Antique 19thC 1¼ct Sapphire Gem of Medieval Oracle Sorcery Prophecy Black Magic

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Antique Nineteenth Century Genuine Natural Handcrafted Russian Color Change Faceted Oval Cut Third Carat Alexandrite Precious Gemstone. Contemporary High Quality Sterling Silver Ring (Size 7 Resizing Available). CLASSIFICATION: Faceted Alexandrite Oval. SIZE: Length: 5.5mm. Width: 4mm. Thickness (Depth): 2mm. All measurements approximate. WEIGHT: Approximately 0.41 carats. NOTES: Resizing is available. 14kt solid gold setting is also available. DETAIL: Beware! The vast majority of alexandrite offered in the USA is synthetic. The American Gemological Institute estimates that less than 1 in every 100, 000 Americans has ever even seen genuine, natural alexandrite. The color under most lighting conditions is the classic alexandrite green, reminiscent of both peridot and emerald. However under strong white light, the stone magically transforms itself into a hue ranging from a bright rose-peach to a saturated blue-violet. No matter what light source we used to image this gemstone, whether scanner or camera, it tur

Medieval Studies A new picture of the relationship between literacy, social status, and political power in the medieval period. Through the analysis of magic as a metaphor for the mysterious workings of writing, Glamorous Sorcery sheds light on the power attributed to language in shaping perceptions of the world and conferring status. David Rollo considers a series of texts produced in England and the Angevin Empire to reassess the value and nature of literacy in the High Middle Ages. He does this by scrutinizing metaphors that represent writing as a form of sorcery or magic in Latin texts and in the work of the Old French writer Benot de Sainte-Maure. Rollo then examines the ambiguous representation of literacy as a skill that can be exploited as a commodity. Glamorous Sorcery demonstrates how closely interconnected certain types of vernacular and Latin writing were in this period. Uncovered through a series of illuminating, incisive, and often surprising close readings, these connections give us a new, more complex appraisal of the relationship between literacy, social status, and political power in a time and place in which various languages competed for cultural sovereignty-at a critical juncture in the cultural history of the West. David Rollo is associate professor of English at the University of Southern California. Medieval Cultures Series, volume 25 Translation Inquiries: University of Minnesota Press

Medieval Studies A new picture of the relationship between literacy, social status, and political power in the medieval period. Through the analysis of magic as a metaphor for the mysterious workings of writing, Glamorous Sorcery sheds light on the power attributed to language in shaping perceptions of the world and conferring status. David Rollo considers a series of texts produced in England and the Angevin Empire to reassess the value and nature of literacy in the High Middle Ages. He does this by scrutinizing metaphors that represent writing as a form of sorcery or magic in Latin texts and in the work of the Old French writer Benot de Sainte-Maure. Rollo then examines the ambiguous representation of literacy as a skill that can be exploited as a commodity. Glamorous Sorcery demonstrates how closely interconnected certain types of vernacular and Latin writing were in this period. Uncovered through a series of illuminating, incisive, and often surprising close readings, these connections give us a new, more complex appraisal of the relationship between literacy, social status, and political power in a time and place in which various languages competed for cultural sovereignty-at a critical juncture in the cultural history of the West. David Rollo is associate professor of English at the University of Southern California. Medieval Cultures Series, volume 25 Translation Inquiries: University of Minnesota Press

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THIS 36 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Paracelsus: Life and Prophecies, by Franz Hartmann. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564599817.

Antique Genuine Natural Russian Color Change Alexandrite Round Precious Gemstone. Set into High Quality Solid 14kt Yellow Gold Buttercup Style Pendant. CLASSIFICATION: Hand Crafted, Faceted Alexandrite Round. And a decent digital camera shows it as violet-purple. Alexandrite is capable of all of these colors, true chameleons, quite extraordinary precious gemstones. It is a gorgeous gemstone, full of fire and sparkle, gorgeous, vibrant, possessing exceptional clarity and color. It is truly a special little gemstone, quite rare. We have set the gemstone into contemporary solid 14kt yellow gold buttercup style pendant. This is a high-quality, USA-made pendant designed to last a lifetime. It belongs to the chrysoberyl family of gems, and one of the most extraordinary types is a cats-eye variety of alexandrite, possessing a remarkably prominent "cat's eye".

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