Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford), 1876-1960 · London : Methuen and co · leaf 242
at times somewhatrudely fashioned, with the shape of the bezel adapted tothe gem just as it was found, its surface merely beingpolished. Among the stones usually chosen for thepurpose were the ruby indicating glory, the sapphirepurity, the emerald tranquillity and happiness, andcrystal simplicity.… … 9 MEDIiEVAL AND LATER RINGS MEDIEVAL RINGS also worn, and on some rings an inscription is added togive a Christian name to the pagan figure; but otherswere merely regarded as ornaments without meaning,like one dating from the twelfth century in the Water-ton Collection, which bears a Roman cameo in…
Jewelry
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