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[512] Ritson, “Ancient English Medical Romances,” London, 1802, vol. I, p. 65. [513] Jacobi Gaffarelli, “Curiositates inauditæ,” Hamburgi, 1706, p. 112; Latin trans. citing Alberti, “De mirabilibus,” tr. 3, cap. 3. [514] Konrad von Megenberg, “Buch der Natur,” ed. by Dr. Franz Pfeiffer, Stuttgart, 1861, p. 472. [515] Catalogue of a collection of ancient and mediæval rings and personal ornaments, London, 1853, p. 5. Privately printed. [516] William Jones, “Credulities, Past and Present,” London, 1880, pp. 208–210. [517] The Venetian artist, Paris Bordone (1500–1570) painted a picture depicting the gondolier in the act of delivering St. Mark’s ring to the Doge. [518] Johannes Tritheim’s “Wunder-Buch,” Passau, 1506 (Reprint, p. 275). [519] Luke iv, 30: “But he passing through the midst of them went his way.” This refers to his escape at Nazareth from those who sought to cast him down from the hill. [520] O. M. 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[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.