Engraved gems; their history and place in art, in which is embodied the author's former treatise, with extensive revisions and additions; reminiscences of travels in the pursuit and acquisition of engraved gems ... to which is added a descriptive list of the author's cabinet of gems, forming a compend of Greek and Roman classics and antiquities .. (1889)
Sommerville, Maxwell, 1829-1904 · Philadelphia, M. Sommerville · leaf 177
mple of Denderah: it was not yet one of arcliitecture;it was the eiiiiraved emliellishmeiit, tlie intaulios and basso-rilievo hieroglyphics, which were less artistically executed;the temple is in its portico, coluniiis, and proportions equalto those of earlic^r jieriods. l)et\veen Keneh and Thebes… … THE OLD POTTER AT KKXEII. THE MEMNONIUM. 173 and with the other hand hold up their money-boxes askingfor charit}- for their convents. We found Httle to see of the ancient town, for Diocletianhad punished its rel)elhon against his authority by its ahnostutter destruction by his minions; there are…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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