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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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Precious stones
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History
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Mines and mineral resources
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Hilgner, Alexandra
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Greiff, Susanne
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Quast, Dieter, 1963-
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Series
RGZM Tagungen ; Bd. 30.
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RGZM-Tagungen, 1862-4812 ; Band 30
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International conference proceedings.
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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].
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ISBN
9783884672716 ((RGZM ; : pbk.))
3884672711
9783795432393 ((corrected - Schnell + Steiner ; : pbk.))
3795432391
LCCN
2017287795
OCLC
985344048
International Article Number
9783884672716
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