later with no damage done to either object. A crystal ball was among the grave-goods of the Merovingian King, Childeric I, who lived c. 437 - 481 AD. The grave-goods were discovered in 1653. In 1831, they were stolen from the royal library in France where they were being kept. Few items were ever recovered. The crystal ball was not among them. See also Campbell–Stokes recorder Crystal skull Gazing ball Palantír Salvator Mundi (Leonardo), da Vinci's "Savior of the World" painting depicting Christ holding a crystal ball Seer stone (Latter Day Saints) Notes References Further reading Andrew Lang, Crystal visions, savage and civilised, The Making of Religion, Chapter V, Longmans, Green, and C°, London, New York and Bombay, 1900, pp. 83–104. Geoffrey Munn, The Sphere of Magical Thinking: The Enchanting History of Crystal Balls. 2018 External links Objects used for divination Balls Lenses Romani culture