[Sca-cooks] Precious stones to ward off evils
Adele de Maisieres
ladyadele at paradise.net.nz
Sun Dec 2 15:55:23 PST 2007
Suey wrote:
>Reviewing the precious stones the only ones I have worn in rings to ward
>off evil in medieval Spain are: agatha, crisopraza, coral, diamond,
>emerald, garnet, jacinth or hyacinth, mannera? (unidentified precious
>stone), L. /manus/, hand + arium (ario [relating to the hand]), mustika
>bezoar pearls, quartz, ruby, serpentine and sard or carnelian. Funny
>there are 12. What were the 12 stones Apocalipsis 21:20?
>
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all
manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second,
sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the
eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the
eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
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Adele de Maisieres
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Habeo metrum - musicamque,
hominem meam. Expectat alium quid?
-Georgeus Gershwinus
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