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This edited collection is an interdisciplinary study of gems in the
early modern world. It examines the relations between the art,
science, and technology of gems, and it does so against the
backdrop of an expanding global trade in gems. The eleven chapters
are organised into three parts. The first part sets the scene by
describing how gems moved around the early modern world, how they
were set in motion, and how they were pulled together in the course
of their travels. The second part is about value. It asks why
people valued gems, how they determined the value of a given gem,
and how the value of a gem was connected to its perceived place of
origin. The third part deals with the skills involved in cutting,
polishing, and mounting gems, and how these skills were transmitted
and articulated by artisans. The common themes of all these
chapters are materials, knowledge and global trade. The
contributors to this volume focus on the material properties of
gems such as their weight and hardness, on the knowledge involved
in exchanging them and valuing them, and on the cultural
consequences of the expanding trade in gems in Eurasia and the
Americas.
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