[368] Jean Szendrei, “Catalogue de la collection de bagues de Madame Gustave de Tarnóczy,” Paris, 1889, p. xlviii. [369] Barbier de Montault, “Un anneau du XVe siècle,” Tours, 1876, pp. 14–17. For additional “posies” see pp. at end of this chapter. [370] Shown in Fairholt’s “Rambles of an Artist,” p. 127, figs. 152, 153. [371] _Ibid._, p. 128, fig. 154. [372] Kircheri, “Œdipus Ægyptiacus,” Romæ, 1652, vol. i, p. 283. [373] Jewish Encyclopædia, vol. x, art. Rings by Albert Wolf, of Dresden, Saxony. [374] “Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Works of Art at the South Kensington Museum, June, 1862,” section 32, “Rings,” by Edmund Waterton, pp. 630, 631. [375] See Gregorovius, “Lucrezia Borgia,” pp. 375, 376, of Ital. translation. [376] Robert de Berquen, “Les Merveilles des Indes Orientales et Occidentales,” Paris, 1661, pp. 14, 15. Robert de Berquen writes of Louis (Lodowyk) as “one of his ancestors.” [377] Alfred Maury, “Croyances et Legendes du Moyen Age,” Paris, 1896, p. 277, note. [378] Fairholt, “Rambles of an Artist,” p. 128, fig. 155. The authenticity of the ring may be regarded as somewhat doubtful. [379] Julius Köstlin, “Life of Luther,” trans. from the German, New York, 1883; pp. 334, 335. [380] Fairholt, “Rambles of an Artist,” p. 132, fig. 165. [381] Burgon, “The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Gresham,” London, 1839, vol. i, p. 51. [382] Catalogue of a collection of ancient and modern rings and personal ornaments formed for Lady Londesborough, London, 1853, pp. 8, 9. Privately printed. [383] Cited in Furness, “Variorum Shakespear,” vol. vii (Othello), Phila., 1888, p. 132. [384] Evans, “Posy Rings,” London, 1892, p. 13. [385] _Ibid._, p. 13. [386] Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, “On Superstitions Connected With the History and Practice of Medicine and Surgery,” London, 1844, pp. 36, 37. [387] Col. T. H. Hendley, “Indian Jewellery,” “Journal of Indian Art and Industry,” vol. xii, p. 5, 1907–1909. [388] G. Bapst, “Les Joyaux de la Couronne,” Paris, 1889, p. 18. [389] Cyril Davenport, “Jewellery,” Chicago, 1908, p. 112. [390] William Tegg, “The Knot Tied: Marriage Ceremonies of All Nations,” London, 1877, p. 314. [391] Fuller, “Holy State,” chap. xxii, Of Marriage. [392] Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses, vol. i, Pt. II, p. xxi, Wien, 1883. [393] Johnson, “Tunis of To-day”; in the National Geographic Magazine, vol. xxii, p. 747; No. 8, Aug., 1911. [394] Historical Manuscripts Commission, Twelfth Report, Appendix, Pt. IV, MSS. of Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle, vol. i, London, 1888, p. 6. [395] A number of posies of the list comes from Joseph Maskell’s excellent little monograph, “The Wedding-Ring,” London, 1888, pp. 31–35. [396] From the “Card of Courtship, or the Language of Love,” published in 1653; cited in Tegg’s “The Knot Tied,” London, 1877. [397] From “The Mysteries of Love and Eloquence,” London, 1658; in Tegg’s “The Knot Tied.”