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Ch. 5: Engagement Wedding Rings

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BETROTHAL AND WEDDING RINGS             227
are indicated by the initial letters of the stones set in the ring, as, for example:
In a similar way the Christian name of either of the betrothed may be indicated, as, for instance:
Although a diamond ring is the one most appro­priate as an engagement ring, it has long been recog­nized that for a wedding ring nothing can replace the simple hoop of precious metal, which may, indeed, be rendered a trifle less plain by some very chaste and beautiful engraving. A reason for the preference given to the ring without setting is offered by Fuller in his " Holy State," where he says : " Marriage with a dia­mond ring foreshadowed evil, because the interruption of the circle augured that the reciprocal regard of the spouse might not be perpetual."57
An attempt is being made in Germany to introduce the use of wedding-rings with moderate ornamentation and appropriate mottoes patterned on those of former times, in place of the severely plain gold hoop that has for a long time been decreed to be the only proper
87 Fuller, " Holy State," chap, xxii, Of Marriage.
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