Ch. 7: Sacred Use of Gems

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	I30	PRECIOUS STONES.

	structure of its kind, consisting of two stories, and is an illustration of many others of a similar character. The lower apartment was ornamented with the more common decorative stones, as marble, alabaster, serpentine, and porphyry, while the upper, which enclosed the effigy of the saint, was embellished with the costliest materials,— gold and precious stones ; the offerings were usually arranged about the basement of the shrine.

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