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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Molecular epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease in human populations using techniques of molecular biology and epidemiology. Molecular epidemiology has found many domains of application, in particular cancer epidemiology, environmental epidemiology and infectious disease epidemiology. During the last two decades, molecular epidemiology has become an important discipline in cancer research. The early contributions of molecular epidemiology came from the application of markers of exposure, such as measurements of adducts in blood and urine, in population-based studies. The investigation of aflatoxin exposure markers in cohorts at high risk of liver cancer remains a paradigm of the potential of the new approaches. Over the years, molecular cancer epidemiology has evolved towards the development, validation and application of markers of susceptibility and, more recently, markers of mechanisms of cancer development. This IARC Scientific Publication originates from the workshop 'Mechanistic Considerations in the Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer' jointly organised by IARC and the University of Vermont and held in Lyon, France, in November 2001. The workshop was devoted to providing guidelines for use of molecular techniques in cancer epidemiology, in particular with respect to the study of cancer mechanisms. Molecular cancer epidemiology is often defined in terms of biomarkers, which are found internally within biological systems as indicators of exposure, effects, or susceptibility is no longer necessary. For example, DNA adducts are markers that integrate exposure, effect and susceptibility. The new IARC Scientific Publication covers from an interdisciplinary perspective the contribution of molecular epidemiology to the understanding of mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and represents a further contribution to the development of molecular epidemiology as a mature scientific discipline. The new IARC Scientific Publication comes from an interdisciplinary perspective. It looks at the contribution of molecular epidemiology to the understanding of mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and represents a further contribution to the development of molecular epidemiology as a mature scientific discipline. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Condition: New. InhaltsverzeichnisWorkshop report Subgroup report: Stomach cancer Subgroup report: Lymphohaematopoietic neoplasms Subgroup report: Head and neck cancer GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Metabolic and biochemical issues in the molecular epidemi.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Molecular epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease in human populations using techniques of molecular biology and epidemiology. Molecular epidemiology has found many domains of application, in particular cancer epidemiology, environmental epidemiology and infectious disease epidemiology. During the last two decades, molecular epidemiology has become an important discipline in cancer research. The early contributions of molecular epidemiology came from the application of markers of exposure, such as measurements of adducts in blood and urine, in population-based studies. The investigation of aflatoxin exposure markers in cohorts at high risk of liver cancer remains a paradigm of the potential of the new approaches. Over the years, molecular cancer epidemiology has evolved towards the development, validation and application of markers of susceptibility and, more recently, markers of mechanisms of cancer development. This IARC Scientific Publication originates from the workshop 'Mechanistic Considerations in the Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer' jointly organised by IARC and the University of Vermont and held in Lyon, France, in November 2001. The workshop was devoted to providing guidelines for use of molecular techniques in cancer epidemiology, in particular with respect to the study of cancer mechanisms. Molecular cancer epidemiology is often defined in terms of biomarkers, which are found internally within biological systems as indicators of exposure, effects, or susceptibility is no longer necessary. For example, DNA adducts are markers that integrate exposure, effect and susceptibility. The new IARC Scientific Publication covers from an interdisciplinary perspective the contribution of molecular epidemiology to the understanding of mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and represents a further contribution to the development of molecular epidemiology as a mature scientific discipline. The new IARC Scientific Publication comes from an interdisciplinary perspective. It looks at the contribution of molecular epidemiology to the understanding of mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and represents a further contribution to the development of molecular epidemiology as a mature scientific discipline. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. …

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Many are no larger than a fingertip. They are engraved with symbols, magic spells and images of gods, animals and emperors. These stones were used for various purposes. The earliest ones served as seals for making impressions in soft materials. Later engraved gems were worn or carried as personal ornaments - usually rings, but sometimes talismans or amulets. The exquisite engraved designs were thought to imbue the gems with special powers. For example, the gods and rituals depicted on cylinder seals from Mesopotamia were thought to protect property and to lend force to agreements marked with the seals.This edited volume discusses some of the finest and most exceptional precious and semi-precious stones from the collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities - more than 5.800 engraved gems from the ancient Near East, Egypt, the classical world, renaissance and 17th-20th centuries - and other special collections throughout Europe. Meet the people behind engraved gems: gem engravers, the people that used the gems, the people that re-used them and above all the gem collectors. This is the first major publication on engraved gems in the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden since 1978.ContentsTable of contents:Preface Wim Weijland, director Rijksmuseum van OudhedenIntroductionBen van den Bercken (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)1.Roman Gems in Old Collections and in Modern ArchaeologyMartin Henig (member of the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford/honorary professor, University College London)2.Cassandra on Seals. Ring Stone Images as Self-Representation: an ExampleMarianne Kleibrink (professor emeritus Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology, Groningen University)3.Some Cameos in Leiden - Roman to NeoclassicismGertrud Platz-Horster (former vice director Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)4.The Original RMO Engraved Gem Collection: Gem Identification and Applied Research TechniquesHanco Zwaan and Christine Swaving (Naturalis Biodiversity Center/Netherlands Gemmological Laboratory, Leiden)5.An Important Collection of Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals.Diederik J.W. Meijer (associate professor Near Eastern Archaeology, Leiden University)6.Sasanian Seals: Owners and Re-usersRika Gyselen (research director emeritus CNRS, Iranian and Indian World)7.Invocations to Hermes and Aphrodite on Two Engraved Gems in LeidenAttilio Mastrocinque (professor of Roman history, University of Verona)8.The Importance of Gems in the Work of Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640Marcia Pointon (professor emeritus in History of Art, University of Manchester)9.Post-Classical Cameos, their Makers and UsersClaudia Wagner (senior research lecturer at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford)10.Princely Splendour: Some Cameo Vessels from the Middle of the Seventeenth Century and their Patrons Jørgen Hein (senior curator of the Royal Danish Collection at Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen)11.'A Treasure, a Schoolmaster, a Pass-Time' Dactyliothecae in the 18th and 19th Centuries and their Function as Teaching Aids in Schools and UniversitiesValentin Kockel (professor emeritus for Classical Archaeology, University of Augsburg)12.Non Grylloi, Baskania Sunt. On the Significance of the So Called Grylloi/Grilli or Grylli in Greek and Roman GlypticsCarina Weiss, (independent researcher, Archaeological Institute of the University of Würzburg)13.Another Perspective on the So Called GrylloiSelkit Verberk (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)14.Some Unpublished Scarabs from the Leiden CollectionBen van den Bercken (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden) 184 pp. Englisch.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Many are no larger than a fingertip. They are engraved with symbols, magic spells and images of gods, animals and emperors. These stones were used for various purposes. The earliest ones served as seals for making impressions in soft materials. Later engraved gems were worn or carried as personal ornaments - usually rings, but sometimes talismans or amulets. The exquisite engraved designs were thought to imbue the gems with special powers. For example, the gods and rituals depicted on cylinder seals from Mesopotamia were thought to protect property and to lend force to agreements marked with the seals.This edited volume discusses some of the finest and most exceptional precious and semi-precious stones from the collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities - more than 5.800 engraved gems from the ancient Near East, Egypt, the classical world, renaissance and 17th-20th centuries - and other special collections throughout Europe. Meet the people behind engraved gems: gem engravers, the people that used the gems, the people that re-used them and above all the gem collectors. This is the first major publication on engraved gems in the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden since 1978.ContentsTable of contents:Preface Wim Weijland, director Rijksmuseum van OudhedenIntroductionBen van den Bercken (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)1.Roman Gems in Old Collections and in Modern ArchaeologyMartin Henig (member of the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford/honorary professor, University College London)2.Cassandra on Seals. Ring Stone Images as Self-Representation: an ExampleMarianne Kleibrink (professor emeritus Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology, Groningen University)3.Some Cameos in Leiden - Roman to NeoclassicismGertrud Platz-Horster (former vice director Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)4.The Original RMO Engraved Gem Collection: Gem Identification and Applied Research TechniquesHanco Zwaan and Christine Swaving (Naturalis Biodiversity Center/Netherlands Gemmological Laboratory, Leiden)5.An Important Collection of Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals.Diederik J.W. Meijer (associate professor Near Eastern Archaeology, Leiden University)6.Sasanian Seals: Owners and Re-usersRika Gyselen (research director emeritus CNRS, Iranian and Indian World)7.Invocations to Hermes and Aphrodite on Two Engraved Gems in LeidenAttilio Mastrocinque (professor of Roman history, University of Verona)8.The Importance of Gems in the Work of Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640Marcia Pointon (professor emeritus in History of Art, University of Manchester)9.Post-Classical Cameos, their Makers and UsersClaudia Wagner (senior research lecturer at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford)10.Princely Splendour: Some Cameo Vessels from the Middle of the Seventeenth Century and their Patrons Jørgen Hein (senior curator of the Royal Danish Collection at Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen)11.'A Treasure, a Schoolmaster, a Pass-Time' Dactyliothecae in the 18th and 19th Centuries and their Function as Teaching Aids in Schools and UniversitiesValentin Kockel (professor emeritus for Classical Archaeology, University of Augsburg)12.Non Grylloi, Baskania Sunt. On the Significance of the So Called Grylloi/Grilli or Grylli in Greek and Roman GlypticsCarina Weiss, (independent researcher, Archaeological Institute of the University of Würzburg)13.Another Perspective on the So Called GrylloiSelkit Verberk (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)14.Some Unpublished Scarabs from the Leiden CollectionBen van den Bercken (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden).…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Many are no larger than a fingertip. They are engraved with symbols, magic spells and images of gods, animals and emperors. These stones were used for various purposes. The earliest ones served as seals for making impressions in soft materials. Later engraved gems were worn or carried as personal ornaments ¿ usually rings, but sometimes talismans or amulets. The exquisite engraved designs were thought to imbue the gems with special powers. For example, the gods and rituals depicted on cylinder seals from Mesopotamia were thought to protect property and to lend force to agreements marked with the seals.This edited volume discusses some of the finest and most exceptional precious and semi-precious stones from the collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities ¿ more than 5.800 engraved gems from the ancient Near East, Egypt, the classical world, renaissance and 17th-20th centuries ¿ and other special collections throughout Europe. Meet the people behind engraved gems: gem engravers, the people that used the gems, the people that re-used them and above all the gem collectors. This is the first major publication on engraved gems in the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden since 1978.ContentsTable of contents:PrefaceWim Weijland, director Rijksmuseum van OudhedenIntroductionBen van den Bercken (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)1. Roman Gems in Old Collections and in Modern ArchaeologyMartin Henig (member of the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford/honorary professor, University College London)2. Cassandra on Seals. Ring Stone Images as Self-Representation: an ExampleMarianne Kleibrink (professor emeritus Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology, Groningen University)3. Some Cameos in Leiden ¿ Roman to NeoclassicismGertrud Platz-Horster (former vice director Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)4. The Original RMO Engraved Gem Collection: Gem Identification and Applied Research TechniquesHanco Zwaan and Christine Swaving (Naturalis Biodiversity Center/Netherlands Gemmological Laboratory, Leiden)5. An Important Collection of Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals.Diederik J.W. Meijer (associate professor Near Eastern Archaeology, Leiden University)6. Sasanian Seals: Owners and Re-usersRika Gyselen (research director emeritus CNRS, Iranian and Indian World)7. Invocations to Hermes and Aphrodite on Two Engraved Gems in LeidenAttilio Mastrocinque (professor of Roman history, University of Verona)8. The Importance of Gems in the Work of Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640Marcia Pointon (professor emeritus in History of Art, University of Manchester)9. Post-Classical Cameos, their Makers and UsersClaudia Wagner (senior research lecturer at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford)10. Princely Splendour: Some Cameo Vessels from the Middle of the Seventeenth Century and their PatronsJørgen Hein (senior curator of the Royal Danish Collection at Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen)11. ¿A Treasure, a Schoolmaster, a Pass-Time¿ Dactyliothecae in the 18th and 19th Centuries and their Function as Teaching Aids in Schools and UniversitiesValentin Kockel (professor emeritus for Classical Archaeology, University of Augsburg)12. Non Grylloi, Baskania Sunt. On the Significance of the So Called Grylloi/Grilli or Grylli in Greek and Roman GlypticsCarina Weiss, (independent researcher, Archaeological Institute of the University of Würzburg)13. Another Perspective on the So Called GrylloiSelkit Verberk (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)14. Some Unpublished Scarabs from the Leiden CollectionBen van den Bercken (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 184 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Engraved Gems | Ben van den Bercken (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities 14 | 184 S. | Englisch | 2017 | Sidestone Press | EAN 9789088905056 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. This book discuss different types of engraved gems in the collection of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Leiden, their makers, users and re-users, combining archaeological, culture historical and geological perspectives.Many are no larger than a fingertip. .…

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Many are no larger than a fingertip. They are engraved with symbols, magic spells and images of gods, animals and emperors. These stones were used for various purposes. The earliest ones served as seals for making impressions in soft materials. Later engraved gems were worn or carried as personal ornaments - usually rings, but sometimes talismans or amulets. The exquisite engraved designs were thought to imbue the gems with special powers. For example, the gods and rituals depicted on cylinder seals from Mesopotamia were thought to protect property and to lend force to agreements marked with the seals.This edited volume discusses some of the finest and most exceptional precious and semi-precious stones from the collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities - more than 5.800 engraved gems from the ancient Near East, Egypt, the classical world, renaissance and 17th-20th centuries - and other special collections throughout Europe. Meet the people behind engraved gems: gem engravers, the people that used the gems, the people that re-used them and above all the gem collectors. This is the first major publication on engraved gems in the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden since 1978.ContentsTable of contents:PrefaceWim Weijland, director Rijksmuseum van OudhedenIntroductionBen van den Bercken (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)1. Roman Gems in Old Collections and in Modern ArchaeologyMartin Henig (member of the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford/honorary professor, University College London)2. Cassandra on Seals. Ring Stone Images as Self-Representation: an ExampleMarianne Kleibrink (professor emeritus Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology, Groningen University)3. Some Cameos in Leiden - Roman to NeoclassicismGertrud Platz-Horster (former vice director Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)4. The Original RMO Engraved Gem Collection: Gem Identification and Applied Research TechniquesHanco Zwaan and Christine Swaving (Naturalis Biodiversity Center/Netherlands Gemmological Laboratory, Leiden)5. An Important Collection of Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals.Diederik J.W. Meijer (associate professor Near Eastern Archaeology, Leiden University)6. Sasanian Seals: Owners and Re-usersRika Gyselen (research director emeritus CNRS, Iranian and Indian World)7. Invocations to Hermes and Aphrodite on Two Engraved Gems in LeidenAttilio Mastrocinque (professor of Roman history, University of Verona)8. The Importance of Gems in the Work of Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640Marcia Pointon (professor emeritus in History of Art, University of Manchester)9. Post-Classical Cameos, their Makers and UsersClaudia Wagner (senior research lecturer at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford)10. Princely Splendour: Some Cameo Vessels from the Middle of the Seventeenth Century and their PatronsJørgen Hein (senior curator of the Royal Danish Collection at Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen)11. 'A Treasure, a Schoolmaster, a Pass-Time' Dactyliothecae in the 18th and 19th Centuries and their Function as Teaching Aids in Schools and UniversitiesValentin Kockel (professor emeritus for Classical Archaeology, University of Augsburg)12. Non Grylloi, Baskania Sunt. On the Significance of the So Called Grylloi/Grilli or Grylli in Greek and Roman GlypticsCarina Weiss, (independent researcher, Archaeological Institute of the University of Würzburg)13. Another Perspective on the So Called GrylloiSelkit Verberk (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)14. Some Unpublished Scarabs from the Leiden CollectionBen van den Bercken (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden) 184 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Engraved Gems | Ben van den Bercken (u. a.) | Buch | Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities 14 | 184 S. | Englisch | 2017 | Sidestone Press | EAN 9789088905063 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Many are no larger than a fingertip. They are engraved with symbols, magic spells and images of gods, animals and emperors. These stones were used for various purposes. The earliest ones served as seals for making impressions in soft materials. Later engraved gems were worn or carried as personal ornaments ¿ usually rings, but sometimes talismans or amulets. The exquisite engraved designs were thought to imbue the gems with special powers. For example, the gods and rituals depicted on cylinder seals from Mesopotamia were thought to protect property and to lend force to agreements marked with the seals.This edited volume discusses some of the finest and most exceptional precious and semi-precious stones from the collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities ¿ more than 5.800 engraved gems from the ancient Near East, Egypt, the classical world, renaissance and 17th-20th centuries ¿ and other special collections throughout Europe. Meet the people behind engraved gems: gem engravers, the people that used the gems, the people that re-used them and above all the gem collectors. This is the first major publication on engraved gems in the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden since 1978.ContentsTable of contents:PrefaceWim Weijland, director Rijksmuseum van OudhedenIntroductionBen van den Bercken (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)1. Roman Gems in Old Collections and in Modern ArchaeologyMartin Henig (member of the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford/honorary professor, University College London)2. Cassandra on Seals. Ring Stone Images as Self-Representation: an ExampleMarianne Kleibrink (professor emeritus Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology, Groningen University)3. Some Cameos in Leiden ¿ Roman to NeoclassicismGertrud Platz-Horster (former vice director Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)4. The Original RMO Engraved Gem Collection: Gem Identification and Applied Research TechniquesHanco Zwaan and Christine Swaving (Naturalis Biodiversity Center/Netherlands Gemmological Laboratory, Leiden)5. An Important Collection of Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals.Diederik J.W. Meijer (associate professor Near Eastern Archaeology, Leiden University)6. Sasanian Seals: Owners and Re-usersRika Gyselen (research director emeritus CNRS, Iranian and Indian World)7. Invocations to Hermes and Aphrodite on Two Engraved Gems in LeidenAttilio Mastrocinque (professor of Roman history, University of Verona)8. The Importance of Gems in the Work of Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640Marcia Pointon (professor emeritus in History of Art, University of Manchester)9. Post-Classical Cameos, their Makers and UsersClaudia Wagner (senior research lecturer at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford)10. Princely Splendour: Some Cameo Vessels from the Middle of the Seventeenth Century and their PatronsJørgen Hein (senior curator of the Royal Danish Collection at Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen)11. ¿A Treasure, a Schoolmaster, a Pass-Time¿ Dactyliothecae in the 18th and 19th Centuries and their Function as Teaching Aids in Schools and UniversitiesValentin Kockel (professor emeritus for Classical Archaeology, University of Augsburg)12. Non Grylloi, Baskania Sunt. On the Significance of the So Called Grylloi/Grilli or Grylli in Greek and Roman GlypticsCarina Weiss, (independent researcher, Archaeological Institute of the University of Würzburg)13. Another Perspective on the So Called GrylloiSelkit Verberk (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)14. Some Unpublished Scarabs from the Leiden CollectionBen van den Bercken (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 184 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Many are no larger than a fingertip. They are engraved with symbols, magic spells and images of gods, animals and emperors. These stones were used for various purposes. The earliest ones served as seals for making impressions in soft materials. Later engraved gems were worn or carried as personal ornaments - usually rings, but sometimes talismans or amulets. The exquisite engraved designs were thought to imbue the gems with special powers. For example, the gods and rituals depicted on cylinder seals from Mesopotamia were thought to protect property and to lend force to agreements marked with the seals.This edited volume discusses some of the finest and most exceptional precious and semi-precious stones from the collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities - more than 5.800 engraved gems from the ancient Near East, Egypt, the classical world, renaissance and 17th-20th centuries - and other special collections throughout Europe. Meet the people behind engraved gems: gem engravers, the people that used the gems, the people that re-used them and above all the gem collectors. This is the first major publication on engraved gems in the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden since 1978.ContentsTable of contents:PrefaceWim Weijland, director Rijksmuseum van OudhedenIntroductionBen van den Bercken (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)1. Roman Gems in Old Collections and in Modern ArchaeologyMartin Henig (member of the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford/honorary professor, University College London)2. Cassandra on Seals. Ring Stone Images as Self-Representation: an ExampleMarianne Kleibrink (professor emeritus Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology, Groningen University)3. Some Cameos in Leiden - Roman to NeoclassicismGertrud Platz-Horster (former vice director Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)4. The Original RMO Engraved Gem Collection: Gem Identification and Applied Research TechniquesHanco Zwaan and Christine Swaving (Naturalis Biodiversity Center/Netherlands Gemmological Laboratory, Leiden)5. An Important Collection of Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals.Diederik J.W. Meijer (associate professor Near Eastern Archaeology, Leiden University)6. Sasanian Seals: Owners and Re-usersRika Gyselen (research director emeritus CNRS, Iranian and Indian World)7. Invocations to Hermes and Aphrodite on Two Engraved Gems in LeidenAttilio Mastrocinque (professor of Roman history, University of Verona)8. The Importance of Gems in the Work of Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640Marcia Pointon (professor emeritus in History of Art, University of Manchester)9. Post-Classical Cameos, their Makers and UsersClaudia Wagner (senior research lecturer at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford)10. Princely Splendour: Some Cameo Vessels from the Middle of the Seventeenth Century and their PatronsJørgen Hein (senior curator of the Royal Danish Collection at Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen)11. 'A Treasure, a Schoolmaster, a Pass-Time' Dactyliothecae in the 18th and 19th Centuries and their Function as Teaching Aids in Schools and UniversitiesValentin Kockel (professor emeritus for Classical Archaeology, University of Augsburg)12. Non Grylloi, Baskania Sunt. On the Significance of the So Called Grylloi/Grilli or Grylli in Greek and Roman GlypticsCarina Weiss, (independent researcher, Archaeological Institute of the University of Würzburg)13. Another Perspective on the So Called GrylloiSelkit Verberk (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)14. Some Unpublished Scarabs from the Leiden CollectionBen van den Bercken (assistant curator Engraved Gems, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden).…