Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Ogden, Jack  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Diamonds [Texte imprimé] : an early history of the king of gems / Jack Ogden

Publication : New Haven (Conn.) ; London (GB) : Yale University Press, copyright 2018

Description matérielle : xii, 388 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
A lavishly illustrated, in-depth early history covering two thousand years of diamond jewelry and commerce, from the Indian mines to European merchants, courts, and workshops This richly illustrated history of diamonds illuminates myriad facets of the "king of gems," including a cast of larger-than-life characters such as Alexander the Great, the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, and East India Company adventurers. It's an in-depth study tracing the story of diamonds from their early mining and trade more than two thousand years ago to the 1700s, when Brazil displaced India as the world's primary diamond supplier. Jack Ogden, a historian and gemologist specializing in ancient gems and jewelry, describes the early history of diamond jewelry, the development of diamond cutting, and how diamonds were assessed and valued. The book includes more than one hundred captivating illustrations, from historic diamond-set jewelry, some previously unpublished, to photomicrographs of individual gems, medieval manuscript illustrations, and Indian miniatures, as well as diagrams depicting historical methods of cutting and polishing diamonds

Sujet(s) : Diamants -- Mines (sites d'extraction) -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Taille des diamants -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Montures de bijoux -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  736.23 (23e éd.) = Diamants (glyptique)  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300215663. - ISBN 0300215665

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb45566462c

Notice n° :  FRBNF45566462 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : 1. The Diamond ; 2. The Ancient World ; 3. Early Persia and the East ; 4. Medieval Europe ; 5. The Dawn of Diamond Cutting in Europe ; 6. The Fifteenth-Century Technical Revolution ; 7. Renaissance Table and Point Cuts ; 8. Renaissance Multifaceted Cuts ; 9. The Early Brilliant Cut ; 10. Diamond Cutting in London ; 11. The Value and Assessment of Diamonds ; 12. The Indian Diamond Mines ; 13. The Diamond Trade in India ; 14. Diamond Cutting in India and the East ; 15. The Eclipse of Indian Diamonds ; Epilogue.