10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MURRHINE»
Discover the use of
murrhine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
murrhine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
"Millefiori". or. Mosaic. Glass*. Is It the Same as the "Murrhine" Ware Discussed
by Roman Writers? Importers and Cutters of Diamonds ALBERT LOB5CM 5. CQ
Main. A MONG the many wonderful products of the ancient glass industry the
most ...
substances suggested as true murrhine are gum, shell, porcelain, precious
stones, crystal, obsidian, soapstone, the rare "yu" stone of China, real alabaster,
fluor spar, and oriental agate. Christius suspected it might be an onyx ; Bruckman
says ...
Madeline Anne Wallace- Dunlop, 1882
3
Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle
403 Murrhine cans for the sake of adorning his favourite garden, and (as if to
outrage fortune) ostentatiously dashed in pieces an urn which had contained the
ashes of Alexander the Great Passing over these and other incidental remarks,
from ...
4
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle
On the Murrhine Vessels of the Ancients : by A. F. von Veltheim. 8vo. 24 pages.
1791. — Both these pamphlets are by the fame author. In the first Mr. von V.
endeavours to explain the Portland vase, on which he sees the history of a hero
of ...
5
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle.
403 Murrhine cans for the sake of adorning his favourite garden, and (as if to
outrage fortune) ostentatiously dashed in pieces an urn which had contained the
ashes of Alexander the Great. Passing over these and other incidental remarks, ...
6
The Gentleman's Magazine
Murrhine cans for the sake of adorning his favourite garden, and (as if to outrage
fortune) ostentatiously dashed in pieces an urn which had contained the ashes of
Alexander the Great. Passing over these and other incidental remarks, from ...
7
The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England)
Allg. Lit. Ztit. Helmstadt. Vermuthnngtn iibtr die Barbtrini,jtt& Portland-Vast.
Conjectures on the Barberini, now Portland, Vase. 8vo. iz pages. 1791.— XJtbtr
dit Vast Murrina, &c. On the Murrhine Vessels of the Ancients : by A. F. von
Vehheim.
8
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the ...
1832] 40S Murrhine cans for the sake of adorning his favourite garden, and (as if
to outrage fortune) ostentatiously dashed in pieces an urn which had contained
the ashes of Alexander the Great. Passing over these and other incidental ...
Edward Cave, John Nichols, 1832
9
The Gentleman's Magazine
In the second, after giving the opinions of different learned men on the substance
of the murrhine vessels, our author examines several passages relative to them
ia the ancient writers. Fiom these he con* dudes, that it was a Chinese steatite.
10
Handbook of Archaelogy Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman by ...
Mr. King's remark, that the material itself was brought to Rome in the rough, and
there wrought up into dishes and flat bowls, would seem to confirm the
supposition that this piece in the rough found at Rome is a piece of the true “
murrhine.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MURRHINE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
murrhine is used in the context of the following news items.
John Dollar
... one green: the independent signs of her two natures — had always signaled youth, but with the light of the next day they grew murrhine and ... «NPR, Jul 11»
Mysterious principles of glass art
... the entire, blow-by-blow process of making murrhine glass; the artistic implications of an 1,800-bowling ball pyramid near Seattle; the Dao De ... «Orange County Register, Apr 07»
