Near a temple of Mars, outside the walls of Rome, there was kept a certain stone known as the lapis manalis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion] Reference

The lapis was his mark and she wore it as a reminder to herself that she belonged to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tutoring Lady Jane]

Other mountains also in this province yield stones called lapis lazuli, whereof the best azure is made.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference

And the king of the Singhalas gave those best of sea-born gems called the lapis lazuli, and heaps of pearls also, and hundreds of coverlets for elephants.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference

Now these things differ sometimes: for "lapis" (a stone) takes its name from hurting the foot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference

No, it is 'lapis'; I pray you remember in your prain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Merry Wives of Windsor] Reference

Sometimes it contains semi-precious elements such as lapis, jade or mother of pearl.    From Wordnik.com.  [Donovan's BLOG - your home source for teak] Reference

Visitors are first met by masks made from various materials such as lapis lazuli, jade, wood and hide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Budapest Times]

The color too is never of so fine a blue as that of fine lapis.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference

The hills, crowned with palms, embraced a sea as deeply blue as lapis-lazuli.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sacrifice] Reference

Meneptah had forgotten his promise to return the lapis-lazuli signet to Mentu.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference

Qui lapis in eodem monasterio reverenter ob regum Albaniae consecrationem servatur.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707)] Reference

Many talismans were offered to us, set very neatly in blood-stone, carnelian, and lapis lazuli.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833] Reference

At Troy, giant stone walls protected the owners of ornate carnelian, gold and lapis lazuli jewelry.    From Wordnik.com.  [When The Comet Flew Through Ancient Evenings] Reference

The chilly water is the color of lapis, but the shade brightens and then deepens as the sun arcs overhead.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love and Marriage’] Reference

Queen Elizabeth sat in that chair near the antique mantelpiece of lapis-lazuli; this chair is never moved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference

When the English geologist bought the kaleidoscopic blue stone in Morocco, she was told it was lapis lazuli.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rock Star] Reference

(Krishna) sent unto them (as presents) various gold ornaments set with pearls and black gems (lapis lazuli).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference

"His skin was overlaid with gold, and his eyebrows were of real lapis lazuli, and he was exceeding perfect.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology] Reference

A file test will reveal the character of this imitation, as it is harder than a file, while true lapis is softer.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference

You pass hundreds of shops of malachite and lapis-lazuli, and a variety of gold and silver work and precious stones from the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers] Reference

Above us bends a vault of lapis-lazuli, with globes of light hanging in it, and around us is a heavenly, soft and balmy air.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.] Reference

Queen Puabi's headdress is an elaborate confection of golden leaves, golden ribbons and rosettes, set off with lapis flowers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Should We Care?] Reference

It is evident, however, from Pliny's description, that the "sapphirus" of the ancients was the lapis lazuli of the present day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference

In spite of the favorite's vigorous protests Mentu overturned the tiny heap of earth and discovered therein the lapis-lazuli signet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference

There was first of all a diamond necklace, just what she had been wishing for; then there were ear-rings and bracelets of lapis lazuli of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harper's Young People, January 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference

They consist chiefly of varieties of marble and alabaster, agates of different shades, chalcedony, jasper, lapis lazuli, and red porphyry.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

In a dusty corner of the Andar Shahr market in Peshawar, Haji Ehsanullah, 60, peddles ruby, amber and lapis-lazuli rings in his small shop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Treasures In The Tombs] Reference

Afghan lapis and Pakistani weavings are for sale, alongside souvenirs of Georgia O'Keeffe, who painted in a nearby studio until the age of 98.    From Wordnik.com.  [Muslims In Big Sky Country] Reference

He also assembled minerals and precious stones -- malachite, lapis lazuli, gold, silver and copper -- to pigment the ink and light the illustrations.    From Wordnik.com.  [America's Book Of Kells] Reference