Articles written by Farlang Team

Albertus, Magnus or Magus, Magic, Natural Philosophy, and Religious Reform in the Late Middle Ages This article analyzes the fifteenth-century attempt by the Dominican order, especially in Cologne, to win

PART IX.   False Precious Stones. Under the name of false precious stones, there arc two kinds of productions which are essentially different—the one natural, the other artificial. The first comprehends

CHAPTER IV: THE DISCOVERY OF THE FIRST DIAMOND NEARLY two hundred years had passed since the memorable expedition of van der Stel made known to geographers the Groote River, which,

DIAMOND The most precious of gemstones, has been known from ancient times in Indian and other eastern countries, known as Vajra = hirak (Sanskrit); both the terms are used in