Re: [tied] (unknown)

tgpedersen wrote:

>
> I found an interesting book The Crystal Sun by Robert Temple on finds
> of ancient lenses and of glass and rock crystal spheres used as
> magnifying glasses and for illuminating text and other minute work.

Same Robert Temple of 'The Sirius Mystery' fame?

-- Julianus


“Nothing on the face of this earth -- and I do mean nothing --
is half so dangerous as a children’s story that happens to be
real, and you and I are wandering blindfolded through a myth
devised by a maniac.”
-- Master Li Kao (T’ang Dynasty)