[577] Thomas Sharp, “An account of an ancient gold ring found in Coventry Park in the year 1802,” Archæologia, vol. xviii, pp. 306–308. The “Coventry Ring” as it has been called is now in the British Museum. [578] C. W. King, in _Archæological Journal_, vol. xxvi, p. 234. [579] Pettigrew, “On Superstitions Connected with the History and Practice of Medicine and Surgery,” London, 1844, p. 67. This letter is among the Harleian MSS, and was read before the Soc. of Antiquaries, Nov. 12, 1772, according to the Minute Book of the Society. [580] Arthur Collins, “The English Baronage,” London, 1727. [581] Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, “Superstitions Connected with the History and Practices of Medicine and Surgery.” London, 1844. pp. 61, 62. [582] Jacobi Wolfii, “Curiosus amuletorum scrutator,” Francofurti & Lipsiæ, 1692, p. 460. [583] _Ibid._, p. 570. [584] Blumentritt, “Das Stromgebiet des Rio Grande de Mindañao,” in Petermann’s Geographische Mitteilungen, vol. xxxvii, p. 111, 1891. [585] Blackwood’s Magazine for February, 1886, p. 238. [586] Jacobi Wolfii, “Curiosus amuletorum scrutator,” Francofurti et Lipsiæ, 1692, pp. 390, 392. [587] _Ibid._, p. 32; Sec. I, cap. ii. [588] “Illustrated Catalogue of Mr. A. W. Drake’s famous collections,” New York, 1913, Pt. I, Nos. 1757, 1758, 1759, 1760. [589] Communicated by L. Weininger, of Vienna. [590] Patent application filed April 3, 1912, by Monroe Engelsman, and serial number 688,244. [591] George Frederick Kunz, “The Etiquette of Gems,” the Saturday Evening Post, June 27, 1908, p. 29. [592] U. S. Patent, No. 1,179,025, April 11, 1916. [593] H. Wilson, “Silverware and Jewelry,” New York, 1903, pp. 110, 111. [594] The word “ring” belongs to the Teutonic language group, and etymologically it is what is termed common Teutonic. [595] Archer’s thumb ring. [596] Plain ring. [597] Ring set with a stone. [598] The word used here and also in Num. xxxi: 50 is _glilim_. _ḥotham_ means a seal-ring in Jeremiah xxii: 24. [599] Mitteilungen and Nachrichten des deutschen Palästina-Vereins, 1904, pp. 1 sqq. Transcriber’s Notes: 1. Obvious printers’, punctuation and spelling errors have been corrected silently. 2. Some hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions of the same words have been retained as in the original. 3. Where hyphenation is in doubt, it has been retained as in the original. 4. Superscripts are represented using the caret character, e.g. D^r. or X^{xx}. 5. Italics are shown as _xxx_.