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 380
all scho-lastic penalties. The partly-obliterated Greek inscription in raised lettersannounces them to be the sweet-loved principal gods. Theornamented cornice about the contour is characteristic of thegem-engraving of the age. Tlie cameo is Grajco-Romau. In the system of mythology there w;is a… … o < o a;c z FRANCE. 375 stition were controlled l)y tliem; emperors, senators, all states-men, leaders of the legions, all men-at-arms, consnlted theiroracles and went to these gods in stone and bronze heseech-iny their protection and their blessing- ere they went to con-flict. j\Iaidens and…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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