The Talisman of Charlemagne: New Historical and Gemological Discoveries
| Autor: | Florian Faure, Michael S. Krzemnicki, Lauriane Forest, Geoffray Riondet, Gerard Panczer, Davy Carole |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Spectroscopies optiques des matériaux verres, amorphes et à nanoparticules (SOPRANO), Institut Lumière Matière [Villeurbanne] (ILM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon, GGTL Laboratories (GEMLAB) Balzers (GGTL), GGTL Laboratories, University of Basel (Unibas), Laboratoire des Multimatériaux et Interfaces (LMI), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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02 engineering and technology Art Ancient history [SHS.ART]Humanities and Social Sciences/Art and art history 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Geochemistry and Petrology Talisman [CHIM.CRIS]Chemical Sciences/Cristallography [CHIM]Chemical Sciences 0210 nano-technology [SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common |
| Zdroj: | Gems & Gemology : the quarterly journal of the Gemological Institute of America Gems & Gemology : the quarterly journal of the Gemological Institute of America, GIA-Gemological Institute of America, 2019, 55 (1), pp.30-46. ⟨10.5741/GEMS.55.1.30⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0016-626X 2376-4473 |
| DOI: | 10.5741/GEMS.55.1.30⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; The gem-bearing reliquary known as the Talisman of Charlemagne is closely associated with the history of Europe.Its legend follows such figures as Charlemagne, Napoleon I, Empress Josephine, Hortense de Beauharnais, NapoleonIII, and Empress Eugénie. This study provides new historical information collected in France, Germany, and Switzerlandabout the provenance of this exceptional jewel, which contains a large glass cabochon on the front, a largeblue-gray sapphire on the back, and an assortment of colored stones and pearls. The first scientific gemologicalanalysis of this historical piece, carried out on-site at the Palace of Tau Museum in Reims, France, has made it possibleto identify the colored stones and offer insight into their possible geographic origins. Based on our data and comparisonwith similar objects of the Carolingian period, we propose that the blue-gray sapphire is of Ceylonese (SriLankan) origin, that the garnets originate from India or Ceylon, and that most of the emeralds are from Egypt exceptfor one from the Habachtal deposit of Austria. The estimated weight of the center sapphire is approximately 190 ct,making it one of the largest known sapphires as of the early seventeenth century. |
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