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Amulets and talismans, fragments of
skull used as, 331-334 from Pueblo Bonito ruins, 352 from Russia, 368 Gnostic, with seven vowels, 328 hei-tikia of New Zealand jade,
361 Hindu, 339, 340 in the Bible, 278, 322, 323, 325,
360
in Ecuador, to arouse love, 350 in Egypt, 317-321 in old Italian MS.,
327, 328 in Persian grave, 324 jade, in Panama, 349 life preserving,
story of, 366,
367 "mummy-eyes," Peruvian, 350 of agate and coral in Spain, 367,
368
of Catherine de' Medici, 334 of hematite, 383 of Mexican Indians, 348
of-Paris, 329 of the Czar, 369 Pascal's, 337 pearls as, 392 Queen
Elizabeth's, 337 set in the skin in Burma, 345 "Talisman of
Charlemagne," 329-
331
teeth and bone used as, 368, 369 Tibetan, 343-345 used by Eskimos, 358,
359 Anatganor, angel of December, 248 Anaxagorus, predicts fall of
meteorite, 80 " Angelical stone," for visions, 16 Angels, 241-251
figures of, on medieval gems, 245 guardian, 244, 246t 248, 249, 250 in Song of Moses, 250 Luther's opinion of guardian,
250 Mohammedan, world-bearer, on
ruby rock, 248 not to be worshipped outside the
church, 244 of months, in Sepher de-Adam
Kadmah, 247, 248 seven good, and seven bad, 246,
247 Anglo-Saxon "Laece Bok," of Bald, 331
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Anna, Santa, President of Mexico,
256 Anne, St., 253, 272
de Beaupré, shrine of, 254-256
jewel dedicated to, 256
relics of, 255, 256 Antar, Persian hero, legend of, 88, 89 Anthony, St., of Padua, 253, 266, 272
medallion given to church of, by Pope Paul V, 254 Anthrax, 401 Aphrodite, 81 Apollo, 3 Apollonia, St., of Alexandria, 272
legend of, 257 Apollonius of Tyana, 81 Aquamarine, engraved with head of
Julia, 288 "Aqua Tofana," 266 Ariston, St., 252 Aristophanes, 284
Aristotle, pseudo-, 5, 69, 70, 163, 396 Arnobio, Oleandro,, 140, 142 Arnobius, 74 Arphe, Enrique d', 294 Aschentrekker ( ash-attrae tor ), a Dutch
designation of tourmaline, 52, 54 Asis Artau, Francisco d', 295 Askal, stone said to break the diamond, 69 Assos, Asia Minor, stone of, 3 Astarte, 81, 83 Asteria, 291 Astroites, 199
Atnongara-stoJies of Australian medicine-men, 16 Aubrey, John, 260 Auspicius, St., 255 Autoglyphus, 196 "Aviator stone," 116, 117 Avicenna (Ben Sina), 90, 125, 138 Azael, angel, 246
Β Bacci, Andrea, 153 Bœtyli, 76, 82 Bajazet II, Sultan, 291 Balas-ruby, 401, 404 Bannockburn, Battle of, 25 Barbara de Portugal, Queen of Spain,
295 Barbara, St., 273
legend of, 258 Barbosa, Duarte, 401 Barnabas, St., 268, 273
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