Guilhou Collection

CATALOGUE
OF A
COLLECTION
OF
ANCIENT RINGS
FORMED
BY THE LATE
E. GUILHOU
PARIS
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TWO HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED
FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION
N° 11
Paris. — Imp. de I’Art, Ch. Berger, 41, rue de la Victoire.

PREFACE
The collection of rings described in this catalogue was

the work of a lifetime : the late Monsieur Guilhou spent
many years and the better part of his fortune, buying rings
ancient and modern of every description; al the time of his
death, he had brought together a stupendous series of one
thousand six hundred and thirty six ancient rings, a total
probably unrivalled in any public museum or private
collection.
Every age and every country is represented in this extra-
ordinary assemblage and it was no easy task for the com-
piler of the present catalogue to assign each ring to its
proper date, to sort this great series which the collector had
left in the utmost disorder, to divide the collection chronolo-
gically into twenty-four cases, grouped in four large folding
boxes.
Although it was not possible for the compiler (in the
absence of any note or catalogue by the hand of Monsieur
Guilhou) to discover the provenance and history of every
single ring, it was nevertheless most satisfactory to be able
to identify not only twenty beautiful Renaissance rings from
the celebrated Spitzer collection, sold in 1893, but also nearly
all the important items described in Baron Jerome
Pichon’s sale - catalogue (1897). Baron Pichon’s collection
of rings was considered the finest in France : nearly forty
of his choicest specimens were ultimately bought by Mon-
sieur Guilhou, including the celebrated ring of the Black
Prince. As late as 1909, Monsieur Guilhou purchased at the
Victor Gay auction nearly every ring in the sale, paying as
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much as seven thousand francs for a finger-ring of which

he had already several examples.
The antique series fills two boxes and forms about half
the collection : I have counted fifty two Egyptian rings and
seven hundred and fifty live Greek or Roman rings. Every
known type, shape or variety is represented by characte-
ristic examples, from the costly gold ring inlaid with the
cameo or intaglio, down to the plain bronze hoop, set with
a glass paste substitute for the precious gem. The series of
archaic Greek rings contains most remarkable examples of
the glyptic art, such as the Etruscan scarabs, the beautiful
filigree ringsand the seated figure of Penelope (n. 515). The
classical and later periods are also fully illustrated by excel-
lent intaglios on stone or metal, some being of the highest
artistic merit, as for instance the celebrated Silenus ring
from Thessalonica (n. 447). The large amber ring (n. GOO)
is a most costly example of a very rare and singular
technique.
Forged antique gems are frequently to be met with; but
Monsieur Guilhou was a very careful buyer. Not a single
ring has been added to or taken from his collection and every
item described is believed to be perfectly genuine; in half a
dozen instances, the gold mounts seem to be later than the
antique gems and are possibly of the seventeenth century :
this has in each case been expressly staled.
Nothing is rarer than early Christian rings and volumes
have been written on the reasons of that scarcity. Yet the
Guilhou collection contains at least a dozen fine specimens,
to which are added, in the same tray, about half a hundred
Byzantine rings, nearly all with inscriptions or monograms.
This section includes the famous marriage-ring from the
Pichon collection (n. 854) of which the only other known
examples are the two celebrated rings at Palermo and in the
British Museum. The two quaint rings with the inscription :
V
CONSTANTINO FIDEM are rare military relics, well

known to archaeologists from specimens in three or four
great museums (nn. 816-817).
The Merovingian and Carolingian rings from the French
cemeteries form perhaps the most interesting — if not intrin-
sically the most valuable — portion of the Guilliou collection
(nearly two hundred and fifty rings). It is gratifying to
observe that nearly every important ring described as in
private hands by the late Maximin Deloche(in his well known
hook on Merovingian rings) has ultimately found its way
into Monsieur Guilhou’s possession, including all the rings
discovered at Herpes, in the excavations of P. Delamain.
The rings of Queen Berthildis, wife of King Dagobert I
(n. 1029), of Saint Gulfetrudis, the grand-niece of the elder
Pippinus (n. 1057), of Gundoberga, the Lombard Queen
(n. 957), of Micael (n. 808), of Leodenus (n. 906), of Pro-
macius and Betta (n. 920), of Trasolfus (n. 934), are all
famous jewels, some of which have been published as
often as six or seven times.
The mediaeval series opens with over a hundred rings
of various types (nn. 1093-1197), including, amongst other
valuable items, the marvellous ring of Jean-Sans-Peur, Duke
of Burgundy (n. 1161), the gem of the whole collection, a
historical jewel of the highest importance and of the greatest
beauty. The charming ring with a female bust in cameo
(n. 1159) is a delightful, if less gorgeous example of the
same exquisite technique and is also an important monu-
ment of the early fifteenth century.
We next find (nn. 1208-1319) an unrivalled collection of
over a hundred armorial rings of the fourteenth, fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries, containing many rings of great
historical interest. Baron Pichon was a keen appreciator
and an experienced buyer of these heraldic jewels and nearly
all his rings of that class are now in the Guilhou collection.
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The most remarkable is the well known ring of the Black

Prince, found in Auvergne and often published by specia-
lists (n. 2274 ; but scarcely less interesting for the historian
are the rings of Mathieu d’Acquaviva, chamberlain of the
Queen of Naples (n. 1268), of Perceval d’Enneval, chamber-
lain of Kings Charles V and VI of France (n. 1235), of Jean
de Grailly, captal de Buch (1288), of Thomas de Nevers
(n. 1270), and of Hieronymus de Grimaldis (n. 1216).
The ten Jewish (nn. 1198-1207) and the twelve Oriental
rings (nn. 1320-1331) are delightful specimens of scarcely-
known techniques. The former are, from an artistic point
of view, of the highest interest.
There are over two hundred Renaissance rings (nn. 1332-
1570) in the collection, whereas such a collector as Spitzer,
with all his enthusiasm and the opportunities he had some
fifty years ago, did not succeed in obtaining eighty. Best ot
all : the twenty finest rings out of Spitzer’s eighty were
purchased by Guilhou and are now in this collection.
Nothing is scarcer nowadays than these delightful enamelled
jewels : a single ring fetched nearly fifteen thousand francs
in the Doistau sale and was naturally bought by Monsieur
Guilhou. Amongst many important items, the most remar-
kable is perhaps the ring of Pope Paul III Farnese (n. 1360)
who occupied the Holy See from 1534 to 1549. But there
are many other rings of the most exquisite work set with
diamonds, rubies and emeralds, covered with the most
delicate enamelled scrolls and foliage, showing even tiny
figures gracefully modelled in the round.
The last tray contains (nn. 1571-1636) some sixty exam-
ples of the more recent periods. If Monsieur Guilhou’s taste
had not drawn him towards the earlier epochs of art, he
could easily have obtained more numerous examples of
eighteenth end nineteenth century technique. But all the
important types are represented, from the miniature painted
VII
ring of the reign of Louis XVI to the political ring of the

early nineteenth century, with such amusing freaks as the
tomb of Napoleon (n. 1600) or the carefully hidden profile of
the unfortunate Louis XVI. A few historical rings close the
series, together with a touching set of rings, the bezels
showing locks of hair of nearly all the members of the
French Royal Family.
Such are, briefly reviewed, the main features of the finest
collection of rings that the undersigned has ever had the
privilege to examine.
SEYMOUR DE RICCI.
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plate I
PLATE 1
EGYPTIAN RINGS
1. Greenish blue faience. A cylindrical openwork ring.
The solar bark with the tat symbol, and a row of four
seated gods round the ring: Horus, Isis, Nephthys (?)
and Ra.
2. Blue faience. A large ring in the shape of a lotus-bud,
crowned with a bust of Hathor wearing a broad
necklace.
3. Blue faience. A plain ring, the bezel set with a black

intaglio showing, beneath the solar boat, the hieroglyphic
signs sa ra neb «A protection, an amulet for every
day*.
4. Pale blue faience. A large ring with an elongated bezel

incised with meaningless (?) hieroglyphs :
— 10 —
5. Blue faience. A plain ring with a flat rectangular bezel

incised with a hieroglyphic inscription readingAfenas—
ankh. It is the name of King Menes, the legendary first
King of Egypt.
This ring, however is not contemporaneous with

Menes, but is a proof of the veneration in which he was
held by later generations. It is to be observed that the
spelling Menas with a final s is only to be found on such
late documents as Saite scarabs, etc., the early form of
the name being Mena.
G. Dull blue faience. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel bea-
ring incised an uza or sacred eye. (Cf. Fontenay, Les
Bijoux, p. 21, fig.)
7. Pale blue faience. An openwork cylindrical ring showing
the god Ra and a lotus-bud.
8. Glass. A plain ring decorated in the paste with parallel
spiral lines.
9. Blue faience. A plain ring with an openwork bezel in
the shape of an uza or sacred eye.
10. Gold. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel, showing the
sacred bull Hapis, standing to right.
11. Gold. A plain ring with a flat rectangular bezel, showing
a Ilathor-headed sistrum between two sitting jackals.
12. Glass. A plain black ring, decorated with yellow wavy
lines.
13. Dull white faience. A ring, the hoop terminating in two
lotus-buds, the bezel in the shape of a scarab.
— Il-
li. Bronze. A plain ring, with a flat oval bezel in iridescent

glass.
15. Malachite. A plain ring, with a bezel in the shape of a
crouching lion.
IG. Blue faience. A plain ring, the flat elongated bezel inci-
sed with meaningless strokes.
17. Brownish faience. A plain ring, similar to n. 4, with a
flat elongated bezel in the shape of a cartouche :
The incised hieroglyphs apparently read: « The priest

of the goddess Maut, mistress of heaven ». Gf. n. 38.
18. Bronze. A plain ring with a revolving scarab-shaped
bezel in dark green stone, showing an incised human-
headed lion to right, with the hieroglyph dnkh « life ».
19. Blue glass. A plain ribbed ring with a tiny knob in the
place of a bezel.
20. Blue faience. An openwork ring similar to n. 9.
21. Brown lustred pottery. A plain facetted heptagonal
ring.
22. Bone. A plain ring with a small ornamental bezel.
23. Blue faience. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel, on
which is figured in low relief the god Bes standing to
right.
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— 12 —
24. Black glass. A plain ribbed ring.
25. Glass. A plain very small ring.
26. Yellowish glass. A plain ring with a small circular

bezel, showing a rosette-shaped dotted ornament in low
relief.
27. Silver. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel bearing an

incised hieroglyphic inscription : neterhen Amen Ankh-
Ilor-pe-Khred.« The priest of Amen Ankh-IIor-ue-Khred
28. Blue faience. A ribbed ring with an openwork bezel

showing a cow suckling a calf.
29. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel bearing inci-
sed hieroglyphs : RA-su-Ptah-n-neb.
30. Gold. A plain ring with flat incised bezel showing

meaningless hieroglyphs of a late period.
31. Serpentine (?). A plain ring with a flat incised bezel
showing incised hieroglyphs : Hor-nub-neb.
32. Gold. A plain ring withea revolving bezel in gold filigree

(Greek work manship) casing a veined onyx scarab
incised with the winged disk, the solar boat, etc.
33. Silver. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel bearing incised
in hieroglyphs : Ptalc-aa, Ptah sedemtea. « A Ptah-
amulet, Ptah listens to it >.
34. Carnelian. A plain ring with an oval bezel on which is

incised a god or goddess sitting to right.
33. Gold. A plain ring with an oval Lezel on which is incised

Ilathor standing to right.
36. Silver. A plain ring with a revolving bezel set in a gold

casing. The bezel is formed by a scarab, incised with
the three hieroglyphs : Her nefer neb.
— 14 —
37. Gold. A plain ring, the oval bezel bearing incised the
cartouche of king Neferu-Rd.
38. Gold. A plain ring with a flat cartouche-shaped bezel,

bearing, incised in hieroglyphs, the inscription « Maut,
mistress of heaven ». Cf. n. 17.
39. Gold. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel. Incised is a

raised uraeus bearing as a crown the horns, the disk
and the two feathers.
40. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel in the shape of a cartouche

crowned with the disk and two feathers. The incised
inscription reads « Psametik beloved of Amen ». It
probably refers to Psametik I or II of the XXVIth dy-
nasty, but it may be observed that neither usually bears
the title mer Amen « beloved of Amen ».
41. Gold. A plain ring in which is set a flat oval bezel bea-
ring in silver (?) niello a partly illegible hieroglyphic
inscription : « The master of the temples. .. of Neith ».
— 15 —
42. Silver. A plain ring with a flat elongated bezel. Incised

is a partly illegible hieroglyphic inscription :
iF f£ *
43. Silver. A plain ring with a flat elongated bezel. Incised
is a flower between two winged uraei.
44. Silver. A plain ring with a flat elongated bezel, bearing

an incised hieroglyphic inscription :
45. Gold. A plain ring with a revolving bezel formed by a

scarab. Incised on the flat side is an ornamental scroll.
46. Gold. A massive ring with a revolving bezel formed by a

scarab. Incised is an inscription in three columns. In
the centre is apparently a king’s name : Men-r-hetep-a-t.
But I cannot trace such a name and the reading is
doubtful. Mentuhetep does not seem possible. Date:
XVth-XVIth dynasty.
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47. Gold. A massive ring with a revolving stone bezel bea-

ring incised an illegible inscription.
48. Ivory. A plain ring : the flat square bezel is set with a
thin gold plaque showing in 1'epousse the uza or sacred
eye.
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49. Gold. A plain ring with a large flat oval bezel bearing
incised in comparatively recent hieroglyphs an inscrip-
tion similar to that on n. 41 : The master' of the temples
of king Uah-ab-Ra beloved of Neith.. The name Uah-ab-
Rd belongs to two kings of the XXVIth dynasty, Psa-
metik I and Apries; Our ring more probably refers to
the latter.
50. Gold. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel. Incised is an

inscription with the name of a priest Psametik whose
precise title I cannot read.
51. Gold. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel bearing incised,
a hieroglyphic inscription : Ast-n-khebt « Isis ofKheb ».
This is a well known form of the goddess Isis, rendered
in Greek Rsenkhebis and on which full details are
given by Valdemar Schmidt, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
den. aeggptiske Sanding, 1908, p. 463.
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52. Gold. A plain ring with a revolving bezel formed by an
Assyrian cylinder in lapis-lazuli. Incised is a lion poun-
cing on an antelope.
GU1LHOU COLLECTION Plate 11
PLATE II
GREEK AND ROMAN RINGS

53. Gold. A ring with a spiral hoop and a revolving gold
bezel in the shape of a scarab, showing in repousse
Eros standing to right and surrounded by an ornamental
scroll.
54. Gold. A ring decorated with laid-on spiral ornaments,
the bezel set with a carnelian intaglio: a bird to right.
55. Gold. A plain ring with a helmeted bust of Athena in
high relief on the bezel.
5G. Iron. An iron ring with a revolving bezel formed by a
chalcedony scarab mounted in gold. Incised is an archaic
representation of Herakles lighting the Nemean lion.
Above are the two letters :
57. Gold. A plain ring with a standing figure of Isis-Tychd

incised on the bezel.
Hellenistic workmanship, probably from Egypt.
58. Gold. A flattened ring with an openwork gold scarab
forming the revolving bezel. Incised in imitation hiero-
glyphs are the signs neferu-nub,
— 18 —
59. Gold. A ring decorated with spiral ornaments in laid-on

wire. The revolving bezel is an archaic carnelian scarab
showing a satyr or rather a Silenus filling an amphora
from a fountain.
This is apparently the Etruscan ring formerly in the
Praun and Mertens-Schaaffhausen collections reproduced
by King, Antique gems and rings, vol. 11, plate XXXIV,
fig. 2, who wrongly describes it as a Herakles.
jasper intaglio of the archaic period: a crouching lion,
to right.
61. Gold. A ring in twisted wire with a revolving bezel
formed by a yellowish archaic scarab: an antelope gra-
zing to right.
archaic carnelian intaglio : a stag grazing to left.
63. Gold. A plain ring with a large ornate ovale bezel : a
woman reclining, holding a patera in her right hand.
archaic carnelian scarab : a stag galloping to right.
Phoenician (?) scarab : two conventional lotus-buds.
66. Gold. A spiral ring with a revolving bezel formed by
an onyx scarab: a cornucopia.
67. Gold. A tiny ring with a fish incised on the bezel.
Possibly Christian.
68. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel bearing a tiny raised
intaglio: a standing figure.
69. Iron (or oxydised silver). A plain ring with a revolving
bezel formed by a black archaic scarab: a lion pouncing
on an antelope.
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70. Gold. A plain flat ring with a revolving bezel formed by

a carnelian scarab: a quadruped grazing, to right.
71. Gold. A plain ring with a revolving gold bezel inside
which revolves an archaic Greek scarab: a warrior to
left, with a shield.
72. Gold. A ring with a revolving bezel formed by a sardo-
nyx scarab : an antelope galloping to right.
73. Gold. A ring with a revolving bezel formed by a tiny
scarab, possibly Phoenician: a sistrum between two
uraei.
74. Gold. A spiral ring with a revolving gold bezel in the

shape of a scarab : a man sitting to right.
75. Bronze. A plain ring with an incised bezel, showing a
man with a bull’s head standing to left. Possibly Gnos-
tic.
7G. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a carnelian inta-
glio : a man standing to left.
77. Gold. A ribbed ring with a revolving bezel formed by an
archaic carnelian scarab : a satyr or Silenus bending to
left holding a circular object, possibly a cup or vase.
78. Gold. A ring, the bezel set with a three-layer cameo: a
female Roman head, to left.
79. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a bluish intaglio :
a warrior (Alexander ?) sitting to right, with a tiny
Victory standing on his outstretched hand.
80. Gold. A ring with a conical onyx bezel, showing in inta-

glio a cupid kneeling down behind a goat.
81. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a carnelian inta-
glio: a child’s head in front view.
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— 20 —
82. Gold. A ring, with an oval bezel set with a bluish inta-
glio : two standing figures, one being very small.
83. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a whitish chalce-
dony intaglio: a warrior to left. The mount is apparen-
tly modern. (Also n. 84).
84. Gold. A ring, the bezel set with a carnelian intaglio: a

youth standing before an aged man sitting on a rock.
85. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a pale pink inta-
glio : Athena standing to right, with her shield and
spear, holding a tiny Victory an her outstretched hand.
Cf. n. 92.
8G. Gold. A flattened ring, the bezel set with a garnet

cabochon. Round the hoop is engraved in pointille :
87. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with an archaic carne-
lian intaglio : a horse to left.
88. Gold. A plain flattened ring with a flat circular bezel on
which is incised a gryphon standing to left.
89. Gold. A plain ring bearing a female head, to left, in-

cised on the bezel.
glio : a stag sitting to left.
91. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a light carnelian
intaglio : a bull butting to left; above, a crescent.
— 21 —
92 Gold. A plain ring, with a flat circular bezel, incised

with a figure of Athena, standing to left, a tiny Victory
on her outstretched hand. Cf. n. 85.
93. Gold. A plain ring, the raised rectangular bezel set with
three small oval cabochons.
94. Gold. A ring the bezel set with an oval intaglio : an

eagle with wreath in its beak, as on Alexandrine coins
95. Gold. A plain ring.
96. Gold. A double ring the bezel bearing the following two
incised inscriptions, one above the other :
METI
FELI
The meaning of Meti is doubtful, but Feti is - cer-

tainly an abbreviation for Feliciter.
From the collection of Baron Jerdme Picbon (His sale
catalogue, 24 Avril 1897, pp. 3-4, n. 6). Also published
in Corpus i/iscriptionum latinarum, vol. XIII, 3, p. 641,
n. 10024, 244 .
97. Gold. A massive ring with an oval bezel bearing incised
the inscription :
• VCTf
THO
The letters are fairly clear, but the meaning is doubt-
ful. Perhaps the inscription should be read from right
to left and line 2 before line 1. We would then have, in
Greek : ayirrov.
98. Gold. A ring with a small circular bezel, bearing incised
a conventional winged quadruped, to right.
— 22 —
99. Gold. A ring with a raised bezel set with a very beau-
tiful carnelian intaglio : a youthful male head to left.
100. Gold. A plain ring, the oval bezel incised with a Cupid
kneeling before a lion and holding its paw.
101. Gold. A double ring, the two portions separated by a
zig-zag ornament, the bezel set with two small cabo-
chons, one being a garnet. Cf, n. 128.
102. Gold. A ring, the square bezel set with a bead of mo-
ther of emerald, with a tiny pearl right and left.
103. Gold. A plain ring, the circular bezel set with a car-
nelian intaglio : a beardless male head to left appa-
rently the Emperor Augustus.
104. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel sot with a dull red
jasper intaglio : three male busts, one to right and two
to left.
These heads, apparently intended for Roman Empe-
rors are not easy to identify : the most likely conjec-
ture would be to call them Carus, Carinusand Nume-
rianus, whose heads are thus brought together on a very
fine bronze medallion in the Museum at Agram.
105. Gold. A plain ring (the mount apparently modern), the
bezel set with a fine carnelian intaglio : a man sitting to
left before a standing skeleton; behind him a head on
a rock.
The same subject is figured on a gem from the Blacas
collection, now in the British Museum and rightly
described by King, Antique gems and rings, vol. II,
plate XXXVI, fig. 8, as « Prometheus modelling the
framework of his man. »
106. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with an amethyst ca-
bochon.
Possibly Merovingian.
— 23 —
107. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with a carnelian

intaglio: a male bearded head, to left.
108. Gold. A plain ring with a large flat oval bezel, bearing
incised a sea-horse to left, surrounded by two dolphins.
109. Gold. A plain flat ring, the bezel set with a carnelian
intaglio : a woman bending forward places some offering
on a small altar, before a statue of Priapus on a high
columnar base.
110. Gold. A massive flat polygonal ring. Incised on the
bezel, Sarapis standing to left, with raised arm.
111. Gold. A plain ring with a large flat circular bezel,
bearing incised a woman, standing to left and pouring
out a libation.
112. Gold. A plain ring with a pointed oval bezel, bearing
incised Athena, standing to left, between two olive
branches, a bird (not an owl) on her outstretched hand.
Archaic Greek workmanship.
113. Gold. A marriage-ring with a flat oval bezel, showing
in repoussd the married couple standing hand in hand.
114. Gold. An Etruscan ring with an elongated incised bezel,
showing a stag, with a floral ornament above and
below.
115. Gold. A massive ring, with a child’s head in relief.

116. Gold. A plain ring with a circular incised bezel : a
trident, with a dolphin on either side.
PLATE III
117. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a black and
white cameo: a female head to right.
Roman workmanship.
118. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with an oval carnelian
intaglio: a cornucopia.
119. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a red paste imi-
tating a carnelian intaglio: a female figure, standing to
right, resting against a column and holding a palm
branch.
120. Gold. A spiral ring in the shape of a snake, the scales
being imitated by tiny punched ornaments.
121. Gold. A ring with a raised bezel formed by a blue and
black oval intaglio : a lion jumping out of a large shell.
122. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with an oval mother-
of-emerald intaglio : Athena standing to left.
123. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with a minute gar-
net (?) intaglio: the nude figure of a standing youth,
holding two ears of corn (?) in his right hand, the other
being outstretched.
121. Gold. A massive ring with a circular bezel showing in
the centre a round knob. The hoop terminates at both
ends in a triangle of three pellets which is believed by
many archaeologists to be peculiar to the Merovingian
period.
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plate ill
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125 Gold. A ring set with an elongated oval garnet cabo-

chon surrounded with incised wavy lines.
Gold. A ring with a circular bezel set with a dark blue
intaglio: a standing image of a god in a kind of niche;
to the left a warrior apparently about to carry of! the
image. Perhaps Ulysses and the Palladium (?).
127. Gold. A plain marriage-ring, the bezel set with a dull-
red intaglio : the lacing busts of husband and wife
with two tiny kissing Cupids between them.
128. Gold. A double ring, the two bezels being set with
oval garnet cabochons. Cf. n. 101.
129. Gold. A plain massive ring, the bezel set with a small
dull-red intaglio : a horse to left.
130. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a bluish intaglio:
a man sitting to left, reading, before a column on
which is a philosopher’s head. The same subject is
treated with slight variations on a gem, formerly in the
Uzielli collection, reproduced by King, Antique gems
and rings, vol. II, plate XXXVIII, fig. 11.
131. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a whitish chalce-
dony intaglio: the bust of a Roman lady, to right.
intaglio : a nude man standing to left.
133. Gold. A spiral ring in the shape of a serpent. Cf.n.120.
134. Gold. An Etruscan ring with a flat elongated bezel
bearing incised three conventional animals, the top
one apparently a lion, the two others antelopes.
Cf. n. 114.
135. Gold, A plain ring with a flat oval incised bezel: Nike
standing to left.
— 26 —
13G. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a three-coloured

intaglio: a man, standing to left, apparently playing
on a flute or some other small musical instrument.
137. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel formely set with an oval
intaglio.
138. Gold. A plain ring with a square raised bezel on

which is incised a scarcely legible inscription :
139. Gold. A massive ornate ring, the bezel incised with a

tiny animal. On the hoop, right and left, are incised in
Roman letters of the third century A. D. :
e-veznt legor.
140. Gold. A massive openwork ring, a large plain scroll
forming the bezel.
141. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the following
inscription, above a palm-branch:
This acclamation is to be found on a number of gold

rings in this collection (one of which is doubtless n.
of the JSrdme Pichon sale): Cl. nn. 1G9, 234,352,518,
521, 525, 527, 528. It is to be presumed that most of
these rings come from Cyprus where they are of fairly
common occurrence.
— 27 —
142. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a carnelian

intaglio: at the top, a mask terminating above inn
horse’s head; below a raven or dove pecking a pros-
trate animal. Right and left the inscription.
AY TOY
143. Gold. A plain ring with a raised lozenge-shaped bezel,
set with an amethyst cabochon. Perhaps Merovingian
and the ring of a bishop.
114. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a handsome

brownish jasper intaglio : a semi-nude female figure,
to left.
glio showing what is apparently a shoe.
146. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small bluish
intaglio : a youthful head to left, perhaps the Emperor
Augustus.
147. Gold. A massive, ornate, openwork ring, the bezel set
with an oval bluish jasper, prepared for the engraver.
148. Gold. A plain flat ring, the bezel showing in low relief
a head of Herakles, to right.
149. Gold. A plain ring with an oval bezel on which is

incised Isis standing to left, a serpent in her outstretched
hand.
150. Gold. A thin flat ring, decorated with incised lines, the
bezel showing in low relief a youthful bust to right, per-
haps the Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
151. Gold. A flat ring decorated with laid-on beaded orna-

ments, the bezel set with a carnelian intaglio : a thea-
trical mask, to left.
&
— 28 —
glio : the laureate bust of Emperor Vespasian, to right.
153. Gold. A ring, the bezel set with a bluish intaglio :

Herakles slaying Minotauros.
154. Gold. A ring (the mount possibly modern), set with a

two-layer cameo : a satyr surprising a sleeping Bac-
chant. Closely similar to an êngraved emerald from the
Blacas collection, now in the British Museum (King,
Antique gems and. rings, vol. II, plate XXIX, fig. 6).
155. Gold. A spiral ring, with a raised oval bezel, set with a
garnet (?) cabochon and decorated with laid-on orna-
ments in gold beads and wire. Possibly of the Carolin-
gian period.
15G. Gold. A ring, the bezel set with a dull-red intaglio :

Cupid standing to left, holding a small animal in his
outstretched hand.
157. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a dull-red inta-
glio : a Victory standing before Isis Tyche.
158. Gold. A plain ring with a large T incised on the bezel.

Probably mediaeval.
glio: Cupid standing to right, a wreath in his hand.
160. Gold. A plain polygonal facetted ring.
161. Gold. A spiral ring terminating in two busts ofSarapis

and Isis.
162. Gold. A plain ring with a pointed oval bezel, on which

is incised a dog to right.
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103. Gold. A plain ring with three bezels, on which are

incised as many small standing figures.
164. Gold. A spiral ring in the shape of a serpent.
165. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the dotted
inscription:
Felix.
166. Gold. A ring, the bezel set with a red paste intaglio :
a palm.
167. Gold. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel.
168. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with an intaglio
representing two fish. Possibly the sign of the Zodiac.
169. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the inscrip-
tion :
Gf. n. 141.
170. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a square white
pebble.
171. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a tiny cameo : a
youthful head to left.
glio : the protome of an elephant, terminating in a
snail’s shell.
173. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a carnelian in-
taglio : Ilermes standing to left.
glio : a man walking to right, followed by a dog.
— so-
ns. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a cameo : a fe-
male mask to left.
17G. Gold. A plain ring, with a pointed oval bezel : a stan-
ding Victory holding a wreath.
a female head to left.
178. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a light brown
intaglio : a bird to left, holding a basket (?) in its beak.
glio : a peacock standing on a pillar.
180. Gold. A plain ring (the mount apparently not antique),
the bezel set with a dull-red intaglio : a female head to
left.
181. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a tiny intaglio :
a standing figure to right.
glio : a nude figure standing to right, pouring out the
contents of a vase.
183. Gold. A plain ring, with a flat circular bezel, on which
is incised a Victory standing to left, sounding a trumpet.-
glio : an old man with his dog, standing to left before a
tree.
185. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a helmeted

head to left.
186. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a carnelian intaglio:
a standing figure to right, holding in each hand a cir-
cular object.
187. Gold. A plain ring, with a flat circular bezel.
I
— Bl-
lSS. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small intaglio:
Hermes standing to right.
189. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the bull Ilapi
to left. Probably Egyptian workmanship.
190. Gold. A plain ring, with a pointed oval bezel, on
which is incised a gryphon to left.
191. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel bearing a small phallus
in low relief.
192. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel formerly set with a ca-
bochon.
193. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the ins-
cription :
UYGTIKON
194. Gold. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel.

195. Gold. A plain ring with two bezels, each incised with
a palm.
PLATE IV
196. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with an intaglio : an
eagle with a wreath in its beak as on Alexandrine
coins.
197. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a large intaglio :
a female head to left.
198. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with u carnelian inta-
glio : a bust of Hermes to left.
199. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with an amethyst inta-
glio : a Victory standing to left.
200. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a garnet intaglio:
a man walking to left, pouring out the contents of a
vase.
201. A plain ring, the bezel set with a carnelian intaglio :

the bust of Helios surrounded by the signs of the Zodiac
and the reversed inscription :
O
*<33^
Probably the beginning of the Greek month's name.
202. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a large garnet
intaglio: a youthful male head to left; beneath, the
reversed inscription:
iaihaaaoha
GUILHOU
324 325 327 328 330

262
— 33 —
•>03 Gold. A large ring, the bezel set with an oval paste
intaglio : the rape of Europa.
201. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a white chalce-
dony intaglio: a bust to left between two ornaments.
205. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a chalcedony

intaglio, cut to the shape of a male veiled bust to right.
206. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a jasper intaglio :
a female figure standing to right.
207. Gold. A ring, the hoop terminating in three pellets, the

bezel surrounded with beaded wire, and set with a
carnelian intaglio : a youth walking towards a seated
man.
glio : a Victory standing to left.
209. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a dark red inta-
glio : a female head to left.
210. Gold. A plain ring with an oval bezel on which is

figured, in intaglio, Hermes tying wings to his ankles.
211. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a large and
beautiful garnet intaglio : a female, half length figure,
to left.
212. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small garnet
intaglio: a helmeted head to left.
glio : a woman seated on a stool ; before her stands
a man.
— 34 —
214. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a very rough
intaglio: a female head to left, surrounded by the
inscription:
215. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel set with a small

cameo : two Cupids and the inscription :
216. Gold. A plain ring, the flat oval bezel incised with a
cock to left.
217. Gold. A plain ring, with an oval bezel on which is

incised the semi-nude figure of Apollo seated to left in
front of a tripod.
218. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel set with a bluish
intaglio : a bust of Sarapis to left.
219. Gold. A large ring, with a raised bezel decorated with
a floral ornament and set with a carnelian intaglio:
the upper part showing a horseman to left, the lower
an eagle.
220. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a standing

figure of Athena in front view.
221. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small cameo :
a bird to left.
222. Gold. A ribbed ring, the openwork bezel set with a
bluish intaglio : a seated cupid playing on the lyre.
223. Gold. A plain ring, with an oval incised bezel: a satyr
sitting to left, holding a child on his knees.
— 35 —
224. Gold. A plain ring, with a flat oval bezel on which is

incised a cupid walking to left, a club on his shoulder.
225. Gold. A plain ring, with a bust of Alexander Helios
in front view, in low relief.
226. Gold. A ring with a spiral hoop, the bezel set with a
carnelian intaglio: under a bower, two standing figures
one being a man.
227. Gold. A massive ribbed ring similar to n. 220, the
bezel set with a bluish intaglio: Hermes standing to left,
resting against a pillar, holding a caduceus and a palm.
a seated captive in front view.
229. Gold. A ring decorated with laid-on beaded ornaments,
the bezel set with a garnet cabochon.
Possibly of the Carolingian period.
230. Gold. A ring decorated with spiral ornaments in laid-
on wire, the bezel set with a rock-crystal intaglio: a
gryphon crouching to left.
231. Gold. A ribbed ring, decorated with beaded lines, the
bezel set with three parallel elongated garnet cabo-
chons.
232. Gold. An ornamental ring, the raised openwork bezel

set with an amethyst intaglio : Pegasus grazing to left.
233. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with a dull-red
intaglio : Mithra to right slaying the bull.
234. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel incised with the ins-
cription :
€TTAr
A O CO
Cf. n. 141.
6
— 36 —
235. Gold. A large ring, the bezel set with a dull-red inta-
glio : two affronted busts, male and female. In the
centre, the reversed inscription :
IS on
3
236. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with an intaglio cut
into the shape of a ship.
237. Gold. A plain ring, (the mount apparently not antique),
the bezel set with a carnelian intaglio: Apollo standing
to left, the lyre in his hand.
238. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small white
intaglio : a standing figure to right.
239. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel bearing in low relief the
prow of a ship.
240. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a whitish intaglio:
a lion to right.
241. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel set with a white
intaglio : a rabbit under a tree.
242. Gold. An ornamental ring, the bezel set with a blue
paste cabochon.
243. Gold. A large ring, (the mount apparently not antique),
the bezel set with a handsome cameo: a youthful bust
to right, resembling Antinous: the youth is gazing on
a mask, which he holds in his left hand.
214. Gold, A plain ring, the bezel set with a carnelian inta-
glio : a cupid, holding a wreath and riding to left on a
dolphin ; beneath, the reversed inscription :
k
C
— 37 —
245. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a light grey
intaglio: a bearded head to left.
246. Gold. A plain ring (the mount possibly not antique),
the bezel set with an amethyst intaglio : a youth stan-
ding to left, and the reversed inscription :
OV-AD-O
247. Gold. A ring, the hoop formed by three strips of
beaded wire, the bezel set with a whitish pebble.
248. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a square piece of
paste, on which are figured a star and crescent.
Apparently not Oriental workmanship.
249. Gold. A ring, the bezel formed by an interlaced knot,

elaborately decorated with conventional floral laid-on
ornaments.
A beautiful example of pure Greek workmanship.
250. Gold. A ring, the bezel set with a garnet intaglio: the
protome of a gryphon to right.
251. Gold. An openwork ring, entirely wrought in the most
delicate and intricate filigree, showing scrolls and
spiral patterns. Cf. the similar ring, n. 317.
252. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with an ornament
in the shape of a Maltese cross.
the bezel set with a carnelian intaglio : a seated (?) figure
to left.
251. Gold. A ring (the mount apparently not antique), the
bezel set with a dull-red intaglio : an eagle, above which
is a bust of Zeus to left.
— 38 —
255. Gold. A ring, the hoop formed by three strips of plaited

or beaded wire, the bezel set with a bluish intaglio : a
lobster to left.
25G. Gold. A ring (the mount apparently not antique), the

bezel set with a beautiful carnelian intaglio: a youthful
nude satyr, dancing to left. On the left, the last letters
of an inscription, apparently
evidently the signature of the engraver.
257. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a white intaglio:
Zeus sitting to right with the eagle at his feet.
258. Gold. An ornamental ring, the bezel set with a revol-
ving bead of rough emerald.
259. Gold. A plain ring, with an oval bezel, set with a garnet
cabochon.
260. Gold. A ring formed by a double strip of beaded wire,

the bezel set with a small light-green paste cabochon.
261. Gold. A ring, the hoop decorated with laid-on strips of
beaded wire, the bezel replaced by two conical knobs.
262. Gold. A massive ring, with a flat oval bezel, incised
with a youthful satyr dancing to left.
263. Gold. A plain ring, the raised conical bezel set with a
tiny garnet cabochon.
264. Gold. A massive ornamental ring, the raised pyramidal
bezel incised with a horseman to left.
265. Gold. A plain ring, the flat oval bezel incised with
meaningless signs.
— 39 —
266. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a green paste
intaglio, in antique style: a dove to right with an olive
branch in its beak and a reversed inscription, partly
hidden by the mount : PEACE & LOVE. Probably En-
glish workmanship, of the eighteenth century.
267. Gold. A ring with a double spiral hoop, the bezel sur-
rounded with eight pearls and set with a garnet cabo-
chon.
PLATE V

268. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with a large car-
nelian intaglio : a youthful bust to left crowned with
vine leaves.
glio : the bust of Helios Sarapis in front view.
270. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a cameo : the in-
fant Herakles strangling two serpents.
271. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set withan intaglio:
Abundance standing to right.
intaglio : a beardless scenic mask to left.
273. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with a green inta-
glio : Perseus standing to right with the head in his
outstretched hand.
glio : a bearded head to left.
A fine specimen of Greek glyptic art in the third cen-
tury B. G.
275. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel decorated with beaded or-
naments, and showing in low relief a head of Alexander
to right.
276. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with a garnet inta-
glio : a youthful male figure dancing to left.
— 41 —
277. Gold. A double ring, with two parallel oval incised be-
zels : a standing god and goddess.
278. Gold. A ring (the mount apparently not antique), the

bezel set with a carnelian intaglio : a youthful god,
standing between two goddesses. Below, the reversed
inscription :
AGGTOC

the bezel set with a dull-red intaglio : three busts, a
man, a woman and a boy, the latter in the centre.
280. Gold. An ornamental ring, the bezel set with a cameo

showing the bust of a Roman lady.
281. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set witli a garnet intaglio :
Herakles (?) standing, a club in his hand.
282. Gold. A plain ring, with a revolving scarabeoid chal-

cedony bezel, on which is incised a cock to right.
283. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a carnelian

intaglio : a youth holding a palm; Abundance stan-
ding by.
is figured in relief a standing warrior, in front view.
285. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a garnet in the
shape of a child’s head.
Probably of the Renaissance,
280. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small intaglio:
a satyr walking to right, holding a thyrsus.
287. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel inlaid with an intaglio cut
into the shape of a female head to left.
— 42 —
288. Gold. A plain ring, with an oval bezel, on which is

incised a female figure seated to left.
289. Gold. A plain ring with a flat circular bezel, on which
is incised a standing woman crowned by a cupid and
pouring out a libation.
290. Gold. A plain ring with a large circular bezel, on which
is incised a cupid standing to left.
291. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a small
translucid intaglio, cut into the shape of a female head
to left.

is incised a biga in front view.
293. Iron. A plain ring, the mount completed in gold at a
later date, the bezel set with a blue intaglio: Venus
standing to left against a pillar, a helmet in her hand.
294. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small cameo,
showing a human hand touching an ear and the inscrip-
tion :
UMHU0N6TG
« Remember ».
295. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a female figure
seated to left, and crowned by a cupid : an exceptional
specimen of pure Greek workmanship.
29G. Gold. A ring decorated with vine leaves and grapes, the
bezel set with an emerald cabochon.
297. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a large amethyst
intaglio : Leda and the swan with Cupid standing by.
— 43 —
298. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a fine oval cameo:
a satyr about to fight with a goat; right and left a man
and woman.
299. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel set with two cabo-
chons, a garnet and an emerald.
300. Gold. An ornamental ring, the hoop formerly set with
three small cabochons, one being a garnet, the oval
bezel showing, under a glass cover, minute flowers in
gold filigree.
301. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with an emerald
cabochon.
glio : a sea-goat and a trident.
303. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel decorated with beaded
ornaments and set with a bluish intaglio: a standing
figure of Abundance.
304. Gold. A ring with a raised openwork bezel, set with
a pale sapphire cabochon.
305. Gold. An ornamental ring, the hoop terminating in two

lion-heads, the bezel set with a carnelian intaglio : a
sphinx to left, with the reversed inscription:
LU±H/\4
306. Gold. A plain ring, with a circular bezel, bearing in
low relief, and in front view, a bust of Helios sur-
rounded by rays. The intervals between these rays are
filled up with blue and green enamel. This is one of the
few extant specimens of Greek enamelwork and is
probably to be ascribed to an Egyptian workshop.
7
— 44 —
307. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a garnet cabo-
chon.
308. Gold. A plain ring, with a pointed oval bezel oq which
is incised a flying cupid.
309. Gold. A flat ring, the bezel incised with the following
inscription :
vivAr
MV LT IS
AV
Vivas multis anfnis). “May you live many years”.

a male bust to left.
Roman workmanship of the third century.
311. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel set with a sapphire
cabochon.
312. Gold. A ring, the hoop formed of three strips of beaded

wire, the bezel set with a somewhat indistinct intaglio:
313. Gold. A plain ring, with an elongated bezel on which
are figured in low relief two fighting warriors.
Etruscan workmanship.
314. Gold. A plain ring, with a flat octogonal bezel on
which is incised a fantastic animal; on the hoop the
inscription :
noys
A Gnostic ring, doubtless from Egypt.
315. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel formerly set with a cabo-
chon.
— 45 —
316. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel formerly set with a cabo-
chon.
317. Gold. An openwork filigree ring, closely similar to

n. 251.

the bezel set with a red brown intaglio: a bull and a
dog galloping to left.
319. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a sapphire (?)
intaglio : a beardless male head to left, possibly
Augustus.
320. Gold. A ring, the hoop in plaited gold wire, with a
hexagonal rosace shaped bezel, set with a tiny central
cabochon.
321. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a black inta-
glio : a leaf and flute.
322 Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small square
emerald intaglio: two dancing satyrs.
a mask to left.
324. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a tiny raised
intaglio: an insect.
the bezel set with a circular cameo : an eagle with
outspread wings holding thunderbolts in its claws.
326. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel, which is set with a garnet
cabochon, being supported by two lions, modelled in
the round.
Possibly Mediaeval.
— 46 —
glio : a gryphon to left, surrounded by a partly illegible
and apparently meaningless inscription.
328» Gold. A double ring, the bezels set with small garnet
cabochons, surrounded with beaded wire.
329. Gold. An elaboratly decorated ring, similar in work-
manship to n. 300, the bezel set with a garnet cabo-
chon, the whole surface decorated with laid-on beaded
ornaments.
330. Gold. An ornate ring, the hoop decorated with a num-

ber of projecting gold beads, the bezel simulating two
flowers, the smaller being in openwork technique. A re-
markable example of Hellenistic workmanship.
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plate V]
33i
338
345
352
359
366
373
380
387
394
PLATE VI

set with a dull-red intaglio : a bird on a branch, with
the reversed inscription :
HX Yt
332. Gold. A plain ring, the square bezel incised with a
youthful male head to left.
Roman workmanship of the fourth century.
333. Gold. A plain ring with a Renaissance mount, the
bezel set with a dull-red intaglio : two standing figures,
male and female, possibly Asklepios and Hygieia.
334. Gold. A ring (themount apparently not antique), the
bezel set with a remarkable cameo : a nereid to right
on a sea-horse, with two sporting cupids.
335. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a bluish intaglio •
a dog mauling a small animal.
336. Gold. A massive ornate ring, the hoop entirely covered
with vine leaves, the bezel incised with a bird.
337. Gold. A Hat polygonal ring, the bezel set with a tiny
raised intaglio : a dolphin.
intaglio : Hermes standing to left.
Cupid standing to left.
— 48 —
340. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a very beautiful
carnelian intaglio : two nude men standing to left, per-
haps trampling on grapes. Below, the reversed ins-
cription :
' V?
341. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with a raised inta-
glio : a Victory standing Io left.
342. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with a yellowish

intaglio : Zeus Sarapis seated to right.
343. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with a beautiful

bluish intaglio : a youthful nude figure walking to
right bearing a curved club.

intaglio : Abundance standing to right.
glio : Herakles (?) club in hand, bending to left.
346. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a black intaglio :
a bearded bust to left.
glio : Hermes standing to right.
glio : a semi-nude standing figure in front view.
a warrior standing to left with his helmet in his hand.
350. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with a dull-red
intaglio: a youth standing to left, holding in his hand
an indistinct tool or implement.
— 49 —
the youthful Harpokrates standing in front view.
352. Gold. A ring bearing incised the inscription :
C-TTAr
Cf. n. 141.
353. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a monochrome
violet cameo in the shape of a hand.
354. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a rough carnelian
intaglio, the subject indistinct.
355. Gold. A large ornate ring, apparently of the Renais-
sance, the bezel set with a handsome carnelian intaglio,
perhaps of the same period : the bust of Sarapis to right.
glio : a sea-goat and a trident.
cabochon.
358. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with an amethyst
cabochon.
two heads, male and female.
Doubtless a Roman marriage ring.
3G0. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small flat
garnet.
361. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a sapphire (?)
intaglio: a dolphin.
362. Gold. A ring, the hoop in beaded wire, the openwork
bezel in the shape of an amphora, of which a garnet
cabochon forms the body.
— 50 —
363. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel set with a rectan-

gular intaglio: a scorpion.
364. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a circular inta-
glio : an outstretched hand, grasping at an ear. Above,
the reversed inscription:
o7143Aa3M
Memento « Remember ».
Of. rings with the same inscription, CIL. XIII, 10024,
146. Gf. also supra n. 294.
365. Gold. A flat polygonal ring: on the bezel is figured, in

gold beads and laid-on wire, a bunch of grapes.
366. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the reversed
inscription:
From the Garzon collection at Sevilla. Published by

Deloche, Anneaux sigillaires, pp. 343-344, n. 293 6/5.
367. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a sapphire

cabochon.
368. Gold. An elegant ring, in the shape of a serpent.

369. Gold. A ring, the bezel set with an emerald (?) lion’s
head, in the round.
370. Gold. A plain ring, with a flat circular bezel, on which

are incised a spear (?) and two galloping dogs.
371. Gold. A plain ring; on the bezel are figured, in low

relief, two clasped hands.
Cf. n. 373.
— 51 —
372. Gold. A plain ring, with the inscription:
nux
lightly incised on the bezel.
373. Gold. A plain ring, with the same bezel as n. 371

374. Gold. A ring, the hoop in spiral wire, the bezel set
with a carnelian intaglio: a nude female figure knee-
ling to left,
375. Gold. A double ring, the bezels set with small emerald
cabochons.
370. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a garnet

cabochon.
377. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel formerly set with a

cabochon.
378. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a garnet cabochon.
379. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a whitish
intaglio : two reclining male figures.
380. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a small eme-
rald. (?)
381. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a garnet (?) inta-
glio : a sea-horse to left.
382. Gold. A very beautiful ornate ring, of Greek workman-
ship, the bezel set with three garnet cabochons.
383. Gold. A ribbed ring, the flat bezel surrounded by open-

work scrolls and set with a pear-shaped garnet cabo-
chon.
384. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a rough emerald
cabochon.
8
— 52 —
385. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel decorated with triangular

bunches of gold beads and set with a garnet cabochon.
38G. Gold An ornate ring, the bezel set with a revolving
pearl bead.
387. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small intaglio :
a scorpion.
388. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a garnet cabo-
chon.
389. Gold. A double ring, for two consecutive fingers,'with
one bezel only, set with a garnet cabochon.
390. Gold. A ring, with an ornate bezel, set with a bluish
intaglio: Hermes standing to right.
391. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a raised red
intaglio: two busts, male and female, and the inscrip-
tion :
Antonia ?
Apparently a marriage ring.
intaglio : two affronted heads, male and female.
393. Gold. A plain ring, with a flat elongated incised bezel:
two affronted bulls with a conventional tree between
them.
394. Gold. A small plain ring, the bezel set with a garnet
cabochon.
395. Gold. An ornate ring, the whole surface decorated
with interlaced raised lines and with tiny enamelled
beads. Probably, at one time, covered with cloisonne
enamel. The bezel was set with a cabochon.
396. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a conventio-
nal pahn.
the bezel set with a carnelian intaglio: a female head
to left.
intaglio : a ship (?) to left.
399. Gold. A ring, the hoop in beaded wire, the bezel set
with a carnelian intaglio : Isis-Tvche standing.
400. Gold. A plain ring, the hoop decorated with incised
lines, the bezel set with a pyramid-shaped gurnet.
PLATE VII
401. Gold. A plain ring. On the oval bezel is incised the

inscription SALV :
Salve « Hail! ».
402. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel bearing the incised reversed
inscription :
nyn
93UD
Hoytaci) <7s, apparently with an obscene meaning.
403. Gold. A ring decorated with grapes and vine-leaves,

on the oval bezel is incised a reversed inscription :
>
1KAUA?
J
Found at Aoste (Dauphine) and formerly in the col-

lection of Baron J6r6me Pichon (His sale catalogue,
24 April 1897, p. 3, n. 5'.
404. Carnelian. A massive ring, with a flat oval bezel on
which are incised four quadrigae racing round a circus.
In the centre, the reversed inscription LICEI.
405. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a carnelian
intaglio : the letter S surrounded by four stars. Right
and left, in gold niello the inscription
IOV IAL
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plate Vll
— 55 —
S may well be the first letter of sigilium; Jovial(is) was

doubtless the name of the owner.
Published by Fontenay, Les Bijou.?, p. 54.
From the collection of Baron J6rdme Pichon.
406. Gold. A double ring with two plain oval bezels.
407. Gold. A slender ring, about half the hoop decorated
with projecting beads interlaced with laid-on gold wire.
408. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel incised with a bearded
male bust to left.
Roman workmanship of the middle of the third cen-
tury A. D.
409. Gold. An ornate ring, the raised bezel incised with the
reversed inscription :
QVS
410. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with an octogonal

aigue-marine intaglio : the bust of the Emperor Clau-
dius, to left.
411. Gold. A massive polygonal ring, the small oval bezel
incised with a female bust to left. The resemblance
with her portraits on coins suggest the opinion that
the lady represented is the Empress Julia Domna, wife
of Septimius Severus.
412. Gold. A ring decorated with floral scrolls in blue and
green enamel (apparently xvi th century work), the
bezel set with a fine oval onyx intaglio : three heads to
left, a bearded man, a woman and a youth.
413. Gold. A massive hexagonal ring with two bezels, one
plain, the other set with a plain white sard.
414. Gold. A plain spiral ring.
415. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a bucranium
and the two letters lb.
— 56 —
416. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel being formed a silver

denarius of Caracalla :
ANTONINVS PIVSAVG Laureate and draped bust to
right ft’ PONTIFTRP VIIICOSII Standing figure.
Gf. Cohen, M^dailles irnpdr tales, 2a edition, vol. IV,
p. 187, nn. 420-423.
417. Gold. A plain ring, the inscription very faint. On the

bezel is incised a dog to left with the inscription R^L
reversed. Left and right are the inscriptions :
...]t sat--
The letter before T was an E or a C. The letter after
SA is doubtful and may have been an E.
418. Gold. A ring decorated with a plaited ornament the

hoop terminating in pellet-shaped ornaments, set with
two tiny emeralds. The bezel is set with a large oval
cameo showing the portrait of a Roman lady to right.
419. Gold. A ring with a small bezel, on which is incised a

horseman galloping to left.
420. Gold. A ring round which is incised the following

inscription:
APYHCOVAPOVAoNRtIN-
The meaning is extremely doubtful. Of. infra n. 490.
421. Gold. A small openwork ring decorated with small cir-

cular ornaments set with coloured paste and with two
rows of small projecting beads.
422. Gold. A plain ring with a flat circular bezel on which

are roughly incised three standing figures, the central
one smaller than the others.
— 57 —
423. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel set with a blue and
white cameo : a child’s head in relief.
carnelian intaglio : a bearded and draped bust to right.
Perhaps Renaissance workmanship.
425. Gold. A massive ring, the hoop decorated with two

floral ornaments in silver niello, the bezel set with a
black intaglio : a female bust to left.
Roman workmanship of the fourth century A. D.
426. Gold. A plain ring with a circular bezel, on which is
incised a seated female figure, to right.
427. Silver. A plain ring with an oval bezel, on which is

incised Herakles sitting to left, his club in his left hand.
428. Silver. A plain flat ring, with an oval bezel, on which
is figured in relief a coiled serpent.
Found at Herpes by Ph. Delamain and published by
Delociie, Anneaux sigillaires, p. 266, n. 231.
129. Bone or ivory. A plain ring decorated with serrated

lines.
430. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a dull-red intaglio :
a quadriga racing to right; in the background the Spina
of the Circus Maximus at Rome. The reversed inscrip-
tion reads LVPO TORQVATO.
431. Gilt bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with an onyx (?)
intaglio : a bull butting to right.
432. Gold. A plain marriage-ring, with two clasped hands
in low relief, on the bezel.
433. Gold. A massive polygonal ring, bearing incised on

the bezel a cock and a mouse.
— 58 —
434. Gold. A plain ring with a raised openwork bezel set

with a pale amethyst cabochon.
435. Gold. An openwork ring, the hoop showing a wavy

band between two parallel beaded lines, the double
bezel set with two circular pieces of paste.
436. Gold. A plain ring with an oval bezel on which is figu-

red in relief Herakles sitting to right.
437. Gold. A flat ring, the bezel set with a raised intaglio
showing a tiny cupid.
438. Pale Gold (Electrum). A plain ring with a pointed oval
bezel, on which is incised a Victory standing in front
view the right hand uplifted. Archaic Greek work (?).
439. Gold. A remarkable openwork ring with a large racket-
shaped bezel set with two small cameos, one repre-
senting a ship, the other bearing in relief the ins-
cription :
GYTYXI
« Be happy ».
Round the hoop, the openwork inscription :
DVLCISVIWS
Found in France. From the Gastellani collection, sold at
Rome in 1884 (Catalogue p. 119, n. 924, engraving on
p. 120). Cf. Corpus inscriptionuni latinarum, vol. XIII,
3, p. 631, n. 10024, 63.
Several other gems with the same inscription are
described by E. Le Blant, 750 inscriptions de pierres
gravies, pp. 31-32.
— 59 —
110. Gold. A plain ring with a dal circular bezel on which

is incised a winged female figure sitting to left before
an altar.
Hl. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a brownish inta-
glio : Mars walking to left, holding a trophy and a
spear. At his feet, on the left, an asterisk.
142. Gold. A plain ring with a pointed oval bezel on which
is figured in low relief a satyr walking to left holding an
urceus and a patera.
44.3. Gold. A plain ring (the mount possibly not antique),

the bezel set with an intaglio: a warrior kneeling to
right, lighting with a serpent.
444. Gold. A plain ring with a flat circular bezel. A Victory,
standing to left, pouring out a libation.
445. Gold. A plain ring with a pointed oval bezel, incised

with a bearded male head in front view.
140. Gold. A large ring with a raised ornate bezel set with
a jasper intaglio: a male figure, standing to right.
447. Gold. A handsome ring, the hoop decorated with
filigree ornaments, the bezel set with a fine oval inta-
glio : Silenus to left on a mule, holding a vase in his
uplifted hand.
Found at Tbessalonica and formerly in the collection
of Baron Jerdme Pichon (His sale catalogue, 24 April 1897,
p. .3, n. 1 and plate I).
is incised a female head in front view.
glio : a child between a man and a woman standing.
9
— 60 —
450. Gold A plain ring, on the bezel is attached a small

standing figure of Asklepios, in the round.
451. Gold. A plain ring with an oval bezel, on which is
incised a standing animal, apparently a cynocephalus,
treated in the Egyptian style.
452. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a brown trans-
lucid intaglio: two cupids wrestling.
453. Gold. A small ring; on the bezel is figured a head of
Herakles, in the round, resembling the head of the Far-
nese Herakles.
454. Gold. A ring with a twisted hoop, the bezel set with
an intaglio : a standing figure to right.
is incised a head of Athena in front view.
456. Gold. A massive ring on which is incised a tiny bust
of Sarapis, to left.
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plate VIH
PLATE VIII
457. Gold. An openwork filigree ring with a rectangular
bezel, entirely covered with laid-on ornaments in twisted
gold wire.
458. Gold. A double ring, for two fingers, each bezel set with
a small garnet cabochon.
459. Gold. An octogonal ring, with a raised bezel set with

a tiny carnelian intaglio: a bird and a palm-branch.
Possibly Christian (Dove and palm?)
460. Gold. A large ornate ring, similar to n. 446, the bezel

set with a large garnet cabochon.
4G1. Gold. A ring with an ornate hoop; the bezel, in the

shape of a three-lobed flower (set with rough emeralds),
is supported on three openwork interlaced stems.
462. Gold. A plain ring, the openwork bezel in the shape of
two circular ornaments partly decorated with twisted
gold wire.
463. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel set with an ame-

thyst intaglio: the goddess Isis standing.
464. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel in the shape of two shells,
on which are nestled two doves, modelled in the
round.
465. Gold. Aflat ring, the bezel and hoop partly decorated
with incised floral ornaments.
— 62 —
466. Gold. A plain ring: on the bezel is incised a lion gal-

loping to left.
4G7. Gold. A plain ring with a high openwork raised bezel
in the shape of a flower-pot, on which can be screwed a
gold flower. A movable gold circle supports eight pen-
dants in the shape of dolphins.
468. Gold. A plain ring with a flat circular bezel, on which
are roughly incised a horse and a palm-tree, as on some
Carthaginian coins.
469. Gold. A plain spiral ring in the shape of a serpent.
470. Gold. A flat ring, the bezel incised with two tiny busts
male and female. Right and left traces of a scarcely
legible Latin inscription :
MAR VTI
...LINA FELIXCV
.ivaS MTVIS
Mar[cel]/i/ia [o]/i?as. Uli felix cum tuis.
471. Gold. A plain ring of twisted gold wire, the bezel in the
shape of a hand holding a small gold ball.
472. Gold. A plain ring in the shape of a serpent.
473. Gold. A plain ring, terminating in the combined busts
of Sarapis and Isis, modelled in the round.
474. Silver. A massive ring, the bezel set with a carnelian
intaglio : Pegasus galloping to left.
475. Gold. A ring similar in shape to n. 473, but more
simple in design and terminating in two female busts.
Likewise of Graeco-Egyptian workmanship.
476. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with two palm-
leaves; inside the hoop runs the inscription :
. MEM1N1SSE 1VVAB1T-
— 63 —
177. Gold. A flat double ring, the two parallel bezels separa-
ted by a plait of twisted wire, and incised with the stan-
ding figures of Sarapis and another Egyptian god.
478. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a lion's head
to right, surrounded by the inscription :
<>
OIH
479. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel formerly set with a stone.
480. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the Greek
inscription :
‘‘Preserve me”.
181. Gold. An openwork ring (the mount probably not

antique), the bezel set with a small cameo : a cupid
sitting to right before an altar. This cameo is surroun-
ded by a row of small diamonds.
482. Gold. A small ring with a raised openwork bezel set
with a bead of rough emerald.
483. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small carne-
lian intaglio: a bird to left holding two cherries in its
beak.
181. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a flying

cupid.
485. Gold. An ornate ring (the mount apparently not anti-

que), the bezel set with a dull-red intaglio : a double
scenic mask.
— 64 —
486. Gold. A plain ring set with a small cameo: a horse's

head to left.
487. Gold. A plain, the bezel in the shape of a small circu-

lar umbo.
»
488. Gold. A plain ring, (the mount apparently not antique)

the bezel set with a raised jasper intaglio: a satyr
walking to right with a vase and cup.
489. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel in the shape of a foot-
print.
490. Gold. A flat ring bearing incised the following meanin-
gless Greek inscription :
PY HCOYzXPKoYAoN KE I SI
Of. supra n. 420.
491. Gold. A plain ring with a pointed oval bezel incised

with an antelope to left.
492. Gold. A flat ring decorated with laid-on ornaments :
two crescents and a star; raised bezel with six radia-
ting points : in the centre a sapphire cabochon.
493. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the Latin
inscription:
XLII
494. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a rough
anchor. Possibly Christian.
495. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with what is

apparently an early Byzantine monogram.
496. Gold. Part of a ring, the bezel set with a dull-red inta-
glio : Athena standing to right.
— 65 —
497. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a bird to left,
apparently standing on a branch. Possibly Christian.
498. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a tiny garnet
cabochon.
499. Gold. A ring in the shape of a double-headed snake,

the surface covered with incised scales.
500. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel showing apparently a

mouse modelled in the round.
501. Gold. A small ornate ring in the shape of a double-
headed snake, the bezel set with a small garnet cabo-
chon.
502. Gold. A plain ring, the raised circular bezel formerly

set with a cabochon.
503. Gold. A small plain ring, the bezel set with a tiny
emerald cabochon.
504. Gold. A small ring, the bezel set with a blue and
white stone.
505. Gold. A flat octogonal ring, the bezel incised with

a dotted Greek inscription :
THPO
CTPA
TH
TinpoffTparr)
506. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a wreath.

507. Gold. A tiny ring, the bezel incised with the ins-
cription :
CAL
LIO
PE
Calliope.
508. Gold. A small plain ring, the bezel set with a garnet
cabochon,
— 66 —
509. Gold. A small plain ring, the bezel decorated with

incised patterns.
intaglio : a shield, helmet and cuirass.
511. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small intaglio
cut into the shape of a bearded male bust to left.
512. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small bluish
intaglio : a youthful head to left; Roman workmanship
of the fourth century.
513. Gold. A plain polygonal ring with a raised flower-

shaped bezel set with a green intaglio : a human-headed
cock to right holding a shield and spear.
514. Gilt silver. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a pale
amethyst intaglio : Venus to right resting against a
pillar and holding a helmet in her hand. The same type
occurs on coins of Julius Caesar.

is incised a seated female figure, to right. Above is the
inscription :
nANf A 0
rixvEXora « Penelope »
This important specimen of archaic Greek art was
formerly in the collection of Baron Jerdme Pichon.
(His sale catalogue, 24 April 1897, p. 3, n. 3, plate I).
516. Gold. A plain ring, with a flat oval bezel incised

with a bust of Isis to left.
517. Gold. A small massive ring, the bezel incised with a
male figure standing to left. In the field the letters M I.
— 67 —
518. Gold. A flat ring the bezel incised with the following
Greek inscription :
enAr
A0GO
*E~ ’ayaOcp
Between the two lines a palm-leaf. Gf. n. 141.
519. Gohl. A plain ring with a pointed oval bezel ; a bird
to left.
520. Gold. A plain ring with a flat circular bezel on which
is incised a standing figure of Isis Tyche.
521. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a dotted
Greek inscription :
enA
rAeco
’E- ’xyaOw
Cf. n. 141.
522. Gold. A plain ring withan oval bezel.
cabochon.
524. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with a beautiful
bluish intaglio : an old man standing to right before
some rocks on which are jumping two antelopes.
525. Gold. A plat ring on which is incised in dotted letters :
enA
TA
eoic
’Ez’dcyaOai; Cf. n. 141.
52G. Gold. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel on which is
incised a standing female figure.
tion :
enA
TA©
GO
’ETz’ayaOqi. Cf. n. 141.

io
— 68 —
tion :
enAr
AOGOI
Ett’a-yotOwi. Cf. n. 141.
529. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel formerly set with a

cabochon.
530. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with satyrs
dancing round a bowl.
531. Silver. A ring in the shape of a double-headed serpent,
the bezel bearing a crescent in relief.
532. Silver. A ring, the hoop terminating at each end in a
lion’s head. The bezel is in the shape of a niche in which
is seated a draped goddess.
533. Bronze. A ring with an oval bezel bearing in relief the
head of Athena in front view.
534. Silver. A massive ring, the bezel set with a bluish

intaglio : a large bearded mask and a small Hermes ol
Priapus.
535. Silver. A ring with an oval bezel incised with a

standing Victory crowning a horseman.
536. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat circular bezel roughly
incised with an eagle.
537. Silver. A ring with a flat circular incised bezel : a
female head to right with a scarcely legible reversed
inscription :
MA2YPAEON
Doubtless copied from a coin.
538. Bronze. A ring, the bezel roughly incised with a

standing llgure.
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plate IX
— 69 —
539. Gilt-Bronze. A ring, the bezel incised with an eagle.

540. Carnelian. A large oval intaglio: a standing female
figure with a bird on the outstretched hand.
541. Silver. A massive ring, the bezel incised with a bear-
ded head to left: right and left, traces of a scarcely
legible latin inscription:
P- VAL
Roman workmanship of the second half of the third
century A. D.
542. Silver. A ring with an elongated bezel on which
is incised a conventional lizard.
543. Silver. A massive ring with a pointed oval bezel deco-
rated with laid-on ornaments in silver beads and twisted
wire.
Of. n. 562.
544. Gold. A ring, the bezel formerly set with three

cabochons.
545. Silver. A plain ring.

546. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel in the shape of a
key.
547. Gold. A ring with a large raised hexagonal bezel, set

with a red paste cabochon. On the opposite side, a
tiny garnet cabochon.
548. Silver. A massive ring with a horseman (?) in niello

on the bezel.
549. Silver. A ring, the square bezel incised with a bird.

550. Silver. A plain ring: on the bezel is incised Ilerakles
fighting the Nemean Lion.
— 70 —
551. Bronze. A ring with a fantastic animal incised on the

bezel.
552. Bronze. A ring, the flat circular bezel incised with a

wheel-shaped pattern. In the centre a small cross.
Probably Merovingian.
553. Silver. A ring, the bezel incised with a fish (?).
554. Bronze. A massive ring, the bezel set with a dull-
red intaglio bearing the following reversed inscription :
exic
555. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the reversed
inscription :
VAM
*V
Mavpixiou.
Byzantine workmanship.
556. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel decorated with a Mal-
tese cross in niello. Doubtless Christian.
M. Deloche, Anneaux sigil lai res, p. 259, n. 224.
557. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with an indis-

tinct animal.
Deloche. Anneaux sigillaires, p. 267, n. 236.
558. Bronze. A plain ring with a spike-shaped bezel.

559. Silver. A marriage ring, the bezel incised with two
heads.
560. Silver. A ring with a bezel in the shape of an elongated

cartouche : the subject incised is indistinct.
— 71 —
561. Silver. A large ring with a rectangular bezel bearing

incised a hippocampus.
562. Silver. A ring similar to n. 513.
563. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat circular bezel.
564. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with a brown paste
cabochon.
565. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with a carnelian inta-
glio : a cupid leaning on a kind of hoe.
566. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a meaning-
less inscription :
Hol
HI
Cf similar rings, infra n. 832 and n. 1380.
567. Silver. A ring with a hexagonal bezel on which is
incised a sphinx to left.
568. Bronze. A large ring with a plain spiked bezel.

569. Silver. A ring similar to nn. 543 and 562.
570. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with an indistinct

subject : a pillar with a small animal right and left (?).
571. Bronze. Plain ring, the circular bezel bearing incised a
cupid playing with an animal.
572. Bronze. A ring, the bezel incised with an antelope (?)
to left.
573. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with a carnelian (?)
intaglio : a beardless human head in front view.
571. Bronze. A ring with a Hat heart-shaped bezel, set

with eight pieces of green paste surrounding a central
facetted garnet.
— 72 —
575. Silver. A plain ring with a large flat oval bezel, incised
with a biga to left; above, is a small wreath.
576. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a head to
left.
577. Bronze. A plain wire ring, the bezel decorated with a

spiral ornament.
578. Silver. A plain ring, the circular bezel incised with
two heads, male and female, above which is a Victory
flying to left.
579. Silver. A plain spiral ring.
580. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with what is
apparently a betylus.
581. Bronze. A plain ring decorated with incised lines.
582. Silver. A ring, the revolving bezel formed by a carne-
lian scarab, on which is incised Cerberus to right.
583. Silver. A small ring, the circular bezel incised with a

bird to left.
584. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a mo-
nogram :
&•
Probably Merovingian.
585. Silver. A plain ring in the shape of a double-headed ser-

pent.
586. Bronze. A plain ring with an incised bezel, bearing

apparently the monogram I H S.
Probably Mediaeval.
— 73 —
587. Gold. A small ring, the bezel incised with a standing

figure.
588. Gold. An octogonal ring, the sides bearing in incised
letters.
GlATAeGO
Compare the rings described supra (n. 141, etc.).
589. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel formerly set with an
intaglio.
590. Gold. A plain flat ring, the bezel incised with a stan-
ding figure of Sarapis.
591. Gold. An openwork ring, the two bezels formerly set
with square pieces of paste.
592. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel formerly set with an
intaglio.
PLATE X

593. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a goat to
left.
594. Bronze. A marriage-ring, the bezel incised with two

heads, male and female.
595. Bronze. A spiral ring in the shape of a conventional
double-headed serpent.
Deloche, Anneaux st'gillaires, p. 263, n. 230.
597. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a kneeling
warrior to left.
cabochon.
599. Bronze. A massive ring bearing incised a female figure

standing between two thyrsi and surrounded by the
following reversed inscription:
€N NAI GON
600. Amber. A large and very important ring decorated with

figures in the round : on the top is a horseman to right
led by a soldier on foot; to the right is a seated semi-
nude God by whose side stands a small quadruped. To
the left, is the standing figure of a nude youthful god.
This is one of the most important antique sculptures
on amber which have been preserved.
601. Bronze. A plain ring with a fiat oval bezel.
GU1LHOU COLLECTION Hates
593
641 642
745 746 747 748 749 750 751

— 75 —
602. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with a bluish inta-
glio : a head to left.
603. Gilt bronze. A massive ring, the bezel set with a paste
intaglio: a naked youth sitting to left and drinking.
604. Glass. A black ring, the bezel stamped with the follow-
ing inscription :
iHc
l7i(cro’j); * Jesus ».
Early Christian workmanship.
605. Bronze. A ring in the shape of a serpent; the bezel
showing in low relief the standing figures of Asklepios
and Hygieia.
GOG. Bronze. A massive ring decorated with parallel incised
lines.
607. Amber. A ring decorated with three figures in the

round: on the top a crouching lion; on each side a
standing cupid.
608. Bronze. A plain ring with an inscription incised on
the bezel:
vflA
• kcn
GOO. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with two clasped
hands in low relief.
610. Silver. A spiral ring in the shape of a double-headed
snake.
611. Bronze. A ring with a flat rectangular bezel on which

is incised:
VIVX
11
— 76 —
Probably meant for Vivas, a well-known Christian

acclamation.
Right and left, a small incised cross.
612. Bronze. A ring with a large fiat crescent-shaped bezel
bearing incised a palm, two asterisks and the reversed
inscription :
VIVAS
613. Bluish glass. A large ring, the bezel formerly set with
an oval intaglio.
614. Jet. A large ring decorated with a palm leaf, a cross,
the letter T and a diapered pattern. Probably Christian
workmanship.
615. Bronze. A plain spiral ring.
G16. Bronze. A plain spiral ring.
620. Bronze. A plain ring.
621. Gilt silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a lion.
622. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel.
623. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with a carnelian
intaglio : a cupid running to left, with a butterfly (?) in
its hand.
624. Bronze. A flat spiral ring decorated with incised lines.
625. Glass. A large ring. The oval bezel bearing in relief a
female bust to left.
626. Glass. A large ring, the bezel set with an oval paste
cameo (perhaps not antique): a biga to right.
— 77 —
627. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with a circular paste
cabochon.
628. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the

inscription:
VIII
629. Bronze. A Hat ring decorated with dotted lines.

631. Silver. Part of a plain ring.
634. Gilt Bronze. A massive ring with a flat oval bezel.
635. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with a whitish inta-
glio : a child standing to left.
636. Silver. A plain ring on which is incised the inscrip-
tion :
INTW
Deloche, Anneaux sigillaires, p. 257, n. 221.
638. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel on which is
incised the inscription:
E
TPHTO
I
Eyp^yo (p)i Either an acclamation alluding to the Resur-

rection or a proper name.
Doubtless Christian.
640. Silver. A plain ring with a small ornament on the
bezel.
— 78 —
641. Bronze. A plain ring, bearing incised on the bezel the

inscription:
LXXIX
643. Silver. A plain ring, possibly an ear-ring.
644. Gold. A Hat ring, the bezel set with a green cabochon.
On the hoop is the dotted inscription :
0 I A | A I A | C I Cl | AC | HX | A/K
©aXaoaia;
615. Bronze. A ring decorated with floral ornaments, the

hexagonal bezel set with a small cabochon.
647. Bronze. A plain ring decorated with incised lines.
6IS. Yellow glass. A plain ring, the bezel bearing in relief
a helmeted head to left.
649. Bone. A large ornate ring, possibly not antique, the

bezel decorated with a female bust. Right and left two
cupids as caryatides.
650. Black glass. A massive ring dotted with blue paste.

651. Carnelian. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel.
652. Iron. A plain ring with a bezel in the shape of a key.
653. Iron. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel.
654. Silver. A plain ring with the letter M incised on the
bezel.
Deloche, Anneaux sigillaires, p. 258, n. 222,
655. Bronze. A plain ring. On the bezel is incised the
inscription :
AllIl
79 —
656. Bronze. Part of a ring decorated with incised lines.

657. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel in the shape of a key.
658. Bronze. A ring, the bezel set with a tiny light-green
cabochon.
659. Bronze. A ring with a large oval bezel showing a female
head to left in low relief.
660. Bronze. A ring, the raised bezel set with a blue paste
cabochon.

662. Gold. The elongated oval bezel of a ring, showing two
stags in repoussd.
664. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing in relief the
inscription:
IAGO
« I a (J », a Gnostic form of the name Jehovah.
Possibly Jewish.
665. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the
inscription :
LXXVII

667. Bronze. A ring with the bezel in the shape of a bust of
Sarapis.
668. Silver. Part of a ring, decorated with three pellets.
669. Bronze. A ring with the bezel in the shape of a key.
670. Bronze. A ring with a small round bezel incised with
an early Byzantine monogram :
— 80 —
Probably Mapultau « Marcellus ».

To the opposite side is attached a revolving key.
676. Silver. A tiny figure of the Egyptian god llapi in the
shape of a bull.
PLATE XI

677. Bronze. A massive ring, the bezel incised with a male
figure to right.
678. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with a circular car-
nelian gem on which is engraved a human head in front
view.
680. Bronze, partly gilt. A plain ring, the bezel set with a
carnelian intaglio : a hare to left.
681. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel formed by a small brass
coin of the younger Tetricus (A. D. 273) the reverse ille-
gible.
682. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a bird to
left.

684. Gilt bronze. A large ring, the bezel set with a rectan-
gular piece of blue paste.
685. Bronze. A plain ring;the bezel set with a carnelian
intaglio : three hogs to left.
686. Bronze. A marriage-ring, the bezel incised with two
affronted busts, male and female.
687. Bronze. A massive ring, the bezel incised with a palm.
688. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with two con_
ventional birds.
— 82 —
689. Silver. A plain ring with a pointed oval bezel on which

is incised a lion to left.
690. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with an oval glass
cabochon.
691. Bronze. A ring with a rectangular bezel decorated

with incised lines.
692. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a horse-

man galloping to left.
693. Silver. A plain ring with a small square bezel.
694. Bronze. A plain flat ring decorated with incised lines.
Deloche, Anneaujc sigillaires pp. 264-265, n. 232.
695. Bronze. An openwork ring, the bezel incised with a

whitish intaglio : Arion on the dolphin.
696. Bronze. A thimble in the shape of a ring.
697. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a snake, a

cock and a crescent.
698. Gilt silver (?) A plain ring, the bezel set with a garnet
cabochon.
699. Bronze. A polygonal ring, the bezel incised with the ins-
cription :
FRON
TINA
Frontina.
700. Gilt bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a lion
to left.
701. Glass. A plain ring, the bezel covered with an oval lid
of white glass.
— 83 —
702. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with a circular pie-
ce of red paste.
Deloche, Anneaux sigittaires p. 265, n. 233.
703. Bronze. A plain ring with a cross incised on the bezel.
704. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a standing
figure.
705. Bronze. A plain ring with an oval bezel. Incised is the
bust of a woman with uplifted hands.
706. Bronze. A plain ring with a scorpion incised on the
bezel.

708. Iron. A plain ring, the bezel set with a reddish inta-
glio : a horse to right, looking left.
709. Gilt bronze. A plain ring.
713. Silver. A polygonal ring bearing on each side one or
two Greek letters the whole forming a meaningless ins-
cription :
+ 11 M Kj AFl
Discovered at Herpes by Ph. Delamain and published
with an attempt towards a reading by M. Deloche, An-
neaux sigillaires pp. 253, 255, n. 217.
714. Bone. A plain ring, the bezel set with a bluish intaglio :
a bearded and laureate male head to left.
12
— 84 —

716. Bronze. A plain ring with a pointed oval bezel.
717. Bronze. A plain ring with an oval bezel on which is

incised a sleeping man.
718. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel formerly set with an inta-
glio.
719. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel in the shape of a foot-

print.
720. Glass. A dark ring with live tiny pellets on the bezel.
721. Bronze. A plain ring, with a broad-necked vase inci-
sed on the bezel.
722. White faience. A ring decorated with black spots.

723. Iron. A plain ring, the bezel set with a black intaglio:
a horse galloping to left.
726. Silver. A plain ring terminating in two round knobs.
727. Bronze. A plain ring with a small raised bezel.
728. Bronze. A plain ring with a standing armed figure en-

graved on the bezel. To the left, the letter B.
Possibly Mediaeval.
729. Gold. A plain gold ring, formerly with a revolving

bezel.
730. Bronze. A plain ring,

731. Bronze. A plain wire ring.
— 85 —
733. Bronze. A ribbed ring.

734. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the ins-
cription :
XIV
735. Bronze. A plain ring in the shape of a double-headed
serpent.
736. Gold. An openwork ring, in the shape of a laurel
wreath, each leaf simulated by an emerald cabochon;
the bezel is set with a carnelian, showing a human
head in front view, in the round.
738. Bronze. A ring decorated with punched dots.
739. Bronze. A ring, also decorated with punched dots.
740. Silver. Part of a wire ring.
741. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with a green paste
cabochon.

74G. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel in the shape of a key.
PLATE XII
752. Silver. A plain ring, with a flat oval bezel on which is
incised a female bust in front view.
753. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a female
head to left.
754. Silver. A massive ring, the bezel set with a yellowish

intaglio : Hermes standing to right. On the left, the re-
versed inscription:
AYKOY
755. Silver. A massive ring, the bezel set with a carnelian

intaglio: Aphrodite standing to left; at her side, Cupid
lifting up a helmet.
75G. Silver. A massive ring, the bezel set with a bluish
intaglio: a youth standing to right. In the field, the
letters:
L (reversed) P (reversed) II and NE
757. Silver. A massive ring, the bezel set with a dull-red
intaglio : the busts of Helios and Selene to left.
758 Silver. A massive ring, the bezel set with a carnelian

intaglio : an eagle between two posts; above, a bust.
759. Silver. A massive ring, the bezel set with a bluish

intaglio. A seated figure to left holding a mask.
7(50. Silver. A plain ring, with a flat incised bezel: Silenus
to left followed by a goat.
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plate XII
752 753 755 756 757
760 763 765
766 767
770 772
773 774
776
$
777 778
781
780 784 785
788 792
1
798
800
802
804
i
805 806 807
— 87 —
761. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat incised bezel: a cock

with a horse’s bead.
762. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat incised bezel: Herakles
to left fighting a lion.
763. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat circular incised bezel:
a god between two goddesses. Probably from Egypt.
764. Silvered-bronze. A plain ring, the bezel with a seated
figure in front view. Possibly Byzantine.
765. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a satyr’s
head in front view.
766. Silver. A ring, with a flat oval incised bezel : Herakles
fighting a lion.
head to left.
768. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small raised
intaglio : the bust of a City to left.
769. Silver. A plain ring with a large flat circular incised
bezel: a female figure seated to right, with a bird on the
outstretched hand.
770. Gilt bronze. A plain ring with an oval incised bezel:

a woman standing to left, and pouring out a libation on
a small altar.
771. Iron (completed in silver). A plain ring the bezel set
with a carnelian intaglio : an eagle in front view.
772. Bronze. A plain ring with an oval incised bezel: a
female figure to left holding a ship in the left hand.
773. Bronze. An ornate ring, the bezel incised with a male
bust to left; on the right, the inscription :
VIV
— 88 —
774. Silver. A ring, the bezel set with a carnelian intaglio :

775. Bronze. A plain ring the bezel incised with a male (?)
bust to left.
776. Gilt bronze. A plain ring with a flat circular bezel
showing incised to left a head resembling Alexander.
Doubtless copied from the large medallions of the
third century A. D., such as those of Tarsus and
Abukir.
head to left.
778. Silvered bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with
the seated figures of two lovers.
779. Lead. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel bearing a cadu-
ceus in low relief. Of. n. 800.
780. Bronze. A massive ring, the bezel set with a carnelian
intaglio: a female figure resting against an altar.
781. Iron. A plain ring, the bezel set with a carnelian inta-
glio : a female figure standing to left; at her feet a
large fly.
782. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with a dark-red
paste intaglio: Herakles seated to right, a palm in his
hand.
783. Silver. A massive ring, the bezel set with a dull-red

intaglio: a female figure, standing to left on a boat, hol-
ding a sail and a rudder.
784. Bronze. A plain ring with a female head to right in re-
lief on the bezel.
785. Bronze. A plain ring, with a winged figure to left, inci-

sed on the bezel,
— 89 —
786. Gilt silver. A plain ring with an oval bezel: a seated

figure to left holding a vase (?) and a wreath.
787. Bronze. A plain ring, with an oval incised bezel, show-
ing a beardless head to right.
788. Bronze. An ornate ring with an incised bezel showing
a horse and a heraldic animal.
789. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with a tiny intaglio :
a male head to right.
790. Bronze. A plain ring with an incised bezel showing a
female bust to left.
791. Bronze. A massive ring, the bezel set with a carne-
lian intaglio: a nude fisherman standing to right.
792. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing the busts of Isis
and Sarapis modelled in the round.
793. Gilt bronze. A plain ring with an oval incised bezel:
a seated figure to left, with a Victory standing on the
outstretched palm.
794. Bronze. A plain ring with an incised bezel showing a
bird to right.
795. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel formed by a bust of Isis
modelled in the round.
796. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with a dull-red intaglio:
a cock to left and a palm.
797. Silvered bronze. A massive ring with a large oval inci-
sed bezel showing a female head to left.
798. Bronze. A small ring, the incised bezel showing a head
to left.
799. Gilt bronze. A massive ring with a female bust to right,
modelled in low relief on the bezel.
— 90 —
800. Lead. A ring, similar to n. 779, showing on the bezel a

caduceus in low relief.
801. Bronze. Part of a plain ring, the bezel set with a small
intaglio : a standing figure.
802. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with a tiny intaglio :
Hermes standing to right.
803. Gilt bronze. A massive ring with a standing figure
incised on the bezel.
804. Bronze. A large ring, the bezel incised with a male

bust to left.
805. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with a carnelian inta-
glio : Isis Tyche standing to right,
806. Bronze. A plain ring with a beardless male bust to
left, in low relief on the bezel.
807. Bronze. A ring similar to n. 806.
GU1LHOU COLLECTION Plate Xm
863 864 865 866 867 868

PLATE XIII
CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE RINGS
808. Gold. A massive ring, with a rectangular bezel, set
with three tiny cabochons, and stated by some authori-
ties to have been repaired. Right and left are delicate
ornaments in black niello. On each side of the bezel is
an inscription, also in niello, reading :
micaelmecv
and
VJVASINDEO
Micael mecu(iri) vivas in Deo.
“Michael, live with me in God"
Fourth century A. D.
Purchased at Rome from Castellani by the late Baron
JerOme Pich on (His sale catalogue, 24 April 1897,pp.4-5,
n. 14) and published, with an engraving, by Maximin
Deloche, Anneaux sigillaires, pp. 30G-307, n. CCXLVI.
(and Revue archeologique 1887,1, p. 51).
809. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a whitish intaglio:
the busts of St-Peter and St-Paul with a cross between
them.
810. Silver. A ring with a small square incised bezel, sho-

wing a horseman to left. Round the stem the inscription:
VIVA SIND E o#
VIVASINDEO followed by the chrism or monogram of
Christ, the whole text reading: vivas in deo Chr(isto).
“May you live in God Christ.”
13
— 92 —
811. Gold. A large flat oval brooch or fibula, the rim decora-
ted with laid-on scrolls in beaded gold wire, set in the
centre with a cameo showing a dove to left. Probably
Christian workmanship of the third or fourth century.
812. Gold. A plain ring with a flat circular bezel formed by

a gold coin of Libius Severus (A. D. 461-4G5) set in a
beaded rim. The coin may be described as follows :
DNLIBIVSSEV ERVSPFAVG Bust to right with diadem,
cuirass and paludamentum.
IV VICfTORI] AAVfGGG] The Emperor standing, hol-
ding the orb and cross, trampling an enemy’s head. En
exergue COMOB. In the field R V. (Cohen 8).
From the collection of Benjamin Fillon (His sale cata-
logue, 20 March 1882, pp. 34-35, n° 40).
813. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with a sapphire

intaglio : the Eucharistic bowl on which are standing
two doves. Early Christian workmanship.
814. Gold. A flattened ring decorated with scroll-work.

Flat circular bezzle, inlaid on one side with a small inta-
glio (cornucopia and flower) and showing on the other
a rough imitation of a Roman coin of the IV th century :
VIGTORI AAVGG. Victory walking to right with
wreath and cross. En exergue CONOB. Early Merovin-
gian workmanship.
815. Gold. A plain octogonal ring, bearing the incised ins-

cription :
SEP TIM INE SEB ERI NAV IVA S#
Septimine Seberina vivas. “Septiminus and Severina,
may you live.”
A marriage-ring of the fourth century A. D,
— 93 —
816-817. Gold. Two identical flattened rings with a rectangu-

lar bezel. The bezel bears incised the word FIDEM
while the word CONSTANTINO runs round the ring.
CONS TA N T I NO FI DEM
CO N1 5 TANTINO FIDEM
Roman workmanship, fourth century A. D.
According to the Corpus inscriptionuni latinarum, xm,

3, p. 628, n. 10021,29, there are thirteen examples known
of rings with this inscription. One was discovered in
1881 at Amiens and belonged later to Rollin and Feuar-
dent. It is probably n. 816 or 817 ; cf. Mowat, Bull, des
Antiquaires de France, 1881, p. 267 and Mem. des Anti-
quaires de France, 1884, p. 335, n. 8; Danicourt, Revue
arch&ologique, vol. vn (1886) p. 88, with an engraving.
818. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with a dull-red in-
taglio. A youthful beardless figure, apparently Christ,
standing between two other figures. Above, is the re-
versed inscription :
2) Y OX I
I/Ovc, the sacred name of Jesus Christ, being the acros-
tich of the sentence Iv,-?ov; Xpi^ro; Osov uio; “Jesus
Christ, son of god, the Saviour.”
Thescene represented is apparently the Transfiguration

of the Lord, as related in the Gospel according to Saint
Mark (ix, 4): “And there appeared unto them Elias with
Moses : and they were talking with Jesus.”
— 94 —
819. Gold. A plain ring with a flat square incised bezel, sho-
wing a youthful bust to right, surrounded by the rever-
sed inscription:
“Peregrinus may you hoe.”

820. Gilt bronze. A ring with a circular incised bezel bearing
the incised inscription :
K(upt)e eXrj ( ) 0(eo)'j ilvjw;
821. Gold. A ring with the bezel, in the shape of a Maltese

cross, decorated with incised lines, one arm of the
cross now partly broken,
822. Gold. A plain ring, the square incised bezel showing
three standing figures in the usual Byzantine style.
glio, bearing the inscription :
DOMNE
HAVE
Domne have. “Hail o Domnus!”
Roman workmanship of the fourth century.
Fran the collection of M.me Lombard at Ghatcllcrault and
of Baron Jerome Pichon (His sale catalogue, 24 April
1897, p. 1, n.7.) Cf. Exposition Regionale de Poitiers en
1869. Archeologie p. 9, n. 10; Le Blant, 750 inscrip-
tions, p. 20, n. 8; Corpus inscriptionurn latinarum, xm 3,
p. 631, n. 59.
— 95 —
824. Gold. A plain ring with a Hal rectangular bezel bearing

an incised inscription:
H0H<P
oTH'JJ
AMHN
K(upi)E [ior(0'/i <1>OT7(G> aiXVJV
“ Lord help Photius, Amen.
825. Bronze. A plain ring with an incised bezel showing

the resurrection of Lazarus.
82G. Gold. A plain massive ring, the bezel inlaid with a

bluish intaglio : the Eucharistic bowl on which are stan-
ding two doves.
827. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel bearing an incised mono-

gram. Two other monograms are incised on the adjoi-
ning portion of the ring :
'fHf
828. Silvered bronze. A plain ring with the following inscrip-

tion incised on the bezel:
K€ 5
O’HOl
n o ah
th/x
K(uoi)e po-nOi lIoX-nTna “Lord help Politis."
— 96 —
829. Gold. A massive marriage-ring with the busts of the

husband and wife incised on the bezel and surrounded
with the inscription :
-z
>
ApiffTcpavvi;, OuiYt(>)avT».a. “Aristophanes and Vigilan-

tian, Roman workmanship of the third century A. D.
830. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the inscrip-
tion :
hhh6h0
4TH)I
K(up)e [io-nOr, Nr4z-/j7x a;zv((v). “Lord help Nicetas, Amen.”
831. Silver. A plain ring with an oval bezel, bearing the

inscription :
KC BO
hoitqn
K('J(0’.)e Po7]0t TOV <pOfOT
832. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the meaning-
less inscription :
Cf. n° 56G and n° 1380.

— 97 —
833. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel bearing incised the

seated figure of Rome or Constantinople, between two
monograms :
The first reads 'j-xtcj “consul”. The second contains.

amongst other letters : E,A,S,0,O,Y
834. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the inscrip-
tion :
835. Silver. A plain ring with a circular incised bezel: two

Angels bowing before the Lord.
836. Bronze. A plain ring with a circular incised bezel: bet-

ween two crosses a beardless bust crowned with a
nimbus.
837. Gold. A massive ring decorated with foliage in niello,

the bezel bearing the incised inscription:
+K€BOH
0HTU/CID4*
AWNIKHTAB/
AJCHAB?
K(u(oi)e po-nOn tco gw So’A<0 Nixr)Ta p ’ a ’ gtcocO '
“Lord help ihy servant Nicetas, twice protospatharios.”

— 98 —
838. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing the incised

inscription :
M
3
“ai
839. A plain ring with a circular bezel, incised with the

inscription :
o^,G’+
Doubtless the name Theopemptos.
840. Silver. A massive ring with three bezels, the largest

bearing the inscription :
yocKo
841. Bronze. A Gnostic ring, the bezel incised with the ser-
pent, the seven-branched candlestick and the inscrip-
tion :
ni nw
842. Gold. A plain ring with a circular bezel on which is
incised a fantastic quadruped surrounded by the ins-
cription :
K(upio); (poTioixo; uou xe aovip (xov t...

“The Lord is my light and my Saviour.”
— 99 —
843. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with three mono-
grams:
844. Silver A plain ring, the bezel incised with the inscrip-
tion :
hMAHfl
0
K(’JOl)e {$O7)6t} ai-LT/V
“Lord help me, Amen ! ”
845. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with three stan-
ding figures ; the Lord between a husband and wife.
Doubtless a marriage-ring. (Of. nn. 848 and 8G1.)
846. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel incised with the mono-
gram :
847. Gold. The circular lid of a small box or capsa, sho-

wing in low relief the Baptism of the Lord in the river
Jordan.
848. Gold. A ring similar to n. 845.

849. Silver partly gilt. A ring with a flat oval bezel bearing
the incised inscription :
MAoeno
sdatm
'T?ANA
K('jp».)E (Sor/Jst AvacTX'TtO'j avarp’
14
— 100 —
850. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the mono-
gram :
851. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel incised with the mono
gram :
852. Silver. A ring with an incised bezel bearing the inscrip-

tion :
PH WO
853. Gold. A plain ring, the flat circular bezel bearing the
incised inscription :
^4>A'NOYAOV
K'KtCpfpCKA^k
0 YK0H^N04>y'<
TS NXePcTl N
0Y
MvTjtfTpOV ZuTE^XVO’J So'JZl KlGjJ x(xi) IffzlxSov ZGfXVVIVO’

<pu(lazo;) z(ai) tev xePGlv avvxÊ/oj.
854. Gold. An elaborate massive octogonal Byzantine ring

bearing on each side a scene from the New Testament
engraved in niello. The rosette-shaped bezel shows four
standing figures with the inscription :
OMON
YA
Opiovoia. “Union*”
— 101 —
The seven other sides show the following scenes:

1 The Annunciation.
2 The Salutation.
3 The Nativity.
4 The Presentation at the Temple.
5 The Baptism in the Jordan.
6 The Ecce Homo.
7 The Resurrection.
Round the edge of the bezel and round the two edges
of the ring are engraved the three following inscriptions :
a + KVPKBOHeiTOVCA3A3CCOVn6TP3Se€OAQTIC
b + €IPHNHNTHNeMHN.AHAGOM€VMHN+
c + €IPINHNTHN€MHNA4>IHMHVMHN +
Kupu f}o7)0Et to'j; ôuXov; gov IIsTpou zai ©eoSotti;.
Eip7}V7)V T7]V EU.7JV Os6oy.Xl 'JtX’.V Etp7)V7)V T7(V EfX7)V X'ptVJJX’. VU.IV.
From the collection of Baron Jerome Pichon (His sale

catalogue, 24 April 1897, p. 7, n. 26, and plate II.
Described and engraved in G. Schlumberger’s Melanges
d'archdologie bysantine, p. 67.
Two similar rings are known, one in the Museum at
Palermo, published by Salinas, the other in the British
Museum, published by Dalton. (Catal., n° 129.)
855. Silver. A ring similar to n. 853 (which is in gold) and

bearing the same inscription.
856. Gold. A double ring with two incised bezels, bearing

the monograms:
— 102 —
857. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel bearing the monogram :
858. Gold. A ring decorated in niello, the bezel bearing the

monogram :
Demetr(ius)
859. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel bearing the incised mo-
nogram :
860. Gold. A ring (the mount apparently not antique) the

bezel set with a handsome rock-crystal intaglio, showing
a bust in front view, with the monogram:
861. Gold. A ring similar to nn. 845 and 848.
862. Gold. A ring decorated in niello, the bezel bearing the

2JA3ITA
K(yp)e xavStftiXTiaa;.
— 103 —
863. Gold. A plain ring with a Hat rosace-shaped bezel, inci-

sed with a cross and the inscription :
“Theda”
864. Gold. A plain ring, with a raised hexagonal bezel ins-

cribed on the top and sides :
The inscription is scarcely legible in places.
865. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the mono-
gram :
recopyiou “Georgios”
866. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a monogram

surrounded by an illegible inscription, the hoop bearing
also an inscription :
♦b’.XouvTa gv) o otXw

— 104 —
867. Gold. A plain ring with a raised square bezel bearing

incised two affronted busts, a cross and the inscription:
660AWT1C
OeoSwTt; “Theodotis.”
868. Gold. A plain ring, the circular bezel incised with Saint
Michael (?) trampling on the dragon, with the inscription :
BPATHA*
Perhaps a representation of Saint Theodore the
Str at elates.
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plate XIV
910 913 915
927
PLATE XIV
MEROVINGIAN RINGS
8G9. Gold. A ring with a raised bezel set with a small paste
cabochon, the whole surface covered with laid-on orna-
ments in beaded gold wire.
M. Deloche, Anneaux sigillaires, pp. 2G3-2G4, n. 231.
N. B. The greater portion of these rings from Herpes
have also been published, on two coloured plates, by
the Societe historique et archgologique de la Charente.
870. Gold. A ring with two bezels, one raised, set with a
green paste cabochon, the other Hat, bearing the incised
3-0*3 $•
3G4I£
Cotes in de(o).
871. Gold. An elaborate ring, the raised openwork bezel in

the shape of a domed house, the surface covered with
laid-on ornaments in twisted and beaded gold wire.
Discovered at Herpes, by Ph. Delamain and published
by Deloche Anneaux sigillaires, pp. 255-256, n. 218.
872. Gold. An openwork ring in gold wire with a raised

bezel set with a hexagonal sapphire cabochon.
873. Gold. An ornate ring, the hoop decorated with vine

leaves and grapes; the raised bezel set with a garnet
intaglio : a youthful bust to left.
— 10(5 —
874, Gold. An ornate openwork ring, the raised bezel set

with a green paste cabochon.
875. Gold. An ornate ring, the hoop decorated with gold
wire ornaments, the raised bezel in the shape of a house
or temple.
87G. Bronze. A ribbed ring, the bezel set with a green paste
cabochon.
877. Bronze. A plain ring, the hoop decorated with two in-
cised palms, the bezel bearing an incised inscription :
yvb
w
878. Gold. A plain ring with a large racket-shaped bezel
formerly set with a large cabochon surrounded by
nineteen smaller.
879. Silver. A treble ring, each of the three bezels being set
with a garnet cabochon.
880. Gilt bronze. A plain ring, with an octogonal incised
bezel, showing a male head to left, surrounded by the
+ IROIANI
Possibly Trojani ?
881. Bronze. A plain ring, with a raised circular bezel bea-
ring an incised monogram :
882. Gold. A plain ring, with a pentagonal bezel, set with

five sapphire cabochons.
883. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel bearing incised a bird
surrounded by a meaningless inscription.
— 107 -
884. Gold. An openwork ring, the hoop made of twisted

strips of gold wire, the bezel set with a green intaglio.
885. Gilt bronze. A long flat brooch or fibula in the shape

of a fish, the eye being inlaid with a circular piece of
red paste, the surface decorated with parallel incised
lines.
886. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel bearing incised a small

palm.
887. Silver. A plain ring, the incised bezel showing a svas-

tika.
by Deloche, Anneaux sigiHaires, p. 250, n. 219.
888. Gold. A ring, decorated with triangular bunches of

gold beads, the bezel set with an emerald cabochon.
889. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel decorated with laid-on

wire ornaments and set with four garnet cabochons,
two round, and two crescent-shaped.
890. Bronze. A massive ring with a circular incised bezel.
891. Gold. A plain ring with a square box-shaped bezel, set

with a square red paste. On the reverse is a rough imi-
tation of a Roman coin of the fourth century : a bust
to right with the meaningless inscription :
G.OV XAI. N (?)
892. Gold. An openwork ring, with a raised flower-shaped

bezel, set with a garnet cabochon surrounded by ten
pearls.
893. Gold, A plain ring, the bezel set with an emerald ca-
bochon .
15
— 108 —
894. Bronze. A ring, decorated with incised lines, the bezel

set with a red paste cabochon, surrounded by two con-
centric rows of eight projecting knobs.
895. Gold. A ring, with three bezels, set with emerald and
ruby cabochons, large and small.
89G. Silver. A plain ring, the flat circular bezel bearing an

incised monogram :
897. Bronze. A plain ring, decorated with incised lines, the

bezel bearing incised an octogonal rosette.
898. Gilt bronze. A ring, the bezel formerly set with a cabo-
chon, the hoop decorated with twelve smaller cabo
chons.
«99. Gold. An ornate ring, the hoop terminating in bird’s

heads, the raised flower-shaped bezel, set with a pearl.
At the opposite end is a small square bezel bearing a
monogram :
900. Silvered bronze. A ring decorated with incised lines,

the circular bezel showing a Maltese cross made of four
pieces of red paste.
901. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a sapphire cabo-
chon.
— 109 —
902. Gold. A ring, with on incised rosette-shaped bezel bea-

ring a monogram surrounded by an inscription. On the
reverse another monogram :
Elena cana
The monogram on the reverse reads without difficulty
Elena. The reading of the other monogram is doubtful.
903. Silver. A ring decorated with laid-on ornaments, the
bezel set with a blue paste intaglio.
901. Gold. A massive ring, partly decorated with openwork
ornaments, the bezel set with an amethyst cabochon.
905. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel formerly set with a cabo.
chon or an intaglio.
906. Gold. A plain ring, the hoop ending in three pellets, the
bezel set with a garnet intaglio : a bird to left, surroun.
ded by the incised inscription :
Leodenus viuat D{e)o.

This beautiful ring was discovered about 1880, in the
bed of the river Oise, near Compiegne ; it was first in
the collection of Dr Lesguillons and was purchased
later by Baron J6rome Pichon (Apparently not in his sale
catalogue, 21 April 1897).
— 110 —
The inscription was first inserted in the Annuaire du

Progres de I’Oise for 1883 ; it was subsequently edited
by Count de Marsy in the Bulletin de. la Societe histori-
que de Compiegne, vol. v. (1882), p.303(cf. vol. vi, 1884,
p. 45), by Edmont Le Blant, Nouveau recueil d’inscrip-
tions chrdtiennes, p. 72, n. 50, by M. Deloche, Revue ar-
ch&ologique, vol. ix(1887) p. 47 and Anneaux sigillaires
pp. 143-144, n. 124; cf. also Corpus inscript ionurn lati-
narum, vol. xm, 3, p. 640, n. 10024, 324.
907. Gilt bronze. A plain ring with a flat octogonal bezel,
bearing incised a youthful bust to left with the reversed
inscription :
Felici(ter).
908. Gold. A ring decorated with spiral ornaments in laid-
on twisted wire, the bezel set with a large blue paste
cabochon.
909. Bronze. A plain ring with an oval incised bezel.

910. Gold. An openwork ring with four bezels set with gar-
net and emerald cabochons.
911. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing an incised

monogram :
KIR
912. Gold. A ring decorated with ten emerald cabochons
surrounding the whole ring.
From the collection of Frederic Spitzer (Catalogue vol.
IV, p. 161, n. 2; sale catalogue, 17 avril 1893, vol. II,
p. 55, n. 1876.)
— Ill —
913. Gold. A ring, with a double bezel set with a garnet and
an emerald cabochon.
914. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel decorated with triangular

bunches of gold beads, and set with a circular piece of
red paste.
915. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel formed by a denarius of

Charles the Bald, grandson of Charlemagne.
916. Gold. A plain ring with an incised bezel bearing the

inscription :
Euri.
917. Bronze. A plain ring with an incised bezel.
918. Gold. A ring, the bezel in the shape of a large rosette

inlaid in cloisonne with pieces of red paste.
Deloche, Anneaux sigillaires p. 261, n. 227.
919. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel roughly incised with a

cross.
920. Gold. A massive ring with a square flat incised bezel :

a man and a woman standing. On the sides of the bezel
are the following inscriptions, inlaid in niello :
[PR,omAG|
|V3~BETtA|
Promacius Betta.
— 112 —
Evidently the names of the husband and wife whose

marriage-ring this was.
Discovered about 1850 in the bed of a river at Mulsanne
(Sarthe). Belonged to Hueber and subsequently to
Baron Jerome Pichon (His sale catalogue, 24 April 1897,
p. 5, n. 17 and plate i.)
Published by a number of authors: Ilucher Bulletin
monumental, vol. xvm, (1852), p. 308 and Sigillographie
du Maine (1855) p. 7; Catalogue de la collection de
sceaux matrices de M. Ilucher (1863) p. i; Barraud, Des
bagues a toutes les epogues (18G4) p. IGO ; William Jones,
Finger-ring lore p. 411; M. Deloche Revue arc.heologi-
que vol. x, (1887) p. 44 and Anneaux sigillaires pp. 49-51
n. 45. Le Blant, Inscriptions chretienn.es de la Gaule,
vol. n, p. 557, n. GGOb. and fig. 534-536 ; Corpus inscrip-
tionum latinarum, vol. xiu, 3, p. 645, n. 10024, 31G.
921. Bronze. A plain ring with an incised bezel showing the
following monogram:
The barred S in the centre is the well-known abbrevia-

tion for sigilium.
922. Gold. An ornate ring decorated with openwork foliage-
the bezel set with two cabochons, garnet and sapphire.
923. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel, perhaps for-
merly set with a cabochon.
924. Gold. A double ring, for two consecutive fingers, the
bezel set with a whitish stone prepared for the intaglio
cutter.
925. Bronze. A plain ring, with a raised bezel decorated with
punched circles.
— 113 —
926. Gold. A plain ring, with a flat circular incised bezel:
Abboneso.
From the collection of Charvet, Benjamin Fillon (His
sale catalogue, 20 March 1882, p. 33, n. 32, plate II,
fig. 2), and the late Baron J^rdme Pichon (Not in his sale
catalogue, 24 April 1897) Cf. Le Bl ant, laser, chrEtiennes
de la Gaule, vol. n, p. 351, n. 575 a and fig. 476;
Deloche, Revue archMogique, vol. vm (1886) p. 41, n. 25,
engraving {Anneaux sigillaires, pp. 304-305, n. 265);
Corpus inscriptionum latinarum, vol. xm, 3, p. 645,
n. 10024, 308.
927. Gold. A ring formed by a chain, with aflat hexagonal be-

zel, incised on both sides.
Emmanuel . Reccaredo

cabochon.
929. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat square incised bezel,

930. Gold. A double ring for two consecutive fingers, the
bezels set with a natural cristallised diamond and an
emerald cabochon.
PLATE XV
MEROVINGIAN RINGS
931. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat bezel decorated with in-
cised lines forming a kind of rosette.
932. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with an amethyst
intaglio showing a child’s head.
933. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the following
monogram :
934. Gold. A plain ring with a Hat circular bezel bearing in-
cised the reversed inscription :
Trasolfus.
From the collection of Baron J6r6me Pichon (His sale
catalogue, 24 Avril 1897, p. 6, n. 23, plate I).
935. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat square bezel decorated
with an incised pattern.
936. Silver. A plain ring with a flat circular incised bezel:
Apparently Raimufnjdus.
GU1LHOU COLLECTION Plates XV
1086 1087 1088 1090 1091 1092

1089
— 115 —
937. Bronze. A plain ring with a small Maltese cross in

low relief on the bezel. Doubtless Mediaeval.
938. Gold. A ring decorated with beaded ornaments; the
square bezel bearing incised concentric lines. Similar in
workmanship to n. 821.
939. Gold. A plain ring, with an incised inscription, partly
illegible :
1 J J" x
The only clear words arc Pax vobis.
Possibly an archer’s ring.
940. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel bearing in-
cised ornaments.
941. Silver. A'plain ring with incised ornaments on the

bezel.
942. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing an incised

svastika.
943. Gold. A ring, the bezel formerly set with four large
and four small cabochons.
944. Bronze. A plain ring, the flat square bezel incised

with a bird.
945. Gold. A ring with two bezels, each incised with a mo-
nogram :
(?) Trasim ( ) com (ids).

From the collection of Baron Jerdme Pichon (His sale
16
— 116 —
catalogue, 24 April 1897, p. 7, n. 24, plate I) who read

the monogram Argisi; in his catalogue the reading
Truozis is proposed.
94G. Gold. A ring, the hoop decorated with incised lines,

the bezel set with a sapphire cabochon.
947. Gold. An openwork ring, the hoop terminating in two

lions : between them, a rectangular bezel bearing the
incised inscription:
PAX
Pax.
From the collection of Victor Gay (His Glossaire ar-
cheologique, p. 35 ; sale catalogue, 23 March 1909, p. 31,
n. 1G2).
948. Gold. An elaborate openwork ring, the bezel formerly

set with one large and six smaller cabochons.
949. Bronze. A plain ring decorated with two incised crosses.
950. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing an incised mo-

nogram :
951. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing incised orna-

ments.
952. Bronze. A plain ring, the incised bezel showing a stan-

ding figure to left.
Possibly antique.
953. Gold. A plain ring with a raised bezel, set with a

sapphire cabochon.
954. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a Maltese

cross.
— 117 —
955. Bronze. A ring with a circular bezel, set with a garnet

cabochon.
Deloche, Anneaux sigillaires, p. 269, n. 239.
956. Gold. An openwork ring, with floral ornaments, the

957. Gold. A handsome facetted ring, the bezel set with a

sapphire cabochon, surrounded by the following ins-
cription in niello:
4-CV/V D O
(rundoberga vioat deo.

Right and left of the bezel, ornaments in niello.
As observed by the late owner, Baron Jer6me Pichon
(His sale catalogue, 24 April 1897, p. 6, n. 20, plate i.)
this remarkable ring doubtless belonged to the Lombard
queen Gundoberga who married king Charoald and
subsequently king Chrotechar (according to Paulus Dia-
conus, Hist. Langobard, iv, 49 and Fredegarius, Chro-
nicon, ed. Krusch, pp. 145 and 156.)
It was discovered by a labourer at Avenay, near Reims
and has been published by Louis Paris, Histoire de
I’Abbaye d’Avenay (1879), pp. 64-67, by E. Le Blant,
Nouveau recueil, p. 82, n. 59 and by Maximin Deloche,
Anneaux sigillaires, pp. 126-128, n. 116.
958. Bronze. A plain ring the bezel showing two standing

figures with a cross between them. Probably Mediaeval.
960. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat square bezel on which

is incised a dog to right.
— 118 —
961. Bronze. An ornate ring, the incised bezel showing a

sea-lion to right.
962. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing incised orna-

ments.
963. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with a cabochon sur-
rounded by eight turquoises.
964. Gold. An ornate ring with two bezels, each bearing an

H rAx
Pax.
965. Bronze. A massive ring, the bezel undecorated.
966. Gold. A ring with two bezels, formerly set with cabo-
chons.
967. Gold. A tiny ring-shaped ear-ring terminating in an

openwork spherical knob.
968. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a cross.
969. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with a tiny amethyst
cabochon.
970. Bronze. A massive ring, the bezel incised with a male

bust in low relief.
971. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel decorated with incised

lines.
972. Silver. A ring with a raised beaded bezel, the hoop

decorated with two beaded knobs.
— 119 —
973. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel bearing an incised mono-

gram :
974. Bronze. A ring, decorated with incised wavy lines, the

bezel set with a tiny red intaglio : a standing figure to
right.
975. Gold. A flat ring with a large elevated bezel in the sha-
pe of a building, surrounded by eight arches forming a
colonnade. It is roofed by a blue paste cabochon sur-
rounded by ten tiny pearls.
Cf. n. 875.
976. Silvered bronze. A plain ring, the incised bezel sho-
wing an indistinct standing figure.
977. Bronze. A massive ring.
978. Iron. A plain ring, the bezel set with an intaglio : a hor-
seman to right.
979. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing an incised cross.
980. Bronze. A ring with a flat circular bezel bearing an
incised monogram:
981. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with two emerald
cabochons.
Possibly of Renaissance workmanship. Compare n.1523
982. Silver. A plain ring with a flat square bezel set with a
piece of paste.
983. Bronze. A massive ring, the bezel bearing an incised

ornament.
— 120 —
984. Gold. A plain ring, the square bezel bearing the follo-
wing incised monogram:
985. Silvered bronze. A plain ring with a circular bezel bea-

ring in low relief a Maltese cross.
986. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set witli a rough cabo.
chon.
987. Gold. A plain ring with a flat octogonal incised bezel,

showing a bird surrounded by an inscription :
Maj ocelli.
988. Bronze. An octogonal ring.

989. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing an incised ins-
cription :
990. Silver. A plain ring with a raised hexagonal bezel

showing a head in front view.
Possibly of the Renaissance.
991. Gold. A small octogonal ring similar to n. 1065.

992. Silver. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel. Badly da-
maged by fire and mixed up with the molten portions
of another silver jewel.
— 121 —
993. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel decorated with an in-

cised palm.
994. Bronze. An octogonal ring decorated with incised

palms.
995. Bronze. A plain ring with a circular bezel.
99G. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat circular bezel incised

with a kind of monogram:
997. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel showing an incised star.
998. Bronze. A plain ring with a Hat incised bezel.
999. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a mono-

gram :
*K©
1000. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with what is
apparently a conventional bird.
1001. Bronze. A plain ring incised with a standing figure (?).
1002. Silvered bronze. A plain flat ring.
1003. Bronze. A plain ring with a niello ornament on the

bezel.
1004. Bronze. A plain polygonal ring with nine facettes.
1005. Bronze. A ring with aflat bezel, decorated with incised

lines simulating an inscription.
— 122 —
1007. Gold. A spiral ring bearing the incised inscription :
FL
Fl ( ) regts.
1008. Bronze. A plain ring with a fiat elongated bezel on
which is incised a conventional serpent.
1009. Bronze. A plain ring with a raised incised bezel.
1010. Gold. A plain ring with a beaded stem, the bezel set
with a paste intaglio, showing apparently a chrism.
Discovered at Vermand near Saint-Quentin and for-
merly in the Jumel collection at Amiens. Published by
Deloche, Anneaux sigillaires, pp. 150-151, n. 129.
1012. Bronze. A plain ring set with a paste intaglio : two

quadrupeds to left.
1013. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel formed by a tiny gra-

nite scarab.
Possibly antique.
1014. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a cross
and four pellets.
1015. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel.
1016. Silver. A double ring, the bezel incised with a cross-
shaped ornament.
PLATE XVI
MEROVINGIAN RINGS
1017. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a crou-
ching quadruped.
1018. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel inlaid with an octa-

gonal piece of rock-crystal.
1019. Bronze. A plain ring with an incised bezel showing

a quadruped to left and a snake.
1020. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a green paste
cabochon.
1021. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing incised an ille-

gible monogram.
1022. Gold foil. A plain ring with two bezels, formerly set
with cabochons.
1023. Lead. A plain ring, the bezel in the shape of a Mal-

tese cross.
1024. Bronze. A plain ring, decorated with five rows of

three projecting knobs.
1025. Gold. An openwork ring with a broad hoop in plaited

and beaded gold wire, the circular bezel in the shape
of a building, formerly crowned by a cabochon.
1026. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing incised an in-

distinct monogram.
17
— 124 —
1027. Gold. An ornate ring with a small circular bezel, bea-

ring an incised monogram, the opposite side showing
an inscription:
VN 7 NT
Alduni.
Found near Limoges. From the collection of Baron
JeromePichon(Hissalecatalogue, 24 April 1897, p.5, n.5).
1028. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a rosette.
1029. Gold. A plain ring, the flat circular bezel incised with
a monogram and inscription :
Berteildis regina.
This is the ring of Berteildis, the Queen of Dagobert I,
King of France 628-038.
It was discovered at Laon and belonged to Charvet,
to Ponton d’Amecourt to the celebrated antiquary Ben-
jamin Fillon (Ilis sale catalogue, 20 March 1882, pp. 32-
33, n. 31 and plate II, fig. 1). It was subsequently in
the collection of Baron Jerome Pichon (His sale cata-
logue, 24 April 1897, p. 5, n. 16, plate III).
It has been published by many authors, amongst
whom E. Le Blant, Inscriptions chrttiennes de la Gaule,
vol. II, p. 569, n. 678 a and plate 91, fig. 547; A. de
Longperier, (Eaores, vol. VI, p. 45 : (Comptes-rendus
Acad. Inscr., 1870, p. 316; M. Deloche, Reoue archtolo-
gique, vol. VIII, 1886, p. 141, n. 29 and 1893, vol. I,
p. 169 and Anneaux si gillair es, pp. 203-205, n. 186; Le
Blant, Nouveau recueil, p. 71, n. 49; Corpus inscrip-
tionum latinarum, vol. XIII, 3, p. p. 645, n. 10024, 312.
— 125 —
1030. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with a square pie-
ce of greenish paste.
piece of red paste.
1032. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat square incised bezel.

1033. Gold. A plain ring, with a flat circular incised bezel
bearing an inscription:
Sigilium...
1034. Bronze. A plain ring, the flat rectangular bezel bea-
ring an inscription :
th.PI
DIVC
Erpidius,
1035. Gold. A plain ring, with a flat octogonal bezel bea-
ring an incised inscription:
Salba me
Published by A. de Longperier, Annuaire des Anti-
quairesde France, 1853, p. 155 and (Eacres completes,
vol. IV, p. 325; Delochc, Anneaux sigillaires, pp. 337-
338, n. 291.
1036. Bronze. A plain ring, with a flat oval incised bezel: a

standing figure to left.
— 126 —
1037. Gold. An ornate ring, the hoop set with small cabo-
chons, the bezel set with a malachite cabochon,
1038. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the mono-
gram :
1039. Gold. A plain ring, with a circular raised bezel, in the

shape of a building with a flat top, decorated with bea-
ded laid-on wire.
1040. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel decorated with incised
lines.
1041. Bronze. A plain ring, the hoop decorated with incised
lines, the bezel bearing incised a triton.
1042. Gilt bronze. An ornate ring, decorated with a num-
ber of human faces.
Possibly Gaulish.
1043. Bronze. A plain ring, the incised bezel showing a hu-
man head to right.
1044. Gold. A plain ring, with a circular incised bezel :
1045. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat incised bezel.

1046. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel of hexagonal shape set
with a garnet cabochon, and supported by four small
pearls.
1047. Bronze. A plain ring with a flat cross-shaped cloison-
ne bezel inlaid with five pieces of red and green paste.
by Deloche, Anneaux sigillaires, pp. 266-267, n. 235.
— 127
1048. Bronze. Part of a ring decorated with incised lines.

1049. Gold. An ornate ring, with two bezels, bearing the
following inscriptions :
Torn a sufs).
1050. Bronze. A plain ring, with a circular incised bezel

showing apparently a standing figure.
1051. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a small
cross.
1052. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel inlaid with a square

piece of red paste.
1053. Bronze. A plain ring, with a circular incised bezel.
1054. Silvered bronze. A plain ring.
1055. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a human

head to right.
1056. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a cross

on a dotted field.
1057. Gold. A plain ring, with a raised circular bezel, sur-

rounded by pillar-shaped ornaments and bearing an in-
cised inscription :
Gulfetrud(is').
This is probably the ring of Saint Gulfetrudis, niece
of Saint Gudula, daughter of the elder Pippinus. Such
was the attribution given by the former owner, Baron
— 128 —
Jdrdme Pichon (His sole catalogue, 24 April 1897,

pp. 5-6, n. 18). It was discovered in 1862 at Sainte Petro-
nille, near La Reole (Gironde), in a tomb supposed to
be that of the younger Childebertus, king of Austrasia.
Cf. Fontenay, Les bijoux, p. 44; Grellet-Balguerie,
Bull, des Antiquaires de France, 18G3, p. 193; Jullian,
Inscr. de Bordeaux, vol. II, p. 186, n. 960 ; Deloche,
Revue archtologique, vol. XVII, 1891, pp. 277-278 and
Anneaux sigillaires, pp. £86-288. n.253; Le Blant, Nou-
veau recueil, p. 307, n. 285; Corpus inscriptionum lati-
naruin, vol. XIII, 3, p. 615, n. 10024, 318.
1058. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel, in the stape of a six-
rayed star, set with a tiny cabochon.
lines.
lines.
lines, the hoop terminating at both ends in the protome
of a conventional animal.
Deloche, Anneaux sigillaires, pp. 258-259, n. 223.
1062. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with the ins-
cription :
'////,
KVpl
K QV
1063. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a mo-

nogram :
— 129 —
1064. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel formed by a twisted

coil of wire.
1065. Gold. A ring closely similar to n. 901.
cabochon.
1067. Bronze. A plain ring with a bezel of cubic shape.
1068. Bronze. An ornate ring with a plain, flat, rectangu-
lar bezel.
1069. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel in the shape of a Maltese
cross.
1070. Silver. Part of a ring, the bezel set with a diamond-

shaped piece of paste.
1071. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel showing a Maltese
cross in low relief.
1072. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a mono-
gram :
1073. Gold. An openwork ring, with a hoop in the shape

of a chain, the flat oval bezel bearing an incised ins-
cription :
Formosa.
1074. Bronze. A plain ring, possibly not antique.
1075. Bronze. An ornate ring, with a small crown stamped
at each end of the hoop, and a fantastic animal incised
on the bezel.
Probably Mediaeval.
— 130 —

1077. Bronze. An annular ear-ring terminating in a square
knob.
1078. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with a tiny gold
bead.
1079. Bronze. Part of a plain ring the bezel bearing the let-
ter S.
1080. Bronze. An ornate ring formerly bearing a revolving
bezel.

gram.
1082. Bronze. A tiny ring with an incised bezel.
1083. Bronze. A plain ring with an oval incised bezel.
1084. Bronze. Part of a plain ring.
lines.
1086. Bronze. A facetted ring similar to nn. 991 and 1065.
lines.
1088. Bronze. A ring similar to n. 1064, but the hoop enti-
rely covered with a wound-up wire.
1089. Bronze. A plain openwork ring, the bezel formerly set
with a cabochon.
1090. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel inlaid with niello orna-
ments, the hoop terminating at both ends in the pro-
tome of a three-headed long-necked monster.
1092. Bronze. A plain ring, decorated with incised lines.
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plate XVII
1149
PLATE XVII
MEDIEVAL KINGS
1093. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with a large brown
cabochon.
1094. Silver. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a large car-
nelian cabochon.
Found in the village of Herpes by Ph. Delamain and
published by Deloche, Anneaux sitjillaires, pp. 270-271,
n. 241.
1095. Gold. A ring, with three bezels, each incised with a

standing figure (the Virgin and two male saints). Round
the hoop runs an inscription in gothic letters, not easy
to read :
+ VONE || TYME || HOU IOYE
And inside + GOD -r HELP 4-
English workmanship of the fourteenth or fifteenth
century.
1096. Silver. A plain ring with a square bezel decorated

with incised lines and raised knobs.
1097. Gold. A fiat ring decorated with stars and Hovers and
bearing the incised inscription :
ATART OVBLIE
« A tard. oublie ! »
Inside is roughly incised : VI.
catalogue, 21 April 1897, p. 15, n. 71).
18
— 132 —
1098. Gilt silver. A very large ring, the bezel set with a by
rock-crystal cabochon, surrounded by four smaller ca-
bochons. On the hoop is incised the inscription :
: S : ANDREAS
1099. Gold. A slender ring decorated with floral ornaments
in low relief.
1100. Silver. A ring decorated with incised ornaments, the
bezel set with an onyx cabochon.
1101. Silver. A plain ring, with the letters. G. D. incised on
the flat oval bezel.
1102. Gold. A plain ring, with a flat oval bezel, set with a
ruby cabochon. Round the edge, is incised the rever-
sed inscription :
+ SEGRETV-PETRI-AVTIS-EPI-
Seeretu(m) Petri Autis(siodori) ep(iscopi],
“Secret seal of Peter, Bishop of Auxerre.”
1103. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel formerly set with a ca-
bochon.
1104. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with an octago-

nal plaque showing a floral decoration in minute poly-
chrome cloisonnb.
1105. Gold. A ring, the hoop bearing an incised inscription
in two lines :
+AVEMARIAGRACIAPLENADOMINVSTECV
MBENEDICTATV1NMVLIERIBVSATRENEILI (?)
Aue Maria gratia plena, Dominus tecum, benedicta
tu in mulieribus... (Luke 1,28)
The last words are illegible.
The bezel is set with a grey intaglio: the Virgin and
Child.
— 133 —
1106. Bronze. A plain ring, decorated with incised lines.

1107. Silver. A plain ring, similar to n. 1093, the bezel also
set with a brown cabochon.
1108. Gold. A thin ring in beaded wire with a small circular
enamelled bezel showing a Maltese cross.
1109. Gilt bronze. A large massive ring, the bezel formerly
set with a cabochon; at the top of the hoop are the
arms of France twice repeated. Round the hoop, is the
inscription .R.RAGON in large letters. Round the be-
zel are figured in low relief a winged lion, a kneeling
bull, and two busts : a Madonna and an angel.
1110. Gold. A small ring, with an openwork bezel, consis-
ting of four small circles showing the letters R,M,S,V.
1111. Gold. An ornate openwork ring showing four roset-
tes, separated by scrolls.
1112. Silver. An ornate ring, with a raised bezel, the hoop
terminating at both ends in a bird-shaped ornament.
1113. Bronze. A massive ring, the bezel bearing two clas-
ped hands in low relief, the hoop incised with the ins-
cription.
+ HILE LIEB
German workmanship of the fifteenth century.
1114. Silver. An ornate ring, similar to n. 1112, the bezel
in the shape of a four-petalled flower.
1115. Silver. A ring, the bezel incised with the Crucifixion.
The stem formerly bore an incised inscription of which
only the two last letters are legible :
.ES
1116, Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a rosette-
shaped ornament.
— 134 —
1117. Silver. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a large onyx
cabochon.
1118. Gilt bronze. A massive ring, similar in shape ton.
1109, the bezel set with an emerald cabochon in the
shape of a shield.
1119. Silver. An ornate ring, with a raised bezel in the
form of a circular building, crowned with a rock-crys-
tal cabochon. On each side of the bezel, the letters
alpha and omega.
1120. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with a square piece
of greenish paste.
1121. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with a square piece
of greenish paste.
1122. Silver. A ring, the hoop terminating at both ends in
in a lion’s head, the bezel set with a sapphire cabochon.
Round the hoop, is the inscription :
OVIBVW3AV
RACIAPLENA
Are Maria gracia plena ! ^Luke I, 28).
1123. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing incised the
letter L.
1124. Silver. A plain ring, bearing the following inscription
in niello.
+AGIOSOTEOS.ATANATOS
Ayio; o 0eo; aOxva-ro; « Holy God Immortal »
catalogue, 21 April 1897, p. 17, n. 82).Cf. n. 1132.
1125. Gilt Silver. A plain ring with a large square bezel set
with a piece of rock-crystal.
112G. A ring, decorated with a strip of beaded wire, the
bezel bearing a pearl.
r
— 135 —
1127. Gold. A ring, decorated with incised lines, the bezel

bearing incised the letters.
IHS
Jesus.
Possibly a Jesuit ring of the sixteenth century.

Cf. n. 1182, •
1128. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel showing a conventional

incised representation of the Holy Face.
1129. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with two hearts
joined by a knot.
1130. Silver. A ring decorated with niello ornaments

and incised lines.
1131. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with a square

piece of rock-crystal.
1132. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with an irregular

white pebble (Not a cameo with the head of Athena as
stated in the Pichon catalogue!), the stem incised with
the inscription.
AGIOS-OTEOS.ATAT
From the collection of Baron Jerdme Pichon (this sale
catalogue; 21 April 1897, p. 17, n. 83). Compare n. 1124.
1133. Gold. A plain ring with a small bezel at each end of

the diameter, one set with a ruby, the other with a
turquoise.
1131. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing incised the

letter T.
1135. Bronze. A plain ring, with a square bezel bearing inci-

sed a swan to left.
— 136 —
1136. Gold. An ornate ring, with incised ornaments, the

hoop bearing the inscription :
CV ORE PRE VES
Cuore ....
1137. Gold. A marriage-ring, the openwork bezel in the
shape of two clasped hands.
1138. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel decorated with incised
lines.
1139. Silver. A large ring, with a cross on the bezel, the
stein decorated with ten oval projections.
1140. Gold. An ornate ring, the hoop decorated with a
diapered pattern, and with two scrolls bearing the
motto :
EYN DYN (?)
From the Victor Gay sale (Paris, 23 March 1909, p. 30,
n. IGO).
1141. Gold. A ring, with a raised ornate bezel set with a
turquoise.
1142. Silver. A ring bearing the following inscription in
niello :
MON (a heart) AVES
Mon coeur aves I
From the collection of Baron Jerome Pichon (His
sale catalogue, 24 April 1897, p. 16, n. 72).
1143. Silver. A ring, with an incised bezel bearing an indis-
tinct inscription.
1144. Gold. An ornate ring, with a long bezel beautifully
decorated in raised filigree.
Possibly Jewish. Cf. n. 1148.
1145. Silver. A facetted ring decorated with incised crosses,
the bezel set with a tiny garnet cabochon.
— 137 —
1146. Gold. An openwork ring, the hoop and bezel formed

by the bodies of four fantastic animals. Probably from
the south of France.
1147. Silver. A plain ring, the hoop decorated with small
incised ornaments.
1148. Gold. A filigree ring, closely similar ton. 1141.
1149. Bronze. A ring, with a large ornamental bezel showing
a bust in low relief.
PLATE XV1I1
MEDIEVAL AND .JEWISH RINGS

1150. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a quadruped
standing to left.
1151. Gold. A plain ring, the raised bezel set with a garnet.
1152. Silver. A ring, decorated with incised lines, the bezel
set with a square white cabochon.
1153. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel showing ornaments
in dark blue niello.
1154. Silver. A ring, decorated with beaded wire, the bezel
set with an oval carnelian cabochon.
1155. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing roughly

incised a standing figure.
1156. Gold. An ornate ring, the raised bezel set with a small
emerald cabochon.
1157. Silver. An ornate ring, with a plat oval bezel, bearing

incised a head to left and five phalli. Probably of the
Renaissance.
1158. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a crescent

shaped turquoise, the hoop bearing a long inscription
in two lines scarcely legible on account of the minute-
ness of the letters :
+ ETVERBVM : CARO FACTVM : EST : ETAB
ABITABIS: INOBIS: E TVIDIMVS: GROLIAM
The text is the well known verse John I, 14, of which
the correct reading is: 717 verbum caro factum est habi-
tabit in nobis et vidimus gloriam ejus...
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plate XVIII
— 139 —
1159. Gold. A massive ring of the early fifteenth century, the

bezel set with a very beautiful white cameo, showing a
female bust to left. Inside the hoop, runs the incised
inscription:
.DVNG.SEVL. REGART. VOVS.DOIBT.SVFFIRE
catalogue, 24 April 1897, p. 16, n.77) who wrongly ascri-
bed it to the XVIth century.
1160. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel showing in low relief a

knight in armour standing to left and fighting a wild
boar.
1161. Gold. A very beautiful ring, the bezel showing a most

remarkable mosaic bust to right, in precious stones of
various colours. The hoop formerly bore inscriptions both
inside and out, but these are now scarcely legible. Inside,
may be seen a plane and the inscription
VERE.TISTE
Outside, not a single letter is now to be read with cer-
tainty.
This priceless jewel is the ring of Jean sans Peur,
Duke of Burgundy, and father of Philippe le Bon. He
was born at Dijon (28 May 1371), became Count of Nevers
in 1384, Duke of Burgundy in 1404 and was killed at Mon-
tereau the 10th of September 1419.
The face of the Duke is easily recognizable if we
compare it with any one of his known portraits, such
as, for instance the miniature in the Liore des Mer-
oeilles du Monde (Biblioth&que nationale, ms. fran-
Qais 2810, f. 226). His emblem was a plane or rabot.
1162. Gold. An ornate ring, the raised bezel set with a

sapphire cabochon.
19
— 140 —
] 163. Gold. An ornate ring, the raised bezel set with a tiny
pointe naive diamond. On the stem is the inscription :
W/IA
Ave Maria.
1164. Bronze. An octogonal ring, each facetto bearing an

incised ornament.
1165. Gold. A ring with incised ornaments, bearing on a

scroll the inscription:
MYNGENYST
Myn Genyst. « My pleasure ».
1166. Gold. A ring, the raised bezel set with a pointe naive
diamond, the hoop bearing the inscription:
+iea’ii$âuti?n^transi
+ IEXVS AVTEN TRANSI
Jesus aute (m) transi (ens)... (Luke IV, 30).
From the collection of Baron J6r6me Pichon (His sale
1167. Silver, partly gilt. A plain ring, the bezel bearing

incised the letter T surrounded by three stars.
1168. Gold. An ornate marriage-ring, the hoop showing

clasped hands, the bezel set with a small sapphire
cabochon.
1169. Bronz. An octogonal ring, each side showing a

standing figure to right. Cf. n. 1164.
1170. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a bearded

head to right.
— 141 —
1171. Gold. An ornate ring, similar to n. 1146, bearing inci-

sed the inscription :
DE BON OVER
« De bon coeur ! »
1172. Silver. An ornate ring, the bezel incised with a Mal-
tese cross.
1173. Bronze. A ring bearing a number of inscriptions, the

meaning of which I have not been able to ascertain.
1174. Gold. An ornate openwork ring, the bezel set with a
sapphire cabochon. Inside is the monogram :
&
1175. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small sapphire
cabochon.
From the collection of Victor Gay (His sale catalogue,
Paris 23 March 1909, p. 31, n. 162).
1176. Gold. A plain ring, with a small standing figure incised
on the bezel.
1177. Bronze. A plain ring, with a flat circular bezel on

which in incised a standing figure, apparently figh-
ting a fantastic animal.
1178. Gold. A ring, the bezel set with a bluish intaglio : a
bird. Round the hoop is incised an apparently mea-
ningless inscription.
1179. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a penta-
gram.
1180. Gold. A ring bearing outside the motto VNG-TEMPS-
VIANDRA and inside, the incised inscription-f- MON-
DES1R-ME-VAILLE.
— 142 —

intaglio. Inside is the inscription :
-TOUT-POVR-VOVS-
1182. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing the incised

monogram :
1HS
Jesus.
Cf. n. 1127.
1183. Bronze. A similar ring, bearing the same monogram.
1184. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing a Maltese

cross in low relief.
1185. Bronze. A ring with stamped ornaments.

118G. Bronze. A plain ring with the letter M on the bezel.
1187. Silver. A ring with a cross-shaped bezel (similar in
workmanship to nn. 1096, 1112 and 1114).
1188. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel set with a pale

carnelian cameo, showing the bust of a lady to right,
the stone being cut to shape.
Doubtless n. 132 (p. 22) of Baron Jerbme Pichon’s
sale catalogue (24 April 1897).
1189. Gilt bronze. A ring (similar in shape ton. 1156) the

bezel set with a small cabochon.
1190. Gold. A ring, the hoop terminating at both ends in a

lion’s head, the bezel set with a sapphire cabochon.
Round the hoop is the inscription :
KVeSHKMAG"!
Ave Maria giratia plena''...
From the collection of Baron JerAme Pichon (His sale
catalogue, 24 April 1897, p.14, n. G5)
— 143 —
1191. Gold. A ring bearing incised ornaments and the ins-

cription : IOIE SANS FIN
Joie sans fin.
For this motto, cf. Munich, ms. lat. 10103, ff. 141 and
144, Revue de Bretagne, 1907, II, pp. 130-134 (Goudelin)
and a fermail which belonged in 1874 to Fr6d6ric Spitzer.
1192. Gold. A ring, the bezel set with a sapphire cabochon
and four small pearls. The hoop bears the incised
inscription :
EN DIV MEFIE
En Dieu me fie
The motto ofC. Spalant(1574). Compare ms. Brussels
2086, f. 240 v.
From the collection of Baron J&rdme Pichon (His
1193. Silver. An enamelled ring, the bezel set with a square
gem.
1194. Bronze. A plain ring, incised with a meaningless ins-
cription .
1195. Bronze. A plain, the bezel bearing a cross, surrounded
by an inscription :
1196. Silver. Part of a ring, bearing in low relief the inscrip-

tion : LOIALTES • PASE [ • TO]
Loialt^s pas(s)e to(ut)
Described as complete in Baron Jerome Pichon’s sale
catalogue (24 April 1897, p. 16, n. 76)
The same motto occurred on a tankard described in
the inventory of Louis I, Duke of Anjou (about 1380).
1197. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel bearing the mono-
gram : —
1HS
JEWISH RINGS
1198. Gilt silver. A large ring, the bezel (partly enamelled)

in the shape of a house. When removed, the bezel shows
the Hebrew inscription :
Shadai,
Round the hoop, the inscription :
Mazelton.
1199. Gilt silver. A Jewish ring, decorated with six circular

bosses in openwork filigree. On the flat bezel, is incised
the Hebrew inscription :
Maseltov.
1200. Gilt silver. A similar ring decorated with two rows of

bosses.
1201. Gdt silver. A ring, with the bezel in the shape of

a house. The roof bears the inscription :
Mazeltoij.
1202. Gilt silver. An openwork ring, with floral designs on

the hoop, the bezel in the shape of a two-storied
house.
1203. Gilt silver. A large ring partly enamelled, decorated

with six openwork circular bosses. Inside, are engraved
two Hebrew letters : a Mini and perhaps an Ay in.
1204. Gilt silver. A similar ring, with the same inscription,

but decorated with two rows of small bosses.
— 145 —
1205. Gilt silver. A Christian ring evidently imitated from

the Jewish models, the bezel in the shape of a chapel,
in front of which a man is kneeling.
1206. Gilt silver. A large cylindrical ring, the whole surface
covered with cloisonnd and enamelled flowers.
1207. Gilt silver. A ring similar to n. 1204 with the same ins-
cription, but engraved inside the lid of the flat square
bezel.
PLATE XIX
ARMORIAL RINGS
1208. Gilt bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a coat
of arms surrounded by an illegible inscription.
1209. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a coat of
arms surrounded by the reversed inscription :
C.VAG FER
1210. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a letter II

surrounded by the inscription :
IENAI ...
1211. Silver. A ring with a raised circular bezel on which
is engraved a lion.
1212. Silver. A ring decorated with incised ornaments,

the bezel bearing a fleur de lis.
1213. Silver. A plain ring with a flat circular bezel incised

with the initials A B, surrounded by the inscription :
ALEXANDRE* BAVHIN-
1214. Gilt bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a

fleur de lis.
1215. Silver. A ring, the hoop bearing in two lines the ins-
cription :
IIV83
TBISA
On the bezel is engraved a bird to right with the ins-
cription :
SGGIRBERT
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plate XIX
(208 1211
12l5 1219 1220 1221
1222 1223 1224 1225 1226 1227 1228
1229 1230 1231 1232 1233 1234 1235
1236 1237 1238 1239 1240 1241 1242
1243 1244 1245 1246 /1247 1248 1249
1250 1251 1252 1253 1254 1255 1256
1261
1269 1270
l264 1265 1266 1267
1274 1275 1276 1277

— 147 —
1216. Gilt bronze. A massive ring, the bezel bearing a coat

of arms.
1217. Gilt bronze. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a steel
intaglio ; a coat of arms with a count’s coronet, and
the motto:
DIEU SAUVE LE ROY
1218. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a hand
pointing to a human head, surrounded by the ins-
cription.
•CRESGITE* ET MVLTIPL1CAMIN (i)
1219. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel bearing a coat of arms
(also repeated at each end of the hoop) with the ins-
cription :
+ -S-MENGOSASO-
1220. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel bearing a coat of
arms surrounded by the inscription :
MARIA NCVSMR
1221. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel incised with a small
armorial intaglio, the letters A and L in small scrolls,
at the end of the hoop.
1222. Silver, partly gilt. A plain ring with the letter T inci-
sed on the bezel.
1223. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a coat of
arms and the inscription :
DOMINGO-ARCES
1224. Silver. A plain ring, with an octogonal bezel, incised
with a bird surrounded by an illegible inscription.
1225. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel incised with a kind of
monogram and an illegible inscription.
From the Victor Gay sale (Paris, 23 March 1909,
p. 231, n° 164).
20
— 148 —
1226. Gold. An ornate ring, the hoop set at each end with a
diamond, the bezel inlaid with an armorial carnelian
intaglio.
1227. Gold. A ring, the hoop partly covered with ornaments
in black enamel, the bezel set with a black armorial
intaglio.
1228. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small antique
intaglio (a standing figure and the letter N) surrounded
by the inscription:
+ S/ RICIARDN (?) EXP
Some of the letters are doubtful.
1229. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel incised with a coat
of arms surrounded by the inscription :
•S/- ROGERII-
Sig ilium Rogerii.
catalogue, 24 april 1897, p. 8, n° 33 and plate III) who
believed it to be an Italian ring of the fourteenth
century
1230. Bronze. A plain ring with an oval bezel, incised with
a palm between two birds, and the reversed inscription :
SMH&»T+lDbO£>Hb
Byzantine workmanship.
1231. Gold. A ring with a flat oval bezel set with a carne-
lian intaglio (a female bust to left) surrounded by the
inscription:
+A. HERRIGI. D. SVESSA. CACELLARII. LEGATI
Round the hoop, in two lines, the inscription (John
I, 14):
+VERBVM.CARO. FACTVM. EST. ET: ABITAB :
: INOBIS.ET: VIDIM VS. GLORIAM.EIVS :GLORIAM :
— 149 —
1232. Gold. An ornate ring, with an octogonal bezel

incised with a coat of arms and the inscription :
QANT.QE.SOYT
1233. Gold. An ornate ring with a coat of arms on the
bezel.
1234. Enamelled gold. A ring with a revolving octogonal

bezel, bearing on one side the letters A D on a shield,
and on the other a skull with the inscription :
Meto mor (part of memento mori).
From the collection of Fr6d6ric Spitzer (Catalogue
vol. IV, p. 170 ; sale catalogue, 17 April 1893. t. II,
p. 62, n. 1942).
1235. Gold. An ornate ring with a revolving bezel, one side

bearing a dog, the other a dog’s head, the hoop
showing twice the letter P, the rim bearing the incised
inscription :
S.PERSEVAL : DENNEVAL.
S(jgilluiri) Perseoal d’Enneoal.
This remarkable jewel was found in 1861, in the wood
of Halettes, near the Havre. It belonged in 1887 (accor-
ding to Fontenay, Les bijoux, p. 52) to Baron Jerome
Pichon (His sale catalogue, 24 April 1897, p. 12, n. 52
plate II).
Douet d’Arcq observed that Perseval d’Enneval must
be the well-known chamberlain of King Charles V and
King Charles VI of France. He is mentioned (A. D. 1382)
by Froissart (II, cap. 182) under the name of messire
Parcecaux d'Aineval.
1236. Gold. A plain ring, with the letters G and R incised

at both ends of the hoop. Inside the hoop, the inscrip-
tion :
.IHS.E.M.I11S.
— 150 —
On the bezel, a coat of arms surrounded by the

inscription :
GAVTANO A.ROGERII (?)
From the collection of Baron JSrOme Picbon (Ilis sale
catalogue, 24 April 1897, p. 8, n. 28 and plate III).
1237. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel incised with a lion

surrounded by an illegible inscription.
1238. Gold. A ring, with a flat oval bezel, inlaid with a

dull-red intaglio (two clasped hands and the reversed
inscription G C P S | 1 P D| surrounded by the inscrip-
tion :
+SIGILLVTHOMAS1I. DEROGER1IS. DESVESSA
Round the hoop the inscription (John, I, 11):
4-ETVERBV : CARO. FAGTV. E. ETABITAV1T. INOB
+XPS.VINC1T.XPS.REGNAT.XPS.1MPERA
1239. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a lion.

1240. Gold. An ornate ring, the octagonal bezel set with a
garnet intaglio (a bearded head to right) surrounded by
the inscription (John I, 14):
+VERBVM:CARO:FACT
On the hoop, the following inscription :
+DEVS: INNOMI
NE:TVO: SALVVM
Deus, in nomine tuo salvum.
From the collection of Baron Jdrbme Pichon (His sale
catalogue, 24 April 1897, p. 14, n, 67, plate III).
1241. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a gryphon

to left.
Possibly antique.
1242. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel in the shape of a

crowned G.
— 151 —
1243. Silver. An ornate ring, the bezel set with an armorial

carnelian intaglio surrounded by the inscription (partly
illegible) :
+ .APIENI..
1244. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a conven-
tional heraldic monster.
1245. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a coat of
arms.
124G. A massive ring, with the letters G and Y incised at

both ends of the hoop. The bezel is set with a small
bluish intaglio, showing the arms of the Grimaldi, sur-
rounded by the inscription:
IERONIMVS.D. GRIMALDIS
leronimus d(e) Grimaldis
1247. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a coat ot
arms, surrounded by the inscription :
N. M A R1NIP ACCA. V. CONT A
1248. Gold. An ornate ring, the hoop formerly decorated

with an inscription, the bezel set with a carnelian inta-
glio (the Annunciation) surrounded by the inscription :
+M.VGOLINIDEAMELIA (?)
From the Victor Gay sale (Paris, 23 March 1909, p. 31,
n. 165).
1249. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a bird to
right and the letters IV.
1250. Silvered bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with
a heraldic lion surrounded by the inscription :
4-ESTEVDV
1251. Gold. An ornate ring, the hoop decorated with scrolls
and ornaments in minute niello. The bezel bearing a
coat of arms, surrounded by the inscription.
+S. PETRI. MOZARICO
— 152 —
1252. Silver. An ornate ring, in beaded wire, the bezel set

with an armorial intaglio, showing, right and left of a
coat of arms, the letters B R.

gram surrounded by the inscription :
JEHAN DVCREVX

. PETRVS. . NOVARINO.
From the collection of Baron J6r6me Pichon. (His
sale catalogue, 24 April 1897, p. 8, n. 29 and plate III).
arms.
125G. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a rough

coat of arms.

arms surrounded by a scarcely legible inscription.
1258. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel incised with a

heraldic animal, surrounded with what is apparently
an inscription, the hoop bearing a row of incised
animals and an illegible inscription, in two lines.
1259. Silver. An ornate ring, the bezel showing a gilt armo-
rial ornament painted under glass.
1260. Gilt bronze. An ornate ring with a coatof arms incised
on the bezel.
1261. Silver. An ornate ring with a lozenge-shaped bezel
incised with a heraldic lion.
1262. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a monogram.

— 153 —
1263. Gold a massive ring, with a revolving bezel sho-

wing a monogram on both sides. Right and left of the
hoop, two inscriptions:
1I1ESVS 1HESVS
NAZARNVS MARIA
REXIVDE04 JOHANNES
Inside the hoop, the inscription (Luke IV, 30):
IIIESVSAVTEM TRANCIENSPER MEDIVM 1LLORUM IBAT
1264. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a flour

de lis.
1265. Silver. A ring with a coat of arms incised on the

bezel, surrounded by an illegible inscription.
1266. Gold. A ring, the coat of arms incised on the bezel,

-j-SIGILLVM.OBERTI. D'SOLARI
Round the hoop, the following inscription in two lines
(John I, 14 ; Luke IV, 30) :
CARO FACT VM • EST • ET* HABIT AVIT-INNO
4-IEXVS. AVTEM .TRANSIENS. PER. MEDIVN
1267. Silver. An ornate ring, the bezel incised with a

heraldic animal.

+SECRETVMATH1D’AQVAVIVA
Secretion HAatthaei de Afjuavica.
This is the seal of Mathieu d’Aquaviva, chamberlain
of Queen Joan of Naples and Provence (A.B. 1349). It
was found in the Archipelago and belonged to baron
JerOme Pichon. (His sale catalogue, 24 April 1897, p. 8,
n. 27 and plate III.)
— 154 —
1269. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with an armorial

carnelian intaglio surrounded by the inscription :
4-S. DEN. ARNAL. FERRER
armorial intaglio, surrounded by the inscription :
THOVMASD’NEVAIR
Thoumas de Neoair.
From the collection of Baron Jerome Pichon. (His
1271. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a lion to
left.
1272. Gold. A ring, the flat circular bezel incisbtf with a
heraldic rose, the hoop bearing the incised figures of a
male and a female saint.
1273. Gold. A ring, the bezel incised with a garnet intaglio,
+ S. DEVDONEDVBELLO (?)
The reading of some letters is very doubtful.
1274. Gold, A very beautiful ring, supposed to be the ring
of the Black Prince. The octogonal bezel is set with a
small ruby intaglio, showing a beardless head in full face.
It is surrounded by the inscription :
4- SIGILVM-SECRETVM
Round the edge of the bezel, the inscription :
S. GEORGIYS
Round the hoop, the usual inscription :
+ IEXVSAVTEM-TRANS1ENS-PERME
DIVMILLORVMIBATET-VERBVM-C
This remarkable ring has been ascribed to the Black
Prince on account of the mention of England’s patron
Saint, Saint George, and of the resemblance shown by
the face engraved on the ruby, with the obverse of some
— 155 —
English gold coins. It was discovered in 18GG among

the ruins of the chateau de Montpensier, near Aigue-
perse in Auvergne.
It last belonged to Baron Jerdme Pichon (His sale ca-
talogue, 24 April 1897, p. 10, n. 41 and plate III). It has
been described by the following authors : Michel Co-
hendy, Compte rendu de I’Association franqaise pour
I'aoancement des sciences, vol. V (187G), p. 658, and in
the Compte rendu de la SocittA du Muste de Riom
1876-1877, p. 42; F.-M. Tubino, Academia Espanola,
vol. I, p. 9 ; Edward Hailstone, Communications of
the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. IV, p. 181.
1275. S\ver. A plain (ring, the circular bezel incised with a
double cross surrounded by the inscription :
4- CDOVIGVS
Ludovicus (?)
127G. Gold. A plain ring, with an octogonal bezel bearing a
coat of arms surrounded by an illegible inscription,
apparently VERITAS (?)
1277. Gold. A plain ring, of Italian workmanship, the bezel
incised with a coat of arms : a tree.
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PLATE XX
ARMORIAL RINGS
1278. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a heart-
shaped monogram and the letters S’N
1279. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a coat of

arms: three fleurs delis.
1280. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a bird to

right, above which is a scroll bearing the inscription:
N TV BA
1281. Gold. A plain ring, with the letters VG and AAA

incised in monograms at each end of the hoop. The be-
zel is inlaid with a glass and rock-crystal coat of arms,
above which are the letters : I VS
1282. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a fleur de

lis.
1283. Gold. A ring with aflat oval bezel, incised with a coat
of arms and the letters M P.
catalogue, 24 April 1897, p.8, n. 30 and plate III).
1284. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a heraldic

lion to right.
1285. Gold. A ring, the hoop decorated with incised orna-

ments, the bezel set with a carnelian intaglio (a bird to
right and a star) surrounded by the inscription :
+ B-MEIANTHONII
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plate XX
1278 1280 1281 1282 1283 1284
1285 1286
1288 1290 1291
1292 1293
1297 1298
1295
&
1299 1300 1304
1303
1302 1305
&
1306 1307
1310 1312
1313 1314 1317
1316
1320
1326 1327 1328

1329 1330 1331
— 157 —
1286. Gold. A massive ring, with a revolving bezel:

on one side is a carnelian intaglio, showing a beardless
male bust to left; on the reverse is incised a coat of
arms.
1287. Silver. A plain ribbed ring, the bezel incised with a

tree and the inscription.
IEHANDELABROSSE
1288. Gold. A massive ring with a spiral hoop inlaid with

two small ruby cabochons. The rosace-shaped bezel
bears a shield with the arms of the Grailly, family
quarterly (1-4 une croix chargee de cinq coquilles ; 2-3
trois bandeset an franc quartier)-, above is the inscription.
E
ID-GRE
E(st) l(ohannis) d(c) Gre(lly).
This beautiful ring last belonged to Baron Jerome Pi-
chon (Ilis sale catalogue, 24 April 1897, pp. 12-13, n. 55
and plate III; cf. also Fontenay, Les bijoux, p. 52), who
ascertained it to be the ring of Jehan de Grailly, Captal
de Buch (died A. D. 1376).
1289. Gold. An ornate ring with a scarcely legible inscrip-

tion incised on the hoop. On the bezel, a coat of arms
surrounded by an indistinct inscription apparently.
LARTOMENROGEUR (?)
1290. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a milky-white

intaglio, bearing a coat of arms and the letters GF.
1291. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a large T;

right and left, the letters M and A. Round the edge, the
inscription:
4- ACAPPVCCO
— 158 —
]292. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a coat of

arms (a three-towered castle) surrounded by the follo-
wing somewhat indistinct inscription:
IISADIMVVSIRAT (?)
1293. Gold. A plain ring, the flat octogonal bezel incised

with a coat of arms and the letters OR.

coat of arms.
1295. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a rock-crystal

intaglio, showing a coat of arms.
129G. Silver. A large ring, the hoop bearing in niello the

inscription :
AVEVIRGO MARIAMATRE
The bezel is set with a large oval blue paste in opaque
glass showing the Virgin and Child with the inscription
on a scroll:
DE PIETATE MARIE
From the Victor Gay collection (His sale catalogue, 23
March 1909, p.32, n. 109).
1297. Gilt bronze (?). A plain ring, the circular bezel incised
with a heraldic bird.
1298. Bronze. A plain ring, the octogonal bezel incised with

a coat of arms.

arms.
1300. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a female

head in front view and the letters I P.
— 159 —
1301. Gold. A plain ring, the octogonal bezel incised with a

coat of arms (a spread eagle) surrounded by the ins-
cription :
+ S’IO’ PHILIPP’ DANTIOCIA
S(igillum) Jo(hannis) Philipp(t) d(e) Antiocia.
1302. Gold. A beautiful ring, the fluted hoop decorated
with inlaid flowers in red enamel. On the octogonal
bezel is incised a bird with the inscription :
COLINET AGNECHIEL
1303. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a crown
and the letters I'M.
1304. Gold. An ornate ring, the hoop decorated with incised
ornaments, the bezel set with a bluish crystal (?) intaglio,
showing a coat of arms.
1305. Gilt bronze (?). A ring with an oval bezel showing a
monogram on a shield and, above, the letters C. N.
1306. Gold. A ring with a fluted hoop and an octogonal
bezel showing a tazza (?) and the letters P. C.
1307. Gold. A plain ring with a bevelled hoop, the octo-
gonal bezel bearing incised a crowned G and the
inscription :
DV : PORT
From the collection of Baron JdrOme Pichon (His sale
coat of arms quarterly (1-4, a Maltese cross; 2-3 a fleur
de lis), surrounded by an indistinct inscription.
1309. Silver. A ring with an oval bezel, bearing an incised
coat of arms and the letters A. T.
— 160 —
1310. Gold. A plain ring with an octogonal steel incised

bezel showing a coat of arms and the letters S. 11.
1311. Gilt bronze. An enamelled ring, the bezel bearing the

inscription IBS.
1312. Gold. An ornate ring, the hoop enamelled in places,

the bezel incised with a coat of arms (three lozenges).
From the collection of Frddfiric Spitzer (Catalogue,
vol. IV, p. 169, n. 58 and plate Vll; sale catalogue,
17 April 1893, vol. II, p. 61, n. 1932).
1313. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel painted with a coat of

arms, the letters VGMN( Verges mein nicht'i) and the date
1550, covered over with a transparent slip of rock-
crystal, incised with the same coat of arms.
1314. Gold. A ring with a movable bezel incised with a

shield and the initals H K repeated; on pressing a spring,
the bezel flies open showing a compass, a tiny sundial,
the letters H G and the date 1568.
1315. Gold. A plain ring with the initials I R incised on

the hoop, the octogonal bezel engraved with a coat of
arms (three fleurs de lis) surrounded by the inscription :
+ A-NOTI-RICCI-D’-GLVS
From the collection of Baron J6rdme Pichon (His sale
catalogue, 24 April 1897, p. 8, n. 32 and plate 111),
1316. Silver. A large ring, the bezel incised with a coat of

arms (a lion) and the letters F : I :

arms and the inscription SMZM. Inside the hoop a
heart pierced with a saw and arrow; right and left
the initials MS; below, the letters -WPBSD'
— 161 —
1318. Gold. A ring, the bezel and part of the hoop ena-
melled in various colours. The octogonal bezel is set
with an incised silver plaque, showing a coat of arms
and the letters A S P.
Inside the hoop, the date 1568.
1319. Gilt bronze. A plain ring, the octogonal bezel inci-
sed with a conventional flower and the initials FR (orFB)
ORIENTAL RINGS
1320. Silver. A flat ring, the bezel bearing an Arabic ins-
cription .
1321. Silver. A broad ring, with aflat oval bezel, bearing

an Arabic inscription, giving the date A.H. 1292.
1322. Silver. An openwork ring with an ornate hexagonal
bezel and an Arabic inscription inside the hoop.
1323. Silver. A ring, the hoop decorated with niello orna-
ments, the rectangular bezel bearing a short Arabic
inscription.
1321. Silver. A ring with a raised hexagonal bezel bearing
an Arabic inscription.
1325. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set withan oval sar-
donyx on which is incised an early Arabic inscription.
1326. Silver. A ring decorated with incised lines, the square

bezel bearing an Arabic inscription in two lines.
1327. Silver. A ring decorated with incised ornaments, the

pointed oval bezel bearing an Arabic inscription.
1328. Gold. A small ring, part of the hoop decorated with
minute interlaced lines, the pointed oval bezel bearing a
long Arabic inscription.
— 162 —
1329. Gold. A ring, the hoop decorated with pellets and

twisted wire, the circular bezel bearing an Arabic ins-
cription in two lines.
1330. Silver. A plain ring with an Arabic inscription inside
the hoop and a mock inscription, in five lines, incised
on the bezel.
1331. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with an oval car-
nelian intaglio, bearing incised an Arabic inscription.
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plate XXI
1332
1339
1346
1353
1359
1366
1373
1380
1387
1394
PLATE XXI
RENAISSANCE RINGS
1332. Silver. A ring, the hoop made of eight twisted

bands of silver wire, the flat circular bezel set with
eight garnets.
Deloche, Anneaux sigillaires, pp. 271-272, n. 242 as
Merovingian. Certainly not so early.
1333. Enamelled gold. An ornate ring, with a raised square
bezel set with a table ruby.
1334. Silver. A ring, the hoop partly enamelled with white
scrolls on a blue background, the raised openwork bezel
set with a jasper intaglio : a head to right, resembling
Napoleon I.
1335. Enamelled gold. A large and massive ring, the hoop
decorated with black and gold scrolls and terminating in
two masks. The bezel is set with a sapphire, four ruby
cabochons and four emeralds.
1336. Gold. A ring, with an openwork bezel supported on

four claws and set with a pyramid shaped diamond.
1337. Enamelled gold. A ring, the bezel set with a large ame-
thyst. Inside the hoop, a heart surrounded by a wreath.
1338. Gold. A ring with a large circular bezel, set with two
concentric rows of small emeralds, in all twenty-three
stones.
1339. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a small square
emerald.
22
— 164 —
1340 and 1344. Gold. Two plain rings, the circular bezels
paved with diamonds. Inside, the arms of Spain with the
inscription :
La R. Ysabel a Da Marina.
1341. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a large

carnelian intaglio in classical style, showing a female
head to right with the reversed inscription :
AA(|)HOY

intaglio : the bust of a man in Henri IV dress.
1343. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel set with diamonds

showing a bee surrounded by a wreath.
1345. Gold. An ornate ring, set with a bluish antique inta-

glio: a male and female head affronted, with, between
them, the reversed inscription:
G A.NA
1346. Enamelled silver. A ring, decorated with ornaments

on a white background, the pyramid-shaped bezel set
with a ruby (?)
1347. Enamelled gold. A ring, with a raised square bezel,

set with an antique carnelian intaglio (a bearded bust
to right). The hoop terminates in two hands holding
hearts.
From the collection of Frederic Spitzer (Catalogue, vol.
IV, p. 167, n. 42, engraved in the text ; sale catalogue,
17 April 1893, vol. II, p. 59, n. 1916).
1348. Silver. A ring, the hoop in the shape of two interlaced

serpents, the square bezel bearing a Gorgon’s head.
— 165 —
1349. Enamelled gold. A large ring, decorated with black

and white scrolls, the bezel set with a large red topaze.
1350. Enamelled gold. An ornate ring, decorated with white
foliage and painted flowers, the bezel set with a rectan-
gular sapphire surrounded by sixteen small diamonds.
1351. Gold with traces of enamel. A ring with a lozenge-

shaped bezel set with five small emeralds, one square
and four triangular.
cameo, the bust of King Henri IV of France to left.
1353. Gold. A ring, completely covered with a minute foliage
in white enamel, the bezel set with one large and six
small diamonds.
1354. Gold, partly enamelled. An ornate ring, the bezel set

with an emerald and six small diamonds.
1355. Gold. A plain ring with a large rosace-shaped bezel,

set with diamonds, garnets and emeralds.
1356. Gold. A similar ring, but with an openwork bezel.

1357. Gold. A plain ring with a square bezel set with a
large emerald.
1358. Gold. A plain ring, the rosace-shaped bezel set with

four garnets, four emeralds and thirteen diamonds, one
being of large size.
1359. Gold. Anopenwork foliated ring, the bezel showing
two doves in white and green enamel set with four
small diamonds.
1360. Enamelled gold. A delicately chased ring with a flat

rectangular bezel, set with a sapphire. Inside are the
— 166 —
Farnese arms (six fleurs de lis 3, 2, 1) beneath the papal

tiara, with the inscription :
.P.P. .III.
Paulus papa tertius.
This is the ring of Pope Paul III Farnese who occupied
the Holy See from 1534 to 1549.
1361. Gold. A partly enamelled ring, with two small

diamonds at the end of the hoop; the large octogonal
bezel is set with a rock-crystal tablet under which is
painted the crucifixion on a gold background.
From the collection of Frederic Spitzer (Catalogue
vol. IV, p. 170, n° G5, and plate VI; sale catalogue,
17 April 1893, vol. II, p. 61, n° 1939).
1362. Gold. A handsome enamelled ring with floral orna-
ments, the bezel set with a large oval sardonyx cameo.
Three popes or bishops are holding out a cloth on which
appear two images of the Lord, reversed, head to head.
This is a sixteenth century representation of the
celebrated Saint-Suaire which, fabricated at Lirey in
Champagne, about 1350, was subsequently transferred
to Chambery and is now at Turin.
It was long believed to be the identical cloth in which
the Lord was wrapped at the time of His burial and, as
late as 1902, this was asserted with semi-scientific argu-
ments by M. Paul Vignon. Linceul du Christ, Paris,
Paris, 1902. In-8).
Although many reproductions of this celebrated relic
were circulated throughout the sixteenth century, this
is the only instance quoted of a cameo with that
subject.
1363. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a large oval sar-
donyx cameo : on one sideV the
7 face of Jesus Christ,crow-
— 167 —
ned with a nimbus;on the reverse is incised an abbatial

cross.
catalogue, 24 April 1897, p. 24, n. 150;.
1364. Gold. A ring, with a fluted hoop : the raised bezel
shows under an oval glass two men in Renaissance
dress, one kneeling before the other.
1365. Gold. A ring, the hoop painted with enamelled flowers on
a white background, the bezel set with a square emerald.
1366. Silver. A plain ring, the hoop terminating in two
masks, the bezel bearing the letters I II S on an ena-
melled background.
1367. Enamelled gold. An elaborately decorated ring, the
hoop set with two small rubies, the rectangular bezel
containing a small perfume-box, roofed by a large dia-
mond supported on four pellets.
IV, pp. 163-164, n. 20 and plate VI; sale catalogue,
17 April 1893, vol. II, p. 57, n. 1894; cf. also Fontenay,
Les Bijoux, p. 59).
1368. Gold. A plain ring, the oval bezel set with a ruby cabo-
chon cut into the shape of a hand and surrounded by two
row-s of diamonds.
1369. Gold. A plain ring, with a large oval revolving bezel
set with a jasper cameo, bearing on one side the bust of
Christ to right and on the other a veiled female bust
also to right.
1370. Gold. A beautiful enamelled ring, with a dome-shaped
bezel, set with twelve triangular diamonds.
From the collection of Frederic Spitzer (Catalogue
vol. IV, p. 163, n. 14, and plate VII; sale catalogue,
17 April 1893, vol. II, p. 56, n. 1888).
— 168 —
1371. Gold. An ornate ring, with an openwork hoop, the

oval bezel set with nine diamonds.
1372. Gold. An ornate ring, the hoop set with two small
diamonds, the bezel showing a large sapphire ca-
bochon.
1373. Bronze. An ornate ring, the bezel showing two clas-

ped hands.
1374. Gilt bronze. A ring, the hoop terminating in two ca-
ryatides supporting a high oval incised bezel with floral
ornaments.
1375. Gold. An enamelled ring, the rectangular bezel set

with a ruby and an emerald.
From the collection of Frederic Spitzer (Catalogue,
vol. IV, p. 163, n. 18 and plate VI; sale catalogue,
vol. II, p. 57, n. 1892.)
1376. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a large cameo :
a standing Bacchant, copied from the celebrated Renais-
sance sculpture in the Louvre. (Long supposed to be
antique.)
1377. Gold. An enamelled ring closely similar to n. 1375

and likewise set with a ruby and emerald.
1378. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with a diamond and
six small rubies.
1379. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel set with a handsome in-
taglio : Romulus and Remus, fed by the wolf.
1380. Silver. A plain ring, with the inscription

HOI HOI
incised in two lines on the bezel.
Cf. supra nn. 566 and 832.
— 169 —
1381. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a topaz

between two small diamonds.
1382. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel formed by a large car-
nelian cameo showing a female head in front view.
1383. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a large jasper
cameo : the bust of Christ to right. Same workmanship
as n. 1369.
1384. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel in the shape oi a rosace,

set with a central diamond.
1385. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a large garnet
cabochon.
1386. Silver. An ornate ring, the bezel in the shape of a sa-

tyr’s head.
1387. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel set with a small ruby
surrounded with three small diamonds on either side.
1388. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel set with a tiny

cameo, showing a youthful bust to right, in Louis XIII
dress with a diamond fraise; the cameo surrounded by a
small row of diamonds.
1389. Gold. A ring, partly enamelled, the lozenge-shaped
bezel paved with fifteen square emeralds.
1390. Gold. A similar ring, the bezel paved with eleven
square emeralds.
1391. Gold. A similar ring, the bezel paved with seventeen
square emeralds.
1392. Bronze. A plain ring, the incised bezel showing va-
rious masonic emblems.
1393. Gold. A plain flat ring, the bezel in the shape of two
hands holding a heart.
— 170 —
1394. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a square

emerald.
1395. Gold. An ornate ring with across-shaped bezel for-

merly set with five small diamonds.
1396. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel in the shape of two
clasped hands.
1397. Gold. A plain ring with a large square openwork be-
zel paved with twenty-one fine diamonds.
1398. Gold. An enamelled ring, the openwork bezel in the
shape of a Maltese cross.
1399. Gold. A tiny ring, the bezel set with a turquoise cameo
in the shape of a child’s head.
1400. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel bearing a tiny
reclining figure, modelled in the round and covered with
white enamel. Inside the hoop is engraved the inscrip-
tion.
TV • SOLA • MI • POI • SLEGAR
“Thou alone canstbind me."
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plates XXll.^
1463
1563 1566 1569

PLATE XXII
RENAISSANCE RINGS
1401. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel set with a poin-
ted diamond surrounded by six small rubies.
iv, p. 1G4, n. 24 and plate vn ; sale catalogue, 17 April
1893, vol. n, p. 57, n. 1898).
1402. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a triumphal
arch between two trees.
1403. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel, supported by two
caryatides and set with a large emerald.
1404. Gold. A partly enamelled ring, the bezel set with a
gnostic gem : on one side the moon with seven stars,
on the other a soldier standing before Zeus seated; above,
an inscription.
1405. Silver. A massive ring decorated with punched cir-
cles.
140G. Bronze. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a garnet.

1407. Gold and silver. An eighteenth-century ring, the bezel
set with a central emerald surrounded by fourteen
small diamonds.
1408. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel paved with eleven dia-
monds.
1409. Gold. An enamelled ring, the raised bezel set with a
tiny ruby.
1410. Gold. An ornate enamelled ring, the hoop showing in
the centre two clasped hands, the bezel bearing a lion
modelled in the round. Doubtless identical with a ring
23
— 172 —
formerly in the collection of Fr£dAric Spitzer. (Catalogue,

vol. IV, p. 167, n. 47; sale catalogue, 17 April 1893,
vol. II, p. 60, n. 1921).
1411. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel set with a tiny
emerald over which is the enamelled figure of a reclining
female in an acrobatic attitude.
From the collection of Frederic Spitzer. (Catalogue,
vol IV, p. 170, n. 59, engraving in the text; sale cata-
logue, 17 April 1893, vol. II, p. 62, n. 1944.)
1412. Gold. An enamelled ring, the hoop decorated with six
small rubies, the rosace-shaped bezel showing a dia-
mond surrounded by six rubies.
1413. Gold. An ornate ring, the raised square bezel set with
a small diamond.
1414. Gold. An enamelled ring, the raised square bezel set
with a large ruby.
with a ruby.
1416. Gold. A plain ring, the openwork bezel in the shape
of a fantastical peacock, the body formed by a spherical
pebble.
1417. Gold. An enamelled ring, with a raised bezel set with
five small rubies.
1418. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a
meaningless inscription.
1419. Gold. A beautiful enamelled ring, the hoop bearing
in the centre a small diamond, the bezel set with six
rubies, and showing modelled in the round two stags
with an opal between their antlers.
1420. Gold. A plain ring, the raised rectangular bezel set
with a ruby.
— 173 —
1121. Gold. An enamelled ring, the hoop showing two

clasped hands, the bezel in the shape of a skull.
1422. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel set with an
amethyst (?)
1423. Gold. An ornate ring, with a raised quadrangular

bezel, set with four rubies and a central diamond.
1424. Silver. A plain flat ring with a crucifix in low relief on
the bezel.
1125. Gold. Anopenwork ring, the bezel set with an oval

cameo : Saint-Michael trampling on the Dragon.
From the collection of Baron Jerome Pichon (Sale cata-
logue, Paris, 24 April 1897, p. 20, n. 112).
1126. Gold. A plain ring, the incised bezel showing a

cross surrounded by the inscription :
MIRADIOSMIRAQVETE
1127. Bronze. A plain ring, the bezel showing in half figure a

king of France, modelled in low relief.
ruby cabochon.
1429. Gilt silver (?). An ornate ring, the raised bezel set with
a square white gem.
1430. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel set with three dia-
monds, the largest in the centre.
1431. Gold. A handsome enamelled ring, the hoop set with
four diamonds and two rubies, the massive bezel set
with five pointe naive diamonds.
IV, p. 161, n. 26 and plate VI ; sale catalogue, 17 April
1893, vol. II, p. 58, n. 1900; Fontenay, Les bijoux, p. 59).
— 174 —
1432. Gold. A ring with traces of white enamel, the bezel

set with a rectangular sapphire.
1433. Bronze. A plain ring in the shape of a circular hoop

with small stars in low relief.
1434. Gold. A ring with a fluted hoop, the bezel set with a
rubyf?) between two small diamonds.
1435. Gold. An openwork enamelled ring, the raised square

bezel set with a ruby.
1436. Gold. An enamelled ring, the raised bezel set with

two [rubies side by side.
From the collection of Frederic Spitzer (Catalogue,
vol. IV, p. 165’ n. 31 and plate VII; sale catalogue,
17 april 1893, vol. II, p. 58, n. 1905).
1437. Gold. An enamelled marriage-ring forming two rings

which fall apart, disclosing on the hoop the following
inscription :
.GOTES.VORSEHEN.
. M VOS. G ESCH EN.
« What God forsees, must come to pass ».

The bezels are set with a ruby and a diamond.
According to Dielitz, this was the motto of Julius
Duke of Brunswick (died 1589) and of Heinrich Anselm,
Baron of Remnitz (died 1622).
1438. Gold. An openwork enamelled ring, the raised circular

1439. Gold. A massive enamelled ring, the bezel set with a

large sapphire.
— 175 —
1440. Gold. A massive enamelled ring in the shape of a

fantastical snake, the body studded with a number of fine
ruby cabochons.
Another similar ring is described below (n. 1519). Ac-
cording to information supplied by Count Ugo Cahen
d’Anvers, n. 1440 is perhaps a Burmese ring of the
eighteentli century.
1441. Iron. A ring with a Cherub’s head on the bezel, the
hoop decorated with foliage.
1442. Gilt silver. A plain ring, the bezel set with a small
diamond.
1443. Gilt silver. An ornate ring, the circular bezel set with
a small cameo in the shape o fa child's head in high relief.
1444. Gold. An enamelled ring, with a large bezel in the
shape of a negro’s bust, studded with small diamonds.
1445. Gold. An ornate ring, the lozenge-shaped bezel paved
with eleven rectangular rubies.
1446. Gold. An enamelled openwork ring, the raised rectan-
gular bezel set with a small ruby.
1447. Gold. A ring set with an oval enamelled plaque,
showing the portrait of a female saint. Seventeenth cen-
tury workmanship.
1448. Gold. An enamelled openwork ring, the raised square
bezel set with a ruby cabochon.
1449. Gold. A slender enamelled ring without a bezel.
1450. Gold. A plain ring, the rosace-shaped bezel set with
small rubies and emeralds.
1451. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel set with a ruby
cabochon cut into the shape of a face. At each end of the
hoop are three small diamonds.
— 176 —
1452. Gold. A plain ring with a circular rosace-shaped

bezel, set with nine small diamonds.
intaglio : a helmeted bust to left.
1454. Gold. A handsome enamelled ring, the lozenge-shaped
openwork bezel set with five diamonds forming a cross.
The hoop terminates at each end in the protome of a
gryphon.
From the collection of Fr6d6ric Spitzer (Catalogue,
vol. IV, p. 163, n. 19 and plate VI ; sale catalogue,
17 april 1893, vol. II, p. 57, n. 1893).
1455. Gold. An enamelled ring, the square bezel set with a
large sapphire.
1456. Gold. An enamelled ring, the polygonal bezel set with
a sapphire cabochon.
1457. Gold. A plain ring, the pointed bezel set with a tiny
• sapphire.
Other instances of the same shape of ring are nn.
1408, 1477 and 1485.
1158. Gold. A ring with a circular bezel, showing Leda and

the swan in high relief.
1159. Gold. An enamelled ring, with a flower-shaped bezel
studded with tiny opals. On the bezel has been placed a
tiny and beautiful enamelled figure of a kneeling white
stag, studded with a ruby and bearing in its mouth a
green branch terminating in a pearl.
From the collection of Frdderic Spitzer (Catalogue, vol.
IV, p. 171, n. 76 and plate VI; sale catalogue, 17 April
1893, vol. II, p. 63, n. 1950).
1460. Silver. An openwork ring, the bezel in the shape of
two hearts.
— 177 —
1461. Gold. An enamelled ring, the rectangular bezel set

with a small emerald.
1462. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel set with a large
round lapis-lazuli.
1463. Gold. A small ornate ring, the bezel set with a pointed
sapphire.
1464. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel in the shape of a
flower, the leaves and petals studded with small dia-
monds, a ruby and an emerald.
1465. Gold. A plain ring with a revolving oval enamelled
bezel, showing the portrait of a youth in Louis XIV dress.
1466. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel in the shape of a
skull surrounded by small diamonds.
1467. Gold. An enamelled ring, the openwork bezel in the
shape of a skull on cross-bones, between two diamonds.
1468. Gold. A ring, similar to n. 1457, the bezel set with a
sapphire cabochon.
1469. Gold. A slender ring, the bezel in the shape of a

helmet with a movable visor.
1470. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel showing a man
seated in a kind of boat, modelled in high relief.
1471. Gold. An enamelled ring with a heart-shaped bezel
forming a small hinged box; the lid is in the shape of
a mask, studded with a ruby and two diamonds.
Beneath the bezel is written.
FELIX
QVI POTV
IT RERVM
COGNOSCE
RE GAV
SAS
— 178 —

hand holding a turquoise heart. The wrist and little
finger are studded with three tiny diamonds.
From the collection of Fr6d6ric Spitzer (Catalogue,
vol. IV, p. 170, n. 67; sale catalogue, 17 april 1893,
vol. II, p. 62, n. 1940).
1473. Silvered bronze. An openwork ring, the bezel sho-

wing Saint George and the Dragon.
1474. Silver. A plain ring with an incised bezel showing a

heraldic lion.
1475. Bone, cased with silver. A large ring with an oval

incised bezel showing a knight in armour, sword in
hand.
1476. Gold. A massive ornate ring, the bezel bearing a coat

of arms and the letters HF.
1477. A ring similar to n. 1457.
1478. Gold. A plain ring, the oval bezel bearing incised a

helmeted head to right.
1479. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a white
cameo: a female bust to right.
1480. Gold. A partly enamelled ring, the bezel formed by
two clasped hands.
1481. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a rock-crys-
tal intaglio: two peacocks.
1482. Gold. A small ring with the letters Ills incised on
the bezel.
1483. Gold. A tiny enamelled ring, the bezel set with a ru-
by cabochon.
— 179 —
1484. Gold. A ring, the hoop decorated with black niello

ornaments. High raised openwork bezel terminating in
an openwork revolving spherical knob.
1485. Gold. A plain ring similar to n. 1457.
1486. Gold. An openwork enamelled ring, the raised bezel
set with a pointe naive diamond.
1487. Gold. An enamelled ring, the rosace-shaped bezel pa-
ved with seven diamonds.
topaz cabochon.
1489. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel incised with a heral-
dic dragon.
1490. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel bearing, inside, a coat
of arms, and outside, an oval cameo: a nude man
to left pouring out water.
1491. Gold. A plain ring, the flat circular bezel showing
a four-wheeled charriot in low-relief on which are a
Bacchant and a goat.

small quartz crystal.
iv, p. 167, n. 46 and plate vn; sale catalogue, 17 April
1893, vol. n, p. 60, n. 1920).
ruby cabochon.
1494. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel set with a ruby
between two small emeralds.
1495. Gold. A enamelled ring, the bezel set with a large
oval turquoise.
24
— 180 —
1196. Gold. A handsome enamelled ring, the raised bezel set

with a ruby.
iv, p. 163, n. 15 and plate vi; sale catalogue, 17 April
1893, vol. n,p.5G, n. 1889.)
1497. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a cut diamond
and a ruby cabochon, side by side.
1498. Gold. A ring similar to nn. 1389-1391 and 1445, the

bezel paved with seventeen emeralds.

heart upheld by two hands : on the heart is supported a
raised bezel, set with a ruby.
vol. IV, p. 170, n. 68; sale catalogue, 17 April 1893,
vol. II, p. 62, n. 1941.)
1500. Gold. An openwork ring with a linked hoop, the raised
bezel set with a diamond.
1501. Gold. A partly enamelled ring, the bezel bearing a

Maltese cross.
1502. Gold. An ornate ring, the hoop terminating in cat’s

paws, the bezel formerly set with an intaglio or cameo.
1503. Silver. A ring similar to n. 1424.
1504. Gold. An enamelled ring with a raised oval bezel set
with an emerald cabochon.
1505. Gold. A ring with a raised enamelled bezel set with a

ruby.
1506. Gold. An ornate ring, the bezel set with a white cameo
in the shape of a child’s head in high relief.
— 181 —
1507. Silver. A ring with a flat circular bezel on which is

incised a female bust to left. Italian workmanship.
1508. Gold. An openwork ring, the oval bezel set with eleven
diamonds.
1509. Gold. An ornate ring, the raised rectangular bezel set
with a sapphire.
1510. Gold. An ornate ring, the raised square bezel set with
a small ruby.
1511. Gold. An enamelled ring with a raised oval bezel,
showing, under glass, the painted bust of the Saviour,
to right.
1512. Gold. A handsome enamelled ring, the raised rectan-
gular bezel set with a sapphire and an emerald side
by side.
1513. Gold. Two enamelled rings, soldered into one, the be-
zels set with a diamond and a ruby.
vol. IV, p. 165, n. 27 and plate VII; sale catalogue,
17 April 1893, vol. II, p. 58, n. 1901.)
1514. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a square dia-
mond.
Found at Herpes by Ph. Delamain and published as
Merovingian by Deloche, Anneauxsigillaires, pp .262-263.
n. 229.
1515. Gold. A ring with an oval bezel, showing the Cruci-
fixion modelled in white under a raised glass lid.
skull on cross-bones between two forget-me-nots.
From the collection of Fr6d6ric Spitzer. (Catalogue
vol. IV, p. 171, n. 75, engraved in the text; sale cata-
logue, 17 April 1893, vol. Il, p. 62, n. 1949).
— 182 —
1517. Gold. An enamelled ring, the rosace-shaped bezel set

with seven rubies.
with an emerald.
1519. Gold. A handsome ring in the shape of a snake, clo-
sely similar to n. 1440 and also studded with ruby
cabochons.
From the collection of Frederic Spitzer. (Catalogue
vol. IV, p. 16, n. 16 and plate VII; sale catalogue,
17 April 1893, vol. II, p. 56, n. 1890.) Also engraved in
Fontenay, Les bijoux, p. 58.
1520. Gold. A massive ring, with a large raised rosace-
shaped openwork bezel set with a fine diamond, sur-
rounded by ten smaller diamonds, with three other dia-
monds at each end of the hoop.
1521. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel set with a tur-

quoise.
1522. Gold. A ring, the hoop enamelled with black and

white foliage, the bezel set with a small ruby.
1523. Gold. A ring, the raised bezel set with a small eme-
rald. Cf. n. 981.
1524. Gold. A marriage-ring, the hoop in two portions which

fall apart disclosing the inscriptions :
WAS - GOT ■ Z V SA MEN • FIEGT • SOL •
DER • MENSCH • N1D • SC11AIDEN’
« What God unites, man shall not part ! »
The bezel is in the shape of a heart, set with a dia-
mond and supported by two hands. Compare n. 1551.

with a tiny ruby.
— 183 —
1526. Gold. A plain ring, the hoop terminating at each end in

a snake’s head, the bezel set with a carnelian cameo :
a veiled female bust to right.
1527. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel set with three dia-
monds.
Eighteenth century workmanship.
1528. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel paved with seven

garnets.
1529. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel set with a rectan-
gular sapphire cabochon.
1530. Gold. An enamelled ring, the hoop studded at each

end with three diamonds, the bezel set with a ruby
cameo showing two clasped hands.
1531. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with an onyx cameo
representing a female head in front view. Date un-
certain .
1532. Gold. An enamelled ring, the hoop studded at each

end with a diamond, the bezel set with a ruby cameo :
the bust of Domitian (?) to right.
1533. Gold. A partly enamelled ring, the revolving bezel

showing on one side a Maltese cross, on the other a
monogram.
1531. Gold. A partly enamelled ring, the raised openwork

bezel supported on four claws and set with a tiny ruby.
1535. Gold. A enamelled ring, the raised square bezel set

with an emerald.
1536. Gold. A plain ring, the oval bezel set with a ruby
cabochon.
— 184 —

with a ruby cabochon.
1538. Gold. An enamelled ring, the raised openwork bezel,

set with four small rubies.
1539. Gold. A ring decorated with white enamelled foliage,

the square bezel decorated with a large and fine dia-
mond.
1540. Gold. A ring, the bezel set with a sapphire between

two small diamonds. Eighteenth century workmanship.
1541. Gold. A masonic ring, the openwork jewelled bezel
studded with diamonds and showing the Sun, Moon,
Triangle, Trowel, etc.
1542. Gold. A partly enamelled ring, the bezel bearing in

white on black a Maltese cross.

octogonal sapphire.
1544. Gold. An enamelled ring, the raised rectangular bezel

set with a diamond.
1545. Gold. An openwork enamelled ring, the jewelled bezel

in the shape of a diamond and emerald fleur-de-lis, the
hoop bearing the motto :
1ENE.PIQVE.PAS
« I do not prick ».
1540. Gold. An enamelled ring, the openwork bezel showing

the crowned monogram of Queen Anne d’Autriche, wife of
Louis XIII of France, the hoop bearing the motto :
LE VIVE ETERNELLEMENT
The first letter is doubtful.
— 185 —
1547. Gold. A partly enamelled ring, the oval bezel set with
a carnelian intaglio. A satyr playing the flute and a goat
dancing before an altar.
box : on the lid is a skull, inside a youthful female bust
surrounded by the flames of Hell.
1549. Gold. A plain ring, the hexagonal bezel set with a tur-
quoise.
1550. Silver. A plain circular hoop bearing the inscription:
.IE.SVIS.AVX.ESPINES.IVSQVES. AV. a heart
Je suis aux espines jusques au, cceur I
« I am among thorns up to my heart ».
1551. Gold. An enamelled marriage-ring, the bezel in the

shape of two clasped hands, the hoop falling apart and
disclosing the inscription:
.IN. DEN.DOOT.
.TOT.GHETROVT.
1552. Gold. A marriage-ring in two portions, the bezels in

the shape of clasped hands.
1553. Gold. An enamelled marriage-ring, the jewelled

bezel also in the shape of clasped hands, the hoop also
falling apart in two portions.
1554. Silver. A marriage-ring, the bezel in the shape of
clasped hands.
1555. Gold. An openwork enamelled marriage-ring, the

bezel studded with six rubies, showing likewise two
clasped hands.
1556. Gold. A partly enamelled marriage-ring, the bezel

studded with six diamonds and set with an emerald
cameo, showing two clasped hands.
— 186 —
1557. Gold. A ring with the bezel in the shape of two clasped
hands.
1558. Silver. A plain ring, the circular bezel incised with

the Seal of Solomon.
1559. Gold. A tiny ring, the bezel set with a topaz between
two diamonds.
1560. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel showing a skull on

cross-bones between two diamonds.
1561. Gold. A massive enamelled ring, the bezel set with a

green jasper intaglio (the head of Saint John the Baptist
in a tazza), opening like a lid and disclosing a small
solar watch or pocket sun-dial.
1562. Gold. An enamelled ring, the raised bezel set with an

antique intaglio : a youthful male bust to left.

small ruby.
1564. Gold. An enamelled ring, the oval bezel set with a

white cameo: a child’s head in high relief. Inside are
the arms of a Pope.
1565. Gold. A ring with a [hexagonal bezel on which is

incised a bearded head to left.
1566. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel set with a small

turquoise.
1567. Bronze. A plain ring, the large oval bezel incised with
a bird to right.
— 187 —
15G8. Gilt bronze. A ring with a fluted hoop the bezel

incised with a hand between the letters N M.
15G9. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a large oval
ruby(?) cameo : Hermaphroditus reposing in his usual
attitude.
1570. Silver. An openwork ring, similar in style to n. 1473,

the bezel showing a female saint, standing.
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PLATE XXIV
EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH

CENTURY RINGS
1571. Gold. A ring, the bezel showing under glass a large
miniature (a female bust) surrounded by small dia-
monds.
1572. Gold. A ring, the oval bezel showing a miniature

under glass : an aged man nearly in half figure.
1573. Gold. A ring, the revolving octogonal bezel bearing

under glass on one side the initials LMP and on the
other a lock of hair with the words.
SOUVENIR AFFLIGEANT
1574. Gold. A ring with an oval bezel containing under

glass a tuft of hair, with the inscription : Prdcieuse
r clique. Cheveux du Roi Louis XVI. Succession Cltiry.
llfitel des Ventes de Rouen, 10 mars 1896.
1575. Gold. A ring with a large octogonal bezel showing

under glass a tuft of hair and the busts in grisaille of
Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVII.
1576. Gold. A ring with an oval bezel containing a single

hair, with the inscription: Barbe d'llenri IV. Prised
Saint-Denis le 13-Sbre 1793.
1577. Gold. A ring with an octogonal bezel showing under

glass a portrait of Louis XVI with the inscription :
I** Janvier 1793.
GUILHOU COLLECTION Plate XXIV
1630 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635 1636
Photolyph* Herlhaud, Puns

- 189 —
1578. Gold. A plain ring with an oval bezel showing under

glass the portrait of a Pope to left.
1579. Gold. A ring with an octogonal bezel showing under
glass a male silhouette to right.
1580. Gold. A ring withan octogonal bezel showing under

glass a male silhouette to right.
1581. Gold. A ring with an oval bezel containing under glass
a tuft of hair, with the inscription : Pr&cieux souvenir.
Cheveux de Henri V. Londres, janvier 1S44. Coupes
par le general Breche. Succession Cicry. Hotel des
rentes de Rouen, 10 mars 1896.
1582. Gold. A ring with an octogonal bezel, showing under

glass a male silhouette to left on a gilt blackground.
glass, a male bust to left in grisaille.
glass the death of Napoleon I with the inscription : Ils
me seront toujours chers.
1585. Gold. A ring with a Wedgewood bust of Marie-

Antoinette circled with small diamonds. Gf. n. 1587.
158G. Gold. A ring with an octogonal bezel, showing under

glass a male bust to right in military dress.
1587. Gold. A ring similar to n. 15S7, with the same

Wedgewood bust.
1588. Gold. A ring with an oval bezel containing under

glass a tuft of hair with the inscription : Prdcieuse
relique. Cheveux de la Heine Marie-Antoinette. Succes-
sion Clery. Hotel des rentes de Rouen, 10 mars 1896.
— 190 —
1589. Gold. A ring with an oval bezel, showing under glass

a portrait of Pope Julius II.
glass a carefully hidden blue silhouette of King
Louis XVI.
1591. Steel. A plain ring, the bezel showing in low relief
the bust to right of two members of Napoleon’s
family.
1592. Gold, A ring with an oval bezel, showing under glass
a large turquoise cameo: Hermes and Paris on Mount
Ida.
1593. Gold. An openwork ring, the bezel set with diamonds

and showing on a blue enamel background the crowned
monogram J L also studded with diamonds.
1594. Gold and silver. An openwork ring, the oval bezel
set with a silver plaquette (the youthful bust of
Louis XVI to left), the hoop bearing the inscription
L XVI 1776.
1595. Gold. An enamelled ring with an oval bezel, showing

under glass a tuft of hair, with the inscriptions : Pre-
cieuse relique. Cheveux de Madame fllle du Roi. Suc-
cession Clery. Hdtel des ventes de Rouen, 10 mars 1896.
Cf. nn. 1574, 1581 and 1588 with which it forms a set .
1596. Gold. An enamelled ring in the shape of a bow, the

bezel set with a ruby.
1597. Gold. A jewelled and enamelled ring with an octogonal

bezel, showing a funerary urn.
1598. Gold. A ring with a circular bezel, showing under

glass the painted bust of King Louis XVIII to leit.
— 191 —
1599. Gold. A ring with an oval enamelled bezel, showing a

male bust in front view.
1600. Gold. A plain ring, the hoop showing two shields
with the crowned N. By the pression of a spring the
coffin-shaped bezel flies open and a small figure of
Napoleon stands up.
1001. Gold. A military ring, the bezel showing a grenade
with the inscription Undique terror undique lethum. On
the hoop, two shields with the words fidelity and honneur.
Inside the hoop two clasped hands and the incised ins-
cription : Canone P. F. Mis de la Rochejaquelein.
1602. Gold. A ring with an oval bezel surrounded with a row
of pearls and showing under glass a miniature battle-
scene in the style of Blarenberghe.
glio : the bust of Napoleon to left.
1601. Silver a plain ring. The oval bezel bearing the letters
AL linked together with a chain, and a sword, on which
is written : La force prime le droit; above, the words :
Espoir, Patience.
1605. Steel. A ring with a pointed oval bezel, set with a Wedge-
wood plaque, showing a Muse standing.
1606. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel bearing in low relief a
bust to left.
1607. Gold. An enamelled ring, without a bezel, the hoop

decorated with flowers.
1608. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a tiny gold me-
dal : a male bust to right, with the inscription : IOZEF
ALEXA P0NIAT0WSK1 O'I On the reverse, a standing
figure, resting against a pillar.
— 192 —
1609. Silver. A similar ring, the bezel set with a tiny medal
of Ch. Ferdinand, Due de Berry.
1610. Silver. A medal, with an oval bezel bearing the figure
of the Marseillaise, copied from Rude, with the inscrip-
tion : France, souviens toi. 1871.
1611. Gold. A plain ring, the jewelled bezel showing under
glass a gilt bust of Louis XV (?)
1612. Gold. A ring, the oval bezel forming a locket, the blue
enamelled lid showing a jewelled crown.
1613. Gold. A ring, with an oval bezel showing, under-
glass, the portrait of Queen Caroline.
1614. Gold. An enamelled ring, the large oval bezel sho-
wing, under glass, a portrait of Louis XVII in a jewel-
led border.
1615. Gold. A ring, similar to n. 1613, showing the portrait

of George 2 nd.
1616. Gold. A ring, with the portrait of Pope Pius VII in

mosaic on the oval bezel.
1617. Gold. A ring, withan oval bezel showing the portrait

of a man in Louis XIV dress.
1618. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel bearing a tiny me-
dallion of the Duke of Wellington with the inscription :
Waterloo.
1619. Gold. A ring with a pentagonal bezel on which is mo-

delled, in low relief, the upper part of a human profile.
1620. Gold. A ring with an oval bezel, showing under glass
a female portrait.
1621. Gold. A ring with a large oval bezel, stated to
contain the Cheveux d'Agnes Sorel.
— 193 —
1622. Gold. A ring, the bezel forming a locket, containing

plaited hair and bearing a female silhouette with the
enamelled inscription :
Je chtris jusqud son ombre
1623. Gold. A ring with an oval enamelled bezel in the
shape of a locket, with three fleurs de lis and the inscrip-
tion :
Vive le Hoi
1624. Gold. A ring, with an enamelled bezel, bearing a
fleur de lis and the inscription :
Vive le Roi.
1625. Gold. An enamelled ring, the bezel bearing the let-

ters II V beneath a crown (Henri V); on the hoop, the
inscription :
Madame, votre fils est mon Roi.
1626. Gold. An enamelled ring, with an openwork bezel set

with a turquoise heart and five small diamonds. On the
hoop, the inscription :
H. de Nassau OR. 4 mars 1732.
1627. Gold. An enamelled ring decorated with daisies and

roses.
1628. Gold. An openwork filigree ring, the bezel bearing

four enamelled disks with the inscription :
(a pansy)
a moi
A
« Ah, pensez a moi! »
1629. Gold. An enamelled ring, with a small jewelled bezel
forming a locket. Inside is painted a blue eye with the
inscription :
Je vous suis toujours
— 194 —
1630. Silver. A ring, with the portraits of Marat and Lepel-

letier and the inscriptions :
Marat, martir de la Liberte. — Lepelletier, martir
de la Liberty.
Cf. n. 1636.
1631. Gold. An enamelled ring with military emblems, on

a blue ground.
1632. Bronze. A ring signed by Froment Meurice with the
arms of the city of Paris, an olive branch, and the ins-
cription :
Tous aux. dangers, tous a Vhonneur, 1870-1871.
1633. Gold. A ring with a large oval bezel on which is
figured the Holy Ghost.
1634. Gold. A plain cylindrical ring, the hoop bearing a
conjuror, a tavern, and other familiar scenes.
1635. Silver. A ring, with the portrait of G&n&ral Foy, the
date 28 noo. 1825 and the inscription :
La France en deuil.
1636. Siver. A ring, similar to n. 1630, but with the date
1793 repeated under each portrait.
JV. B. Dalton’s excellent Catalogue of the British Mu-

seum rings was received too late to be referred to in this
book.

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CATALOGUE

Paris. — Imp. de I’Art, Ch. Berger, 41, rue de la Victoire.

The collection of rings described in this catalogue was

much as seven thousand francs for a finger-ring of which

CONSTANTINO FIDEM are rare military relics, well

The most remarkable is the well known ring of the Black

ring of the reign of Louis XVI to the political ring of the

3. Blue faience. A plain ring, the bezel set with a black

4. Pale blue faience. A large ring with an elongated bezel

5. Blue faience. A plain ring with a flat rectangular bezel

This ring, however is not contemporaneous with

li. Bronze. A plain ring, with a flat oval bezel in iridescent

The incised hieroglyphs apparently read: « The priest

24. Black glass. A plain ribbed ring.

25. Glass. A plain very small ring.

26. Yellowish glass. A plain ring with a small circular

27. Silver. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel bearing an

28. Blue faience. A ribbed ring with an openwork bezel

30. Gold. A plain ring with flat incised bezel showing

32. Gold. A plain ring withea revolving bezel in gold filigree

34. Carnelian. A plain ring with an oval bezel on which is

33. Gold. A plain ring with an oval Lezel on which is incised

36. Silver. A plain ring with a revolving bezel set in a gold

38. Gold. A plain ring with a flat cartouche-shaped bezel,

39. Gold. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel. Incised is a

40. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel in the shape of a cartouche

42. Silver. A plain ring with a flat elongated bezel. Incised

44. Silver. A plain ring with a flat elongated bezel, bearing

45. Gold. A plain ring with a revolving bezel formed by a

46. Gold. A massive ring with a revolving bezel formed by a

47. Gold. A massive ring with a revolving stone bezel bea-

50. Gold. A plain ring with a flat oval bezel. Incised is an

GREEK AND ROMAN RINGS

57. Gold. A plain ring with a standing figure of Isis-Tychd

59. Gold. A ring decorated with spiral ornaments in laid-on

70. Gold. A plain flat ring with a revolving bezel formed by

74. Gold. A spiral ring with a revolving gold bezel in the

80. Gold. A ring with a conical onyx bezel, showing in inta-

84. Gold. A ring, the bezel set with a carnelian intaglio: a

8G. Gold. A flattened ring, the bezel set with a garnet

89. Gold. A plain ring bearing a female head, to left, in-

92 Gold. A plain ring, with a flat circular bezel, incised

94. Gold. A ring the bezel set with an oval intaglio : an

The meaning of Meti is doubtful, but Feti is - cer-

107. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel set with a carnelian

115. Gold. A massive ring, with a child’s head in relief.

125 Gold. A ring set with an elongated oval garnet cabo-

13G. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a three-coloured

138. Gold. A plain ring with a square raised bezel on

139. Gold. A massive ornate ring, the bezel incised with a

This acclamation is to be found on a number of gold

142. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a carnelian

114. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with a handsome

149. Gold. A plain ring with an oval bezel on which is

151. Gold. A flat ring decorated with laid-on beaded orna-

153. Gold. A ring, the bezel set with a bluish intaglio :

154. Gold. A ring (the mount possibly modern), set with a

15G. Gold. A ring, the bezel set with a dull-red intaglio :

158. Gold. A plain ring with a large T incised on the bezel.

160. Gold. A plain polygonal facetted ring.

161. Gold. A spiral ring terminating in two busts ofSarapis

162. Gold. A plain ring with a pointed oval bezel, on which

103. Gold. A plain ring with three bezels, on which are