Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 27687
Im Glanz der Götter und Heroen: Meisterwerke antiker Glyptik aus der Stiftung Leo Merz
In the Splendor of Gods and Heroes: Masterpieces of Ancient Glyptic art from the Leo Merz Collection
Book
Willers, D. and Raselli-Nydegger, L. (2003) Im Glanz der Götter und Heroen: Meisterwerke antiker Glyptik aus der Stiftung Leo Merz. [In the Splendor of Gods and Heroes: Masterpieces of Ancient Glyptic art from the Leo Merz Collection] Mainz, Philip Von Zabern, 232 pp.
ISBN/ISSN: 9783810000000 | Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB | Language: in German | not seen
gems, ancient gemology, ancient jewelry, advanced testing, archaeology, archaeogemology, glyptic, engraved gems, cameos, intaglios, seals
Contents: Dietrich Willers, On the collection of ancient gliptics and ancient treasures: a foreword with a contribution by Eva Merz -- Lilian Raselli-Nydegger, In the splendor of the gods and heroes: Gems from the seal to the artwork with a contribution by Thomas Armbruster -- Sabine Häberli and Lore Kiefert, Nulla parte mirabilior. On the use of precious stones in antiquity -- Erika Zwierlein-Diehl, From the treasury of Claudius to the reliquary of Rene d'Anjou. To the Claudius-Kameo of the Merz Foundation -- Gertrud Platz-Horster, drawings and gems by Giovanni Calandrelli.