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... Apollo of Canachus : Roman . Sard In the same manner we obtain representations of note- worthy edifices long since reduced by time into heaps of undistinguishable ruins . Again , if we consider the merits xii INTRODUCTION .
... Apollo of Canachus : Roman . Sard In the same manner we obtain representations of note- worthy edifices long since reduced by time into heaps of undistinguishable ruins . Again , if we consider the merits xii INTRODUCTION .
Página xxv
... manner to the reproduction of the same , and also placed simultaneously in a state of the highest activity . 66 Accurately considered , all that has been said is one and the same thing , only expressed by different persons ; and I ...
... manner to the reproduction of the same , and also placed simultaneously in a state of the highest activity . 66 Accurately considered , all that has been said is one and the same thing , only expressed by different persons ; and I ...
Página xxix
... manner the great artistic merit displayed in choice works of this description : - - " We found ourselves justified on internal grounds of art in pronouncing , if not all , yet by far the largest number of these intagli , to be genuine ...
... manner the great artistic merit displayed in choice works of this description : - - " We found ourselves justified on internal grounds of art in pronouncing , if not all , yet by far the largest number of these intagli , to be genuine ...
Página xxxviii
... manner this of securing the seal , for its oriental inventors had invariably worn their cylinder or stamp as the ornament of a bracelet or necklace . That the invention of the finger - ring is ascribed to Pro- metheus , a Greek hero ...
... manner this of securing the seal , for its oriental inventors had invariably worn their cylinder or stamp as the ornament of a bracelet or necklace . That the invention of the finger - ring is ascribed to Pro- metheus , a Greek hero ...
Página xliv
... manner upon the choicest stones . The demand for these signets throughout the East , and the taste required for the. Late Sassanian Portrait : perhaps Chusroes 11. Calcedony . Helmet of King Stanislas Poniatowsky : Greek . Jasper -. xliv ...
... manner upon the choicest stones . The demand for these signets throughout the East , and the taste required for the. Late Sassanian Portrait : perhaps Chusroes 11. Calcedony . Helmet of King Stanislas Poniatowsky : Greek . Jasper -. xliv ...
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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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