Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 344
rings a key has been attached, and is supposed to have been wornby housekeepers. The passion for rings and other ornaments … reached a high pitch among the Romans. We here quote Plinyswords on rings, and on the extravagance the passion for them led toin his da}7:— It was the custom at first to wear rings on a singlefinger only—the one, namely, that is next to the little finger ; andthus we see the case in the statues of…
Art, Ancient · Archaeology
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