Engraved Gems

About this eBook

Author

Sommerville, Maxwell, 1829-1904

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament

Subject

Gems

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57492

Release Date

July 12, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ENGRAVED GEMS
2. 2.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
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
6. 6.ENGRAVED GEMS.
7. 7.EGYPT.
8. 8.PERSIA AND BABYLON.
9. 9.THE ETRUSCANS—ETRURIA.
10. 10.PHŒNICIA.
11. 11.GREECE.
12. 12.ROMAN.
13. 13.ABRAXAS.
14. 14.EARLY CHRISTIANS.
15. 15.BYZANTINE.
16. 16.MEDIÆVAL.
17. 17.RENAISSANCE.
18. 18.SUCCEEDING DECLINES AND REVIVALS.
19. 19.SOME TYPES OF REMARKABLE GEMS. — Bacchus and Ariadne. — Jupiter Ægiochus. — The Triumph of Constantine.
20. 20.RELIGION ON STONES.
21. 21.HISTORIC CAMEOS.
22. 22.ANIMALS AND BIRDS.
23. 23.ANTIQUE PASTES.
24. 24.MYTHOLOGICAL.
25. 25.CHINESE, BURMESE, AND SIAMESE.
26. 26.AZTEC OR MEXICAN.
27. 27.RETROSPECTIVE.
28. 28.INDEX. — Transcriber’s Note:

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