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Scipio Âfricanus, signet of, 129 Seffrid, Bishop, ring of, 272 Seleucus I, Nicator
signet of, 124
magic
ring of, 293 Senlis, Pierre Bishop of, formula fcr dedicating nun's
rings in his pontifical, 285 Serapis and Isis, ring figuring, 57, 70,
head
of Serapis on signet, 140 Serjeants' rings, 48 50 Serpent rings, 72,
78, 91, 92 Servius Tullius, rings in statues of, 52 Sewall, Archbishop,
ring of, 272 Shakespeare, 40, 46, 152, 166, 207, 220, 221, 247, 310, 317
bequest of rings to his friends, 41
signet
of, 151 Shashank I (Shishak), ring of, 117 Shaw, Sir Edmund, mourning
rings bequeathed by, 349 Shell rings, 17,18, 21 Shemai, signet ring
of, 366 "Shield of David" on healing rings, 339 Shook, Sheridan,
amethyst ring worn
by, 85 Shujah, Shah, entire emerald ring given by, to British East India Company, 101
to
Runjit Singh, 102 Shylock's turquoise, 220 Siamese rings, 81 Sigfroi,
Archbishop, ring of, 274 Sight, restoration of, by rings, 337 Sigismond
Augustus of Poland, decree
of, as to Hebrew rings, 65 Signet ring or rings
of Queen Aah-hotep, 117
of Ahasuerus, 115
of Alexander the Great, 123
of Amenhotep IV,
of Antiochus Epiphanes, 125
of the Arabs, 142
of Augustus, 130, 131
of Aurelian, 133
of St. Bernard de Clairvaux, 144
at baptisms, 136
bequests of, 149
betrothal rings used as,
of bishops, 137
owned by Lord Byron,
of Julius Csesar, 130
of Caligulax,
of Charles I of England,
of Charles V of France, 146
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Signet ring or rings
of Childeric I, 138-140
of Childeric II's wife, 138
coats of arms on, 149
of Commodus, 131
of Alexis and John Comnenus, 144
of Constantius II, 161
of Dagobert I's wife, 138
of Darius, 123
dreams of, 132
of early French Kings, 37, 138
of Galba, 131
of Hadrian, 134
of Queen Hatshepset, 117
diamond, of Queen Henrietta Maria, 153-156
ivory, for sealing amphorae, 120-122
of priest of Khufu's pyramid, 118
of Lentulus, 127
of Lothaire, 140
of Louis le Débonnaire, 140
of Louis IX, 145
of Louis xii, 147, 148
of Lucullus, 130
of Maecenas, 130
of Mary Queen of Scots, 149-151
merchants', 144
"Michelangelo's Signet," 147
of Mohammed, 141
mottoes on, in Arabic, 142
of Nero, 130
in platinum or gold, 158
of Polycrates, 120
of Pompey, 127
of Scipio Africanus, 129
of Seleucus, 124
of Shakespeare, 151
of Shemai, 366
superstitious use of, 122, 123
of Sylla, 130
of Thothmes III, 117
of Tiberius, 134
one stolen by Verres, 126, 127
of Wilhelm I of Germany, 158
of President Wilson, 161
of Xerxes, 122
of Zerubbabbel, 135 Skiff, F. J. V., ix Sloane, Sir Hans, rings in collection
of,
87 Smith, Sir Thomas, 350 Society of Antiquaries, London, 75 Solomon's
ring, 288, 289 Somers, Lt. Robert, ring given to, by Washington, 192
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