INDEX.

Abraxas or Gnostics, [58-62], [102]
Talismans, [58], [102]
Agalmatolite, [123]
Amethyst, [123]
Amulets, [112]
Animals and Birds, [112-115]
Ant, the, as a talisman, the most minute, [113]
Antique Pastes, [116-120]
Apollo, [66]
Aringa, the, a fish of the Adriatic Sea, [113]
Ashurna Sirbal, King of Assyria, palace of, [22]
Asshur (Assyrian), Supreme God, [32]
Assyrian Records, [39]
Astarte, [66]
Aztec or Mexican, [127-128]
Bacchus and Ariadne, [89-90]
Basilidians, [62]
Beltis Mylitta (Assyrian), the Great Mother, [32]
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, [72]
Bôdhi-tree at Gaya, [124]
British Museum, London, [72], [119]
Buddha, [124]
Byzantine, [68-75]
Period, [11]
Cameos, [55], [68], [72], [87], [89], [90], [94], [104], [112], [116], [119], [127]
Historical, [55], [104]
Religious, [11]
Catharine II., Empress of Russia, [87], [94]
Charles V., Emperor, [86]
Chinese, Burmese, and Siamese, [123-124]
Figure-stone, [124]
Christ, Century of, [11]
Heads of, [75]
Cleopatra, beautiful Turquoise Cameo, [108]
Commodus, [90]
Constantine, Emperor, [68], [71], [94], [104]
Baptism of, [72]
Conversion of, [72]
Coriolanus, interesting Historic Cameo, [104]
Crispus, Son of Constantine, [97]
Cylinders, Babylonian, [14], [25]
Brazil, [32]
Chaldean, over 4000 years old, [25]
Found in ruins of Um Kir, [35]
Nineveh, [32]
Oldest form of Seals, [25]
Persian, [12]
South American Indians, [32]
Cypselus, box of, [48]
Decebalus, plot of, [111]
De Witte, Baron J., [93]
Dioscorides, [87]
Dolphin, a, the Mariner’s Friend, [113]
Duaoumautew, [19]
Duke of Devonshire, [88]
of Marlborough, [88]
of Orleans, [87]
Early Christians, [65-67]
Gems of, [65]
Egypt, [16-21]
Temples of, [12]
Egyptians, [39]
Records, [39]
Emperor Caracalla, [13]
Constantine, [13], [68], [71], [72], [94], [104]
Tiberius, [13]
England, [86]
Engraved Gems for Ornamentation, [85]
Quality of Execution, [11], [13]
Pietradura, [65], [119]
Etruscans—Etruria, the, [36-40]
Country of Ancient, [36]
Inscriptions, [39]
Tombs of, [36]
Farnese Family, [84]
Fausta, Wife of Constantine, [68], [97]
Faustina, [13]
Feuardent, M., Paris, [93]
Frog, the, [114]
Gazette Archæologique, Paris, [93]
Gem-cutting, earliest mention of, [98]
George III., King of England, [87]
Giovanni Pickler, works of, [87]
Glyptology, [14]
Græco-Roman, [52], [56], [90]
Greece, [44-52]
Helena, Mother of Constantine, [68], [97]
Hilprecht, Prof. H. V., [22]
Historic Cameos, [55], [104-111]
Holy Family, token Cameos and Intaglios of, [68]
Horatius defending the Bridge, [108]
Imperial Collection, St. Petersburg, [72]
Incas, Breast Ornaments, [127]
Incisori, [51], [66], [71], [72], [102]
Intaglios, [32], [44], [48], [52], [55], [68], [72], [77], [87], [100], [112], [116], [119]
Jade, Chinese, [123]
Jewish Prisoners, [111]
Josephine, Empress of France, [87]
Jupiter Ægiochus, [90], [91]
the Eagle of, Amulet, [113]
King, Prof. C. W., [94]
Lenormant, Francois, [26], [93]
Longperier, M. Adrien, [93]
Mamæa, Julia, Mother of Alexander Severus, [119]
Marchand, works of, [87]
Marcius, Original Name of Coriolanus, [104]
Marcus Aurelius, [90], [107]
Mediæval, [76-79]
Medici Family, [80], [84]
Lorenzo de, [84]
Mercury, [66]
Message-bearing Stones, [88]
Middle Ages (Night of Art), [76]
Minerva, [114]
Minos, King of Crete, [89]
Minotaur, at Crete, [90]
Monks, work of, [77]
Museum, British, [72], [119]
of the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, [94]
of the Louvre, Paris, [93]
University of Pennsylvania, [16], [22], [89]
Mycenæ, [51]
Mythological, [121-122]
Nacre, [123]
Natter, works of, [87]
Naxos (Dia), Island of, [89], [90]
Nephrite, [128]
Night of Art, [12], [76], [79]
Northwick Collection, England, [93]
Osiris, Colossal Stone Figure, [16]
Owl, the, [114]
Parrot, the, Attendant on Bacchus, [113]
Parsees, [101]
Peacock, the, Favorite of Juno, [113]
Persia, [102]
and Babylon, [22-35]
Phœnicia, [43-47]
Cylinders, [43]
Scarabeus, [43]
Pistrucci, works of, [87]
Pizarro, [127]
Pope Leo X., [84]
Paul III., [84]
Portland, Duchess of, [119]
Vase, [119]
Prescott, [127]
Prince Frederick of Prussia, [87]
Publius Lentullus, [66]
Rameses, Colossal Stone Figure, [16]
Raven, the, Friend of Apollo, [113]
Rawlinson, Sir Henry, [35]
Religious Stone Literature, [99]
Tokens, [61], [65], [100]
Renaissance, [80-85]
Cradle of the, [84]
Oratorio of the, [83]
Retrospective, [129], [130]
Roman, [55-57]
Empire in Byzantia, [94]
Gem Engraving, [55]
Royal Collection, Vienna, [72]
Salle des Pierres Gravées, Paris, [93]
Santarelli, works of, [87]
Sapor I., King of Sassanians, [22], [25]
Sardinia, originally Sandaleotis, [44]
Sassanians, [75]
Scarabeus, Egyptian, [20]
Etruscan, [36]
Funereal, [16], [19], [20], [21]
Phœnician, [44], [47]
Scorpion, a, [113]
Scriptural Cameos, [72]
Seals, Assyrian, [26], [31], [32]
Persian, [12], [31]
Phœnician, [44]
Religious, [100]
Sassanian, [31]
Serapis, [66]
Severus, Alexander, Emperor, [119]
Signets of Kings, [25]
Silenus and Bacchus, [78]
Sirletti, works of, [87]
Stone Fetiches, [58]
Storks, [114]
Succeeding Declines and Revivals, [86-88]
Talismans, Abraxas, [58], [62]
Tesseræ, [65]
Tharros, [47]
Theseus, [89]
Thotmes, Colossal Stone Figure, [16]
Titus Vespasianus, [104], [111]
Trajan, [104], [108]
Triumph of Constantine, [94-97]
Um-Kir, Ruins of, [35]
Unique Gems, [72]
Work of the Aztecs, [127]
Venus, [66]
Veturia, Mother of Coriolanus, [104]
Volscians, [104]
Volumnia, Wife of Coriolanus, [104]
Zulian Cameo, [93]