Citations:perla

Latin citations of perla

• 1272, an unnamed list of Henry III of England’s jewels, quoted in: Charles William King, The Natural History of Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (1867), chapter viii: “Margarita: and later, Margaritum: Μαργαρίτης: Pearl”, page 269:

  In the list of our Henry III.’s jewels occurs “Una Perla ad modum camahuti,” seemingly a baroque presenting some resemblance to a head in relief.