King, C. W. (Charles William), 1818-1888 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 409
:-jsi; < I N17 QI K 6 EMS A ND B1MGS. … PAPAL AND EPISCOPAL RINGS. A gold ring set with a sapphire has been the appointed symbol of theepiscopal dignity from a very early age of the Catholic Church,although it is probable that the monks of St. Denys had more of faiththan of archaeology when they gloried in the possession of sonanneau…
Gems · Rings · Classical antiquities · Art, Ancient
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