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ENGRAVED GEMS
ENGRAVED GEMS BY MAXWELL SOMMERVILLE PROFESSOR OF GLYPTOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; AUTHOR OF “SANDS OF SAHARA,” “SIAM,” ETC.; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE SOCIÉTÉ ACADÉMIQUE DES SCIENCES, ARTS ET BELLES-LETTRES DU DÉPARTEMENT DE L’AUBE, FRANCE, ETC. DREXEL BIDDLE, PUBLISHER PHILADELPHIA LONDON SAN FRANCISCO TORONTO 1901
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
ENGRAVED GEMS.
EGYPT.
PERSIA AND BABYLON.
THE ETRUSCANS—ETRURIA.
PHŒNICIA.
GREECE.
ROMAN.
ABRAXAS.
EARLY CHRISTIANS.
BYZANTINE.
MEDIÆVAL.
RENAISSANCE.
SUCCEEDING DECLINES AND REVIVALS.
SOME TYPES OF REMARKABLE GEMS.
Bacchus and Ariadne.
Jupiter Ægiochus.
The Triumph of Constantine.
RELIGION ON STONES.
HISTORIC CAMEOS.
ANIMALS AND BIRDS.
ANTIQUE PASTES.
MYTHOLOGICAL.
CHINESE, BURMESE, AND SIAMESE.
AZTEC OR MEXICAN.
RETROSPECTIVE.
INDEX.
Transcriber’s Note:
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