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BEAUTY.
Beauty, Roman idea of, 308.
Belemnite, a Celtic jewel, 81.
Beli oculus, 321,
Belus, river, 349.
Beryl, the ancient, 50,
------, falsified, 52.
------of Julia Titi, 53, 337.
------, origin of "brille," 55.
" Beryl " for Sard, 282.
Bitumen used in vase painting, 130.
Black amber, jet, 131.
Blacas Cabinet, 31, 36, 275, 293, 318,322.
Black jasper, and trachyte confounded with obsidian, 210.
Bloodstone, why so named, 136.
------used for religious camei, ib.
Boar, emblem of Hertha, 306.
Bonus Eventus, 277.
Borax diamond, 358.
Brunswick Vase, the, 225.
Bun wary, Hindoo touchstone, 154.
" Burning of Troy, the," 241.
" Burnt Sard," imitative Sardonyx, 28;.
Byzantine Camei, 276.
------enamels, 359.
"Cabochon" cutting, 17. Cadmea, Cadmia, 248. Calcedony, derived, 82. —— used fur phalerse, 84.
------, the ancient Achates, 8 7.
------commonly used for Cinque-cento works, ib. " Calf's-eye," the, 245. Callaina, where found, 5 7.
------, the peridot, 5 8.
Callais, 59.
Calligone's Sardonyx, 288. Callimus, eagle-stone, 11. Cairn-gorum, Bauch-topaz, 94. " Cameo," etymology of, 70.
-----in shell, 73.
-------false, 222, 237.
Camei used for talismans, 72.
-----mistaken for nature-pictures, 9.
"Camée, le grand," 292.
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COPPER,
Camillo di Leonardo, 43, Capnias, 86.
Caranus,
wedding of, 157. Caravan-trade in Africa, 295. Carbuncle, the modern,
17. Carlovingian intagli in crystal, 117. Carnelian, derived, 278.
------, virtue of, 286.
Carpegua
Cameo, the, 291. Canopic vases, 23. Capis, its figure, 185. Carnuntum,
a Celtic entrepôt, 306. Castel-Bolognese, crystals of, 116. Cat's-eye,
common, 319.
------, chrysoberyl, 320.
------, lion's head in, 320.
Caylus,
onyx vase of, 226. Cayman-stone, 45. Cellini's recipe for gold-solder,
89. Celts, Greek trade with, 305. Cerachates, white Calcedony, 4.
Ceraunia, ruby, 77.
------opal, 242.
-----stone-celt, 78.
Chalcedonian
emerald, 8 2. Chardin visits the Shah's treasure-house, 64. Chastity,
test of, 130, 173. Chinese mixed-metal vases, 157. Chinese agates,
artificial, 10. Choaspes, agates of the, 1. Christopher, St., influence
of, 270. Chosroes, cup of, 361. Chrysoberyl, Indian chrysolite, 51.
Chrysocolla, gold-solder, 88. Chrysolite, chrysoberyl, 99.
Clirysolithus, and its varieties, 93. Chrysoprase of the moderns, 90.
Cinnamon-stone, garnet, 17.
-----, chryseloctrus, 166.
Citrinus, 168.
Claudius,
porphyry statues of, 261. Claudian on the Enhydros, 119. Cleopatra,
signet of, 28. " Cloisonne" enamel, 357. Cochlides, lumachella, 233,
Constantia, tomb of, 262. Constantius II., cameo, 293. " Copper,
precious as gold," 157.
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