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... Abraxas Jaspers and Ma- nichean amulets . Of the Byzantine nobles the signets were of metal , charged with the letters of the cognomen quaintly arranged in the form of a cross ; and the few men of taste yet surviving treasured up the ...
... Abraxas Jaspers and Ma- nichean amulets . Of the Byzantine nobles the signets were of metal , charged with the letters of the cognomen quaintly arranged in the form of a cross ; and the few men of taste yet surviving treasured up the ...
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... Abraxas 327 Isiac symbols 331 Medical stamps 338 Bronze stamps .. .. 340 Subjects of intagli .. 342 Casts in plaster and wax .. 352 389 .. Magic rings Medical virtues of gems Magical sigilla .. Signs of the zodiac 418 .. Prophylactic ...
... Abraxas 327 Isiac symbols 331 Medical stamps 338 Bronze stamps .. .. 340 Subjects of intagli .. 342 Casts in plaster and wax .. 352 389 .. Magic rings Medical virtues of gems Magical sigilla .. Signs of the zodiac 418 .. Prophylactic ...
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... Abraxas . Green Jasper . Also of unusually good and finished work , and belonging to the very dawn of Gnosticism ; certainly not later than Hadrian's reign . .. .. .. .. Chneph : Alexandrian . Sard . The legend , if written in the usual ...
... Abraxas . Green Jasper . Also of unusually good and finished work , and belonging to the very dawn of Gnosticism ; certainly not later than Hadrian's reign . .. .. .. .. Chneph : Alexandrian . Sard . The legend , if written in the usual ...
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... Abraxas gems , to be hereafter more fully discussed . Although we have already remarked that many of the early scarabei used for signets are formed of a soft calcareous stone , or of a vitrified clay , yet we find many , especially of ...
... Abraxas gems , to be hereafter more fully discussed . Although we have already remarked that many of the early scarabei used for signets are formed of a soft calcareous stone , or of a vitrified clay , yet we find many , especially of ...
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... Abraxas : gems 125 ; pastes 6 . Of these 316 gems and 115 pastes present heads , and 2470 gems and 733 pastes , various subjects . Amongst them occur the artists ' names of Agathangelus , Agathopus , Alexa- Apollonides , Aulus ...
... Abraxas : gems 125 ; pastes 6 . Of these 316 gems and 115 pastes present heads , and 2470 gems and 733 pastes , various subjects . Amongst them occur the artists ' names of Agathangelus , Agathopus , Alexa- Apollonides , Aulus ...
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