Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-fishing : Origins to the Age of DiscoveriesAmerican Philosophical Society, 1998 - 448 Seiten Man has been intrigued by the origin of pearls, sensitive to their beauty, and convinced of their medicinal value for at least 5 cent. A mixture of folklore and observation preceded the earliest scientific inquiries. Fishing and trade commenced in S. Asia, between India and Sri Lanka and around the Persian Gulf. In W. and Central Europe, Inner Asia and China, and N. Amer. Freshwater pearls were probably known and treasured before those of marine origin. A refined nomenclature points to a long familiarity with etymologically related words for 'pearl'. Pearls were prominent among the luxury products of world trade and were high among the objectives of expeditions to the eastern and western Tropics. Illustrations. |
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al-Bīrūnī ancient Anon Arab archaeological Bahrain beads Bīrūnī century BC Chau Ju-kua China Chinese coast coral Cubagua Dilmun dynasty E. H. Warmington E. W. Andrews early eastern Edited and translated Emperor empire fifth century fishing gold Greek Gulf of Mannar Hai-nan Hirth History Hurmuz ibid Ibn Baṭṭūṭa Idrīsī included India India and Sri Indies Islam island jewelry jewels Kālidāsa King Kunz and Stevenson large pearls London Ma Huan Marco Margarita margaritifera medieval mentioned merchants Mexico middle mother-of-pearl necklaces origin oyster Pāli Paris pearl-fisheries pearl-fishing pearl-oysters Periplus perlas perles Persian Gulf Pinctada Pliny Polo port precious stones probably Pteria Red Sea reference to pearls reported Rockhill Sanskrit Sassanian Schafer seed pearls shell silk sixteenth century South East Asia Spondylus Sri Lanka Sung third century Tomé Pires trade in pearls trans tribute Tuan-lin tury vols voyage Wang Gungwu West western World
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Seite 112 - While sparkling cups delight our eyes, Be gay; and scorn the frowns of age. What cruel answer have I heard ! And yet, by heaven, I love thee still: Can aught be cruel from thy lip ? Yet say, how fell that bitter word From lips which streams of sweetness fill, Which...
Seite 85 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man seeking goodly pearls : who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Seite 267 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Seite 165 - The plunder was so great that every private man in the allied army became rich in gold, jewels, effects, tents, arms, horses, and slaves, as the sultans left every person in possession of what he had acquired, only taking elephants for their own use.
Seite 202 - ... palace, and the floors of its chambers, are entirely of gold, in plates like slabs of stone, a good two fingers thick; and the windows also are of gold, so that altogether the richness of this palace is past all bounds and all belief.
Seite 395 - Vols. XI. and XII. Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus. Translated from the original Sanskrit. By the late HH Wilson, MA, FRS Third corrected Edition.
Seite 80 - Tzinista and other trading places, it receives silk, aloes, cloves, sandalwood and other products, and these again are passed on to marts on this side, such as Male...
Seite 202 - ... the outer fibres of the bamboo are woven into cloth. The weather is always hot. " There is a pond with pearls in it, and at night their light is seen on the surface of the water ; the natives sell pearls to the Chinese, and on the large ones enormous profits are made. When the (Chinese) merchant vessels leave, a few of their men are detained as hostages for their coming back again.
Seite 159 - ... distinguished by wearing a thread of cotton over one shoulder and tied under the other arm, so that it crosses the breast and the back. They have a rich and powerful King who is eager to purchase precious stones and large pearls ; and he sends these Abraiaman merchants into the kingdom of Maabar called SOLI, which is the best and noblest Province of India, and where the best pearls...
Seite 380 - A Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the possession ofF. G. Hilton Price. London. Prideaux, FB 1912. "The Sepulchral Tumuli of Bahrain.
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