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 ...
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ye Foreword | 9 |
ye Birthstones and Flowers of the Months | 11 |
JANUARY | 13 |
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Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic Scott Cunningham Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2002 |