Definition of Murrhine. Meaning of Murrhine. Synonyms of Murrhine

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Definition of Murrhine

Murrhine
Murrhine Mur"rhine, a. [L. murrhinus, fr. murrha: cf. F. murrhin.] Made of the stone or material called by the Romans murrha; -- applied to certain costly vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups; as, murrhine vases, cups, vessels. Murrhine glass, glassware made in imitation of murrhine vases and cups.

Meaning of Murrhine from wikipedia

- Blue-banded fluorite is very rare. An ornamental mineral known to the Romans as murrhine may have been a fluorspar similar to Blue John. Recently discovered deposits...
- Museum. Retrieved 9 June 2016. Bromehead, C.N. (June 1952), "What was Murrhine?", Antiquity, 26 (102): 65–70, doi:10.1017/S0003598X00023590, S2CID 164176054...
- high social status, with one ex-consul spending 70,000 sesterces on a murrhine goblet. Other commonly collected materials included jewelry, ****s, books...
- States Commission to the Paris exposition commented not only on "Roman murrhine gl****", but also particularly on the mural gl**** mosaics, the "perfection...