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 292
omthe candidate, yet I have often seen the sheikhs with someantique ornament on the breast with which to fasten the upperfolds of the ecclesiastical garment. Most of the mystic talis-mans in his possession were Mussulman relics, which I couldnot prevail on him to part with even for shining gold,… … 55 O O o CONSTANTINOPLE. 287 witli l)otli flat and convex .sides, cliarfiod with fine work. Aftersome further attention.s from liim he left me, promising to sendfor me in time for the evening service. While attending hissumiiKius I walked in one of the corridors, on who.se wallswere attached a…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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