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Beer, Manuela: - Magic Rock Crystal.

03 2023, (24,2 x 28 cm), 448 pp. English text, 394 colour ills., hardcover. ¶ Harder than glass, but softer than diamonds, rock crystal has sparked countless legends concerning its origins and strengths. For a long time, people assumed that this variety of quartz was water that had been solidified to form eternal ice. Since antiquity, rock crystal has been used as a remedy, for fortune-telling, in churches, and at courtly banquets. Artisans used it to create objects with a divine aura. This book assembles breathtaking artworks from antiquity to the Middle Ages, including vessels, crosses, chess pieces, amulets, and magnifying glasses. Contributors draw on a range of fields - art, mineralogy, archaeology, philology, and optics - to explore rock crystal's many angles.
EUR 65.00 [Appr.: US$ 70.7 | £UK 55.5 | JP¥ 11089] Booknumber: 8379

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