10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DACTYLIOGRAPHY»
Discover the use of
dactyliography in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
dactyliography and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Grandiloquent Dictionary - Tenth Anniversary Edition
dactylioglyph - The mark or engraving in a ring dactyliography - 1. The art of
engraving rings dactyliography - 2. Writing or painting with one's fingers
dactyliology - The study of finger rings dactylion - The tip of the middle finger
dactylonomy ...
ENGRAVING. dactylioglyphist 141. ENGRAVING, dactylioglyph. dactylioglyphy
141. ENGRAVING. dactyliographer 141. ENGRAVING, dactyliography; 161.
FINGERS and TOES. dactyliography. dactyliographic 141. engraving,
dactyliography; ...
Laurence Urdang, Anne Ryle, Tanya H. Lee, 1986
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A dictionary of science, literature and art, ed. by W.T. ...
Dactyliography (Gr. Saicriktos, and ypiipa, to irrife). In Gem Sculpture, the science
of gem engraving. Dactylology (Gr. S&mvXos, a finger, and *<S?oj). The art of
spelling words by placing the fingers in such positions as to signify the letters of ...
Dictionary, William Thomas Brande, 1865
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CYCLOPEDIA OF LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS
DACTYLTOGLYPII, in ancient gem sculpture, the inscription of the name of the
artist on a gem. DACTYLIOGRAPHY, the science of gem engraving. DACTYLIOM
'ANCY, a kind of divination among the Greeks and Romans, which was
performed ...
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The Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, and Manufactures, Etc
DACTYLIOGRAPHY. A description of en. graved finger rings and precious stones
. DACTYLIOLOGY. The science which describes or treats upon the history, nature
, and qualities of engraved gems forfinger rings. DANIELL'S CONSTANT ...
George William FRANCIS, 1846
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HAND-BOOK OF LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS;
DACTYLIC, an epithet for verses which end with a dactyl instead of a DAciYL'
IOGLYPH, in ancient gem sculpture, the inscription of the name of the artist on a
gem. DACTYLIOGRAPHY, the science of gem engraving. DACTYLIOM'ANCY, a
...
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Dictionary of Scientific Terms
Dactyliography (Gr. dahlylios a ring, and grapho to engrave), the art of en -
graving on gems. Dactylol'ogy (Gr. dahlylos a finger) the art of communicating
ideas by spelling words with the fingers. Dactylon'omy (Gr. dahtylos, and nomos
a rule), ...
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The Handbook of Engraved Gems
Thus the reader already initiated into the mysteries of Dactyliography will have it
left to himself to choose between my novel code and the old, as emended by the
learned German and at present received as valid by all archaeologists. As for the
...
Charles William King, 1866
In the first part of his work, he gives the history of the art of engraving on precious
stones, a general account of the artists, and, in a word, whatever concerns the
subject of Dactyliography. His second volume is destined to explain the ancient ...
Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, 1780
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal
In the first part of his work, he gives the history of the art of engraving on precious
stones, a general account of the artists, and, in a word, whatever concerns the
subject of Dactyliography. His second volume is destined to explain the ancient ...
Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths, 1780
