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Rosaries, 292 Hindu, 293 legend of, 293 Rose-quartz, 384 Royal National Museum of Munich,
288 " Royal stone," front eagle's head, 13 Rubellite, 384
Ruby,
11, 16, 58, 123, 125, 291, 294, 296, 297, 299, 314, 343, 407 of Pegu,
401 on mummy of Cheops, 279 Mohammedan Atlas stands on,
248
origin of Burmese, 400 stone of Judah, symbolical meaning of, 282 "
The Merchant of the," 400 Rudolph II, Emperor, 208, 215 Rumphius, Georg
Eberhard, 18, 238, 244, 392
S
Sabasth, angel, 245
" Sacred shrine " of Cathedral of
Chartres, 291 Sacred stone of Kiowa Indians, 44 Sadlier, Rev. Charles, vii Saints' Days, alphabetical list of,
272-276 SâlagrâmasUme of
Hindus, 196-198 emblem of. Vishnu, 196 neither Sudra nor Pariah may
wear, 198 Sammonicus, Serenus, 326 Sanchoniathon, 81 Santa Casa of
Loreto, 186, 267 Santos-Dumont's loadstone, 264 Sapphire, 11, 16, 31,
58, 119, 123, 124, 125, 284, 285, 287, 290, 291, 294, 299, 304, 330,
336, 343, 407 Bartholomäus Angelicus on, 395 carved, from India, 300
curative use of, 157, 158, 184 In talisman of Charlemagne, 329 of
Ceylon, 402
stone of Joseph, symbolical meaning of, 282 test of a, 394 Sarcophagus-stone, 3 Sard, 287 Sardonyx, 123, 291, 372
engraved gem of, 288 Saturainus, St., 252
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Sauvageot collection, 291
Scarabs, 320, 321
Schliemann, Heinrich, 323
Schola Salernitana, 120
Schrott, John, 230
Schwindelstein (vertigo-stone), 153
Scipio Africanus, 74
Sebastian, St., 251, 259, 276, 290
Secundus, St., 252, 276
Seiler, Wenzel, alchemist, 15
Seleucia, meteorite of, 81
Semnes, St., 252
Sempronianue, St., 252
Seneca 82
"Sephêr de-Adam Kadmah," 247
Serpentine, 320, 350
"Serpents' eggs," 221-224, 226
SeueriamiB, St., 252
Shahkevheren, or " King of Jewels,"
68, 69 Shah-muhra, Persian magic stone,
13 Shakespeare, 162, 260, 337, 379, 391,
393 Shamir, mysterioue
Hebrew stone, 7-10 Arabic legend regarding, 9 in the Bible 7, S in
Rabbinical legend, 8 Sharks' teeth, fossil, 190 Sh'efiel, angel of
April, 247 Shoham-stone, 277 Siamese girl's consecration, jewel«
worn
at, 342 Signatures, doctrine of, 118 Silanus, St., 252 Simon and Jude,
SS., 271 Skulls, disks ifrom, a» talismans, 331-334 in Buddhist legend,
332, 333 in neolithic times, 333 on bracelet of Catherine de* Medici,
334 Smaragdos, 319, 320 384 "Snake-stone," 221-240
Snouck-Hurgronje, Dr. C, 87 Socrates, 397 Solomon, 9, 10 "Southern
stone" in Kaabah at
Mecca, 87 Spangenberg's Saxon Chronicle, 103 "Spider-stone," 183, 184
anecdote of, 183 Spinel, 296 Spitzer collection, 186
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