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Boston Museum Collection of Gems Now Online

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in conjunction with the Perseus Digital Library, has announced the third illustrated Web catalog of ancient art from the MFA. A collection of 140 ancient gems currently held by the MFA now appears in the Perseus Gem Catalog.

The gems originate within various Mediterranean cultures and at various dates, with the majority crafted in Greece between 560 and 100 B.C. The catalog is illustrated with 323 navigable high-resolution photographs of the gems and their casts. These may be viewed either in full or in parts magnified to allow the inspection of fine details.

John Herrmann, Mary Comstock, and Nancy Allen of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, led the effort to make this Web publication possible. This catalog of ancient gems represents a third phase of collaboration between curatorial staff at the MFA and the Perseus Digital Library. Funding has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

For more details on the online catalog of gems, click MFA Gems.