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The Thing of Mine I Have Loved Best: Meaningful Jewels

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This book studies forty-six pieces of European jewelry - pendants, reliquaries, amulets, and talismans - from the eighth to the eighteenth century. The title "The thing of mine I have loved the best" comes from the medieval will of an English duchess who bequeathed a reliquary jewel to her son. It expresses the sentiment that jewels appealed (then

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The Thing of Mine I Have Loved Best: Meaningful Jewels 2020, Paul Holberton Publishing

ISBN-13: 9780997184266

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