He took her hand in his own, his thumb turning the carnelian and onyx signet ring she wore. |
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Next are the chaplains and clerks, clerks of the privy council, of the privy seal and the signet. |
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Then he sealed it with wax and applied a signet that he kept on the top shelf of the bookcase. |
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Since the great seal was heavy, the practice developed of employing a privy seal and later a signet. |
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A signet ring functioned as a royal signature, a guarantee of the full payment of everything the king had promised. |
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The signet ring that Bruetar had given her hung on a chain around her neck, as it was too large for her to wear on her finger. |
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His fingers were laden with diamond rings, and a gold signet ring was on his left forefinger, bearing the King's seal. |
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On to his little finger he slips a diamond signet ring made for the emperor by the court jewellers, Nitot. |
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The most complete, and presumably earliest, is the gold signet ring from the Tiryns Treasure. |
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He took the large signet ring off of his finger and placed it on Veltrop's right hand signifying that he now was the rightful heir of the realm. |
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Finally, she sheathed the sword and then took the necklace with her signet ring from around her neck and tossed it to him. |
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The third finger of his right hand bore his signet ring, which duGhent removed and slipped into his pouch. |
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Some tumor cells contained intracytoplasmic vacuoles and eccentrically displaced nuclei, forming a signet ring cell appearance. |
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As first the great seal and then the privy seal were regarded by monarchs as too public, the keeper of the signet rose in importance. |
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Griffin pressed his signet into the seal and handed it to the messenger with a soft smile. |
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Evident today was a new signet ring that Carole has recently taken to wearing on the little finger of her right hand. |
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He saw it was sealed with his father's signet, which worried him. |
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The King gave Haman his signet ring and told him to get on with it. |
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I should hope to receive your rejoinder, post marked with the utmost haste, delivered upon my doorstep and stamped with your signet within the fortnight. |
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Returning the signet ring to the king, Lord Basir walked over to the door. |
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When his father was on his death bed, he handed Levi his signet ring. |
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Augustus prepared to hand down his signet ring to his favored general Agrippa. |
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Pliny also explained the significance of the signet ring, and how over time this ring was worn on the little finger. |
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Most smaller classical engraved gems were probably originally worn as signet rings, or as seals on a necklace. |
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Metal signet rings can also be cast, which may be cheaper but yields a weaker material. |
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When the pope dies it is the first duty of the Cardinal Camerlengo to obtain possession of the Ring of the Fisherman, the papal signet, and to see that it is broken up. |
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After the death of a Pope, the destruction of his signet ring is a prescribed act clearing the way for the sede vacante and subsequent election of a new Pope. |
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