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A replacement was finished at great expense by the late 1930s but it was promptly incinerated by German bombers as the British capital was ravaged during the Blitz. The young man behind this extravagant presentation of the polymath Khayyám's poetry would soon drown in an English seaside resort. Would anyone dare to commission a third "Great Omar"? Measuring 16in by 13in (40cm by 35cm), the book was encrusted with 1,050 jewels including specially cut rubies, topazes, and emeralds. About 100sq ft (9sq m) of gold leaf and some 5,000 pieces of leather were used in its creation.
The Most Exquisite Object Of The Titanic
A replacement was finished at great expense by the late 1930s but it was promptly incinerated by German bombers as the British capital was ravaged during the Blitz. The young man behind this extravagant presentation of the polymath Khayyám's poetry would soon drown in an English seaside resort. Would anyone dare to commission a third "Great Omar"? Measuring 16in by 13in (40cm by 35cm), the book was encrusted with 1,050 jewels including specially cut rubies, topazes, and emeralds. About 100sq ft (9sq m) of gold leaf and some 5,000 pieces of leather were used in its creation.