| 单词 | Tyrian purple |
| 例句 | One gram of natural Tyrian purple pigment, for instance, takes 120 pounds of sea snails to create, so paint companies make a mixed, artificial hue instead. Now supply-chain woes have come for the color blue 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Dyes, such as indigo and Tyrian purple, were extracted from plant and animal matter. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z For the ancient Phoenicians, from modern-day Lebanon, the trade in Tyrian purple helped build a mercantile empire that established new colonies across the Mediterranean, including at Carthage, near modern Tunis, under the mythical Queen Dido. Tunisian enthusiast recreates sea snail purple dye that defined ancient royals 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Murex mollusks are the only source of the ancient dye, documented by Pliny, known as Tyrian purple. Review | The human history found inside a seashell 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Ancient organic dyes—such as Tyrian purple, made from the glands of sea snails—are harder to identify, but scholars have had some success using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, which measures molecular vibrations. The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The most celebrated hue of the ancient world, by far, was Tyrian purple. Dye Me a River: How a Revolutionary Textile Coloring Compound Tainted a Waterway [Excerpt] 2013-03-22T14:15:00.380Z A hook was thrown in for the fish, perchance, with the dyes of Tyrian purple. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Even at a later period, when the art of dyeing with the purple-fish was understood and practised at many places in the Mediterranean Sea, the Tyrian purple still maintained its pre-eminence and fame. The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z Tyrian purple he rejected as being too dull for the comparison. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z The verses, writ in golden brown, lie on a ground of palest blue, thrilling to Tyrian purple. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Julius Caesar was wearing his ceremonial robe of Tyrian purple when he was slain by Brutus in the senate house of Rome. Dye Me a River: How a Revolutionary Textile Coloring Compound Tainted a Waterway [Excerpt] 2013-03-22T14:15:00.380Z Tyrian purple was her gown; Gold her girdle; and a crown Made of myrtle held her hair Oval on her forehead fair; Little sandals shod her feet. The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z Then Apollo rose, crowned with laurel and wearing a robe of Tyrian purple that swept the ground. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z She was whiter than the cream-cheeses that began my misfortune, and the lustre of the Tyrian purple was not more bright than the carnation which animated this whiteness. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z This pretty little Star-fish presents the greatest variety of colors; some are dyed in Tyrian purple, others have a paler shade of the same hue, some are vermilion, others a bright orange or yellow. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z By all the Tyrian purple robes that you will never wear, By the Temples of Zimbabwe, by King Solomon I swear, The ship is like a stable, like a Carthaginian sty. H.M.S. —— Tyrianthina takes its name from the Tyrian purple or wine-coloured tips of the petals—a singular development. The Woodlands Orchids Hangings and carpets of Tyrian purple are around us and beneath us, and we lie on ivory couches. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century Tyrian purple was an exquisite and rare shade of crimson. Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference My book says that the difficulty of obtaining and preserving these shells must always render "Tyrian purple" a rare and expensive color. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated Sir H. Davy, on examining a rose-colored substance, found in the baths of Titus, which in its interior had a lustre approaching to that of carmine, considered it a specimen of the best Tyrian purple. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life She hovers round her hero with sweet observances of love, she hangs at his side the jewelled sword and the robe of Tyrian purple woven by her queenly hands. Stray Studies from England and Italy For her he decked a couch with Tyrian purple, and on the softest of pillows he laid the beautiful head of the marble woman that he loved. A Book of Myths What Tyrian purple in the faded waistcoat, the vest not owed for; how glossy the well-worn hat, if it covers not the aching head of a debtor! Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power Baltimore, Md Dear St. Nicholas: Perhaps the other readers of your magazine have heard of "Tyrian purple," a dye which once sold in the shops of ancient Rome for its own weight in silver. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated At the decline of the empire, the Tyrian purple was an important article of commerce, and got to be common in the clothing of the people. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists During the time of the Roman emperors, the Tyrian purple was valued so highly that a pound of cloth twice dipped was sold for about one hundred and fifty dollars. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy They were nearing the mountains again, and both raised their eyes to the peaks deeply shadowed in Tyrian purple. Wayside Courtships Tyrian purple, violet, etc., and is so used by Milton: see Il Pens. Milton's Comus I remember, too, that the Babylonians thought "Tyrian purple" too sacred for the use of mortals, so they used it only in the dress of their idols. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated The Tyrian purple alluded to was obtained from the purpuræ, a species of shell-fish adhering to rocks and large stones in the sea adjoining Tyre. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists The deed that was done in Glencoe is familiar to us all, by a patch of Tyrian purple in the most splendid of our histories. Lectures on Modern history But in 1909 Friedlander put an end to the superstition by analyzing Tyrian purple and finding that it was already known. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries Josephus mentions a body of archers who escorted him from the city to his country palace, clad in dresses of Tyrian purple, and their hair powdered with gold dust. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 The atrium of the house was a splendid sight, with its veined marble pillars, mosaic floor, bubbling fountain, choice frescoes, and expensive furniture upholstered in Tyrian purple. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. On account, probably, of its extreme costliness, it was frequently the custom to dye the cloth with a ground of kermes or alkanet, previous to applying the Tyrian purple. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists Particles of the precious metal are not more precious to the miner, pearls to the diver, ivory to the Coast-merchant, and the shell-fish to the maker of Tyrian purple. Catharine The modern chemist has robbed royalty of its most distinctive insignia, Tyrian purple. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries And at nine o'clock the next morning in a certain Tyrian purple room in the west wing of the Palace of the Litany the two sat breakfasting. Romance Island Ouida has not missed weaving her Tyrian purples into the exalted pattern of her romantic painters. Promenades of an Impressionist It is said that the Phoenicians obtained the dye called Tyrian purple there, and that shells of the fish that yielded it are yet to be found along the beach. A Trip Abroad Sometimes the Spanish sheep was immersed alive in the Tyrian purple. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 If you mixed live and dead lobsters you'd get Tyrian purple.' The Story of the Amulet "I dare say," said St. George, examining the exquisitely fine cloth whose shades were of curious depth and richness, "that this may be regular Tyrian purple." Romance Island And even as the sun-god spoke, behold! the blood that had flowed from Hyacinthus's wound stained the grass, and a flower, like a lily in shape, sprang up, more bright than Tyrian purple. Good Stories for Holidays On his right hand stood Xerxes—on his left, Darius and Sogdianus; and around him were a numerous band of younger sons; all wearing white robes, with jewelled vests of Tyrian purple. Philothea A Grecian Romance Curse on that man who finds the emerald green, And Tyrian purples for our flattered girls! The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse Now, too, the garden is crowned with the flowers Dione loves, and the rose ripens brighter than Tyrian purple. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal He was just at that moment crossing the high white audience-hall, the anteroom to the Hall of Kings—he, Amory, in Tyrian purple garments. Romance Island The head was of Persian silk, and dyed with Tyrian purple. Imogen A Pastoral Romance We drove for many miles through woods of the American oak, little more than brushwood, but gorgeous in all shades of colouring, from the scarlet of the geranium to deep crimson and Tyrian purple. The Englishwoman in America At thy soft feet let me kneel—on cushions of Tyrian purple. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family The Tyrian purple is still furnished by a muscle found upon the coast, but Tyre is now only noted for its tobacco and mill-stones. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain Through her hands passed the gold and pearls of the Orient; the famous Tyrian purple; ivory, slaves, and incense of Arabia; the silver of Spain; the bronze of Cyprus; and the iron of Elba. Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. The pirates dyed their sails with Tyrian purple, they inlaid their oars with silver, and they spread gold on their pennants, so rich had their booty made them. The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic The Tyrian purple was made from a gastropod of the seas near Byzantium, and a little snail-like mollusk of Ireland would serve to make a crimson like it. Masters of the Guild Hildegarde reflected that for once she could not blush, being already a Tyrian purple. Hildegarde's Neighbors Their short kilted skirts were of rich Tyrian purple embroidered with gold. The Young Carthaginian A Story of The Times of Hannibal In the Forum Romanum, one of the finest buildings, still bears stains of the Tyrian purple. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Where are the Greek merchants that came through the pillars of Hercules, the Gibraltar now grabbed by the foe of mankind, with gold and Tyrian purple to sell in Wexford at the fair of Carmen? Ulysses His face and arms were painted vermilion; above the Tyrian purple of his toga, above the gold work and palms of his tunic, there oscillated a little ball in which there were charms against Envy. Imperial Purple The red sun was flooding the valley with a misty, rich-colored light, and against the orange and gold of the sky the hills stood in Tyrian purple. Main-Travelled Roads You now enter the tablinum, across which, at either end, hung rich draperies of Tyrian purple, half withdrawn. Last Days of Pompeii The very ancient writers state that the most esteemed of the Tyrian purples were those which compared in color with "coagulated bullocks' blood." Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. Tyrian purple was used for coloring the parchment or vellum. Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. |
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