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Thereon were depicted all manner of animals such as beasts and birds, spangled with precious stones, rubies, emeralds, chrysolites and balasses and every kind of precious metal.
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Gerbuge received "one little circle of gold and perry, emeralds and balasses."
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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The Duchess of Bretagne had among other brooches one with a white griffin, a balas ruby on its shoulder, six sapphires around it, and then six balasses, and twelve groups of pearls with diamonds.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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Hall described Henry VIII, on his way to the Tower previous to his coronation, as wearing "a jacket of raised gold, the placard embroidered with diamonds and other rich stones, and a great bauderike about his neck of large balasses."
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The Nile floweth by night and the balasses are filled at dawn --
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 3 Gilbert Parker 1897
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The Nile floweth by night and the balasses are filled at dawn --
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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The Nile floweth by night and the balasses are filled at dawn --
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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Hall described Henry VIII, on his way to the Tower previous to his coronation, as wearing "a jacket of raised gold, the placard embroidered with diamonds and other rich stones, and a great bauderike about his neck of large balasses."
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Hall described Henry VIII., on his way to the Tower previous to his coronation, as wearing "a jacket of raised gold, the placard embroidered with diamonds and other rich stones, and a great bauderike about his neck of large balasses."
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 1877
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Hall described Henry VIII., on his way to the Tower previous to his coronation, as wearing "a jacket of raised gold, the placard embroidered with diamonds and other rich stones, and a great bauderike about his neck of large balasses."
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 1877
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