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Garnet as Diplomatic Gift: How a Red Stone Beca...
How garnet served as a diplomatic gift and tribute material in early modern courts, where red-stone terminology, availability, and court politics shaped its value.
Garnet as Diplomatic Gift: How a Red Stone Beca...
How garnet served as a diplomatic gift and tribute material in early modern courts, where red-stone terminology, availability, and court politics shaped its value.
Amber, Sacred Texts, and the Problem of Identif...
Explore how Hebrew, Greek, and Latin words translated as amber may actually describe electrum alloy or luminosity, and what this uncertainty reveals about amber trade and cultural transmission.
Amber, Sacred Texts, and the Problem of Identif...
Explore how Hebrew, Greek, and Latin words translated as amber may actually describe electrum alloy or luminosity, and what this uncertainty reveals about amber trade and cultural transmission.
The Star Ruby as National Emblem: Colonial Extr...
How colonial surveying, imperial exhibitions, and postcolonial tourism shaped the star ruby into a Sri Lankan national emblem, and what the evidence can and cannot support.
The Star Ruby as National Emblem: Colonial Extr...
How colonial surveying, imperial exhibitions, and postcolonial tourism shaped the star ruby into a Sri Lankan national emblem, and what the evidence can and cannot support.
The Eye in the Dowry: Cat's Eye Chrysoberyl in ...
How cat's eye chrysoberyl moved through South Asian marriage dowry, widow's property, and memorial custody, and what the evidence can and cannot show.
The Eye in the Dowry: Cat's Eye Chrysoberyl in ...
How cat's eye chrysoberyl moved through South Asian marriage dowry, widow's property, and memorial custody, and what the evidence can and cannot show.
When Is a Garnet Not a Carbuncle? Rhodolite, Sa...
Did rhodolite garnet have ancient religious significance? Explore the historical gap between premodern garnet use and the modern name, and how sacred red stones were classified before modern gemology.
When Is a Garnet Not a Carbuncle? Rhodolite, Sa...
Did rhodolite garnet have ancient religious significance? Explore the historical gap between premodern garnet use and the modern name, and how sacred red stones were classified before modern gemology.
Green Sapphire, Colonial Labels, and the Troubl...
How colonial collecting and later mineralogical reclassification turned green corundum into green sapphire, and what museum catalogs reveal about naming, power, and material culture.
Green Sapphire, Colonial Labels, and the Troubl...
How colonial collecting and later mineralogical reclassification turned green corundum into green sapphire, and what museum catalogs reveal about naming, power, and material culture.