Gemstones in the first millennium AD : mines, trade, workshops and symbolism : International Conference, October 20th-22nd, 2015, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz / Alexandra Hilgner, Susanne Greiff, Dieter Quast (eds).

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English
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Mainz : Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums ; [Regensburg] : [Schnell + Steiner, distributor], 2017.
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vii, 324 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 30 cm.

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    International conference proceedings.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    • Mines and Trade. Introduction: Mines and Trade / Dieter Quast, Alexandra Hilgner, Susanne Greiff
    • Elusive Gemstone Mines: the Red Garnet Industry in Contemporary Rajasthan / Borayin Larios
    • Gemstones in Southeast Asia and Beyond: Trade along the Maritime Networks / Brigitte Borell
    • Gemstones and Mineral Products in the Red Sea/Indian Ocean Trade of the First Millennium / Eivind Heldaas Seland
    • Amber and Beaver Furs: Trade with Raw Material for the Production of Luxury Goods / Dieter Quast
    • The Circulation of Garnets in the North Sea Zone, ca. 400-700 / Helena Hamerow. Gemstone Working. Introduction to Gemstone Working / Judith Jordan, Elke Nieveler, Michael Schmauder
    • Two Workshops with Garnet Crafts in Gamla Uppsala / John Ljungkvist, Jonna Sarén Lundahl, Per Frölund
    • East Africa as a Source for Fatimid Rock Crystal : Workshops from Kenya to Madagascar / Mark Horton [and five others]
    • The Manufacturing techniques of Fatimid Rock Crystal Ewers / Elise Morero [and four others]
    • A Rock Crystal Workshop from Cologne / Manfred Burianek, Thomas Höltken. The Value and Symbolic Meaning(s) of Gemstones. An introduction to the Value and the Symbolic Meanings(s) of Gemstones / Kerstin Sobkowiak
    • Archaeogemmology and the Ancient Literary Sources on Gems and their Origins / Lisbet Thoresen
    • The Symbolism of Gemstones in Indian Religions / James McHugh
    • From the Bible to the Liber Pontificalis : Gems and Precious Stones in the Early Medieval Churches : Combinations, Colours and Contexts / Michelle Beghelli
    • Gemstones in Pre-Islamic Persia : Social and Symbolic Meanings of Sasanian Seals / Nils C. Ritter
    • The Symbolism of Byzantine Gemstones : Written Sources, Objects and Sympathetic Magic in Byzantium / Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie. Poster Session. Gemstones as Insignia / Kerstin Sobkowiak [and four others]
    • Between Fashion and Meaning : Red Garnet and Style Changes from the 5th to the 7th Century / Jörg Drauschke [and three others]
    • Garnet : Crisis along Trade Routes in the 7th Century? / Stefan Albrecht [and fourteen others]
    • Garnet on the Peripheries of the Centres of Fashion / Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson, Alexandra Hilgner, Antonio Juárez Villena
    • Gemstones in Heaven and Earth : Rivers of Opulence in Historical Sources / Stefan Albrecht, Julia Bolotina and Kerstin Sobkowiak
    • Quality by its Definition / Elke Nieveler [and four others].
    ISBN
    • 9783884672716 ((RGZM ; : pbk.))
    • 3884672711
    • 9783795432393 ((corrected - Schnell + Steiner ; : pbk.))
    • 3795432391
    LCCN
    2017287795
    OCLC
    985344048
    International Article Number
    • 9783884672716
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