Things: A Volume of Objects Devised by Man's Genius which are the Measure of His CivilizationGeoffrey Grigson, Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith Hawthorn Books, 1957 - 466 Seiten |
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... gold orrice lace of my hands breadth , and round the bottom three such orrices and gold fring all round it and gold tassells , so 39 was the cornish [ cornice ] ; the inside was the same ; at the head - piece was like curtains fringed ...
... gold orrice lace of my hands breadth , and round the bottom three such orrices and gold fring all round it and gold tassells , so 39 was the cornish [ cornice ] ; the inside was the same ; at the head - piece was like curtains fringed ...
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... gold , and then but only after considerable advances in dental technology - to the gold crown cast from a wax mould . - The French chemist Duchâteau conceived the idea of making artificial teeth from porcelain ( see Chinaware ) re ...
... gold , and then but only after considerable advances in dental technology - to the gold crown cast from a wax mould . - The French chemist Duchâteau conceived the idea of making artificial teeth from porcelain ( see Chinaware ) re ...
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... gold bullion ( but not for their coinage ) they adopted the Aegina - Beqa standard of weight ; and built up a new system based on the quarter of the Aegina stater , i.e. 48 grains , which became the Arabic gold dirhem , subdivided in 16 ...
... gold bullion ( but not for their coinage ) they adopted the Aegina - Beqa standard of weight ; and built up a new system based on the quarter of the Aegina stater , i.e. 48 grains , which became the Arabic gold dirhem , subdivided in 16 ...
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GROTTO at Painshill Park Surrey SirènChina | 186 |
Kircher Ars magna lucis | 294 |
Mavungu Pitt Rivers Museum | 399 |
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