ANCIENT PERSIAN RELIC KNOWN AS THE “CUP OF CHOSROES” 154 BEZOARS OF EMPEROR RUDOLPH II, NOW IN THE HOFMUSEUM, VIENNA 216 FRONTISPIECE AND TITLE-PAGE OF FRANCESCO REDI’S “EXPERIMENTA NATURALIA,” AMSTERDAM 1675, AND TWO SPECIMEN PAGES OF THIS TREATISE 232 FORMS OF TABASHEER 233 SPECIMENS OF TABASHEER 235 ZODIAC MOHURS, COINED BY THE MOGUL SOVEREIGN SHAH JEHAN, ABOUT 1628 246 THE MEDIEVAL CONCEPTION OF THE COSMOS, THE SUCCESSIVE SPHERES OF THE PLANETS, INCLUDING THE SUN, AND BEYOND THESE THE CRYSTALLINE HEAVEN AND THE EMPYREAN 248 THE ANGEL RAPHAEL REFUSING THE GIFTS OFFERED BY TOBIT 250 SANTA BARBARA 258 BLOODSTONE MEDALLION, SHOWING THE SANTA CASA OF LORETO CARRIED BY ANGELS TO DALMATIA FROM GALILEE 267 CHINESE JADE AMULETS FOR THE DEAD 283 LA MADONNA DELLA SALUTE, BY OTTAVIANO NELLI 287 CEREMONY ANNUALLY OBSERVED IN THE MOGUL EMPIRE OF WEIGHING THE SOVEREIGN AGAINST PRECIOUS METALS, JEWELS AND OTHER VALUABLE OBJECTS, WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED AS GIFTS 301 THE SACRED WELL OF CHICHEN ITZÁ 307 CARVED AND WORKED STONES FROM THE SACRED WELL AT CHICHEN ITZÁ, YUCATAN, MEXICO 308 EYE-AGATES 315 TYPES OF EGYPTIAN SEALS AND SCARABS IN THE MURCH COLLECTION, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK 316 COLOSSAL SCARAB IN BLACK GRANITE, BRITISH MUSEUM 320 A MEDIEVAL SPELL 328 FROM A PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH 337 COMPLETE VIEW OF THE ANCIENT JADE GIRDLE-PENDANT (FROM KU YÜ T’U P’U) 341 TIBETAN WOMAN WITH COMPLETE JEWELRY 343 “THE LIGHT OF THE EAST” 345 INDIAN MEDICINE-MAN 354 HEI-TIKI AMULETS OF NEW ZEALAND 362 JEWELLED SWORD GIVEN BY THE GREEKS OF THE UNITED STATES, ON EASTER DAY, 1913, TO CROWN PRINCE CONSTANTINE, LATER KING CONSTANTINE XII OF GREECE. TOP OF SCABBARD, SHOWING DIDRACHM OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT 373 SIDE VIEW OF HILT 373 “THE LEGEND OF THE MOONSTONE,” AUTOGRAPHED FOR THIS WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF THE POEM, DR. EDWARD FORRESTER