Dictionary of Gems and Gemology

2009 Edition
| Editors: Mohsen Manutchehr-Danai

sumptuary law

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72816-0_21016

a discrimination law was passed in the Middle Ages prohibited the use of certain jewelry objects such as pearl by lower classes.

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