Explore books, articles and historical sources on jade in Four Treasures, the Lotus Gemology reference database. This bibliography brings together matching records from the collection, with publication details, abstracts and cover images where available.
Jade References
The list below matches the terms jade, jadeite, nephrite or Fei Cui in the database's searchable fields. Some references discuss these materials as part of a broader subject.
Anonymous (868 CE)The Diamond Sutra. Dunhuang, China:, 5–meter long scroll.
Record No. 16332 | seen
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gems, jade, China, Buddhism, early texts
A copy of the Tang dynasty–Chinese version of the Diamond Sūtra was found among the Dunhuang manuscripts in 1900 by Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu and sold to Aurel Stein in 1907. This is considered the earliest printed book, predating Gutenberg by over 500 years. The woodblock-printed copy of the Diamond Sutra in the British Library which is not the earliest example of block printing, but is the earliest example which bears an actual date.
Isidore of Seville (637 CE)De natura rerum. [On the Nature of Things]
Record No. 7494 | Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB | Language: in Latin | seen
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gems, jade, Fischer-Book
An encyclopedic treatise by Isidore of Seville on the structure and phenomena of the natural world, written in the early seventh century. De natura rerum discusses cosmology, astronomy, time, the calendar, the heavens, atmospheric phenomena, the earth, seas and other aspects of nature, drawing heavily on classical and late-antique authorities. Unlike Isidore’s Etymologiae, it is not a major lapidary or mineralogical source, and gemstones are not a principal subject. Its importance lies chiefly in the transmission of ancient natural philosophy into the medieval Latin scholarly tradition.
Report on the Jade Mines Area in Myitkyina District
Unpublished Work
Kelley, H.K. (n.d.)Report on the Jade Mines Area in Myitkyina District. unpublished report.
Record No. 4411 | not seen
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gems, jade, jadeite, fei cui, Burma, Myanmar
Cited by Khin Maung Nyunt (2004) History of Myanmar Jade Trade till 1938
Jades of the T.B. Walker Collection at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Book
Walker Art Center (n.d., ca. 1950)Jades of the T.B. Walker Collection at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, 96 pp.
Record No. 3978 | Sinkankas/Born No.: 6978 (not seen); Born: p. 330 | not seen
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gems, jade, Chinese jade, nephrite, Chinese jade carving
Jade mines affairs
Report
Deputy Commissioner Myitkyina District (n.d.)Jade mines affairs.Myitkyina District Gazetteer, Myitkyina’s Political Dept.,
Record No. 2246 | ISBN/ISSN: File No. C.–12 | Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB | not seen
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jade, jadeite, fei cui, Burma, gems
An administrative file concerning affairs in the Jade Mines Tract of Myitkyina District, presumably dealing with the government and regulation of the mines and relations between the colonial administration, local Kachin authorities, miners, and traders.
Jade: Werkstoff der Urzeit, Schmuckstein der Neuzeit
Prehistoric Tool Material, Present-day Gem Material
Film or Broadcast
Gübelin, E.J. (n.d.)Jade: Werkstoff der Urzeit, Schmuckstein der Neuzeit. [Prehistoric Tool Material, Present-day Gem Material]
Record No. 2203 | Language: in French & German | not seen
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jade, Burma, gems
A German- and French-language film by Eduard J. Gübelin examining jade’s transition from a material used for tools and implements in prehistoric times to a prized ornamental gemstone in the modern era. The film is recorded in the archives of the Cinémathèque suisse under the title Jade, Werkstoff der Urzeit – moderner Schmuckstein. It is a 16 mm production measuring 452 meters, tentatively dated to approximately 1970.
Exploring the Literature of Jade
Jade literature spans gemology, mineralogy, archaeology, art history, mining, carving and connoisseurship, and includes works on both jadeite and nephrite from around the world.
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