jan 1, 1587 - Niccolò Costanti

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Questo è 'l libro lapidario, manuscript compiled 1587 by Sienese merchant Niccolò Costanti, with 2 very different parts - one is more old fashioned lapidary, relaying what philosophers said about stones and the other is copied from manuscript by Alessandro Vanocci, which relates visual and physical properties of stones to prices. 'The emphasis on these physical properties of gemstones is clearly of mercantile inspiration, especially in comparison to the ways in which gemstones continued to be used and conceived in other spheres.' (Dupré)

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