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29 juin 2024 · In the 17th century, miners unearthed a most spectacular gem in the Kollur Mine in Guntur, India. Sapphire-blue in color, it came into the possession of the explorer Jean-Baptiste Tavernier alongside many other gemological specimens. In turn, Tavernier showed his collection of diamonds to the French king Louis XIV, also known as the ...
22 juin 2024 · The stone itself has changed hands numerous times since its discovery in the 17th century. It was supposedly purchased by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, a French gem merchant, in its uncut form.
26 juin 2024 · La Bibliothèque Diderot de Lyon conserve parmi ses collections anciennes deux éditions des Six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, écuyer baron d’Aubonne, en Turquie, en Perse et aux Indes […]. Ces...
22 juin 2024 · of Thomas Herbert and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, the extent to which Europeans grasped the symbolism and hierarchical logic of khil’at varied, although it is evident that their understandings and those of their hosts were “neither aligned unproblematically and commensurably, nor fully opposed”.14 Travel accounts provide some of ...
20 juin 2024 · Découvrez l'univers de la Maison Van Cleef & Arpels et ses créations Haute Joaillerie, Joaillerie, Mariage et Horlogerie.
22 juin 2024 · Les études de cas choisis incluent les usages contextuels de ces termes dans des récits de voyage tels que A Relation of Some Yeares Travaile, Begvnne Anno 1626 (1634) de Thomas Herbert, et la première traduction en anglais par John Phillips des Six Voyages (1677) de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.
24 juin 2024 · This 45.52-carat diamond has a long and storied history that dates back to the 17th century. Discovered during that time, the diamond changed hands several times before it was eventually purchased by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier in its uncut form.
