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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The Impact of European Trade with Southeast Asia on the Mineralogical Studies of Robert Boyles fit into Boyle’s broader interests in the subterranean world and in East Indian travelogues. By demonstrating that Boyle consulted travel narratives for information about precious stones, I argue that the commercial mapping of gem deposits by Europeans in the hard-to-reach regions of mainland Sout

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Branches and Bones: The Transformative Matter of Coral in Ming Dynasty Chinasignificant constituent of pan-Asian Buddhist iconographies. Against the backdrop of coral’s meanings in early modern Europe and its trade links to Asia, this chapter investigates red coral in Ming dynasty China with a focus on Buddhist imagery, particularly through Korean paintings and Indian mytho

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Boethius de Boodt and the Emergence of the Oriental/Occidental Distinction in European Mineralogy of global trade and natural history. The distinction seems to be a clear case of natural history being shaped by changes in the global circulation of gems. Yet the usual theories about how this shaping occurred do not apply to gems, since very few new species of gems entered Europe in the period. W

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Good and Bad Diamonds in Seventeenth-Century Europets 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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: The Art and Knowledge of Polishing, 1100–1500sful 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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Mughal Lapidaries and the Inherited Modes of Productions, 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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