Boehn, Max von, 1860-1932 · London, Toronto, J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co., inc · leaf 213
inherent in ornament into historic times and exists to-day in the charms which many superstitious persons carry on watch- chains or elsewhere about them. The breast-plate of the High Priest of the ancient Hebrews which, by means of twelve stones set in gold, the Urim and Thummim, represented the… … Cover of a Pocket Mirror in Ivory, repre- SENTING THE STORMING OF THE CaSTLE OF LoVE Fifteenth Century a persistence, indeed, almost strong enough to make one waver into belief in some actual hidden power. When, during the seventh century B.C., the Greeks first came to know of precious stones (no…
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