The Curious Lore of Precious Stones: Being a description of their sentiments and folk lore, superstitions, symbolism, mysticism, use in medicine, protection, prevention, religion, and divination. Crystal gazing, birth-stones, lucky stones and talismans, astral, zodiacal, and planetaryKunz, George Frederick
Religion
The Curious Lore of Precious Stones: Being a description of their sentiments and folk lore, superstitions, symbolism, mysticism, use in medicine, protection, prevention, religion, and divination. Crystal gazing, birth-stones, lucky stones and talismans, astral, zodiacal, and planetary
Kunz, George Frederick
Gems; Gems -- Folklore
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.
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