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The Yellow Stone of the Church: Citrine, Beryl,...
How yellow quartz entered European religious and symbolic life under names like topaz and jacinth long before citrine existed as a mineralogical category, and why the naming problem still shapes...
The Yellow Stone of the Church: Citrine, Beryl,...
How yellow quartz entered European religious and symbolic life under names like topaz and jacinth long before citrine existed as a mineralogical category, and why the naming problem still shapes...
Opal in the Crown: Habsburg Court Taste, Cuttin...
How did opal become a court jewel in the Habsburg sphere? This article examines Central European supply, lapidary constraints, and the politics of princely collecting, distinguishing documented evidence from later...
Opal in the Crown: Habsburg Court Taste, Cuttin...
How did opal become a court jewel in the Habsburg sphere? This article examines Central European supply, lapidary constraints, and the politics of princely collecting, distinguishing documented evidence from later...
Amethyst in the Apothecary: Dowry, Devotion, an...
How early modern European amethyst circulated as a dowry jewel and an apothecary ingredient, revealing the entanglement of healing, inheritance, and devotional meaning.
Amethyst in the Apothecary: Dowry, Devotion, an...
How early modern European amethyst circulated as a dowry jewel and an apothecary ingredient, revealing the entanglement of healing, inheritance, and devotional meaning.
When a Gemstone Has No Ancient Temple: Paraíba ...
Paraíba tourmaline was unknown in antiquity, so why does modern culture reach for sacred language? This article examines the gap between gemstone history and modern devotional storytelling.
When a Gemstone Has No Ancient Temple: Paraíba ...
Paraíba tourmaline was unknown in antiquity, so why does modern culture reach for sacred language? This article examines the gap between gemstone history and modern devotional storytelling.
Carnelian Agate in the Grave: What Beads in Bur...
Carnelian in early funerary contexts is often read as a symbol of the afterlife. This historical analysis examines what burial evidence can and cannot show about ancient belief.
Carnelian Agate in the Grave: What Beads in Bur...
Carnelian in early funerary contexts is often read as a symbol of the afterlife. This historical analysis examines what burial evidence can and cannot show about ancient belief.
Moonstone and the Funeral Jewel: When a Stone o...
How did moonstone, a feldspar used in nineteenth-century mourning and memorial jewelry, become a fashionable decorative stone in the twentieth century? A cultural history of changing taste, funerary custom, and...
Moonstone and the Funeral Jewel: When a Stone o...
How did moonstone, a feldspar used in nineteenth-century mourning and memorial jewelry, become a fashionable decorative stone in the twentieth century? A cultural history of changing taste, funerary custom, and...