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... furnish him with the fullest information on those and kindred subjects . But there is one department of art in which the ancients peculiarly excelled , and of which b they have bequeathed us the most exquisite specimens of their.
... furnish him with the fullest information on those and kindred subjects . But there is one department of art in which the ancients peculiarly excelled , and of which b they have bequeathed us the most exquisite specimens of their.
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... general heads , thus divided : - Section I. Materials : gems themselves . II . Art : the different styles . III . Subjects . IV . Mystic properties of gems and of their sigils . INTRODUCTION . ON THE STUDY OF ANTIQUE GEMS . ALL PREFACE .
... general heads , thus divided : - Section I. Materials : gems themselves . II . Art : the different styles . III . Subjects . IV . Mystic properties of gems and of their sigils . INTRODUCTION . ON THE STUDY OF ANTIQUE GEMS . ALL PREFACE .
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... subject is worthy of the enthusiasm felt for it ; if it be , then must pleasure and admiration always grow upon it , and perpetually renew themselves ; if it be not entirely ... subjects of the compositions which sprung xxvi INTRODUCTION .
... subject is worthy of the enthusiasm felt for it ; if it be , then must pleasure and admiration always grow upon it , and perpetually renew themselves ; if it be not entirely ... subjects of the compositions which sprung xxvi INTRODUCTION .
Página xxvii
... subjects was a deficiency to be observed . The vigorous , ivy - crowned Hercules could not belie his colossal origin ; the stern Medusa's head , the Bacchus formerly preserved in the Medicean cabinet , the graceful sacrifices , the ...
... subjects was a deficiency to be observed . The vigorous , ivy - crowned Hercules could not belie his colossal origin ; the stern Medusa's head , the Bacchus formerly preserved in the Medicean cabinet , the graceful sacrifices , the ...
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... subjects cut upon the earliest sort are exclusively animals , domestic and wild ; it was only after their intercourse with the Greeks had been long established that they represent the figures and scenes derived from the mythology of ...
... subjects cut upon the earliest sort are exclusively animals , domestic and wild ; it was only after their intercourse with the Greeks had been long established that they represent the figures and scenes derived from the mythology of ...
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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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