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Handbook of engraved gems (IA handbookengraved00king).pdf - Fæ

Handbook of engraved gems (IA handbookofengrav00king).pdf - Fæ

Handbookengraved00king.djvu - Ficaia

Frontispiece. — The Marlborough Cameo, long known as Didius Julian and Manila Scantilla, &c.jpg - Ficaia

Page 3. — A very remarkable type, being the Grecian Hermes in Asiatic costume. He wears the Persian gown (candys), and on his head the leathern helmet (cidaris), &c.jpg - Ficaia

Page 8. — The Drunken Hercules steadying himself with one hand placed upon his club. Greco-Bactrian work, &c.jpg - Ficaia

Page 19. — The Five Heroes in council. See pp. 17, 29.jpg - Ficaia

Page 11. — The most ancient example of a genuine Hebrew inscription to be found on a gem; being probably as old as the 5th century AD, &c.jpg - Ficaia

Page 30. — Frog; the seal-device of Mecaenas. If Isaac Taylor be right in interpreting his Etruscan, name, MAIKNE, as Frog-man (analogous to the Italian Ranuccio), the great statesman had put in his seal a rebus on his name, &c.jpg - Ficaia

Page 70. — A Christian intaglio, of very early date, apparently representing the Call of an Apostle. Christ, whose character is distinctly made known by the letters placed in the field above him, is seen, by his gesture, &c.jpg - Ficaia

Page 37. — Head of Hercules encircled with a wreath of his own tree, the poplar. A work in the bold, heavy manner of the Greco-Egyptian school. Sard, from the collection of Giovanni di Uimitrio. (New York.).jpg - Ficaia

Page 33. — Lion, pulling down a Bull. The national Phoenician device typifying the power of the sun upon the earth. Sard scarabaeus. (Praun.).jpg - Ficaia

Page 122. —Head of the Chimaera being that of a lion armed with the horns of a goat a condensed expression of the composite figure in that monster. The two letters in the field are the beginning of the owner's name, &c.jpg - Ficaia

Page 100. — Antique intaglio of a lion, set in a private seal of the 13th century, as may be deduced from the Lombardic lettering of the legend. The words Ira Legia, &c. refer to a verse of Solomon's.jpg - Ficaia

Page 133. — Psyche, stealthily opening the Box of Beauty, intrusted to her by Proserpine to carry to Venus. A vapour issues from it which throws her into a death-like swoon (Poniatowski gem).jpg - Ficaia

Page 150. — Elephant, emerging from a snail-shell, one of the cleverest of these fanciful unions of the most inconsistent elements the object of which was to surprise.jpg - Ficaia

Page 179. — Girl, with dishevelled hair, advancing on tip-toe, amidst a profusion of floating drapery. This figure has hitherto passed for a Maenad in Bacchic frenzy, &c.jpg - Ficaia

Page 200. — Bust of Vahrahran Kermanshah; upon his tiara is emblazoned the symbol known as the Standard of the Empire. Drawn to double the size from the masterpiece of Sassanian art, the Devonshire Amethyst.jpg - Ficaia

Page 282. — The Philoctetes of Boethus. (Beverley.).jpg - Ficaia

Page 287. — Head of the Etruscan Jupiter.(Blacas.).jpg - Ficaia

Page iii. — Gladiator's Helmet, with palm-branch on each side instead of plume. It has a vizor of novel construction, being in two pieces, the button on each showing that they were intended to be slid laterally together &c.jpg - Ficaia

Page ix. — Clepsydra; the dolphin serves for index to a revolving dial.jpg - Ficaia

Page vi. — Horse feeding, with the name of his owner, Heraclides; Small sard, set in a silver ring, found at Dover.jpg - Ficaia

Titlepage. — Victory, advancing, holding out the laurel crown, and in her left the palm-branch. Sard, set in a solid gold ring of truly republican simplicity, &c.jpg - Ficaia

Page 133. — Psyche, stealthily opening the Box of Beauty, intrusted to her by Proserpine to carry to Venus. A vapour issues from it which throws her into a death-like swoon (Poniatowski gem) (cropped).jpg - Ficaia

Page 122. —Head of the Chimaera being that of a lion armed with the horns of a goat a condensed expression of the composite figure in that monster. The two letters in the field are the beginning of the owner's name, &c (cropped).jpg - Ficaia

Page 19. — The Five Heroes in council. See pp. 17, 29 (cropped).jpg - Ficaia

Page 287. — Head of the Etruscan Jupiter.(Blacas.) (cropped).jpg - Ficaia

Page 3. — A very remarkable type, being the Grecian Hermes in Asiatic costume. He wears the Persian gown (candys), and on his head the leathern helmet (cidaris), &c (cropped).jpg - Ficaia

Page 150. — Elephant, emerging from a snail-shell, one of the cleverest of these fanciful unions of the most inconsistent elements the object of which was to surprise (cropped).jpg - Ficaia

Page 70. — A Christian intaglio, of very early date, apparently representing the Call of an Apostle. Christ, whose character is distinctly made known by the letters placed in the field above him, is seen, by his gesture, &c (cropped).jpg - Ficaia

Page 37. — Head of Hercules encircled with a wreath of his own tree, the poplar. A work in the bold, heavy manner of the Greco-Egyptian school. Sard, from the collection of Giovanni di Uimitrio. (New York.) (cropped).jpg - Ficaia

Page iii. — Gladiator's Helmet, with palm-branch on each side instead of plume. It has a vizor of novel construction, being in two pieces, the button on each showing that they were intended to be slid laterally together &c (cropped).jpg - Ficaia

Page 8. — The Drunken Hercules steadying himself with one hand placed upon his club. Greco-Bactrian work, &c (cropped).jpg - Ficaia

Frontispiece. — The Marlborough Cameo, long known as Didius Julian and Manila Scantilla, &c (cropped).jpg - Ficaia

Page 30. — Frog; the seal-device of Mecaenas. If Isaac Taylor be right in interpreting his Etruscan, name, MAIKNE, as Frog-man (analogous to the Italian Ranuccio), the great statesman had put in his seal a rebus on his name, &c (frog).jpg - Ficaia

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