[3391] “All corners.” Ajasson seems to think that this may have been Hyalin quartz.
[3392] “Worthy of all love.”
[3393] Of the same meaning as “paneros.”
[3394] “Gem of Pontus.” According to Desfontaines, these stones are identified, by some with agates, by others with sapphires.
[3395] “Flame-coloured.”
[3396] “Golden-coloured stone.”
[3397] See B. xxxiii. c. [56], and B. xxxv. cc. [12], [16].
[3398] “Palm-date stone. Desfontaines says that this is Jew stone, the fossil spine of an egg-shaped echinus. See Chapter 55, Note [3241].
[3399] Φῦκος; whence the Latin “fucus.”
[3400] “White around.”