gemmary

“In painting and gemmary Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack -- but in the matter of old wines he was sincere.”

The Cask of Amontillado

“In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack -- but in the matter of old wines he was sincere.”

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2

“His fiery earnestness, his passion for righteousness, the boldness with which he censured the corruptions of the Roman Court, the personal qualities by which he -- a foreigner and a mere monk -- made himself for a short period the lawgiver, the prophet, and virtually the dictator of Florence -- that Florence which was at the time the very gemmary of the Renaissance -- his sudden fall and tragic death; all combine to attract toward him our admiration, pity, and love, and to leave upon our minds the impression of his extraordinary moral genius.”

The Essentials of Spirituality