According to a very old tradition, the name of Panther, which gave occasion to the mistake of the Jews, was, as we are informed by St. Epiphanius, the surname of Joseph's father, or rather, as is asserted by St. John damascene, the proper name of Mary's grandfather.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh
Seated around on little divans and silk cushions are the principal native performers, Neulah girls wearing the teasing Yamashk, covering half their faces although the rest of their figures are visible through gauzy damascene shawls.
"The Secrets of the German War Office"
Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves
Still Silence reigned:-a keen silence more piercing than the sharpest damascene blade.
"A Book of Quaker Saints"
Lucy Violet Hodgkin