
Classical Gems
Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Martin Henig(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 15. December 1994
Book
Hardback
568 pages
978-0-521-23901-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated catalogue of the magnificent collection of over a thousand engraved gems in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. It also provides a history of engraved gems from c. 1000 BC to the nineteenth century AD. Gems cut in intaglio were used mainly as signets for sealing documents, and were valued from remote antiquity for their artistry. The Fitzwilliam Museum contains work by the greatest of the Classical Greek engravers, Dexamenos, and by the master signet-cutter of the Augustan age, Dioskourides, who provided Augustus's own seal. The collection as a whole is very wide ranging, with a large holding of Sassanian gems and others from north-west India.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
982 Halftones, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 271 mm
Width: 403 mm
Thickness: 55 mm
Weight
3515 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-23901-1 (9780521239011)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Introduction; Part I. Greek and Roman: Part II. Medieval and Modern: Appendixes; Indexes.