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Reliquary of the Virgin and Saints

Virtues Ascribed to Gems in the Middle Ages

Reliquary of the Virgin and Saints
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Virtues Ascribed to Gems in the Middle Ages

Medieval writers treated gemstones as more than ornament, attributing to them powers over health, fate, and the human soul. From lapidaries describing diamonds that repel poison to visions...

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