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Ruby, luminosity of, 101, 102
luminous, of King of Ceylon, 165, 166 of Pegu, 165 of St. Elizabeth, 165 names of Hindu castes given to,
102
ominous, of Gabelchover, 158 therapeutic effect of, 370 Rudolph II of
Germany, 5, 189, 343 Rumphius, Georg Eberhard, 62 Ruskin, John, on
crystals, 46 Rutile, 50
S
"Sacro
Bambino" of Rome, 260, 261 "Sacro Catino" of Genoa, 258, 259
Sagittarius, zodiacal sign, 342,347,354 Sahagun, Bernardino de,
247,251, 390 Sailors' amulets, 38 Salisbury, John of, 183 Sapphire, 31,
32, 40, 102, 104-107, 124, 133, 236, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 280, 293,
296, 303, 305, 313, 320, 336, 375 as antidote for poisons, 104,105 as
symbol of St. Paul, 312 called "Le Saphire Merveilleux,"
105
gem of Autumn, 323, 325 Jupiter, 348 of Saturn, 349 of Taurus, 346 of
Venus, 348 great star-sapphjre of Morgan-Tiffany collection, 107 in
breastplate, 276 in ecclesiastical rings, 104, 371 named from Hindu
castes, 344 pavement of God's throne, 275 procures favor of Saturn, 344
Sanskrit names of, 344 star-sapphire of Sir Richard
Burton, 106 tables of the Law of, 104 therapeutic effect of, 370, 386-389 Sappir, stone of breastplate, 293 Sard, 107, 305
as
symbol of St. Philip, 312 a foundation stone, 303 ' in breastplate,
276, 290 Sardonyx, 290, 292, 303, 305, 313, 319, 320 as symbol of St.
James, 312
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Saturn, planet, 32, 243, 330, 344, 348,
352, 353, 354, 355 Saxo Arnoldus, 59 Scarabœus sacer, 115, 116 Scaraboid seal, 122 Scarabs, Egyptian, 115-119, 132, 140,
227, 228, 229 Schliemann, Heinrich, 57 Scorpio, zodiacal sign, 340, 342, 347,
352 355 Scott,'Sir Walter, 143, 183 Seals, Babylonian, 121-123 Cretan, 123
one
of Napoleon, 64, 142 Seasonal gems, 323, 324 "Seeress of Prevorst," 9
Selenite, 336, 349 Sendal, Nathaniel, 57, 58 Sentiment, 8, 9
for
each day of week, 332-335 for each month in connection with natal gems,
326-331 Septuagint, 290, 291, 297, 298, 301 Serapis, image of, in
talisman, 124 "Serpent Isle," 66 Serpentine, 108, 121, 122, 229, 252,
291, 298 Sex in gems, 40, 41, 42, 72 Shakespeare in "Twelfth Night" of
opal, 150 Shamash, Assyrian sun-god, 233 Shamir (emery), 278, 294 Sheard, Virna, 12 Shebo, stone of breastplate, 296 Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 13 Siam, King of, luminous carbuncles
of,
62 Siegstein, or "Victory Stone," 106 Signorelli, Luca. 390 Simeon,
289, 291 Sin, Assyrian moon-god, 92 Sindbad the Sailor and diamonds, 75
"Sleeping-stone," 163, 164 Smaragdus (emerald), 291 Sodalite, gem of Canada, 363 Solomon, King, precious stones of, 78 Sophia, St., in Constantinople, 266,
283 Sophocles, 56
Soudan, agate amulets in the, 54 Sources, literary, 13-18 Spartianus, 178 Specularti, 183, 184 "Speculum lapidum" of Camillo
Leonardo, 18 Spener, John Jacob, 159
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