=Gem of Normandy=, Emma, daughter of Richard “the Fearless,” duke of Normandy. She first married Ethelred II. of England, and then Canute, but survived both, and died in 1052. =Gems emblems of the Twelve Apostles.= ANDREW, the bright blue _sapphire_, emblematic of his heavenly faith. BARTHOLOMEW, the red _carnelian_, emblematic of his martyrdom. JAMES, the white _chalcedony_, emblematic of his purity. JAMES THE LESS, the _topaz_, emblematic of delicacy. JOHN, the _emerald_, emblematic of his youth and gentleness. MATTHEW, the _amethyst_, emblematic of sobriety. Matthew was once a “publican,” but was “sobered” by the leaven of Christianity. MATTHIAS, the _chrysolite_, pure as sunshine. PETER, the _jasper_, hard and solid as the rock of the Church. PHILIP, the friendly _sardonyx_. SIMEON of Cana, the pink _hyacinth_, emblematic of sweet temper. THADDEUS, the _chrysoprase_, emblematic of serenity and trustfulness. THOMAS, the _beryl_, indefinite in lustre, emblematic of his doubting faith. =Gems symbolic of the Months.= _January_, the jacinth or hyacinth, symbolizing constancy and fidelity. _February_, the amethyst, symbolizing peace of mind and sobriety. _March_, the blood-stone or jasper, symbolizing courage and success in dangerous enterprise. _April_, the sapphire and diamond, symbolizing repentance and innocence. _May_, the emerald, symbolizing success in love. _June_, the agate, symbolizing long life and health. _July_, the carnelian, symbolizing cure of evils resulting from forgetfulness. _August_, the sardonyx or onyx, symbolizing conjugal felicity. _September_, the chrysolite, symbolizing preservation from folly, or its cure. _October_, the aqua-marine, opal, or beryl, symbolizing hope. _November_, the topaz, symbolizing fidelity and friendship. _December_, the turquoise or ruby, symbolizing brilliant success. ⁂ Some doubt exists between May and June, July and August. Thus some give the _agate_ to May, and the _emerald_ to June; the _carnelian_ to August, and the _onyx_ to July. =Gem´ini= (“_the twins_”). Castor and Pollux are the two principal stars of this constellation; the former has a bluish tinge, and the latter a damask red. As heaven’s high twins, whereof in Tyrian blue The one revolveth; through his course immense Might love his fellow of the damask hue. Jean Ingelow, _Honours_, i. _Gemini._ Mrs. Browning makes Eve view in the constellation _Gemini_ a symbol of the increase of the human race, and she loved to gaze on it.—E. B. Browning, _A Drama of Exile_ (1850). =Geneu´ra.= (See GINEURA). ⁂ Queen Guinever or Guenever is sometimes called “Geneura,” or “Genevra.” =Gene´va Bull= (_The_), Stephen Marshall, a Calvinistic preacher.