 Women wore many rings, sometimes two and three on the same finger : the left was considered the hand || peculiarly privileged to bear those ornaments ; and it is remarkable, that its third finger was decorated with a greater number than any other, and...  A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians - Page 337de John Gardner Wilkinson - 1878Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1837 - 460 pages
...others were in the form of simple studs.§ Women wore many rings, sometimes two and three on the same finger : the left was considered the hand || peculiarly...by them, as by us, par excellence, the ring finger ^f ; though there is no evidence of its having been so honoured at the marriage ceremony.** They even... | |
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1842 - 446 pages
...Women wore many rings, sometimes two and three on the same finger : the left was considered the hand |j peculiarly privileged to bear those ornaments ; and...by them, as by us, par excellence, the ring finger ^f ; though there is no evidence of its having been so honoured at the marriage ceremony.** They even... | |
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1847 - 444 pages
...others were in the form of simple studs. § Women wore many rings, sometimes two and three on the same finger : the left was considered the hand || peculiarly...by them, as by us, par excellence, the ring finger ^f ; though there is no evidence of its having been so honoured at the marriage ceremony.** They even... | |
 | 1847 - 412 pages
...two or three on the same finger. The left was considered the hand peculiarly privileged to bear these ornaments ; and it is remarkable that its third finger was decorated with a larger number than any other, and was considered by them as it is by us as the ring-finger ; though... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1848 - 652 pages
...Egyptians,' ¡it. 371, ¡eq.) that Egyptian women wore many rings, sometimes two and three on the same finger; the left was considered the hand peculiarly...number than any other, and was considered by them as the ringfinger. There is no evidence of its having been so honoured in the marriage ceremony, which... | |
 | David Masson - 1850 - 444 pages
...poorer classes. ' Women,' says Sir G. Wilkinson, ' wore many rings, sometimes two or three on the same finger; the left was considered the hand peculiarly...considered by them, as by us, par excellence, the ring-finger, though there is no evidence of its having been so honoured at the marriage ceremony. They... | |
 | 1853 - 444 pages
...sometimes two or three on the same finger ; the left was considered the hand peculiarly privileged tu boar those ornaments, and it is remarkable that its third...any other, and was considered by them as by us, par cxccl/mcc, the ring finger, though there is no evidence of it having been so honoured at the marriage... | |
 | Sir John Gardner Wilkinson - 1854 - 466 pages
...unlike one of the Chinese dragons. t Woodcut 470, fig. 81. $ Woodcut 474, fig. 5. CHAP. IX. RINGS. 337 finger ; the left was considered the hand peculiarly...decorated with a greater number than any other, and waa considered by them, as by us, par excellence the ring finger, though there is no evidence of its... | |
 | Charles Edwards - 1855 - 272 pages
...considered the hand peculiarly privileged to bear these ornaments ; and it is remarkable that its third was decorated with a greater number than any other and was considered by them as the ring finger.* This notion, as we have observed, the Grecians had. The idea of wearing rings on... | |
 | Hodder Michael Westropp - 1867 - 508 pages
...with rings. According to Sir G. Wilkinson, they wore many rings ; sometimes two or three on the same finger. The left was considered the hand peculiarly...than any other, and was considered by them, as by us, )>ar excellence, the ring finger. They even wore a ring on the thumb. Among the Greeks, judging from... | |
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