Gemstones in the first Millennium AD: mines, trade, workshops and symbolism : international conference, October 20th-22nd, 2015, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz

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Corporate Author: Gemstones in the First Millennium AD, Mainz (Author)
Other Authors: Hilgner, Alexandra (Editor) , Greiff, Susanne (Editor) , Quast, Dieter (Editor)
Format: Book/Monograph Conference Paper
Language:English
Published: Mainz Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums 2017
Series:RGZM-Tagungen Band 30
In: RGZM-Tagungen (Band 30)

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Author Notes:Alexandra Hilgner, Susanne Greiff, Dieter Quast (eds)
Table of Contents:
  • Mines and Trade. Introduction: Mines and Trade Dieter Quast, Alexandra Hilgner, Susanne Greiff
  • Elusive Gemstone Mines: the Red Garnet Industry in Contemporary Rajasthan Borayin Larios
  • Gemstones in Southeast Asia and Beyond: Trade along the Maritime Networks Brigitte Borell
  • Gemstones and Mineral Products in the Red Sea/Indian Ocean Trade of the First Millennium Eivind Heldaas Seland
  • Amber and Beaver Furs: Trade with Raw Material for the Production of Luxury Goods Dieter Quast
  • The Circulation of Garnets in the North Sea Zone, ca. 400-700 Helena Hamerow. Gemstone Working. Introduction to Gemstone Working
  • Two Workshops with Garnet Crafts in Gamla Uppsala John Ljungkvist, Jonna Sarén Lundahl, Per Frölund
  • East Africa as a Source for Fatimid Rock Crystal : Workshops from Kenya to Madagascar Mark Horton [and five others]
  • The Manufacturing techniques of Fatimid Rock Crystal Ewers Elise Morero [and four others]
  • A Rock Crystal Workshop from Cologne Manfred Burianek, Thomas Höltken. The Value and Symbolic Meaning(s) of Gemstones. An introduction to the Value and the Symbolic Meanings(s) of Gemstones
  • Archaeogemmology and the Ancient Literary Sources on Gems and their Origins Lisbet Thoresen
  • The Symbolism of Gemstones in Indian Religions James McHugh
  • From the Bible to the Liber Pontificalis : Gems and Precious Stones in the Early Medieval Churches : Combinations, Colours and Contexts Michelle Beghelli
  • Gemstones in Pre-Islamic Persia : Social and Symbolic Meanings of Sasanian Seals Nils C. Ritter
  • The Symbolism of Byzantine Gemstones : Written Sources, Objects and Sympathetic Magic in Byzantium Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie. Poster Session. Gemstones as Insignia
  • Between Fashion and Meaning : Red Garnet and Style Changes from the 5th to the 7th Century Jörg Drauschke [and three others]
  • Garnet : Crisis along Trade Routes in the 7th Century? Stefan Albrecht [and fourteen others]
  • Garnet on the Peripheries of the Centres of Fashion Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson, Alexandra Hilgner, Antonio Juárez Villena
  • Gemstones in Heaven and Earth : Rivers of Opulence in Historical Sources Stefan Albrecht, Julia Bolotina and Kerstin Sobkowiak
  • Quality by its Definition Elke Nieveler [and four others].