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Title

Engraved amethyst bought by French traveller Le Thou in Asia Minor. It shows Archangel Michael, combining elements from several religious traditions.

Date

1678

Bibliographic Citation

SPON, Jacob. Voyage d'Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grèce et du Levant, fait aux années 1675 & 1676, par Iacob Spon, Docteur Medecin Aggregé à Lyon, & George Vvheler, Gentilhomme Anglois, vol. ΙΙΙ, Lyon, Chez Antoine Cellier le fils, MDCLXXVIII [=1678].

Area/Place

Turkey
Asia Minor

Subject

Art and antiquities

Collection

The Gennadius Library - The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

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