Stratonice, wife of Seleucus I, rings dedicated by, 251 Strickland, Agnes, 184 Suetonius, 134 Suffolk, Countess of, takes vow of widowhood, 287 Suidas, 312 Sulu, Sultan of, pearl ring given by, 236, 237 Sunstone, 335 Superstitious use of seal-rings, 122, 123 Surprise rings, 94 Surrya, Prince, 81 Swivel rings, 94 Sylla, signet of, 130 Symeon, Archbishop of Thessalonica, his description of Byzantine marriage ceremony about 1400 A. D., 202 Symbols, Christian, 253–255 Syrian rings, 124, 125, 160 T Tacitus on Germanic iron rings, 17 Taft, ex-President William H., ix, 161, 236 Talismanic and magic rings Albertus Magnus on, 311 Apollonius of Tyana’s, 296, 325 Boniface VIII’s, 306 Charlemagne’s, 300–302 Christian, in British Museum, 257 Clemens Alexandrinus on, 296 as charm against the Evil Eye, 236, 293 fortune-telling by means of, 299 of Frederick I of Prussia, 171, 172 of Gesta Romanorum, 300, 306, 345 of Gyges, 289–291 of Helen of Troy, 92, 292 “Hnited” (“The Welded”) given to King Olaf, 323 in the “Mabinogian,” 307 Sir John Mandeville on, 315 St. Mark’s, 312–314 of Minos of Crete, 291, 292 in “Morte d’Arthur,” 309, 310 _naoratna_ ring of Hindus, 78, 321 in Reynard the Fox, 303 “Saphir Merveilleux,” 325 Scandinavian, 323, 339 of Seluecus I, Nicator, 293 in Sir Eglamore, 310 “Ring of Solomon,” 288, 289 in Sterling’s “Onyx Ring,” 324 superstitious use of, by Sagan Karens, 308 Tewfik Pasha’s experience with one, 322, 323 in “Book of Thetel,” 311 one made by Abbot Tritheim, 314 in Wolfdietrich, 305, 306 in Yuain and Gawin, 310 Tanagra, ring from, 112 Tassi, Agosto, engraver of “Michelangelo’s Signet,” 147 Tavernier, Jean Baptiste, 143, 154, 155 Tedyngton, Richard, keeper of jewels of Edward the Confessor’s shrine, 175 Tertullian on betrothal ring, 199 Tewfik Pasha, experience of, with a magic ring, 322, 323 Theodorus of Samos, engraver of ring of Polycrates, 120 Thomas, Dr. John, Dean of Westminster, 179 Thompson, C. J. S., ix Thothmes III, ring of, 117 Thumb rings, 58, 87, 105–108, 194, 222 Thynnian rings, 70 Tiberius, seal ring of, removed when he became unconscious, 134 Tibetan, 81 Tin rings, 328 Toad swallowing a serpent, ring designed in form of a, 311 Toadstone, warns of poison when worn in a ring, 341 Toe rings, 78, 80 Topaz, 78, 86, 125, 158, 178, 276, 335 Tourmaline, 86 green (“Brazilian emerald”), used for bishops’ rings in Brazil, 277 Tournament, rings as prizes at a, 181 “Tower Rings,” 169 Trallianus, Alexander, recommends ring as cure for biliousness, 338