RINGS

Foreword by James Fenton                                                                                 7

1 SIGNETS                                                                                                         8

2 LOVE, MARRIAGE, AND FRIENDSHIP RINGS                                   50

3 DEVOTIONAL, APOTROPAIC, AND ECCLESIASTICAL RINGS    120

4 MEMENTO MORI AND MEMORIAL RINGS                                       160

5 RINGS ASSOCIATED WITH ILLUSTRIOUS

PEOPLE AND GREAT EVENTS                                                                 186

6 DECORATIVE RINGS                                                                              226

7 THE DIAMOND RING                                                                              298

8 THE RING AS AN ACCESSORY                                                            336

notes to the text                                                                                               346

bibliography                                                                                                     350

notes on the illustrations                                                                                  354

 index                                                                                                               380

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