The so-called Old English Lapidary (

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References

* Peter Kitson, 'Lapidary traditions in Anglo-Saxon England: part I, the background; the Old English Lapidary' in: ''Anglo-Saxon England'', vol. 7, eds. Martin Biddle, Julian Brown, Peter Clemoes, Cambridge University Press, 2007, , 9-60. *Joan Evans and Mary Sidney Serjeantsen (eds.), ''English Mediaeval Lapidaries'', Early English Text Society Original Series 190, 1933 (reprinted 1999), . *Robert Max Garrett, ''Precious stones in old English literature'' (190

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