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A
Aah-hotep, Queen, signet of, 117
Abbots' rings, 280
Abbott, Dr., Egyptian collection of, 118
Abbesses' rings, 280
Aberdeen, Earl of, 339
Achametis, on dreams of rings, 298
Add-a-link ring, 93
Adjustable rings, 93
Adler, Cyrus, viii
AElian, 32
African rings, 64, 83, 84, 328
Agate, 81, 87, 335
Agincourt, rings found on battlefield of,
165 Agla motto on healing rings, 339 Agricola, Johannes, on healing rings, 351 Ahasuerus, signet of, 116 Ahlstan, Bishop of Sherbourne, ring of,
271 Albert, Prince, 225
Albertus Magnus, on virtues of talismans, 311 Alexander the Great, signet of, 123 Alfonso X, Lapidario of, 304, 305 Alfonso XIII, old usage said to have
been observed at marriage of, 213 Alliot, Hector, viii Amber, 104, 341
entire rings of, 104 Ambrose, St., 128
Amelia, Princess, Memorial ring of, 43 Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), ring of, 67 American Museum of Natural History,
65 American rings, 17-30, 47, 84, 85, 108 Amethyst, 34, 50, 73, 86, 111, 125, 126,
158, 227, 252, 279, 328, 335 Andalusite, 86 Anglo-Saxon rings, 195 of Bishop Ahlstan, 271 of Ethelwulf, 173, 174 of Ethelswith, 173, 174 Anhalt, princess of, magic ring of, 316, _317 Annay, Sir William d\ ring given to
by Richard Ceeur-de-Lion, 177 Anne, St., betrothal ring of, 261 Anne of Denmark, 189
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Antiochus IV, Epiphanes, signet of, 125
Antoninus Pius, head of, on signet, 140
Anularius, a ring-maker, 16
Anuli natalitii, 15
Anulus pronubus, 193
Apollonius of Tyana, magic rings of,
296, 325 Aquamarine, 158 Aquinas, St. Thomas, 211 Arabic rings, Mohammed's seal, 141
with earnelians, 141
mottoes and devices on, 142 Archseological Institute, London, 73 Archers' rings, 87, 105-108 Aristophanes, of rings, 9 Aristotle, blamed by Plato for wearing
rings, 32 Amulphus, Bishop of Metz, ring of, 269 Art nouveau rings, 87 Artemidora, mummy-case of, 51 Artemidorus, rings in dream-book of, 37 Arundel collection, 171 Arundel, Thomas, keeper of jewels of
Edward the Confessor's shrine, 175 Assyrian and Babylonian rings, 3
ancient contract as to emerald set in one, 4, 5 Assyrian jewellers' firm, 4 Astle, Thomas, 155 Astrolabe ring, 88 Auckland, Lord, 101 Augustine, St., 299 Augustus, 336, 347
signet of, 130, 131 Aurelian's seal ring, 133 Austrian rings, 87, 110 Avery, Samuel P., 66 Avitus, Archbishop of Vienne, letter of,
describing ring, 266, 267, 277 Aztecs, treasures of the, 19
silversmiths of the, 20
finger-rings of the, 20
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Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, 76 Bacon, Francis, on telepathic test with
a ring, 326, 327 Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, 76
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