signet of, 130 Magic rings, _see_ talismanic Magnetic iron, 328 “Mahabharata,” rings mentioned in the, 77 Mâharânî of Sikkim, portrait of, 63 (Frontispiece) Malory, Sir Thomas, 309 Mandeville, Sir John, 315 Manx customs as to rings, 205 Marat, effigy of on ring, 76 Maratta, Carlo, portrait by, 278 Marcellus Empiricus, on cure of hiccoughs by the placing of a ring, 336 Marcina, St., the Younger, ring of, 256 Marcus Aurelius, head of, in signet, 140