The Land of Cockaygne, lines 67-94
LAPIDARY CONCORDANCE:
This chart shows glosses of the lapidary terms as they appear in some of the poem's major editons. Click the Middle English name of the stone/gem to view notes about the term, and images of its proposed modern stone equivalent; the notes offer explanation as to why certain modern stone equivalents that differ from the older glosses have been proposed here.  Click editor/translator  to view bibliographic information for their relevant print edition. Click translations to view full-text online translations based on that print edition, and to see the lapidary terms in context. 
ME stone/gem 
names
& line numbers:
MnE glosses
R.H. Robbins, 1959

* = not glossed

MnE glosses
J.A.W. Bennett & 
G.V. Smithers, 1974

(WPWT translation)
MnE glosses
Angela M. Lucas, 1995

(CELT translation)
Modern stone to 
which the ME term
most likely refers:
ametist (93) amethyst amethyst amethyst
astiune(90) astrion or sapphire astrion
(WPWT trans.: astriums)
moonstone star sapphire?
moonstone?
beril (92) beryl beryl beryl
calcedun (94) chalcedony chalcedony chalcedony chalcedony
carnelian?
carbuncle(90)
 
garnet carbuncle
(WPWT trans.: rubies)
carbuncle ruby?
garnet?
corale, rede (71) * red coral red coral red coral
crisolite(93) * chrysolite, a green gem chrysolite chrysolite
cristale  (70) * crystal crystal quartz crystal?
epetite (94) hepatite or bloodstone red precious stone
(WPWT trans.: hepatite)
red precious stone red spinel?
jaspe, grene (70) * green jasper
(WPWT trans.: gemstones)
green jaspar green chalcedony
lugre(91) ligure ligure ligure amber?
zircon?
 onix(92)
* onyx onyx onyx
prassiune (91) chrysoprase prassine, a green precious stone 
(WPWT trans.: prasine)
prasine chrysoprase?
 saphir (89)
* sapphire sapphire sapphire
smaragde (91)
emerald emerald emerald emerald
topasiune(92) topaz topaz
(WPWT trans.: topazine)
topaz yellow sapphire?
peridot?
vniune (89) pearl of great size large pearl
(WPWT trans.: pearls)
large pearl pearl

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