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George Frederick Kunz. The Book of the Pearl
The Book of the Pearl
Table of Contents
MAPS
INTRODUCTION
I. PEARLS AMONG THE ANCIENTS
II. MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY OF PEARLS
III. ORIGIN OF PEARLS
IV. STRUCTURE AND FORMS OF PEARLS
V. SOURCES OF PEARLS
VI. THE PEARL FISHERIES OF THE PERSIAN GULF
THE PEARL FISHERIES OF CEYLON
THE PEARL FISHERIES OF INDIA
THE PEARL FISHERIES OF THE RED SEA, GULF OF ADEN, ETC
THE PEARL FISHERIES OF CHINA, JAPAN, SIBERIA, ETC
VII. EAST AFRICAN PEARL FISHERIES
VIII. PEARL FISHERIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE
IX. PEARL FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
PEARL FISHERIES OF AUSTRALIA
PEARL FISHERIES OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO
STATEMENT MADE BY THE SULTAN OF SULU RELATIVE TO THE PEARL FISHERIES
X. PEARL FISHERIES OF VENEZUELA
Of the maner of fyshynge for perles
THE PANAMA PEARL FISHERIES
THE PEARL FISHERIES OF MEXICO
AMERICAN FRESH WATERS
MISCELLANEOUS PEARL FISHERIES OF AMERICA
XI. PEARL-CULTURE AND PEARL-FARMING
XII. MYSTICAL AND MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF PEARLS
XIII. VALUES AND COMMERCE OF PEARLS
XIV. TREATMENT AND CARE OF PEARLS
XV. PEARLS AS USED IN ORNAMENTS AND DECORATION
XVI. FAMOUS PEARLS AND COLLECTIONS
XVII. THE ABORIGINAL USE OF PEARLS, AND THEIR DISCOVERY IN MOUNDS AND GRAVES
ADDENDA
BIBLIOGRAPHY[562]
INDEX
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George Frederick Kunz, Charles Hugh Stevenson
The history, art, science, and industry of the queen of gems
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We are told by Ælius Lampridius that an ambassador once brought to Alexander Severus two remarkably large and heavy pearls for the empress. The emperor offered them for sale, and as no purchaser was found, he had them hung in the ears of the statue of Venus, saying: “If the empress should have such pearls, she would give a bad example to the other women, by wearing an ornament of so much value that no one could pay for it.”
The word “margarita” was used symbolically to designate the most cherished object; for instance, a favorite child. In an inscription published by Fabretti, p. 44, No. 253, the word margaritio has the same significance. (Sex. Bruttidio juveni margaritioni carissimo, vixit annis II mensibus VII, diebus XVIII.)[20]
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