Antique Gems: Their Origin, Uses, and Value as Interpreters of Ancient History and as Illustrative of Ancient ArtMurray, 1860 - 498 Seiten |
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... says , pay many a heavy apprentice - fee . Hitherto , as far as my reading has gone , nothing of the kind has been attempted in our language , except in the excellent series of essays , entitled ' Old Rings , ' which appeared in ...
... says , pay many a heavy apprentice - fee . Hitherto , as far as my reading has gone , nothing of the kind has been attempted in our language , except in the excellent series of essays , entitled ' Old Rings , ' which appeared in ...
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... says Mariette , knowledge is brought under the dominion of a noble and lovely simplicity , which suffers nothing to be brought before the eye but what is required for the elevation of our ideas . And to the same effect is the remark of ...
... says Mariette , knowledge is brought under the dominion of a noble and lovely simplicity , which suffers nothing to be brought before the eye but what is required for the elevation of our ideas . And to the same effect is the remark of ...
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... says he , " in every part and in every province of our art , from the highest style of his- tory down to the resemblances of still - life , will depend upon this power of extending the attention at once to the whole , without which the ...
... says he , " in every part and in every province of our art , from the highest style of his- tory down to the resemblances of still - life , will depend upon this power of extending the attention at once to the whole , without which the ...
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... say that none ever existed . 2 The most noble work in relief executed on a gem that I myself have ever seen was a three - quarter head of Augustus in a white opaque Calcedony greatly resembling ivory ; it was about three inches in ...
... say that none ever existed . 2 The most noble work in relief executed on a gem that I myself have ever seen was a three - quarter head of Augustus in a white opaque Calcedony greatly resembling ivory ; it was about three inches in ...
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... says nothing about the gold ring itself : the Emerald signet , valuable both on account of the precious stone and of the intaglio by so famous an artist , was the priceless object the sacrifice of which was supposed to be of sufficient ...
... says nothing about the gold ring itself : the Emerald signet , valuable both on account of the precious stone and of the intaglio by so famous an artist , was the priceless object the sacrifice of which was supposed to be of sufficient ...
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Abraxas Agate Amethyst amongst amulets ancient antique gems 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 notice 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 seated Second Edition seen Serapis serpent signet Stosch style subjects taste Theophrastus Third Edition tion usually vases Venus virtue Vols wear wearer whilst Woodcuts worn