Joseph, 288, 289, 295
Josephus, Flavius, 277, 278, 283, 285, 290, 291, 292, 294, 295, 296,
297, 301, 307, 309, 310
Juba, 66
Judah, 289, 293
Junot, Marshal, and the emerald, 262
Jupiter, god, 341
planet, 32, 33, 243, 336, 348, 353, 354, 355, 372
Justinian, 283
K
Kaldoun, Ibn, 181
Kalpa Sutra, 238
Kazwini, Al, 74
Khusrau II, 284
King, Rev. C. W., 283, 342
Knopf, 253
Konrad of Megenberg, 17, 45, 141
Koran, 111, 275
Fourth Heaven of carbuncle in the, 61, 349
Korea, national emblem of, 265
Krishna, 241
Kunzite, 171, 323
L
Labradorite, 360
Labrets, 252-254
Lane, E. W., experiments in crystal gazing, 205
Lang, Andrew, 180, 181, 210
Lapidaries, gods of, in ancient Mexico, 255
Lapidario, of Alfonso X, 63, 348, 376
of Marbodus (in French), 15
of Philippe de Valois, 102
of Sir John Mandeville, 71, 72, 103, 109
_Lapis Armenus_, 388
_Lapis crucifer_ (staurolite), 271
Lapis-lazuli, 36, 37, 38, 92, 93, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 245, 294,
319, 336
gem of Venus, 348
image of Ma (Truth) of, 119, 122, 229, 293
therapeutic effect of, 370, 388
_Lapis nephriticus_ (nephrite), 264
Laufer, Dr. Berthold, vii
Leczinska, Marie, 320
_Leishmania tropica_, 149
Lenormant, François, 233
Leo, zodiacal sign, 29, 341, 346, 354
Leonardo, Camillo, 18, 51, 58, 132
Leopold I of Germany, 221
Lepidolite, 48
_Leshem_, stone of breastplate, 295, 296
Levi, 288, 289, 292
Leyden papyrus, praise of bloodstone in, 61
Libra, zodiacal sign, 212, 346, 354, 355
Life in precious stones, 5
Ligure, in breastplate, 276, 295, 319
“Lithica,” poem on gems, 51, 90, 94, 163, 178
Litteromancy, 16
Llewellyn, King of Wales, 44
Loadstone, 10, 81, 93-97, 134
court decision in regard to, 96
statue of Arsinoë to be held suspended by, 93
statue of Venus of, 94
symbolical names for, 95
used as charm by Alexander the Great, 96
where first found, 93
Lodge, Sir Oliver, 214, 215
Lorenzo del Escorial, San, monastery of, gems in, 263
Lorraine, northern, jet from, 92
Loreto, Santa Casa di, 174, 262, 267
Los Cerrillos, N. M., turquoise from, 111, 112
Louis XIV, 221
Luca ben Costa, 291
Lucian, 177, 237
“Lucky stones” (gypsum), from Niagara Falls, 80
Luminous stones, 101, 174
in Abraham’s city, 161, 276
of Astarte, 163
of Egmund Abbey, 164
of Emperor Manuel’s throne, 166
of Henri II of France, 166
of King of Siam, 62
of Noah in the Ark, 161, 276
of St. Elizabeth’s shrine, 165
tale of, by Ælian, 161, 162
“Lunar-stone,” 168
Luther, Martin, 294
tale of amulet vender by, 45, 46
_Lychnus_ or _lychnitis_ (a spinel?), 162, 163, 357
Lydian stone, 163
_Lyncurius_, 56, 295
M
Macon, Ga., court decision about loadstone, 96
Maeterlinck, Mme., 76
_Magatama_ amulets of Japanese, 265
Magical influences of stones, 3, 5, 6, 7, 42
Magnes, reputed discoverer of loadstone, 93
Magnet Cove, Ark., loadstone from, 96
_Maharatnani_, five chief gems of the _naoratna_, 242
Malachite, 8, 37, 299
as a child’s amulet, 97
to protect from Evil Eye, 137
to protect from falls, 97
mines of, 97
Manassah, 288, 289
Mandeville, Sir John, 71, 72, 103, 109
Manuel, Emperor, throne of, 166
Marbodus, 15, 51, 59, 70, 104, 164, 377
Marguerite de Valois, 5
Mars, the god, 81, 94, 140, 341
planet, 187, 243, 338, 348, 352, 353, 354, 355
Martial, St., jeweled gloves of, 257
Matrix-emerald, 226, 227
Medusa, head of, on talisman, 124
Meleager, 56
Mendès, Mme. Catulle, 26
Mentzel, Christian, 168
Mercury, the god, 257, 341
planet, 123, 242, 348, 352, 353, 354, 355
typical of green, 31
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 86, 130, 342
Meyer, Dr. A. B., viii
Meyers, J. L., 292, 299
“Mexican onyx,” 251
Meyer, Prof. A. B., 250
Michael, St., 257
Microcline, 50
Mithridates the Great, 80
Mizauld, Antoine, 98, 166
Mohammed’s carnelian seal-ring, 64
Moldavite, 360
Monardes, 390
Montfaucon, Bernard de, 220
Month, Hindu list of gems of the, 331
natal stones of the, 326-333
Moonstone, 8, 320, 334
as gift for lovers, 98
in India, 97
waxing and waning with moon, 98
Morales, 343
Morgan, J. Pierpont, vi, 254
Morgan Collection, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., vi, 66
Morgan-Tiffany Collection, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 106, 233
Morganite, gem of Madagascar, 364
Moryson, Fynes, Gent., 174
Moser, Consul General, vii
Moses, 278, 280, 286
Moss-agate, 48
Müller, Max, 269
Multan, India, idol of temple at, 240
Musée d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, vi
Mother-of-pearl, therapeutic use of, 239
Mycenæ, amber at, 57
gems from, 204
_Myrmecites_, 34
N
Naharari, on gems, 386
Names, initials of, figured by precious stones, 47-50
_Naoratna_, nine-gem jewel, 231, 241, 242-245
names of, in various tongues, 244
occult use of gems in, 244
Naphtali, 298
Napoleon’s carnelian seal, 64
Napoleon I, 64, 260, 309
Napoleon III, 64, 142
Natal stones, vi, 1, 307-337
list of, from various sources, 315
proposed new listing of, 317-321
selected from precious stones produced in the United States, 323
National Museum, Washington, vi
Natrolite, 50
Navajos, rain-making gods of the, adorned with coral and turquoise, 246
Neandross, Sigurd, Maori warrior by, 254
Nebo, god, image on cylinder, 123
Necklace, Egyptian, 36-38
of Vesta, 235
Nephrite, see _jade_
_Nephritfrage_, viii, 249
Neptune, god, 341
New Jerusalem, 236, 275, 302-306
foundation stones of, 307, 310-314, 316, 317
New South Wales, black opal of, 152
New Zealand jade, 87-90
Nicander, 93
Nicias, 56
Nicols, Thomas, 7, 142
Ninib, god, image on seal, 35
Noah, luminous stones of, in the Ark, 161, 276
Nodes, ascending and descending, 243
Nonius, opal of, 144-146
_Nophek_, stone of breastplate, 292
Nordenskjöld, Baron Nils Adolf Erik, 54
Novaculite, from Arkansas, 364
Nuttall, Mrs. Zelia, 86
O
Oberstein, Germany, gem-cutting at, 54, 218, 219
Obsidian, mirror of Dr. Dee, 196
Mexican mirrors of, 204
_Oculus Beli_, 107
_Oculus mundi_, 107
_Odem_, stone of breastplate, 290, 291
Ominous gems, 143-161
Oneirocritica (dream-books), 356
Onyx, 233, 265, 336
gem of Leo, 346
ill-effects neutralized by sard, 107
in breastplate, 276
“Mexican onyx,” 251
of St. Elizabeth’s tomb, 267
ominous quality of, 159
provoked discord, 98
“Tecalco onyx,” 252
Opal, 143-152
black, of New South Wales, 152
Cardanus, 151
fear of the, 21
Hungarian, 145, 146, 148
imitation of, 145
in Scott’s “Anne of Geierstein,” 143
in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, 150
natural, figuring serpent, 27
October’s gem, 144
of Nonius, 144-146
_patronus furum_, or patron of thieves, 148
Pliny’s praise of, 145
_Ophiokiolus_, 39
_Ophthalmius_-stone (opal?), 7, 146, 148
_Opsianus_, 39
_Orphanus_-stone (opal?), 146-148
Orthoclase, 50
Otho I of Germany, emerald of, 260
Overbury, Sir Thomas, 155, 156
P
_Panchratna_, five-gem jewel, 241
Paracelsus, Philippus Aureolus, 6, 154, 184, 185
Patrick, St., 179
Pausanius, 177
“Peacock stones,” 137
Pearls, 69, 230, 234, 236, 237, 238, 240, 241, 242, 244, 303, 306,
320, 336
breeding, 41
gem of the moon, 348, 349
of Venus, 348
therapeutic effect of, 372
Pellegrinus, Fulvius, 31
Pepper, George H., 92, 112, 113
Pericles, 373
Peridot, see _chrysolite_
Perugia, collection of jade artefacts at, 264
Peter, St., 303, 308
tooth-relic of, set with gems, 256
Petrie, W. M. Flinders, 291, 292
Phaëthon, 55
“Pharaoh’s eggs,” 80
Phenacite, from Colorado, 365
Phenomenal gems, 8, 333, 334
Philip II, of Spain, 263
Philippe Egalité, Duke of Orleans, sapphire of, 106
Philostratus, 244
Phosphorescence, 169-174
“Piers the Plowman,” curative gems in, 386
Pisces, zodiacal sign, 345
_Piṭdah_, stone of breastplate, 291
Planetary gems, 244, 338-363
controls of, in Lapidario of Alfonso X, 348
of various planets, 348-351
Planets figured on engraved gems, 355, 356
Plasma, green, 252
Plato, 93
Pleiades, 343
Pliny, 13, 66, 67, 80, 92, 100, 108, 128, 143, 162, 167, 290, 291,
293, 296, 367, 380
Plutarch, 30, 373
Porphyry, 38
Porta, Giovanni Battista, 335
Portland, Oregon, Exposition, vi
Poujet fils, 316
“Prase” of Alexander, 68
Precious stones, as adornment of goddess Sri, 239
as eyes of idols, 167, 240
as offerings to Hindu gods, 240, 241
as symbols of the Apostles, 311-314
as symbols of various countries, 363, 364
collected by birds, 21
by seals, 22
consecration of, 45
disease in, 5
for hours of the day, 337
for natal months, 326-331
for week days, 332-335
for wedding anniversaries, 337
individuality of, 26
in high-priest’s breastplate, 235-306
life in, 5
magical virtue of, 5-8, 44, 45
meaning of, seen in dreams, 356-358
names of, used as adjectives, 12, 13
used by Shelley, 13
used in typography, 12
of Mohammedan heavens, 349
perfume of, 376
principal, found in various States of the Union, 364-366
religious use of, 235-274
sex of, 40, 41, 42
symbolizing initials of names 47-50
therapeutic effect of, 367-391
to express acrostics, 359
worn by Chinese mandarins to designate rank, 256
Prehnite, 365
Preston, Richard, curative sapphire of, 387, 388
Price, Prof. Ira Maurice, 233
Procopius, 283
Psellus, 381
Ptolemy II, Philadelphus, 67, 93
Pueblo Bonito, relics from, 81, 92, 112, 113
Pueblo Indians, 81, 92, 112
_Punamu_, New Zealand jade, 87-90, 254
Puranas, 236, 241
Pyrites, Aztec mirrors of, 99
“fools’ gold,” 99
Pyrope, 34
Q
Quartz, 122, 145, 298
cat’s-eye, 334
“Questions of King Melinda,” extract from, 235
R
Rabanus Maurus, 305, 314
Rabelais, 349
Radium, 381
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 383
Raziel, Book of, 132
Read, Sir Charles Hercules, vii
Red, Christian symbolism of, 273
gems in dreams, 357
in occult ritual, 336
significance of, 30
stones, therapeutic effect of, 370
worn in Siam for Sunday, 335
Sea, chrysolites from island in, 66
Reinach, Dr. Salomon, vii
Rémusat, Abel, 300
Reuben, 289, 291
Revelation, book of, 236, 275, 295, 302, 303, 304, 307, 310, 311, 318
Rhodolite, from North Carolina, 365
Rhodonite, gem of Russia, 364
Ridgeley, Prof. W., 203
Rig Veda, of seven ratnas, 243
Ring of _elmêshu_-stone, 231
engagement, combining all favorable influences, 362
Gyges, 7
St. Elizabeth, 165
St. Valentine, 257
Rings set with scarabs, 119
seven, of Apollonius of Tyana, 244
with initials, 359
Rock-crystal, 10, 122, 133, 217, 236, 244, 265, 292, 336
as religious symbol, 100
Aztec skull of, 100, 101
gem of Aries, 347
of the moon, 348
god Maya’s tank of, 237
humorous tale of, 101
temples of, in China, 101
used as fetich by Cherokees, 254
“Roman de la Rose,” magic stones in, 43
Rosicrucians, 269
Rostand, Edmond, 138
Rubellite, 360
Ruby, 10, 26, 33, 40, 101-103, 124, 133, 234, 236, 238, 240, 241,
242, 243, 244, 280, 292, 343, 372, 375, 381
as natal stone, 308, 316, 319, 320, 335
curative effects of, 28
embedded in flesh by Burmese, 103
gem of Capricorn, 347
of Mars, 348, 349
of Summer, 323, 324
of Taurus, 343, 347
in dreams, 357
lost and regained brilliancy, 159
luminosity of, 101, 102
luminous, of King of Ceylon, 165, 166
of Pegu, 165
of St. Elizabeth, 165
names of Hindu castes given to, 102
ominous, of Gabelchover, 158
therapeutic effect of, 370
Rudolph II of Germany, 5, 189, 343
Rumphius, Georg Eberhard, 62
Ruskin, John, on crystals, 46
Rutile, 50
S
“Sacro Bambino” of Rome, 260, 261
“Sacro Catino” of Genoa, 258, 259
Sagittarius, zodiacal sign, 342, 347, 354
Sahagun, Bernardino de, 247, 251, 390
Sailors’ amulets, 38
Salisbury, John of, 183
Sapphire, 31, 32, 40, 102, 104-107, 124, 133, 236, 241, 242, 243, 244,
245, 280, 293, 296, 303, 305, 313, 320, 336, 375
as antidote for poisons, 104, 105
as symbol of St. Paul, 312
called “Le Saphire Merveilleux,” 105
gem of Autumn, 323, 325
of Jupiter, 348
of Saturn, 349
of Taurus, 346
of Venus, 348
great star-sapphire of Morgan-Tiffany collection, 107
in breastplate, 276
in ecclesiastical rings, 104, 371
named from Hindu castes, 344
pavement of God’s throne, 275
procures favor of Saturn, 344
Sanskrit names of, 344
star-sapphire of Sir Richard Burton, 106
tables of the Law of, 104
therapeutic effect of, 370, 386-389
_Sappir_, stone of breastplate, 293
Sard, 107, 305
as symbol of St. Philip, 312
a foundation stone, 303
in breastplate, 276, 290
Sardonyx, 290, 292, 303, 305, 313, 319, 320
as symbol of St. James, 312
Saturn, planet, 32, 243, 330, 344, 348, 352, 353, 354, 355
Saxo, Arnoldus, 59
_Scarabæus sacer_, 115, 116
Scaraboid seal, 122
Scarabs, Egyptian, 115-119, 132, 140, 227, 228, 229
Schliemann, Heinrich, 57
Scorpio, zodiacal sign, 340, 342, 347, 352, 355
Scott, Sir Walter, 143, 183
Seals, Babylonian, 121-123
Cretan, 123
one of Napoleon, 64, 142
Seasonal gems, 323, 324
“Seeress of Prevorst,” 9
Selenite, 336, 349
Sendal, Nathaniel, 57, 58
Sentiment, 8, 9
for each day of week, 332-335
for each month in connection with natal gems, 326-331
Septuagint, 290, 291, 297, 298, 301
Serapis, image of, in talisman, 124
“Serpent Isle,” 66
Serpentine, 108, 121, 122, 229, 252, 291, 298
Sex in gems, 40, 41, 42, 72
Shakespeare in “Twelfth Night” of opal, 150
Shamash, Assyrian sun-god, 233
_Shamir_ (emery), 278, 294
Sheard, Virna, 12
_Shebo_, stone of breastplate, 296
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 13
Siam, King of, luminous carbuncles of, 62
Siegstein, or “Victory Stone,” 106
Signorelli, Luca, 390
Simeon, 289, 291
Sin, Assyrian moon-god, 92
Sindbad the Sailor and diamonds, 75
“Sleeping-stone,” 163, 164
_Smaragdus_ (emerald), 291
Sodalite, gem of Canada, 363
Solomon, King, precious stones of, 78
Sophia, St., in Constantinople, 266, 283
Sophocles, 56
Soudan, agate amulets in the, 54
Sources, literary, 13-18
Spartianus, 178
_Specularii_, 183, 184
“Speculum lapidum” of Camillo Leonardo, 18
Spener, John Jacob, 159
Spessartite, from Virginia, 366
Sphalerite, 171
Spinel, 10, 102
therapeutic effect of, 370
Spodumene, 48
Star-ruby, 334
Star-sapphire, 8, 106, 107
in sword-hilt of King of Greece, 334
Staurolite Fairy Stones, plate
Staurolite, religious symbolism of, 271
Steatite, 265
Stone Age, amber in deposits of, 55
idols of, 23
“Stone of Destiny,” 107
“Stone of Forgetfulness,” 35
“Stone of Hate,” 35
“Stone of Love,” 35
“Stone of Memory,” 35
“Stones of Power” in Scottish regalia, 183
Stones with natural images, 266-269
_Storchstein_, 162
Suetonius, 341
Sumerian magic formula, 35
Sunstone, 366
Superstition, v, 1-5, 8, 9
Swastika emblem, 135, 265
Sylvester, St., stone, 258
Sympathy and antipathy, doctrine of, 24
T
Tabari, 286
Tagore, Rajah Sir Sourindro Mohun, viii
Takowaya, Russia, alexandrite found in the, 54
Talismanic gems, 1, 42, 52, 124, 322
girdle of Catharine de’ Medici set with, 317
of the hours, 337
of the months, 326-331
of the week, 332, 333
Talismans, etymology of word, 23
from New Caledonia, 23
of jade favored by Mohammedans, 246
see _amulet_, and separate stones
temple gifts as, 241
Talmud, 71, 73, 275, 306, 377
Tamerlane, ruthlessness of, 32
_Tarshish_, stone of breastplate, 297, 298
Taurus, zodiacal sign, 341, 342, 343, 346, 353, 354
Tavernier, Jean Baptiste, 260
Taw Sien Ko, vii
“Tecalco onyx,” 252
Teifashi, Ahmed, 75, 104, 158, 381
Tempe, Arizona, turquoise in ruins of Los Muertos near, 112
Tetragrammaton, 182
Thayngen, Switzerland, jet of, 91
Theophrastus, 290, 293, 299, 370
Thomas, N. W., 180
Thomsonite, 365
Thoth, 16
Thothmes II, talisman of, 120
Tiberius, 342
Tiffany, Charles L., 172
Tiffany & Co., 172
Tiffany Collection, 106, 219
Titus, 283, 289
Topaz, 40, 133, 238, 242, 243, 244, 245, 291, 297, 298, 303, 305,
313, 344
as symbol of St. Matthew, 312
gem of Sagittarius, 347
in breastplate, 276
therapeutic effect of, 372, 389
Topazos, island of, 67
Totten, Lieut., on Hebrew tribes, 288
Tourmaline, 320, 321
gem of New England, 364
Trees bearing precious stones, 232
Kalpa tree, 238
Trevisa, John of, 105
Triboluminescence, 173
Tritheim, Abbot, 181
Trocadéro, Paris, 99
Tullia, daughter of Cicero, emerald of, 31
Turquoise, 6, 37, 64, 108-114, 336, 345, 375
Apache name for, 113
as natal stone, 308, 320
De Boot’s tale of a, 109, 110
fading of, indicating illness, 24, 26, 114
from Los Cerillos, N. M., 111
from Pueblo Bonito, N. M., 112, 113
from Los Muertos, Arizona, 112
gem of Jupiter, 348
Persians’ praise of, 111
protecting from falls, 24, 26, 109, 110
strikes the hour, 111
talismanic virtues of, 114
usually worn by men in 17th century, 111
with Aztecs, 247
with Navajos, 246
Tyszkiewicz Collection, 234
U
Umiña, emerald goddess of Peruvians, 247, 248
United States, principal gem-stones found in various States
of the, 364-366
_Uparatnani_, four minor gems of the _naoratna_, 243
Urim and Thummim, 231, 277, 282, 283, 287
Utahlite, 361
V
Vajra, “the thunderbolt,” Sanskrit name of diamond, 239, 343
Valentine, St., ring of, 257
“Valley of Diamonds,” 74, 75
Varro, 22
Vasari, 390
Venus, goddess, emerald dedicated to, 28
planet, 243, 336, 344, 348, 352, 353, 354, 355
represented by blue, 31
Verrall, Mrs. A. W., 211
Vespasian, 283
Vesta, necklace of, taken by Serena, 235
Vesuvianite, 50
“Victory Stone,” 68
Violet, Christian symbolism of, 273
symbolism of, 32
Violet-blue, curative effects of, 33
Virgin Mary, 30, 130, 175, 261, 262, 266, 267, 268, 273
rich decorations of statue of, at Loreto, 262, 263
Virgen del Sagrario, Toledo, emerald of, 261, 262
Virgo, zodiacal sign, 341, 346
Vishnu, 236, 241
Voiture, his letter on curative use of jade, 383, 384
Volmar, “Steinbuch” of, 67, 109, 373
Vulgate, 290, 291, 292, 301
W
Wada, Dr. T., vii
Walker, T. B., 254
Walpole, Horace, 195
Ward, Dr. W. Hayes, vii
Wedding anniversaries, gems for, 337
Wenceslaus, St., supposed emerald in chapel of, 259
Whitby Abbey, 263
White, Christian symbolism of, 273
significance of, 30
worn in Siam, for Monday, 335
“White sapphire” (corundum), 72
Wiedemann, Dr. Alfred, 121
Willemite, 171
Wissler, Dr. Clark, vii
Witherite, 9, 10
Wood-opal, 50
World’s Columbian Exhibition, vi, 51
Wright, Thomas, 221
Würtemberg, jet deposits of, 91
Y
_Yahalom_, stone of breastplate, 294, 295
_Yarkastein_, 146
_Yashpeh_, stone of breastplate, 299
Yellow, Christian symbolism of, 273
curative effects of, 28
girdle worn by Chinese emperors, 245
in occult ritual, 336
significance of, 29
stones, therapeutic effect of, 370
Z
Zebulun, 289, 295
Zechariah, 294
Zenochlorite, 360
Zircon (hyacinth), 238
Zodiacal gems, 1, 124, 131, 310, 321, 322, 338-363
stones of the various signs, 345-347
Zodiacal signs associated with the Twelve Tribes, 314
names of, in Hebrew, 332
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Jean de la Taille de Bondaroy, “Le Blason de la Marguerite,” Paris,
1574.
[2] De Boot, “Gemmarum et lapidum historia,” lib. i, cap. 25, Lug.
Bat., 1636, pp. 87, 91.
[3] De Boot, “Gemmarum et lapidum historia,” lib. i, cap. 26, Lug.
Bat., 1636, p. 103.
[4] Mackey, “Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions,” London, n.
d., p. 144.
[5] Nicols, “Faithful Lapidary,” London, 1659, pp. 32, 33.
[6] Görres, “Die christliche Mystik,” Regensburg, 1840, vol. iii, pp.
190 sqq.
[7] Virna Sheard, “The Jewelled Princess,” in Canadian Magazine.
[8] De Mély, “Les lapidaires de l’antiquité et du moyen-âge,” vol. ii,
“Les lapidaires grecs,” Paris, 1898, pp. 1-50.
[9] Lucas, “The Swallowing Stones by Seals,” Science, N. S., vol. xx,
No. 512, pp. 537, 538; Report of Fur Seal Investigation, vol. iii, p.
68.
[10] Hoernes, “Urgeschichte der bildenden Kunst,” Wien, 1898, p. 108.
[11] Giglioli, “Materiale per lo studio della ‘Età della Pietra,’”
Archivio per l’Antropologia e l’Etnologia, vol. xxxi, p. 83, Firenze,
1901.
[12] Rose, “Handleiding tot de Kennis van diamanten,” etc., Amsterdam,
1891, p. 110.
[13] “Della storia naturale delle Gemme,” Napoli, 1730, Vol. I, pp.
131-137.
[14] Il., xxiv, 795, 796.
[15] Paper by Dr. Paul Ferez in the Revue de l’Hypnotisme, Paris, No.
10, April, 1906, p. 306.
[16] Erasmi, “Colloquia,” Lipsiæ, 1713, pp. 597-8. Suggested by Pliny,
lib. xxxvii, cap. 71-73.
[17] Morris Jastrow, “Die Religion Babyloniens und Assyriens,” vol. i,
Giessen, 1905, p. 374.
[18] Morris Jastrow, l. c., p. 462.
[19] Delitzsch, “Assyrisches Wörterbuch,” Leipzig, 1896, p. 604.
[20] “Aegyptische Goldschmiedearbeit,” ed. by Heinrich Schäffer,
Berlin, 1910, pp. 25-32; necklace figured on Pl. V, other objects on
Pls. V-VII.
[21] Ibid., p. 14, Pl. II, figs. 3a, 3b.
[22] See Reisner, “Catalogue générale des antiquités égyptiennes du
Musée du Caire: Amulets” Le Caire, 1907.
[23] Pitra, “Specilegium Solesmense,” Parisiis, 1855, vol. iii, p. 393.
[24] Kropatschek, “De amuletorum apud antiquos usu,” Gryphiæ, 1907, p.
24 (Paris papyrus, 2630).
[25] Surindro Mohun Tagore, “Mani Málá,” Pt. II, Calcutta, 1881, p. 943.
[26] Seler, “Codex Borgia: Eine altmexicanische Bilderschrift,” Berlin,
1904, vol. i, p. 16.
[27] Francisci Ruei, “De gemmis,” Tiguri, 1566, f. 4.
[28] “Histoire critique des pratiques superstitieuses; par un prêtre de
l’Oratoire,” Paris, 1702, p. 320.
[29] Blum, “Das altjüdische Zauberwesen,” Strassburg, 1898, p. 91.
[30] A projection serving to fasten down the belt.
[31] Compleat Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, ed. Skeat, Oxford, 1894, vol.
i, p. 139.
[32] Matthæi Paris, “Historia major,” London, 1684, p. 318.
[33] “Le Grand Lapidaire” of Jean de Mandeville, Vienna, 1862, pp.
126-128.
[34] Güdermann, “Das jüdische Unterrichtswesen,” Wien, 1873, p. 225.
[35] “Ethics of the Dust,” New York, 1886, p. 96.
[36] See also the writer’s pamphlet: “The Folk-Lore of Precious
Stones,” Chicago, 1894; a paper read before the Folk-Lore Congress held
at the World’s Columbian Exhibition, and describing the Kunz Collection
exhibited in the Anthropological Building there. This collection is now
in the Field Museum, Chicago.
[37] King’s version in his “Natural History of Precious Stones,”
London, 1865, p. 392.
[38] Marbodei, “De lapidibus,” Friburgi, 1531, fol. 10.
[39] Camilli Leonardi, “Speculum lapidum,” Venetia, 1502, fol. 22.
[40] Albertus Magnus, “Le Grand Albert des secretz des vertus des
Herbes, Pierres et Bestes. Et aultre livre des Merveilles du Monde,
d’aulcuns effetz causez daulcunes bestes,” Turin, Bernard du mont du
Chat (c. 1515). Liv. ii, fol. 8 recto.
[41] Cardani, “De subtilitate,” Basileæ, 1560, p. 460.
[42] Cardani, “De gemmis,” Basileæ, 1585, p. 323.
[43] Valentini, “Museum museorum oder die vollständige Schau-Bühne,”
Franckfurt am Mayn, 1714, vol. ii, pt. 3, p. 34; figure of air-ship on
p. 35.
[44] Hoernes, “Urgeschichte der bildenden Kunst,” Vienna, 1898, p. 376.
Figured in S. Muller’s “Ordn. af Danm. Olds.,” i, Pl. XV, Figs. 252 sq.
[45] Ovidii, “Metamorphoses,” lib. ii, 11. 340 sqq. Some have proposed
to read Redanus instead of Eridanus and have seen in the former name
the designation of a stream flowing into the Vistula.
[46] Plinii, “Naturalis Historia,” lib. xxxvii, cap. 7.
[47] Bk. xviii, 11, 295-298, trans. of William Cullen Bryant.
[48] Du Chaillu, “The Viking Age,” New York, 1889, vol. ii, p. 314.
(Figs. 1210, 1211, 1212.)
[49] Sendelii, “Electrologiæ,” Elbingæ, 1725, Pt. I, p. 12, note.
[50] Camilli Leonardi, “Speculum lapidum,” Venetia, 1502, fol. 22.
[51] Johannis de Cuba, “Hortus Sanitatis,” [Strassburg, 1483]
tractatus de lapibus, cap. vii.
[52] Belleau, “Œuvres poétiques,” ed. Marty-Laveaux, Paris, 1878, vol.
ii, pp. 172 sqq. The poem in which this tale occurs is the “Amours
et nouveaux eschanges des pierres précieuses,” written in 1576 and
dedicated to Henri III.
[53] Rose, “Aristotles de lapidibus und Arnoldus Saxo,” in Zeitschr.
für D. Alt., New Series, vol. vi, p. 431.
[54] Konrad von Megenberg, “Buch der Natur,” ed. by Dr. Franz Pfeiffer,
Stuttgart, 1861, p. 436.
[55] Pitra, “Specilegium Solesmense,” Parisiis, 1855, vol. iii, p. 325.
[56] Kropatschek, “De amuletorum apud antiquos usu,” Gryphiæ, 1907, p.
16.
[57] Cardani, “Philosophi opera quædam lectu digna,” Basileæ, 1585, p.
323. “De gemmis.”
[58] Rumphius, “Amboinsche Rariteitkamer,” Amsterdam, 1741, p. 308.
[59] Goethe Westösterlicher Divan I, Segenspfänder.
[60] “Lapidario del Rey D. Alfonso X,” codice original, Madrid, 1881,
fol. 77, p. 49.
[61] Hendley, “Indian Jewellery,” London, 1909, p. 158.
[62] Arakel, “Livre d’histoire,” chap. liii; transl. in Brosset,
“Collection d’historiens arméniens,” St. Pétersburg, 1874, vol. i, pp.
544, 545.
[63] Josephi Gonelli, “Thesaurus philosophicus, seu de gemmis,”
Neapoli, 1702, p. 112.
[64] “Gemmarum et lapidum historia,” Lug. Bat., 1636, p. 230.