Lapis lazuli
Lapis lazuli or lapis is a blue rock used as ornamentation.
Culture
Altars in septs can be inlaid with onyx, mother-of-pearl, and lapis lazuli.[1]
The massive chairs of the Pureborn of Qarth are decorated with goldwork and studded with amber, onyx, lapis, and jade.[2] A bronze arch in the city depicts two snakes mating, and their scales are made of delicate flakes of jade, obsidian, and lapis.[3]
Lord Alester Florent has inlaid lapis flowers on his breastplate.[4][5] The doublet of Ser Harys Swyft has a bantom rooster depicted in lapis beads.[6]
Some women of Astapor wear blue linen decorated with flakes of lapis.[7]
Cyvasse boards can have squares of carnelian, jade, and lapis.[8]
Recent Events
The Winds of Winter
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Competitors for the tourney of the Brotherhood of Winged Knights receive a lapis brooch in the shape of a pair of falcon's wings.[9]
References
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 18, Sansa II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 40, Daenerys III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 27, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 42, Davos II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 25, Davos III.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 17, Cersei IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 23, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 13, The Soiled Knight.
- ↑ The Winds of Winter, Alayne I
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