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... style . These I have illustrated by passages from ancient authors , and by copious extracts from other sources , tending to eluci- date the matters herein discussed . This book had in fact its first origin in a series of notes jotted ...
... style . These I have illustrated by passages from ancient authors , and by copious extracts from other sources , tending to eluci- date the matters herein discussed . This book had in fact its first origin in a series of notes jotted ...
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... style and art . I have nevertheless deemed it advisable to insert a brief sketch of the more remarkable gems in our ... styles . III . Subjects . IV . Mystic properties of gems and of their sigils . INTRODUCTION . ON THE STUDY OF ANTIQUE ...
... style and art . I have nevertheless deemed it advisable to insert a brief sketch of the more remarkable gems in our ... styles . III . Subjects . IV . Mystic properties of gems and of their sigils . INTRODUCTION . ON THE STUDY OF ANTIQUE ...
Página xvii
... 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 greatest diligence is vain . " The gem - artists of antiquity , besides their ...
... 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 greatest diligence is vain . " The gem - artists of antiquity , besides their ...
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... 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 example most fully illus- trative of this assertion ; for it is ...
... 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 example most fully illus- trative of this assertion ; for it is ...
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... style come to light on the mainland , yet scarabs are only disinterred in the cemeteries of the islands , and thus may have belonged to Phenician or Etruscan visitors . Be this as it may , signet - rings must have attained universal ...
... style come to light on the mainland , yet scarabs are only disinterred in the cemeteries of the islands , and thus may have belonged to Phenician or Etruscan visitors . Be this as it may , signet - rings must have attained universal ...
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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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