All about the MonthsHarper & Row, 1966 - 222 oldal Stories and legends about the months of the year, including those about symbolic flowers and precious stones, as evolved by man over the centuries. |
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18. oldal
... Sometimes these stones were crushed and used in poultices to stimulate the heart . According to an ancient legend in the Talmud , the only light Noah had in his famous Ark came from an enormous red garnet . Pliny , the well - known ...
... Sometimes these stones were crushed and used in poultices to stimulate the heart . According to an ancient legend in the Talmud , the only light Noah had in his famous Ark came from an enormous red garnet . Pliny , the well - known ...
22. oldal
... sometimes called " sops - in - wine , " as they were added to wine , as well as to beer and ale for flavor . Spenser once wrote that young people went out to the woods and brought back • hawthorn buds and sweet eglantine And garlands of ...
... sometimes called " sops - in - wine , " as they were added to wine , as well as to beer and ale for flavor . Spenser once wrote that young people went out to the woods and brought back • hawthorn buds and sweet eglantine And garlands of ...
47. oldal
... sometimes called " St. Stephen's stone . " It is a closely compact opaque variety of quartz , with a background color of dark green , mottled with irregular spots and streaks of red . A semi - precious gem with a waxy lustre , it has ...
... sometimes called " St. Stephen's stone . " It is a closely compact opaque variety of quartz , with a background color of dark green , mottled with irregular spots and streaks of red . A semi - precious gem with a waxy lustre , it has ...
Tartalomjegyzék
ye Foreword | 9 |
ye Birthstones and Flowers of the Months | 11 |
JANUARY | 13 |
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alexandrite American amethyst ancient April aster beautiful believed birthstone blooms blossoms blue British Isles calendar California called carats celebrated centuries Christmas chrysanthemum color crown cultivated daffodil daisy December declared diamond early EDMUND SPENSER emeralds England English Europe famous favorite February festival flowers fragrance France gardens garnets gems gladiolus gold Greek green grow grown hawthorn Helen Hunt Jackson holiday holly honeysuckle honor hybrid inches India January jewelry jewels John John Clare Julian calendar July June King known leaves legend Leigh Hunt London March marigold month narcissus native noted Numa Pompilius October once opal pearls petals pink plant poet poppies popular primrose purple Queen ring Romans rose ruby sapphire season seeds September shades sometimes South species spring stone sweet peas Today topaz turquoise United varied varieties violets water lily weather wild William William Hone wore writer wrote yellow York zircon
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Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic Scott Cunningham Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2002 |