Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE AND LIST OF AUTHORITIES
- WORKS ON ANTIQUE GEMS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I SCARABS, CYLINDERS AND OTHER EARLY SIGNETS
- CHAPTER II GREEK GEMS
- CHAPTER III GREEK GEMS (CONTINUED) AND ETRUSCAN SCARABS
- CHAPTER IV ROMAN GEMS
- CHAPTER V CAMEO GEMS
- CHAPTER VI INSCRIPTIONS ON GEMS
- CHAPTER VII INSCRIPTIONS ON GEMS (CONTINUED)
- CHAPTER VIII THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ANCIENT GEMS
- CHAPTER IX THE TECHNIQUE OF GEM-ENGRAVING
- CHAPTER X GEMS IN MEDIAEVAL TIMES
- CHAPTER XI THE MATERIALS USED FOR ENGRAVED GEMS
- CHAPTER XII THE MATERIALS USED FOR ENGRAVED GEMS (CONTINUED)
- APPENDIX: CATALOGUE OF THE GEMS IN THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM
- PLATE I. AND II
- INDEX
CHAPTER I - SCARABS, CYLINDERS AND OTHER EARLY SIGNETS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE AND LIST OF AUTHORITIES
- WORKS ON ANTIQUE GEMS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I SCARABS, CYLINDERS AND OTHER EARLY SIGNETS
- CHAPTER II GREEK GEMS
- CHAPTER III GREEK GEMS (CONTINUED) AND ETRUSCAN SCARABS
- CHAPTER IV ROMAN GEMS
- CHAPTER V CAMEO GEMS
- CHAPTER VI INSCRIPTIONS ON GEMS
- CHAPTER VII INSCRIPTIONS ON GEMS (CONTINUED)
- CHAPTER VIII THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ANCIENT GEMS
- CHAPTER IX THE TECHNIQUE OF GEM-ENGRAVING
- CHAPTER X GEMS IN MEDIAEVAL TIMES
- CHAPTER XI THE MATERIALS USED FOR ENGRAVED GEMS
- CHAPTER XII THE MATERIALS USED FOR ENGRAVED GEMS (CONTINUED)
- APPENDIX: CATALOGUE OF THE GEMS IN THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM
- PLATE I. AND II
- INDEX
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- The Engraved Gems of Classical TimesWith a Catalogue of the Gems in the Fitzwilliam Museum, pp. 1 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1891