[3141] “Aut” appeals to be a preferable reading to the “ut” of the Bamberg MS.
[3142] See B. xv. cc. 12, 13.
[3143] “Terebinthizusa.” Yellow jasper, Ajasson says.
[3144] See Chapter [18] of this Book.
[3145] “Seal-stone.” A kind of carnelian, probably.
[3146] “Publico gemmarum dominio iis tantum dato, quoniam optime signent.” The above is the sense given to the passage by Holland, Ajasson, and Littré; but another translation may also be suggested—“A stone to which alone, by general consent, is awarded the custody of precious stones, from the fact that it makes the best impression as a seal.” In reference to the custom of putting a seal on the dactyliothecæ, or jewel-caskets. See page 80 of this Book.
[3147] “Single-lined.”
[3148] “Many-lined.”
[3149] Albertus Magnus, De Mineral. B. ii., has several other stories respecting it of a similar nature.
[3150] Jasper onyx.