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Preferred term

Glyptics  

Definition

  • The art or process of incising or carving designs and ornaments on gems and semiprecious stones [Mayer]

Entry terms

  • Carving, gem, glyptics
  • Engraving, gem
  • Gem carving, glyptics
  • Gem engraving
  • Incising, gem, glyptics

Notation

  • 118196

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-DVHP3L8X-V

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