I love the gem called lapis lazuli, but it is very expensive. I certainly cannot afford it within my budget. However, there is a similar stone called sodalite that is also pretty and is very close in nature to that of lapis. Although not quite as scarce, sodalite is not a common gem either. Sodalite ...
Illuminated manuscripts are manuscripts where the “text is supplemented by the addition of decoration or illustration, such as decorated initials, borders, and miniatures” (wikipedia). In the truest since of the word, an illuminated text only refers to “manuscripts decorated with gold or silver” (Wikipedia). But today’s scholars are now using the term to refer to ...
Around 3000 B.C.E. jewelry making had become a big business in the cities of Akkad and Sumer. Most of the archaeological evidence comes from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. While many burials were unearthed, tombs for the Kings contained a multitude of artifacts in gold, silver and precious stones. Items such as crowns made of ...
“All things fall and are built again” murmurs the speaker of William Butler Yeats’s poem, Lapis Lazuli. The faceless speaker, when met with the contention that art is useless in the face of harsh and cold reality, declares that not only is art necessary, but also that artists themselves maintain the very subsistence of the ...
Charm bracelets are jewelry worn around the wrist and hold charms that represent important events in ones life. Since prehistoric times man has made charm bracelets, or often called amulets or talisman. Rocks, clay, bones, wood and shells were often used when creating a bracelet. Wearing a charm bracelet was often associated with spirituality, love, ...
With proper care, sterling silver jewelry will last for generations. Strong and beautiful, affordable, hypoallergenic, and fashionable, it can be polished to a lustrous sheen no other metal can match. With minimal care, it can be worn often. Sterling silver is an alloy of 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper. Fine silver (99.9%) ...