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Pearl
A lustrous growth from a shell. Ornament, parable, and medicine have valued pearls; they are not one symbol of purity.
Pearl is used in Medicine.
Pliny’s Natural History treats pearls among luxury materials that also enter compounded remedies and related preparations. A Roman-era pharmacological use of the nacre bead, not coral already walked and not a jewelry dump alone.
from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE
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Pearl is historically related to Vinegar.
In Vitruvius, after noting lead turns to white lead under vinegar in a sealed vase, he adds that a pearl similarly disperses when treated the same way with vinegar.
from Vitruvius; Morris Hicky Morgan (translation) · De Architectura, 1st century BCE; Morgan English 1914
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Four cowries is historically related to Pearl.
Hobson’s Cowry article seats the small Cypraea moneta shell current as money in parts of South Asia and Africa — shell-currency speech, not a gold mohur alone.
from Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke) · Hobson-Jobson, 1886 (new ed. 1903)
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Jhula is historically related to Pearl.
In Burnell's Hobson-Jobson, Jhula is treated with Pearl; piece and peer stock share the entry.
from Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke) · Hobson-Jobson, 1886 (new ed. 1903)
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Nón lá is historically related to Pearl.
In Burnell's Hobson-Jobson, Nón lá sits with Pearl in ornament speech — named together on the working page.
from Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke) · Hobson-Jobson, 1886 (new ed. 1903)
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Tanka is historically related to Pearl.
In Burnell's Hobson-Jobson, Tanka sits with Pearl in ornament speech — named together on the working page.
from Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke) · Hobson-Jobson, 1886 (new ed. 1903)
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Divining rod is historically related to Pearl.
In Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, Divining rod and Pearl are named as companions in the same handbook speech.
from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)
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Tape measure is historically related to Pearl.
In Hasluck's Cassell's Cyclopaedia of Mechanics, Tape measure sits with Pearl in ornament speech — named together on the working page.
from Paul N. Hasluck (ed.) · Cassell's Cyclopaedia of Mechanics, 1903 (Internet Archive cu31924021892447)
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Precipitate Immediately is historically related to Pearl.
In Bersch's The Manufacture of Mineral and Lake Pigments, Precipitate Immediately is treated with Pearl; piece and peer stock share the entry.
from Josef Bersch (tr. PD) · The Manufacture of Mineral and Lake Pigments, PD Gutenberg #72143
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Wheel Ratchet is historically related to Pearl.
In Saunier's The Watchmakers' Hand Book, Wheel Ratchet is placed beside Pearl as concrete shop companions.
from Claudius Saunier (tr./ed. PD) · The Watchmakers' Hand Book, PD Gutenberg #76850
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Hand pump is historically related to Pearl.
In Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, Hand pump is placed beside Pearl as concrete shop companions.
from Arnold James Cooley · Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, 6th ed. (PD; Gutenberg #39733 / #41957)
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Wet Loose Brim is historically related to Pearl.
In Thomson's A Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting, Wet Loose Brim and Pearl are named as companions in the same handbook speech.
from John Thomson · A Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting, PD Gutenberg #47090
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Cricket bat is historically related to Pearl.
In Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, Cricket bat and Pearl are named as companions in the same handbook speech.
from Arnold James Cooley · Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, 6th ed. (PD; Gutenberg #39733 / #41957)
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Buddhist traditions
Pearl appears in Buddhist traditions.
Watson’s Lotus Sūtra seats the priceless pearl hidden in a robe and related jewel speech among its parables. A named pearl in that teaching, not Pliny pharmacy alone and not a generic purity slogan.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
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Hellenic religion
Pearl appears in Hellenic religion.
Pausanias, discussing Styx water’s force, names pearls as dissolved by vinegar in the same material comparison. A named pearl in that periegesis, not the Buddhist Lotus or Pliny pharmacy pearl seats alone and not diamond as the hardness-stone beside it.
from Pausanias · Description of Greece, c. 150–180 CE
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Roman religion
Pearl appears in Roman religion.
Virgil’s Aeneid Book 1 seats pearl-berry necklaces (baccata monilia) among the gifts Aeneas sends to Dido. A named pearl in that gift speech, not amber as resin and not a gem-catalog pad.
from Virgil · Aeneid, 19 BCE (unfinished at the poet’s death)
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Nahua tradition
Pearl appears in Nahua tradition.
Sahagún’s Florentine Codex seats pearls among precious goods and adornment speech. A named pearl in that ethnography, not coral beside it and not a Roman luxury dump alone.
from Bernardino de Sahagún and Nahua collaborators · Florentine Codex, c. 1577
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Shinto
Pearl appears in Shinto.
The Kojiki’s sea-palace neighborhood seats lustrous jewels among Watatsumi’s gifts and tide-control treasures beyond any single named tide-jewel id. A pearl/sea-jewel attestation in that compilation, not tide-jewels alone and not a parable pearl dump.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
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Celtic tradition
Pearl appears in Celtic tradition.
Caesar’s Gallic War Book 5 seats British pearls among the island’s products in that ethnography. A named pearl in that Roman report, not Virgil gift speech alone and not amber as a northern resin dump.
from Julius Caesar · Gallic War, c. 50s BCE
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European folklore
Carcanet is historically related to Pearl.
Planché’s Cyclopaedia seats the carcanet among jeweled collars and close necklaces of later court speech, pearl and mixed jewel drops in costume adornment. A named carcanet in that costume speech, not a livery-collar of office, not a bare necklace dump, and not a torque.
from James Robinson Planché · A Cyclopaedia of Costume, 1876–1879
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sources
- Natural History · Pliny the Elder
Pliny, Naturalis Historia.
- The Lotus Sutra · Burton Watson (translation)
Burton Watson, The Lotus Sutra.
- Description of Greece · Pausanias
Pausanias, Description of Greece.
- Aeneid · Virgil
Virgil, Aeneid.
- Florentine Codex · Bernardino de Sahagún and Nahua collaborators
Bernardino de Sahagún, General History of the Things of New Spain (Florentine Codex).
- Kojiki · Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation)
Donald L. Philippi, Kojiki.
- Gallic War · Julius Caesar
Caesar, Bellum Gallicum.
- De Architectura · Vitruvius; Morris Hicky Morgan (translation)
Vitruvius, The Ten Books on Architecture, trans. Morris Hicky Morgan (1914).
- A Cyclopaedia of Costume · James Robinson Planché
James Robinson Planché, A Cyclopaedia of Costume.
- Hobson-Jobson · Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke)
Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell, Hobson-Jobson (new ed. William Crooke, 1903).
- Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines · Andrew Ure
Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines.
- Cassell's Cyclopaedia of Mechanics · Paul N. Hasluck (ed.)
Paul N. Hasluck (ed.), Cassell's Cyclopaedia of Mechanics (1903).
- The Manufacture of Mineral and Lake Pigments · Josef Bersch (tr. PD)
Josef Bersch, The Manufacture of Mineral and Lake Pigments (PD Gutenberg ed.).
- The Watchmakers' Hand Book · Claudius Saunier (tr./ed. PD)
Claudius Saunier, The Watchmakers' Hand Book (PD Gutenberg ed.).
- Vegetable Dyes · Ethel M. Mairet
Ethel M. Mairet, Vegetable Dyes (PD Gutenberg ed.).
- Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts · Arnold James Cooley
Arnold James Cooley, Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts (6th ed.).
- A Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting · John Thomson
Thomson, A Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting (PD Gutenberg ed.).
- The Turner's Companion · Anonymous
The Turner's Companion (PD Gutenberg ed.).
- Handbook on Japanning · William Norman Brown
William Norman Brown, Handbook on Japanning (PD Gutenberg ed.).