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Glyptography   Listen
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Glyptography  n.  The art or process of engraving on precious stones. (R.)






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"Glyptography" Quotes from Famous Books



... which lived the Amen-em-hats and the Usertsens, the great early art period of the Egyptian empire,[26] the Egyptians engraved on amethyst, jasper and rock crystal, and at that early period did some of the most beautiful work remaining to us of their glyptography. The signets however were not always in scarab form, they were sometimes squares ...
— Scarabs • Isaac Myer



Words linked to "Glyptography" :   diaglyph, glyptic art, lithoglyptics, artistic production, glyptics, intaglio, carving, art, glyph



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