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Universe, Adorned: Ornament in Culture, Cosmos, and Consciousness

The Emerald

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Ornament and Ornamentation - Or in Order

Celtic tales give us pearl-rimmed cauldrons, necklaces and gauntlets. The Finnish Calavala drips with rings. In many traditional visions, the gods themselves shine as gold. All through history, cultures have described the forces of nature as golden. Gravity is a great jeweler: sun, moon, world's all beads suspended on fathomless black throat of space.

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