[bustinchops]

It is interesting. I think the very word “azure”, through a genesis of spellings and middle eastern languages and then European languages, derived from ‘lapis lazuli’. It seems to me I read how it’s made while reading about dynastic Egyptian history. I think it, among other tints, dyes and pigments, was used for other things besides eye shadow, such as paint in general. The Egyptians developed very vibrant pigments from organic and mineral materials.

So, what poem is your quotation from? I would like to read it.

Thanks.

[Salamander]

What poem?

[Swordmaker]

It is interesting. I think the very word “azure”, through a genesis of spellings and middle eastern languages and then European languages, derived from ‘lapis lazuli’.

Good call:

ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a blue dye): from Old French asur, azur, from medieval Latin azzurum, azolum, from Arabic al ‘the’ + lāzaward (from Persian lāžward ‘lapis lazuli’ ).—Source American Oxford Dictionary