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How Lapis Lazuli is prepared

Joumana Medlej
May 19, 2023
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Everyone, I believe, has heard of lapis lazuli, the blue so precious it has acquired a quasi-mystical aura – at least in the medieval West. It was not so in the East at the same period, as I’ll be discussing below. The pigment known as ultramarine is a truly mesmeric hue, but the origin of its mystique is pragmatic: because it was so expensive, European…

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