1lapid.topaz, yellow transparent precious stone:
(
s.xii2/4;
MS: c.1200
)
Cestes sunt les doze pieres auctoriziees: jaspis, saphir, [...] berille, topazion, crisopras, jacincte, ametiste
Lapid 111.LVIII.2
(
c.1385;
MS: c.1400
)
jeo tendra pluys preciouse q'or ou tapasion
Ars Dict 3.51
(
MS: 1423
)
Item, .i. verge d'or, ovec .i. setrine, autrement dit .j. pere topaisoun, pris .x. s.
Rot Parl1 iv 216
2toponymTopazios, Zabargad Island (island in Egypt considered as the topaz's place of origin):
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiii1
)
[D]e l’ille de Topaziun Ad la topace pris sun nun
Lapid 167.XII.330
topazion (s.xii2/4)