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... substance all those realities of place , person , or thing , which belong to historical events or fabulous traditions . It is Seneca's observation ( suggested probably by the sight of some production of the gem - engraver's skill ) ...
... substance all those realities of place , person , or thing , which belong to historical events or fabulous traditions . It is Seneca's observation ( suggested probably by the sight of some production of the gem - engraver's skill ) ...
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... substances known to the lapidary , the Amazon - stone , and bears an intaglio which by its extreme minuteness and the precision of the drawing displays the excellence to which the art had already attained , indicative of the long ...
... substances known to the lapidary , the Amazon - stone , and bears an intaglio which by its extreme minuteness and the precision of the drawing displays the excellence to which the art had already attained , indicative of the long ...
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... substances , and by the means already mentioned . The circumstance that even in the age of Theophrastus the best stone for engraving gems with was still imported from Armenia , points of itself to that locality as the place where its ...
... substances , and by the means already mentioned . The circumstance that even in the age of Theophrastus the best stone for engraving gems with was still imported from Armenia , points of itself to that locality as the place where its ...
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... substance , and designed for similar orna- ments , alone preserve a faint shadow of the departed glories of the glyptic art . ' 1 The different subjects touched upon in this sketch , with the au- thorities for the various statements ...
... substance , and designed for similar orna- ments , alone preserve a faint shadow of the departed glories of the glyptic art . ' 1 The different subjects touched upon in this sketch , with the au- thorities for the various statements ...
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... the Pulsky camei is a perforated Onyx still retaining within the hole the rusted wire on which it was anciently strung . be expected , it was a favourite substance with the SECT . I. 9 ONYX , SARDONYX , NICOLO , AGATE .
... the Pulsky camei is a perforated Onyx still retaining within the hole the rusted wire on which it was anciently strung . be expected , it was a favourite substance with the SECT . I. 9 ONYX , SARDONYX , NICOLO , AGATE .
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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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