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... agate - stone all the complicated details of an event in history , or of a fable in mythology , and to make them stand forth in beautiful relief as a Cameo , or to sink down as beautifully into depth as an Intaglio , with all that truth ...
... agate - stone all the complicated details of an event in history , or of a fable in mythology , and to make them stand forth in beautiful relief as a Cameo , or to sink down as beautifully into depth as an Intaglio , with all that truth ...
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... Agate . Again , if we consider these gem - pictures in their relation to classic mythology and fable , we shall discover many ob- scure accounts left us by ancient writers on these heads , to be eked out and rendered intelligible by the ...
... Agate . Again , if we consider these gem - pictures in their relation to classic mythology and fable , we shall discover many ob- scure accounts left us by ancient writers on these heads , to be eked out and rendered intelligible by the ...
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... Agate , -charged with engravings executed precisely in the style of the archaic Greek intagli , and marked by the same minuteness of detail and elaborateness of finish . Amongst these , the signet of Sennacherib may be quoted as an ...
... Agate , -charged with engravings executed precisely in the style of the archaic Greek intagli , and marked by the same minuteness of detail and elaborateness of finish . Amongst these , the signet of Sennacherib may be quoted as an ...
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... Agate 8 Porphyry - Basalt 64 Plasma 14 .. Opal 65 · Jaspers 16 Diamond 67 .. Garnets 20 Pastes 72 Jacinth 22 Terra - cotta seals 81 Emeralds 27 Murrhina .. 83 Beryl 38 Alabaster 88 Amethyst .. 41 Rock - crystal 90 .. Sapphirus ...
... Agate 8 Porphyry - Basalt 64 Plasma 14 .. Opal 65 · Jaspers 16 Diamond 67 .. Garnets 20 Pastes 72 Jacinth 22 Terra - cotta seals 81 Emeralds 27 Murrhina .. 83 Beryl 38 Alabaster 88 Amethyst .. 41 Rock - crystal 90 .. Sapphirus ...
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... Agate . 14. WARRIOR in full armour kneeling ( Tydeus in ambush ) , of the best Greco - Italian style . Sard . 15. SEATED FIGURE adoring an Egyptian king , advancing towards him . Fine Greco- Egyptian work . Obsidian . 16. CUPBEARER ; in ...
... Agate . 14. WARRIOR in full armour kneeling ( Tydeus in ambush ) , of the best Greco - Italian style . Sard . 15. SEATED FIGURE adoring an Egyptian king , advancing towards him . Fine Greco- Egyptian work . Obsidian . 16. CUPBEARER ; in ...
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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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