DIANA SCARISBRICK
This is the first book devoted exclusively to rings considered thematically rather than chronologically. The autor, a world expert, has rich historical and literary knowledge. As she considers signets; rings asociated with love, mariage and friendship; devotional, protective and ecclesiastical rings: memento mori and memorial rings, rings associated with famous people and great events; decorative rings diamond rings and rings as accessories she makes us delight in them as works of art, and makes their context come alive through paintings drawings, and vivid quotations.