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Late Antique and Early Christian gems / by Jeffrey Spier.
Penn Museum Library NK5565 .S684 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spier, Jeffrey.
- Series:
- Spätantike, frühes Christentum, Byzanz. Studien und Perspektiven ; Reihe B, Bd. 20.
- Spätantike, frühes Christentum, Byzanz. Reihe B, Studien und Perspektiven ; Bd. 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gems, Classical--Catalogs.
- Gems, Classical.
- Cameos, Classical--Catalogs.
- Cameos, Classical.
- Gems--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Gems.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 221 pages, 155 pages of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Wiesbaden : Reichert, 2007.
- Summary:
- Throughout the Middle Ages, Roman gems and cameos were highly valued as intrinsically precious objects or even as possessing magical properties. During the Renaissance, large collections of gems were formed by aristocratic collectors who sought inspiration from the classical images engraved on them, and gems have been collected for similar reasons ever since. This study presents more than 1000 gems from different collections, more than 300 of them unpublished so far. They are presented according to different genres, themes, material and place or time of production.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783895004346
- 3895004340
- OCLC:
- 159921095
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