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... Grunes Gewolbe , " a veritable treasure - house , full of precious jewels and costly wares , belonging to the kings and queens of Saxony . There are rooms devoted to ex- quisitely carved ivories , magnificent bronzes and brasses ...
... Grunes Gewolbe ('green vault'). a b The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, compiled and translated (1704-17) by Antoine Galland E. W. Lane's learned and expurgated version (1838-40} had recently appeared, but Mary Shelley (and the ...
... Grunes Gewolbe, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Inv. No. V 174 ......................... .. 69 4. Entrance of the first telescopes into the Kunstharnrner in the 1619 inventory; Inventariarn Uber die Charflrstliehe Site/d3. Kanst ...
... Grunes GewOlbe in 17th-century Dresden was one of the largest treasuries for storing fine art in Europe. Of the many art galleries to be found throughout Germany, the finest are in Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich and Berlin. Music ...
... Grunes Gewolbe ( Green Vault ) which contains a priceless collection of curiosities , jewels , enamels , etc. , chiefly of the late Renaissance and rococo eras . ZWINGER - A building of seven pavilions connected by a gallery . In the ...