Roman rings, 10, 33, 52–58, 71–73, 85, 97–99, 100, 104, 113, 126, 128, 130–132, 134, 198, 250, 255, 258–261, 293, 337 rules as to wearing those of iron or gold, 10–16 Roosevelt, Miss Alice (Mrs. Longworth) anecdote regarding ring given to, by Sultan of Sulu, 236, 237 Roscius, Roman actor, right of wearing a ring accorded to, 13 Rossi, Abbot Adamo, 258 Rothschild, Baron Ferdinand, 88 Roty, Oscar, marriage medals of, 232, 233 Royal Collection at Windsor Castle, 147, 156 Rubens’ “Betrothal of Marie de’Medici,” 224 Ruby, 50, 78, 89, 90, 101, 106, 144, 147, 164, 165, 174, 178, 180, 181, 183, 227, 269, 270, 274, 275, 283, 334, 340 entire ring of, 102 Runic inscription on healing ring, 339 Rush-rings, for mock marriages, 206, 207 Russian Church, usage as to wedding rings in, 203, 204 Russian rings, 85, 100, 204 S Saadi, ring story in Gulistan of, 163, 164 Sackvil, Thomas, Duke of Dorset, ring given to by James I, 350 Sagan Kerens of S. E. Asia, superstitious use of rings with, 308 “St. Martin’s Ring,” 113, 114 “Sakuntala” of Kalidasa, magic ring in, 321, 322 Salisbury, Richard, Bishop of, on rush-rings, 206 Samothracian rings, 70, 85 Santo Anello, Capella del, 261 “Saphire Merveilleux,” 325, 326 Sapphire, 36, 74, 78, 89, 143, 158, 161, 176, 178, 179, 184, 188, 189, 227, 269, 270, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 325, 331, 335, 339 Sard, 158, 159, 337 Sardonyx, 96, 121, 125, 159 Sarum Rite, order of matrimony in the, 196, 197 Sassanian rings, 85, 161 Saxon’s Lode, thumb ring found at, 64 _Scalæ anulariæ_ in Rome, where ring-dealers sold their wares, 16 Scandinavian rings, 323, 324, 339 Scaraboid rings, 51 Scaurus, Emilius, _dactyliotheca_ of, 54 Scheibel, Lieut., ring found by, 300 Schley, Mrs. Annie R., viii Schneider, Hofrat, 172 Scipio Africanus, signet of, 129 Seffrid, Bishop, ring of, 272 Seleucus I, Nicator, signet of, 124 magic ring of, 293 Senlis, Pierre Bishop of, formula for dedicating nun’s rings in his pontifical, 285 Serapis and Isis, ring figuring, 57, 70 head of Serapis on signet, 140 Serjeants’ rings, 48, 50 Serpent rings, 72, 78, 91, 92 Servius Tullius, rings in statues of, 52 Sewall, Archbishop, ring of, 272 Shakespeare, 40, 46, 152, 166, 207, 220, 221, 247, 310, 317 bequest of rings to his friends, 41 signet of, 151 Shashank I (Shishak), ring of, 117 Shaw, Sir Edmund, mourning rings bequeathed by, 349 Shell rings, 17, 18, 21 Shemai, signet ring of, 366 “Shield of David” on healing rings, 339 Shook, Sheridan, amethyst ring worn by, 85 Shujah, Shah, entire emerald ring given by, to British East India Company, 101 to Runjit Singh, 102 Shylock’s turquoise, 220