10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BALAS RUBY»
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Publication: Anthropological series
(lan-ch'i) as occurring in the same locality, and since Badakshan is the locality
producing lapis and balas .ruby, the greater probability is that Ch'ang Té's ya-se'
is identical with pi-ya-se, the balas ruby of Badakshan. The fact that Ch'ang Té, ...
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Notes on Turquois in the East
(lan-ch'i) as occurring in the same locality, and since Badakshan is the locality
producing lapis and balas ruby, the greater probability is that Ch'ang Te's ya-se is
identical with pi-ya-se, the balas ruby of Badakshan. The fact that Ch'ang Te, ...
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Fieldiana: Anthropology
(lan-ch'i) as occurring in the same locality, and since Badakshan is the locality
producing lapis and balas ruby, the greater probability is that Ch'ang Té's ya-se is
identical with Pi-ya-se, the balas ruby of Badakshan. The fact that Ch'ang Te, ...
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The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, ...
... green (oriental emerald). Natives distinguish the oriental ruby from the spinel,
or balas ruby. A pure oriental ruby of ten carats is worth from i'ot'OO to X1800,
while the spinel ruby and balas ruby would be dear at one-twentieth of the sum.
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The book of the pearl: the history, art, science, and ...
Also, eight large fleurons of the great crown, four of which bear each twenty-three
pearls, five diamonds, three balas-rubies and a sapphire, and the other four each
twenty-three pearls, five diamonds, four sapphires, and a balas-ruby; and eight ...
George Frederick Kunz, Charles Hugh Stevenson,
1908
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Diamonds and Precious Stones: their history, value, and ...
The rubis Z'alais, or balas ruby, is a spinel of that rosepink colour which often
occurs in large crystals. The original of the term “balas ruby " is the ancient name
of Beloocbistarf, Badakschan, or Balaschan. The Persian name is Badakschiani.
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The Greeks in Bactria & India
4 I have failed to find out how old the balas ruby is. The earliest I have met with
are those on the Bimaran casket, which was found with coins of Azes I and is
probably not earlier than c. 30 B.C.; some ruby beads from Taxila are also not
earlier ...
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Medieval Christianity in Practice
Giovanni di Giannozzo Gianfigliazzi, son of Lady Tita, daughter of Averardo my
grandfather and sister of my father Giuliano, gave Gostanza a balas ruby set in
gold. Francesco di Michele degli Arrighi, son of Lady Alessandra, aunt of
Giuliano ...
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The Limbourg Brothers: Reflections on the Origins and the ...
Hélène Adhémar rightly connected the stone in the ring with a balas ruby which
had to be given to every new duke of Burgundy when he took possession of the
duchy during an official ceremony in the abbey church of St. Bénigne in Dijon.
Rob Dückers, Pieter Roelofs,
2009
Figure 22: Tavernier's drawing of the Balas ruby shown to him by Shah Jahan. I
could see that my manner of speaking pleased him. He had lost none of the
haughtiness of an emperor, but he looked tired and worn. He sat on a raised dais
and ...
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Restoring the Luster to a Once-Loved Gem
That may explain why, for centuries, the two were considered doppelgängers — in antiquity, spinel was known as balas ruby, derived from the ... «New York Times, May 11»