Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 111
ite certain. According to some authorities itwas brought by an ambassador from Constanti- ^o I>RECIOUS STONES. nople; according to others, it ornamented the hel-met of Charles the Bold, who lost it at the battle ofGranson. It was found by a Swiss soldier, whosold it to a priest for two francs;… … Fig. 38.—The Sancy. (coinage of Tours). Henry III., after a lapse oftime, borrowed it for the purpose of pledging it tothe Swiss government; but the servant who wascarrying it to the king disappeared, and was notheard of for some time. At last it was discoveredthat he had been assassinated in the…
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