The Portfolio: Monographs on Artistic Subjects..., Випуски 40 – 43Philip Gilbert Hamerton Seeley, 1899 |
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... pieces of pottery , small bronzes , etc. It is well known that the temple guardians periodically emptied the shrines under their charge of the votive offerings which had accumulated there ; some of the metal objects were melted down and ...
... pieces of pottery , small bronzes , etc. It is well known that the temple guardians periodically emptied the shrines under their charge of the votive offerings which had accumulated there ; some of the metal objects were melted down and ...
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... pieces of opal in its matrix , very effective cameos can be made ; there is , however , always the danger of too much colour , and most of those I have seen are not in good taste . The play of colour in the opal is different from that ...
... pieces of opal in its matrix , very effective cameos can be made ; there is , however , always the danger of too much colour , and most of those I have seen are not in good taste . The play of colour in the opal is different from that ...
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... pieces are rarely found of any size , when the colour is particularly dark and fine , it has almost been as much esteemed as if it were . It is spotted and veined more or less thickly with yellow iron pyrites , looking like gold . The ...
... pieces are rarely found of any size , when the colour is particularly dark and fine , it has almost been as much esteemed as if it were . It is spotted and veined more or less thickly with yellow iron pyrites , looking like gold . The ...
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... pieces is almost invariably arti- ficially coloured . At Oberstein , in Oldenburg , there have been for many years extensive manufactories for the preparation of onyxes for gem - cutters and engravers . These stones were found in great ...
... pieces is almost invariably arti- ficially coloured . At Oberstein , in Oldenburg , there have been for many years extensive manufactories for the preparation of onyxes for gem - cutters and engravers . These stones were found in great ...
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... pieces of onyx in order themselves before they could begin to engrave upon them . Agate often nearly resembles onyx ; it is found in larger pieces , but the layers are neither so true in colour or so marked in shape . There is a cameo ...
... pieces of onyx in order themselves before they could begin to engrave upon them . Agate often nearly resembles onyx ; it is found in larger pieces , but the layers are neither so true in colour or so marked in shape . There is a cameo ...
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Сторінка 67 - ... carts, &c., carrying out to the fields, which for many miles were strewed with moveables of all sorts, and tents erecting to shelter both people and what goods they could get away.
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Сторінка 68 - Stationers, and carried thither for safety, they were all consum'd, burning for a weeke following. It is also observable that the lead over the altar at the East end was untouch'd, and among the divers monuments, the body of one Bishop remain'd intire.
Сторінка 67 - ... but crying out and lamentation, running about like distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save even their goods : such a strange consternation there was upon them...
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