Gems in the early modern world : materials, knowledge and global trade, 1450-1800 /: materials, knowledge and global trade, 1450-1800. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michael Bycroft, Sven Dupré.
• Editors: Bycroft, Michael; Dupré, Sven, 1975-
• Contents: 1. Introduction; Michael Bycroft and Sven Dupré.- Part I. Motion.- 2. The Plundering of the Ceylonese Royal Treasury, 1551-53: its Character, Cost and Dispersal; Hugo Miguel Crespo.- 3. Diamond-studded Paths: Lines of Communication and the Trading Network of the Hellemans Family, Jewellers from Antwerp; Christina M. Anderson.- 4. The Impact of European Trade with Southeast Asia on the Mineralogical Studies of Robert Boyle; Claire Sabel.- Part II. Value.- 5. Branches and Bones: The Transformative Matter of Coral in Ming Dynasty China; Anna Grasskamp.- 6. Boethius de Boodt and Emergence of the Oriental/Occidental Distinction in European Mineralogy; Michael Bycroft.- 7. Good and Bad Diamonds in Seventeenth-century Europe; Marcia Pointon.- 8. The Repudiation and Persistence of Lapidary Medicine in Eighteenth-century Dutch Medicine and Pharmacy; Marieke Hendriksen.- Part III. Skills.- 9. Polito et Claro. The Art and Knowledge of Polishing, 1200-1500; Marjolijn Bol.- 10. Mughal Lapidaries and the Inherited Modes of Production; Taylor L. Viens.- 11. Knowledge, Technique, and Taste in Transit: Diamond Polishing in Europe, 1500-1800; Karin Hofmeester.- 12. Gems and Counterfeited Gems in Early Modern Antwerp: from Workshops to Collections; Marlise Rijks.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 553.80903; Gems -- History; Precious stone industry -- History; Precious stones -- History; Gem cutting -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319963792
• Related ISBNs: 9783319963785
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