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.” [398] T. Wada, “Die Schmuck- und Edelsteine bei den Chinesen,” Tokyo, 1904, reprint from the “Mitteilungen” of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur- und Volkeskunde Ostasiens, vol. x, Pt. I. [399] Pompei Fasti, “De verborum significatu,” lib. xx, s. v. Edera, ed. of Ed. Thewrewk de Ponor, Budapest, 1889, p. 58. [400] Adolf Furtwängler, “Die Antiken Gemmen,” Leipzig and Berlin, 1900, vol. iii, p. 446. [401] F. G. Frazer, “The Golden Bough,” vol. iii, London, 1911, p. 314. [402] F. H. Marshall, “Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the ... British Museum,” London, 1907, pp. xxix, xxx, Nos. 629, 640. [403] Montfaucon, “L’antiquité expliqué,” vol. ii, Pt. II, Paris, 1719, pp. 324, 325; Plate 136. [404] Communicated by Prof. Cyrus Adler of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, in Philadelphia, the information being derived from the Hebrew Encyclopædia entitled “Ozar Yisrael,” vol. v, p. 6, col. i, s. v. Tabaath. Prof. Richard Gottheil of Columbia University confirms the views expressed by Prof. Cyrus Adler that the ring was never the distinguishing mark of a Rabbi. [405] Abbé Barraud, “Des bagues à toutes les époques,” Bulletin Monumental, vol. xxx, pp. 624–641. [406] Raoul Rochette, “Tableau des Catacombes de Rome,” Paris, 1837, pp. 235, 236. [407] S. Augustini, “De trinitate,” lib. viii, cap. 5, 6. Figured in Raoul Rochette, “Tableau des Catacombes de Rome,” Paris, 1837, title page. [408] Ruinart, “Acta sanctorum martyrum sincera et selecta,” Paris, 1689, p. 40. [409] Gregorii episcopi nysseni, “Opera,” vol. iii, in Migne’s Patrologia Græca, vol. xli, Parisiis, 1858, col. 990. [410] See Rev. I, viii. [411] C. W. King, “Antique Gems,” London, 1860, p. 358. [412] King, “The Gnostics,” London, 1864, p. 139. [413] O. M. Dalton, “Franks Bequest, Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediæval and Later [British Museum],” London, 1912, p. 7, No. 39. [414] M. Deloche, “Étude historique et archéologique sur les anneaux sigillaires,” Paris, 1900, pp. 139–142, figs. [415] Mercati, “Metallotheca Vaticana,” Romæ, 1719, p. 185. [416] Giacinto Gimma, “Delia storia naturale delle gemme,” Napoli, 1730, vol. i, p. 39. [417] Pauli Aringhi, “Roma subterranea,” Romæ, 1651, p. 701. [418] Santi Aurelii Augustini, “Opera Omnia,” ed. Migne, Parisiis, 1884, cols. 226, 227. [419] Communicated by L. Weininger, of Vienna. [420] Platina “De vitis Pontificorum”; “Vita Clementis IV.” [421] Edmund Waterton, “On the Annulus Piscatoris, or Ring of the Fisherman”; Archæologia, vol. xl, figures on pp. 140 and 142. [422] Edmund Waterton, “On the Annulus Piscatoris, or Fisherman’s Ring,” Archæologia, vol. xl, pp. 138–142, London, 1866. [423] Abbé Barraud, “Des Bagues à toutes les époques et en particulier de l’anneau des évêques et des abbés,” Bulletin Monumentale, vol. xxx, pp. 390, 391, 1864. [424] X. Barbier de Montault, “Le costume et les usages ecclésiastiques selon la tradition romaine,” Paris, n.d., vol. i, p. 161. [425] _Ibid._, pp. 158, 159. [426] Sancti Aviti, Epist. lxxviii, Migne, “Patrologia Latina,” vol. lix, col. 280. [427] Isidori, “De ecclesiasticis officiis,” lib. ii, cap. v, 12. [428] Migne, “Patrologia Latina,” vol. lxxxiii, cols. 783, 784. [429] Philippe Labbé and Cossart, “Sacros. concil.,” vol. v, cols. 1618, 1714. [430] Wetzer and Welte’s “Kirchenlexikon,” 2d ed., Freiburg im Breisgau, 1897, vol. x, p. 211, art. Ringe by K. Schrod. [431] Ed. Merati, p. 1737. [432] Edmund Waterton, “On Episcopal Rings,” _The Archæological Journal_, vol. xx, London, 1863, p. 228. [433] Rot. Pat. Hen. III. m. 20 d. [434] Liber 28, Ed. I; fol. 278, p. 344. [435] Philippi Labbei et Cossarti, “Sacrosancta concilia,” vol. viii, col. 878. [436] Edmund Waterton, “Episcopal Rings,” in _The Archæological Journal_ vol. xx, p. 227, fig. p. 228. [437] Ph. Labbei et Cossarti, “Sacrosancta Concilia,” vol. ix, col. 395, of the Council of Nimes. [438] Edmund Waterton, “Episcopal Rings,” in _The Archæological Journal_, vol. xx, p. 235, figs. 6, 7 and 8 on plate opposite that page. [439] “De sacro altaris mysterio,” Migne’s Patrologia Latina, vol. ccxvii, col. 796. [440] Arnaud, “Notice sur les objets trouvés dans plusieurs cercueils de pierre à la cathédral de Troyes,” Troyes, 1844, p. 13. [441] Catalan, “Pontificale romanum,” vol. iii, p. 358, citing the annals of Abraham Begovius, ad annum 1303, num. 8. [442] R. Rucklin, “Das Schmuckbuch,” Leipzig, 1871, vol. ii, pl. 56, fig. 5. [443] See also Hefner, “Trachten,” pl. 9. [444] _Op. cit._, vol. i, p. 167. [445] Edmund Waterton, “On Episcopal Rings,” _Archæological Journal_, vol. xx, p. 228, London, 1863; citing Dart, “Hist. of Cant. Cath.,” p. 346, fol. 279, and Duranti, “De ritibus,” lib. ii, cap. ix, sec. 37. [446] O. M. Dalton, “Franks Bequest, Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic Mediævel, and Later [British Museum],” London, 1912, pp. xxxvii, xxxviii. [447] Catalogue of the special exhibition of works of art ... at the South Kensington Museum, June, 1862, London, 1863, p. 636. [448] Maurice Faucon, “Les arts à la cour d’Avignon sous Clément V et Jean XXII,” in Mélanges d’Archéologie et d’Histoire II^{ème} Année, pp. 76, 77; IV^{ème} Année, p. 107. [449] Italian XIV Century MSS. in the author’s library. What appears to be a topaz ring is on the fourth finger of the right hand in Titian’s portrait of Archbishop Filippo Archinto, painted in the middle of the sixteenth century. [450] Edinburgh Review, July, 1866, p. 247. [451] X. Barbier de Montault, “Le costume et les usages ecclésiastiques selon la tradition romaine,” Paris (1897), vol. i, p. 162. [452] _Ibid._, vol. i, p. 159. [453] This ring is figured as frontispiece to the writer’s “Curious Lore of Precious Stones,” Philadelphia and London, 1913. [454] From a letter written by Bishop Greer to the author, September 22, 1916. [455] Kirchmann, “De anulis,” Lugd. Bat., 1672, p. 185. [456] Tractatus de officio episcopi, ad Henricum Senonensem episcopum, cap. ix. [457] H. Druitt, Costume in Brass, p. 98. [458] “Dictionnaire d’archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie,” ed. by Dom Fernan Cabrol, vol. i, Paris, 1907, col. 2187, art. _anneau_ by Leclercq. [459] X. Barbier de Montault, “Le costume et les usages ecclésiastiques selon la tradition romaine,” Paris (1897), vol. i, pp. 163, 164. [460] _Ibid._, vol. i, pp. 164–170. [461] _Ibid._, vol. i, pp. 175, 176. [462] The complete ceremonies and procedures observed at the coronation of the kings and queens of England, London (1902), p. 30. [463] Debrett’s Dictionary of the Coronation, London (1902), pp. 38, 126. [464] Cyril Davenport, “Jewellery,” Chicago, 1908, Plate xvi, opp. p. 110. [465] Abbé Barraud, “Des bagues à toutes les époques, et en particulier de l’anneau des évêques et des abbés,” Bulletin Monumental, vol. xxx, p. 17. [466] Abbé Barraud, “Des bagues à toutes les époques et en particulier de l’anneau des évêques et des abbés,” Bulletin Monumentale, vol. xxx, p. 32. [467] X. Barbier de Montault, “Le costume et les usages ecclésiastiques selon la tradition romaine,” Paris, (1897), vol. i, p. 174, note. [468] Cited by William Jones, “Finger-Ring Lore,” London, 1877. pp. 236, 237. [469] Henry Harrod “On the Mantle and Ring of Widowhood,” Archæologia, vol. xl, pt. 2, p. 308; London 1864. [470] Op. cit., p. 309, citing Gough, “Sepulchral Monuments,” vol. i, p. cxix. [471] Giovanni B. Rampolli, “Annales Musulmani,” vol. viii, Milano, 1824, p. 544 _sqq._, note 90. [472] Burton “Supplementary Nights,” London, 1886, vol. iii, p. 72, note. [473] The poems of Mohammed Hafiz of Shiraz, translated by John Payne, London, 1901, vol. iii, p. 230; epodes II, 2. [474] Lib. ii, cap 3; Platonis Dialogi, ed. Hermann, vol. iv, Lipsiæ, 1883, pp. 37, 38. [475] Cæselii, “Commentarii antiquorum lectionum,” Venetiis, 1516, p. 141; lib. iii, cap. xxv. [476] Hygini, “Astronomica,” ed. by Emile Chatelain and Paul Legendre, Paris, 1909, p. 19. Bibliothèque de l’École des Hautes Études, Fasc. 168. [477] King, “Handbook of Engraved Gems,” London, 1866, p. 184, citing Ptolemy Hephaistion, bk. ii, and Suidas. [478] This may have been the ring supposed to have been given by Apollo, before the birth of Seleucus. [479] Abrahami Gorlæi, “Dactyliotheca,” Delphi Batavorum, 1601, p. 3. [480] F. H. Marshall “Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the British Museum,” London, 1907, pp. xxiii, xxxiii, 131, Plate XX, fig. 801. [481] F. H. Marshall. “Catalogue of Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum,” London, 1907, p. xxxiii, No. 386; see Plate XII. [482] Suetonii, “Nero,” cap. xlvi. [483] Suetonii, “Galba,” cap. x. [484] Flavii Josephi, “Antiquitates Judeorum,” Basileæ, 1540, p. 203. [485] Luciani, “Opera Omnia,” ed. Jocobitz, Lipsiæ, 1881; Navigium, 42, 43, 44. [486] Philopseudos, 17. [487] Clementis Alexandrini, “Stromata,” lib. i. [488] Longi, “De annulis signatoriis” Francofurti et Lipsiæ, 1709, p. 39. [489] “Dictionnaire d’archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie,” ed. by Dom Fernan Cabrol, vol. i, Pt. II, Paris, 1907, cols. 2215, 2216, s. v. anneaux. [490] Artemidori Daldiani et Achametis Sereini “Oneirocritica,” Lutitiæ, 1603, p. 259. [491] Rev. Oswald Cockayne, “Anglo-Saxon Leechdom,” vol. iii, London, 1866, pp. 199, 205, 215 in “A Book of Dreams by the Prophet Daniel.” [492] Lebeau, “Histoire du Bas-Empire,” livre XIX; vol. iv, p. 307, ed. Desaint et Saillant, Paris, 1759. [493] St. Augustine, “De doctrina christiana,” lib. ii, cap. 20. [494] Communicated by L. Weininger, of Vienna. [495] Scheuzeri, “Itinera per Helvetiæ alpinas regiones,” Lug. Bat., 723, vol. iii, pp. 381–383. [496] See the present writer’s “The Magic of Jewels and Charms,” Philadelphia and London, 1915, pp. 238, 239. [497] Petrarchæ, Epistolarum libri, Lugduni, 1601, pp. 10, 11. [498] Annales Lamberti, in Monum. Germ., vol. iii, p. 91. [499] Monum. Germ. Script., vol. vii, p. 106. [500] “The Edda,” by Winchell Faraday, Pt. II, London, 1903, pp. 16, 17. [501] The history of “Reynard the Fox,” trans. and pub. by William Caxton, 1481; ed. by Edmund Goldsmid, Edinburgh, 1884, vol. ii, pp. 55,