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Meaning of iliptoteca by Jimeno Álvarez





Jimeno Álvarez

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iliptoteca is incorrectly written, and should be written as "glyptotek" being its meaning: «iliptoteca = gliptotecaUna glyptotek ( from the Greek ³» IAEE, " carve " ) It is a museum dedicated initially recorded fine stones, but also the works of sculpture in general, books and pieces of music.Marcus Scaurus, Roman statesman who died the year 87 BC was the first who formed a collection of this type. Pompey followed suit. Julio César exhibited at the Temple of Venus Genitrix stones that had taken over and which belonged to Mithridates. Marcelo, son of Octavio formed another collection that exhibited to the public in the Temple of Apollo Palatino.En 16th-century Medici assembled a magnificent collection of engraved stones soon spread the love and they found imitators in the rest of Europe.

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