Antique gems and rings . ( 85 ). TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Savage Lapidary 1 Mexican Jade Carvings .......... 2 Aztec Lapidary Skill—Aztec Sculpture executed without metal tools . 8 Mexican Turquoise Mines .......... 4 Chinese Glyptic Art .......... 5 Archaic Glyptic Art: its favourite subjects ....... G Archaic Greek Art, from Olymp. 50 to 80 . . . . 7 Prototypes of Gem-designs .......... 8 Estimation of Camei in the Middle Ages ....... 9 The Great Cameo of St. Albans 10 Agate for Cameo. . . . . .11 Under what name was the Turquoise known to the ancients ? .... 13 Nishapur Mine o
Antique gems and rings . ( 85 ). TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Savage Lapidary 1 Mexican Jade Carvings .......... 2 Aztec Lapidary Skill—Aztec Sculpture executed without metal tools . 8 Mexican Turquoise Mines .......... 4 Chinese Glyptic Art .......... 5 Archaic Glyptic Art: its favourite subjects ....... G Archaic Greek Art, from Olymp. 50 to 80 . . . . 7 Prototypes of Gem-designs .......... 8 Estimation of Camei in the Middle Ages ....... 9 The Great Cameo of St. Albans 10 Agate for Cameo. . . . . .11 Under what name was the Turquoise known to the ancients ? .... 13 Nishapur Mine of Turquoises.—Mount Sinai Turquoises . .... 14 Capri, Lapis-lazuli of—The Tables of the Law—Prasius, native country of Lyncurium—Essonite Garnet, the Jacinth of collectors . . Anastasis Childerici. .......... 18 Signet of Haggai—Royal Signets in Emerald . ...... It) Medical, or Oculists Stamps ......... 20 Early Christian Glyptic Art ......... 24 Cabinets of Gems ........... 38 Description of
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