Pierce, President, ring given to, 84 Pinakothek, Munich, 62 Pilloy, L., 59 Pipe-stopper ring, 94 Pius II, Pope, ring of, 262 Pius VI, 263, 264 Pius IX, 263, 281 Planetary rings, 296, 327, 328, 351 Plasma, 274 Platinum rings, 229, 230 Plato, blames Aristotle for wearing rings, 32 on ring of Gyges, 290, 291 Plautus, ring mentioned by, in his “Miles Gloriosus,” 193, 194 of sealing up household goods, 133 Pliny, 1, 8, 10, 53, 104, 121, 195, 199, 336 Plotina, wife of Trojan, supposed ring of, 71 Plutarch, 8, 123 Pococke, Bishop, 191 Poison ring, in ancient Rome, 36 of Hannibal, 36 of Demosthenes, 36 Rubbinical, 36 of the Borgias, 37 Egmont’s, 38 Polish rings, 65 Polycrates, ring of, 120–122 Polygnotus, rings in pictures by, 9 Pompey, 54 signet of, 127, 130 Pomphonica, Roman lady, ring of, 33 Pope, Alexander, 112 Porphyry, 96 Portrait rings, 76 Portraits illustrating ring-wearing, 60–64, 148, 152, 188, 278 Portuguese rings, 172, 173, 328, 329 “Posies” for rings, selection of, 237–247 Prado Gallery, Madrid, 60 Prehnite, 335 Prince, John Dyneley, viii, 365 Prometheus, legend as to ring of, 1, 2 Propertius, of a ring burned in a funeral pyre, 134 Protonotaries’ rings, 281 Proverbs, French, regarding rings, 76 Pueblo Bonito, Nev., rings found at, 108 Pueblo ruins of Arizona and New Mexico, rings from, 17 Purposes, special, of ring wearing, 32–50 Puzzle rings, 219 Pyrite, 335 Pythias, Knights of, rings of, 334 Q Quicksilver rings, 328, 351 R Rabbies’ rings, 252, 253 Rafael’s “Sposalizio” in Brera Gallery, Milan, 203 Raleigh, Sir Walter, lines written with diamond ring by, 169 “Ramayana,” rings mentioned in the, 77 Rameses II, ring of, 249 Rameses III, rings in time of, 97 Rathbun, R., ix Read, Sir Charles Hercules, ix, 58, 99 Reale Galleria d’Arte Antica, Rome, 60 “Regal of France,” large diamond in ornament given by Louis VII to shrine of St. Thomas à Becket, 183 “Regard Rings,” 227 Reinach, Salomon, 121 Religious use of rings, 249–287 “Repeal Ring,” 50 “Reynard the Fox,” magic ring described in, 303, 304 Rhinoceros horn, healing rings of, 338, 352 hoof rings of, 337 Richard, Cœur de Lion receives four gold rings from Pope Innocent III, 178 Richard II, memorial rings of, 41 grants coronation Ring to Westminster Abbey, 174 directs that a ring be put on his finger after death, 179 Rienzi, Cola di, wedding ring of, 214 Riker, William, ix Ring-making, 354–364 Ring-money, 35 Roberts, Oliver A., ix Robespierre rings, 77 Rock-crystal, 125, 149, 158, 328, 335 entire rings of, 100 Rogers, Austin T., ix