Gems in the Early Modern World Materials, Knowledge and Global Trade, 1450-1800 /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bycroft, Michael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Dupré, Sven (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Europe's Asian Centuries
• Θέματα: World history.; Asia-History.; Europe-History.; Civilization-History.; History.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Asian History.; European History.; Cultural History.; History of Science.

This edited collection is an interdisciplinary study of gems in the early modern world. It examines the relations between the art, science, and technology of gems, and it does so against the backdrop of an expanding global trade in gems. The eleven chapters are organised into three parts. The first...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction; Michael Bycroft and Sven Dupré
• Part I. Motion
• 2. The Plundering of the Ceylonese Royal Treasury, 1551-53: its Character, Cost and Dispersal; Hugo Miguel Crespo
• 3. Diamond-studded Paths: Lines of Communication and the Trading Network of the Hellemans Family, Jewellers from Antwerp; Christina M. Anderson
• 4. The Impact of European Trade with Southeast Asia on the Mineralogical Studies of Robert Boyle; Claire Sabel
• Part II. Value
• 5. Branches and Bones: The Transformative Matter of Coral in Ming Dynasty China; Anna Grasskamp
• 6. Boethius de Boodt and Emergence of the Oriental/Occidental Distinction in European Mineralogy; Michael Bycroft
• 7. Good and Bad Diamonds in Seventeenth-century Europe; Marcia Pointon
• 8. The Repudiation and Persistence of Lapidary Medicine in Eighteenth-century Dutch Medicine and Pharmacy; Marieke Hendriksen
• Part III. Skills
• 9. Polito et Claro. The Art and Knowledge of Polishing, 1200-1500; Marjolijn Bol
• 10. Mughal Lapidaries and the Inherited Modes of Production; Taylor L. Viens
• 11. Knowledge, Technique, and Taste in Transit: Diamond Polishing in Europe, 1500-1800; Karin Hofmeester
• 12. Gems and Counterfeited Gems in Early Modern Antwerp: from Workshops to Collections; Marlise Rijks.