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Show Precious Vas'. i In the nnclont cathedra! of Genoa a 1 vaso of Immense vnluo h been pro-nerved pro-nerved for fiOO years. It is cut from n single emerald Its principal dlarae-, dlarae-, ter is 12Hi Inches and Its height Ci inches u Is kept undo- several locks, the keys of which nro In different hards, and It Is rarely exhibited n public, then only by an order of the senate. When shuwn to tho public It is suspended around tho neck of a pilest by a cord, and no oao elso is allowed to touch It. A decrco passed In 1 170 forbids nny one going too noar the pruclous relic. |