Antique Gems And Rings

Antique Gems And Rings

My ' Antique Gems,' though complimented by too flattering reviewers as an " exhaustive book," was in truth little more than an attempt at giving a general view of the numerous and widely differing branches of an enormously extensive subject. The very favourable reception, however, granted by the literary world to this first attempt, encouraged me, during the following decade, to carry out three of its sections to something more like the fulness that their nature and interest demanded.

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Table of Contents:

Copyright

PREFACE.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

DESCRIPTION OF THE WOODCUTS IN THE TEXT.

INTRODUCTION.

THE TESTS OF ANTIQUITY IN ENGRAVED GEMS, AND THE INSTRUMENTS USED BY THE ANCIENT ENGRAVERS.

ON THE FORMS OF ANTIQUE GEMS.

BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN DEITIES.

CONES AND HEMISPHERICAL SEALS.

INDIAN ENGRAVED GEMS.

MODERN ORIENTAL ENGRAVING.

EGYPTIAN INTAGLI.

ETRUSCAN, GREEK, AND PHOENICIAN SCARABEI.

SCARABEI OF THARROS.

PHOENICIAN INTAGLI.

KOHLER'S CLASSIFICATION OF ETRUSCAN SCARABEI.

ETRUSCAN ART.

GREEK AND ROMAN GLYPTIC ART.

THE PORTRAITURE OF THE ANCIENTS.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

ASTROLOGICAL SUBJECTS.

SIGNA ORIENTIA.

SUBJECTS OF THE DESIGNS ON GEMS.

CAMEO ENGRAVINGS.

LOWER EMPIRE AND BYZANTINE.

COMPLIMENTARY OR INSCRIPTION CAMEL

BARBARIC CAMEL

WORKS "EN RONDE BOSSE" PHALERE.

CAMEI OF THE REVIVAL.

RINGS, THEIR ORIGIN AND USE.

IRON RINGS.

SILVER RINGS.

FIGURE KINGS.

STONE RINGS.

MAGICAL RINGS.

PAPAL AND EPISCOPAL RINGS.

BULLS.

GIMMEL KINGS.

DIE-SINKERS AND GEM-ENGRAVERS.

GEM-ENGRAVERS.

MODERN GEM-ENGRAVEES.

ENGLISH GEM-ENGRAVERS.

SEALS IN TERRA-COTTA TESSERAE.

CASTS IN PLASTER OF PARIS AND IN SULPHUR.

WORKS UPON THE GLYPTIC ART AND CABINETS OF GEMS.

INDEX.