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Swinburne, in his Treatise of Spousals, printed 1680 (p. 208), says: The finger on which this ring [the wedding-ring] is to be worn is the fourth finger of the left hand, next unto the little finger; because by the received opinion of the learned ... in ripping up and anatomising men's bodies, there is a vein of blood, called vena amoris, which passeth from that finger to the heart. Ring Posies or mottoes. |
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