[845]. Theoph. de Lapid. § 25.

[846]. Id. § 27, seq.

[847]. Anselm. Boet. Gem. et Lapid. Hist. l. ii. c. 258, p. 477.

[848]. Winkelm. ii. 110.

[849]. Theoph. de Lapid. § 30. Poll. iii. 87. Luc. Dial. Meret. ix. § 2. Cf. de Syr. Dea, § 32. Precious stones of various kinds were employed to represent the eyes in statues, when the white was imitated by thin silver plates. Winkelm. Hist. de l’Art. t. ii. p. 94.

[850]. Theoph. de Lapid. § 32.

[851]. Σμύρις λίθος ἐστιν, ᾗ τὰς ψήφους οἱ δακτυλιογλύφοι σμήχουσι. Dioscor. v. 166.

[852]. Plin. Nat. Hist. xxxvii. 15, with the authors cited by Hardouin.

[853]. Winkelm. Hist. de l’Art. t. ii. p. 108.

[854]. Plut. Alexand. § 1. Timol. § 31. Herod. iii. 41.