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... wearer from the same motive that caused masks to be adopted as the usual decorations of monuments , or else to mark his opinion , " Life is a jest and all things show it . " .. Signet and Monogram of Paulus . Sard . Serapis : Roman work ...
... wearer from the same motive that caused masks to be adopted as the usual decorations of monuments , or else to mark his opinion , " Life is a jest and all things show it . " .. Signet and Monogram of Paulus . Sard . Serapis : Roman work ...
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... a man fishing , the wearer will be put in mind of the Apostle , and of 2 the little children drawn up out of the water 276 SECT . II . ART , STYLES OF . Stone-rings Flexible glass Cameo-engravings 176 Rings and settings.
... a man fishing , the wearer will be put in mind of the Apostle , and of 2 the little children drawn up out of the water 276 SECT . II . ART , STYLES OF . Stone-rings Flexible glass Cameo-engravings 176 Rings and settings.
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... wearer if he felt disposed to tell his beads . PAPAL AND EPISCOPAL RINGS . 7 From the earliest period of the Middle Ages , the symbol of investiture with the office of bishop has been a ring set with a Sapphire or Ruby , and worn on the ...
... wearer if he felt disposed to tell his beads . PAPAL AND EPISCOPAL RINGS . 7 From the earliest period of the Middle Ages , the symbol of investiture with the office of bishop has been a ring set with a Sapphire or Ruby , and worn on the ...
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... wearer against the attacks of the bear ; thus Leo against the assaults of lions and wild beasts , Scorpio against scorpions and reptiles , & c .; but so extremely material an inter- pretation was certainly not accepted by the ancients ...
... wearer against the attacks of the bear ; thus Leo against the assaults of lions and wild beasts , Scorpio against scorpions and reptiles , & c .; but so extremely material an inter- pretation was certainly not accepted by the ancients ...
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... those of These imperial portraits are often found set in rings of silver and bronze , thus proving the po- verty of their original wearers . large size , to be seen in collections of gems SECT . III . 381 SUBJECTS OF INTAGLI .
... those of These imperial portraits are often found set in rings of silver and bronze , thus proving the po- verty of their original wearers . large size , to be seen in collections of gems SECT . III . 381 SUBJECTS OF INTAGLI .
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