About
Menu

lazulum

lazulum, -us [Ar. lāzurd < lāzuward, -award < Pers.lāzhward, lājward] , lapis lazuli (as stone, or pigment derived from it), azure. b (w. lapis). Cf. lapidumlazul. erit in colore ut ~um Alf. Angl. Plant. II 14; [saphirus] invenitur ‥ aliquando in venis minerarum ubi lasurium [Trevisa: laxurium] etiam invenitur Bart. Angl. XVI 87; lasurium Ib. XVI 103 (v. infra b); in sapphiris orientalibus et hyacinthis, talis etiam color reperitur in lasurio [Trevisa: azure] Ib. XIX 21; ~us quod est azurium Bacon II 2; color lac ~ulus Ib. XIV 75 (v. azurum a); videtur esse color ~i Id. Maj. II 193; ~um, A. azure WW.  b zimiech est idem quod lapis lasurii ‥ unde fit lasurium, ut dicitur, in lapidario Bart. Angl. XVI 103; addunt ‥ lapidem ~i Gilb. I 34v. 2; lapis ~i, i pere WW; Alph. 90 (v. achates c); lapis ~i vena terre est de qua fit lazulum quod multum assimulatur [in aspectu] celesti coloris Ib. 91.

Saved

Recent