Rings
by George Frederick Kunz
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About this eBook
- Author
- Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932
- Title
- Rings for the finger : from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.
- Original Publication
- Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott company, 1917.
- Credits
- Peter Becker, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament
- Subject
- Rings -- Folklore
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 71428
- Release Date
- August 17, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Untitled
- 3.RINGS FOR THE FINGER
- 4.Untitled
- 5.Untitled
- 6.Untitled
- 7.FOREWORD
- 8.CONTENTS
- 9.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 10.I THE ORIGIN, PURPOSES AND METHODS OF RING WEARING — THE ORIGIN OF THE RING — THE PURPOSES OF RING WEARING — METHODS OF WEARING
- 11.II FORMS OF RINGS AND MATERIALS OF WHICH THEY ARE MADE — THE MATERIALS OF RINGS
- 12.III SIGNET RINGS
- 13.IV SOME INTERESTING RINGS OF HISTORY — ENGLISH RINGS
- 14.V BETROTHAL (ENGAGEMENT) RINGS, WEDDING (NUPTIAL) RINGS, AND LOVE TOKENS
- 15.VI THE RELIGIOUS USE OF RINGS
- 16.VII MAGIC AND TALISMANIC RINGS
- 17.VIII RINGS OF HEALING
- 18.CHAPTER IX RING MAKING
- 19.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:
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