LEADER 04841nam 22006255 450 001 9910485052803321 005 20200629132533.0 010 $a3-319-96379-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-96379-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000007181180 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5606709 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-96379-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007181180 100 $a20181127d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGems in the Early Modern World$b[electronic resource] $eMaterials, Knowledge and Global Trade, 1450?1800 /$fedited by Michael Bycroft, Sven Dupré 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (369 pages) 225 1 $aEurope's Asian Centuries 311 $a3-319-96378-3 327 $a1. Introduction; Michael Bycroft and Sven Dupré -- Part I. Motion -- 2. The Plundering of the Ceylonese Royal Treasury, 1551-53: its Character, Cost and Dispersal; Hugo Miguel Crespo -- 3. Diamond-studded Paths: Lines of Communication and the Trading Network of the Hellemans Family, Jewellers from Antwerp; Christina M. Anderson -- 4. The Impact of European Trade with Southeast Asia on the Mineralogical Studies of Robert Boyle; Claire Sabel -- Part II. Value -- 5. Branches and Bones: The Transformative Matter of Coral in Ming Dynasty China; Anna Grasskamp -- 6. Boethius de Boodt and Emergence of the Oriental/Occidental Distinction in European Mineralogy; Michael Bycroft -- 7. Good and Bad Diamonds in Seventeenth-century Europe; Marcia Pointon -- 8. The Repudiation and Persistence of Lapidary Medicine in Eighteenth-century Dutch Medicine and Pharmacy; Marieke Hendriksen -- Part III. Skills -- 9. Polito et Claro. The Art and Knowledge of Polishing, 1200-1500; Marjolijn Bol -- 10. Mughal Lapidaries and the Inherited Modes of Production; Taylor L. Viens -- 11. Knowledge, Technique, and Taste in Transit: Diamond Polishing in Europe, 1500-1800; Karin Hofmeester -- 12. Gems and Counterfeited Gems in Early Modern Antwerp: from Workshops to Collections; Marlise Rijks. 330 $aThis edited collection is an interdisciplinary study of gems in the early modern world. It examines the relations between the art, science, and technology of gems, and it does so against the backdrop of an expanding global trade in gems. The eleven chapters are organised into three parts. The first part sets the scene by describing how gems moved around the early modern world, how they were set in motion, and how they were pulled together in the course of their travels. The second part is about value. It asks why people valued gems, how they determined the value of a given gem, and how the value of a gem was connected to its perceived place of origin. The third part deals with the skills involved in cutting, polishing, and mounting gems, and how these skills were transmitted and articulated by artisans. The common themes of all these chapters are materials, knowledge and global trade. The contributors to this volume focus on the material properties of gems such as their weight and hardness, on the knowledge involved in exchanging them and valuing them, and on the cultural consequences of the expanding trade in gems in Eurasia and the Americas. 410 0$aEurope's Asian Centuries 606 $aWorld history 606 $aAsia?History 606 $aEurope?History 606 $aCivilization?History 606 $aHistory 606 $aWorld History, Global and Transnational History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/719000 606 $aAsian History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/715000 606 $aEuropean History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717000 606 $aCultural History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/723000 606 $aHistory of Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000 615 0$aWorld history. 615 0$aAsia?History. 615 0$aEurope?History. 615 0$aCivilization?History. 615 0$aHistory. 615 14$aWorld History, Global and Transnational History. 615 24$aAsian History. 615 24$aEuropean History. 615 24$aCultural History. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 676 $a736.2 702 $aBycroft$b Michael$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aDupré$b Sven$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910485052803321 996 $aGems in the Early Modern World$92852881 997 $aUNINA