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It was for a long time believed that the ancients never engraved this gem; but Caire mentions a topaz which he had had in his own possession weighing 29 carats, and engraved in Arabic with the motto, "No one accomplishes but God." It was probably an amulet, such as are worn by orientals of the present day, and which are called by the Arabs gri-gri.
Another celebrated engraved topaz represents Philip II. and Don Carlos. It is a white topaz, engraved by Jacopo da Trezzo.
The house of Orleans had a very beautiful octagonal topaz engraved with a Mercury; and in Turin, in the Generosio collection, was a celebrated topaz intaglio, representing Victory enthroned in a chariot.
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