A Dictionary of Greek and Roman AntiquitiesWilliam Smith, Charles Anthon American book Company, 1843 - 1116 pages |
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Page iii
... colour , figure , or texture . Thus they called the red , Hemachates , which was sprinkled with spots of jasper , or ... coloured , Cerachates , which was a variety little valued be- cause of its abundance . Those which approached to or ...
... colour , figure , or texture . Thus they called the red , Hemachates , which was sprinkled with spots of jasper , or ... coloured , Cerachates , which was a variety little valued be- cause of its abundance . Those which approached to or ...
Page iv
... colour that of ashes , with black spots . Sprengel thinks it may have been a variety of the Coluber Berus , or Viper . " 1 * AČ ́ORUS ( kopoc ) , a plant , which most of the commentators hold to be the Acorus Calamus , of Sweet Flag ...
... colour that of ashes , with black spots . Sprengel thinks it may have been a variety of the Coluber Berus , or Viper . " 1 * AČ ́ORUS ( kopoc ) , a plant , which most of the commentators hold to be the Acorus Calamus , of Sweet Flag ...
Page x
... colour resembles crystal , and is splendid . " — " It is probable , " observes Dr. Moore , " that Pliny , when speaking of the gem caled ad- mas , had in view , among other things , the dia- mond ; but it is plain , from the fables he ...
... colour resembles crystal , and is splendid . " — " It is probable , " observes Dr. Moore , " that Pliny , when speaking of the gem caled ad- mas , had in view , among other things , the dia- mond ; but it is plain , from the fables he ...
Page xviii
... colour or the stone out of which copper was melted ? Vari- variety of texture , the artists sometimes mixed ous modes of making verdigris are described by small proportions of gold , silver , lead , and even Theophrastus , Dioscorides ...
... colour or the stone out of which copper was melted ? Vari- variety of texture , the artists sometimes mixed ous modes of making verdigris are described by small proportions of gold , silver , lead , and even Theophrastus , Dioscorides ...
Page xxx
... colour , though sometimes strong brown tints and spots appear in it . When the varieties of colour occur in the same stone , and are disposed in bas or horizontal strata , it is often called onyx alabas ter ; and when dispersed ...
... colour , though sometimes strong brown tints and spots appear in it . When the varieties of colour occur in the same stone , and are disposed in bas or horizontal strata , it is often called onyx alabas ter ; and when dispersed ...
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