 The materials are lapis lazuli, jasper, heliotrope, or blood-stone, a sort of golden stone (not well understood) with chalcedony, and other agates, cornelians, jade, and various stones of the same description." " A single flower in the screen," says Veysey,...  Mani-málá, or a treatise on gems - Page 855de Sourindro Mohun Tagore - 1881Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1824 - 724 pages
...feature of the magnificent works at Agra. A single flower in the screen around the tombs, or sarcophagi, contains a hundred stones, each cut to the exact shape necessary, and highly polished ; and in the interior alone of the building there are several hundred flowers, each containing a like... | |
 | Mountstuart Elphinstone - 1841 - 750 pages
...description. " A single flower in the screen," says Mr. Voysey, (Asiatic Researches, vol. vp 4S4.) " contains a hundred stones, each cut to the exact shape necessary,, and highly polished -." and " yet," says Bishop Heber, " though every thing is finished like an ornament for a drawing-room... | |
 | DAVID O.. ALLEN, D. D. - 1856 - 636 pages
...jade, and various stones of the same description." " A single flower in the screen," says Veysey, " contains a hundred stones, each cut to the exact shape necessary, and highly polished." Tavernier (already referred to) who lived many years in India in the reign of Jehangheer, and who saw... | |
 | David Oliver Allen - 1856 - 642 pages
...jade, and various stones of the same description." " A single flower in the screen," says Veysey, " contains a hundred stones, each cut to the exact shape necessary, and highly polished." Tavernier (already referred to) who lived many years in India in the reign of Jehangheer, and who saw... | |
 | William Henry Knight - 1863 - 456 pages
...of the space. * According to M. Voysey, in his Asiatic Researches, " A single flower in the screen contains a hundred stones, each cut to the exact shape necessary, and highly polished ; and, although everything is finished like an ornament for a drawing-room chimney-piece, the general... | |
 | Geological Survey of India - 1872 - 454 pages
...elaborate character of these mosaics : "A single flower in the screen around the tombe, or Sarcophagi, contains a hundred stones, each cut to the exact shape necessary, and highly polished ; and in the interior alone of the building, there are several hundred flowers, each containing a like... | |
 | 1890 - 982 pages
...workmanship of the mosaics said to be, that " a single flower in the screen around the tombs or sarcophagi contains a hundred stones, each cut to the exact shape necessary, and highly polished ; and in the interior of the building there are several hundred flowers, each containing a like number... | |
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