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Page xii
... existence . Again , amongst the Mertens- Schaafhausen gems my attention was attracted by a singular design , the same god armed with his bow and arrows in his one hand , and with the other holding the fore - feet of a stag standing ...
... existence . Again , amongst the Mertens- Schaafhausen gems my attention was attracted by a singular design , the same god armed with his bow and arrows in his one hand , and with the other holding the fore - feet of a stag standing ...
Page xxxix
... existence of two contem- porary classes of scarabs , one extremely rude , the other highly finished as regards the intagli . In Sicily and Magna Græcia gem - engraving , like the cognate art of die - sinking , attained to its highest ...
... existence of two contem- porary classes of scarabs , one extremely rude , the other highly finished as regards the intagli . In Sicily and Magna Græcia gem - engraving , like the cognate art of die - sinking , attained to its highest ...
Page xlv
... existence remaining to us being a few camei of religious subjects , in which the miserable execution is on a par with the tastelessness of the design . Throughout the West for the same ten centuries ( from the fall of Rome to the ...
... existence remaining to us being a few camei of religious subjects , in which the miserable execution is on a par with the tastelessness of the design . Throughout the West for the same ten centuries ( from the fall of Rome to the ...
Page lxi
... existence , and its genuineness beyond suspicion .. Antoninus Pius : Cameo . Emerald . The stone is a true Emerald , though of bad quality ; doubtless from the Egyptian mine .. Agate of Philosopher meditating upon the Immortality of the ...
... existence , and its genuineness beyond suspicion .. Antoninus Pius : Cameo . Emerald . The stone is a true Emerald , though of bad quality ; doubtless from the Egyptian mine .. Agate of Philosopher meditating upon the Immortality of the ...
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... existence of a perfect polish in any of the latter class of stones affords in itself a tolerably sure proof that the gem is either modern , or has been retouched in modern times . When Pliny wrote , the bright red variety was the most ...
... existence of a perfect polish in any of the latter class of stones affords in itself a tolerably sure proof that the gem is either modern , or has been retouched in modern times . When Pliny wrote , the bright red variety was the most ...
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Abraxas Agate Amethyst amongst amulets ancient antique gems Antique paste appears artists Assyrian Augustus bearing beauty Beryl bronze bust Cabinet Calcedony camei cameo Carnelian Caylus century coins colour crown Crystal Cupid deities Diamond Dioscorides Egyptian Emerald emperor Empire engraved engraved gems Etruscan execution favourite Fcap figures finest finger Garnet gem-engraving gems glass Gnostic gold ring Greek Green Jasper ground hand head Hence Hercules Herz Collection imitation inscription intagli Jacinth jewellers Julius Cæsar Jupiter king Lapis-lazuli legend letters lion Lord lustre manner metal Mithras modern nature Onyx origin ornaments period Persian Plates Pliny portrait Post 8vo precious stones present probably Red Jasper relief Roman Rome Ruby rude Sapphire Sard Sardonyx Sassanian scarabs seals Second Edition seen Serapis serpent signet Stosch style subjects taste Theophrastus Third Edition tion usually vases Venus virtue Vols wear wearer whilst Woodcuts worn
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