lapidary

• Before leaving Spain he had received a letter from an eminent lapidary named Ferrer who had travelled much in the east, and who assured him that if he sought gold and precious stones he must go to hot lands, and that the hotter the lands were, and the blacker the inhabitants, the more likely he was to find riches there. —  Christopher Columbus
• As yet we have found neither the diamond, the ruby, nor the sapphire; but with these exceptions, the domain of the lapidary was almost as extensive as at the present day. —  Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt
• Nevertheless, in his stories, he was, we may be sure, no more on oath than a man is in lapidary inscriptions (ante, ii. —  Life of Johnson
• The art of the lapidary is asserted in the Book of Enoch, to have been taught to mankind by the angel Azazel, [23] chief of the angels who took to themselves wives from among the daughters of men. —  Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.
• The erudite lapidary, —  The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus

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