Definition of "glyptics" []

• The art of engraving or carving, especially on precious stones; glyptography. (noun)

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• "The art of the lapidary, or science of glyptics, is a most interesting study, and it would be a mistake not to consider it for a few moments on its technical side."
• "Vasari speaks with characteristic enthusiasm of the glyptics of the Greeks, "whose works in that manner may be called divine.""
• "Constantinople was the only place where glyptics were understood and practised upon large hard stones in the early"