Titlebook: Gems in the Early Modern World; Materials, Knowledge Michael Bycroft,Sven Dupré Book 2019 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2

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Ming-Fei Li,Shao-Ni Sun,Feng Xu,Run-Cang Sunts cut from cleavage pieces, criticism intensified after the Koh-i-noor was exhibited in 1851. Laskes were set in diplomatic gifts and used to cover miniatures. Among importers in the seventeenth century there was no consensus. The Cholmleys, importing for a commercial market, found laskes more expe

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0301-6 the human body. In this chapter, Hendriksen argues that as the place of chemistry in universities was consolidated in the eighteenth century, natural philosophers became increasingly critical about the role of minerals, and particularly gemstones, in medicine. However, as she demonstrates, a comple

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3691-4sful application of finishing methods can a gem reveal its potential colour and clarity. But despite its importance, we know surprisingly little about the early history of this practice. Through the comparative study of pre- and early modern sources on the art of polishing, this chapter argues that

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The European Energy from Biomass Programme,s, and artisans related to the lapidary arts. The intellectual, personnel, and technological transit in the lapidary arts under the Mughal Empire is the focus of this chapter, with an emphasis on the ‘inherited tradition’ of hard-stone abrasion, the art’s apex under the reign of Shah Jahan (r. 1628–

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Forest Biomass Utilization in Greeceowledge and techniques and the people involved in these circulations are subject of this chapter. It shows how merchants, jewellers, and polishers each needed specific types of knowledge and how written sources as well as ‘learning-by-doing’ played a role in their transfer. An increasing knowledge o

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Daehwan Kim,Youngmi Kim,Sun Min Kimin seventeenth-century Antwerp. Early modern Antwerp was an important centre for the trade in gems. Also, it was a city with a powerful economic elite of artists and artisans, many of whom had impressive collections. They played an important role in the shifting status of artisanal making processes

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Introduction: Gems in the Early Modern World,e integrated into the global trade in gems in the early modern period. We then survey the changes that occurred in the art, science, and technology of gems in Europe in the same period. The connections between these changes and the growing global trade in gems were subtle but significant. Elaboratin

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