The Tourmaline
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (993 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3825174050 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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He was later ordained in The Christian Community and became the leader of its seminary in Stuttgart in 1957. . About the Author Friedrich Benesch (1907 1991) was born in a German-speaking part of Romania and earned doctorates in biology, theology, and anthropology. He traveled, lectured, and published extensively
The importance of this book lies in the lavish illustrations and far-reaching cognitive treatment of the tourmaline. The concluding text looks at these unique specimens from a Goethean perspective and provides a historical survey of our encounters with tourmalines throughout the ages, explaining how tourmalines, through their multifaceted, polychromatic guise, came to be invested with such a panoply of meanings, which remained unacknowledged for centuries.. A miracle of nature, the tourmaline is a precious stone, having perhaps the greatest range of figuration and coloring of any gem. At the heart of this mon
Friedrich Benesch (1907 1991) was born in a German-speaking part of Romania and earned doctorates in biology, theology, and anthropology. He traveled, lectured, and published extensively. He was later ordained in The Christian Community and became the leader of its seminary in Stuttgart in 1957.