...others were in the form of simple studs.§ Women wore many rings, sometimes two and three on the same finger : the left was considered the hand || peculiarly...by them, as by us, par excellence, the ring finger ^f ; though there is no evidence of its having been so honoured at the marriage ceremony.** They even...

...Women wore many rings, sometimes two and three on the same finger : the left was considered the hand |j peculiarly privileged to bear those ornaments ; and...by them, as by us, par excellence, the ring finger ^f ; though there is no evidence of its having been so honoured at the marriage ceremony.** They even...

...others were in the form of simple studs. § Women wore many rings, sometimes two and three on the same finger : the left was considered the hand || peculiarly...by them, as by us, par excellence, the ring finger ^f ; though there is no evidence of its having been so honoured at the marriage ceremony.** They even...

...two or three on the same finger. The left was considered the hand peculiarly privileged to bear these ornaments ; and it is remarkable that its third finger was decorated with a larger number than any other, and was considered by them as it is by us as the ring-finger ; though...

...Egyptians,' ¡it. 371, ¡eq.) that Egyptian women wore many rings, sometimes two and three on the same finger; the left was considered the hand peculiarly...number than any other, and was considered by them as the ringfinger. There is no evidence of its having been so honoured in the marriage ceremony, which...

...poorer classes. ' Women,' says Sir G. Wilkinson, ' wore many rings, sometimes two or three on the same finger; the left was considered the hand peculiarly...considered by them, as by us, par excellence, the ring-finger, though there is no evidence of its having been so honoured at the marriage ceremony. They...

...sometimes two or three on the same finger ; the left was considered the hand peculiarly privileged tu boar those ornaments, and it is remarkable that its third...any other, and was considered by them as by us, par cxccl/mcc, the ring finger, though there is no evidence of it having been so honoured at the marriage...

...unlike one of the Chinese dragons. t Woodcut 470, fig. 81. $ Woodcut 474, fig. 5. CHAP. IX. RINGS. 337 finger ; the left was considered the hand peculiarly...decorated with a greater number than any other, and waa considered by them, as by us, par excellence the ring finger, though there is no evidence of its...

...considered the hand peculiarly privileged to bear these ornaments ; and it is remarkable that its third was decorated with a greater number than any other and was considered by them as the ring finger.* This notion, as we have observed, the Grecians had. The idea of wearing rings on...

...with rings. According to Sir G. Wilkinson, they wore many rings ; sometimes two or three on the same finger. The left was considered the hand peculiarly...than any other, and was considered by them, as by us, )>ar excellence, the ring finger. They even wore a ring on the thumb. Among the Greeks, judging from...