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Czech garnet in the service of the Church and the nobility of the Baroque period
Czech garnet was one of the most popular gemstones in religious and temple jewellery because the small red grains reminded one of drops of blood and thus did justice to the symbolism of Christ’s sacrifice.
The Lobkovicz, Šternberk an...
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From Renaissance to Mannerism
Gem cutters worked in cutting mills.They came to Bohemia from Germany; one of them was Claudius Creutz, who perfected the cutting of Czech garnets into facets and
experimented with imitation gemstones made of coloured glass. Emperor Rudolph II...