Alabasters

Round her neck she wore, like all Jewish women, a little phial of concentrated perfume; they were called alabasters; and they were very costly. ❋ Julie D. (2004)

Among the ancients Oriental alabaster was frequently used for vases to hold unguents, in the belief that it preserved them; whence the vases were called alabasters, even when made of other materials. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The Victoria and Albert Museum 'The Annunciation and Trinity,' from the early 15th century What you first notice about these English alabasters is the subdued, jewel-like coloring of their surviving paint and gilding. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2012)

For instance, several alabasters depict the Trinity, with the crowned and bearded Father majestically robed and enthroned, supporting the crucified Son between his legs, the cross surmounted by the dove representing the Holy Spirit. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2012)

Today, much of the color is gone—if not worn away by time or by brutal handling during the wave of destruction of such works during the Reformation, then stripped by 19th-century collectors who preferred their alabasters to resemble conventional white statuary. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2012)

So I opened them still giddy for the excess of her embracing and pressing, and saw that the whole saloon was built of the finest marbles and alabasters, and all its furniture was of silk and brocade even to the cushions and mattresses. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Nearly all these carvings are executed in fine marbles and alabasters. ❋ Julia De Wolf Gibbs Addison (N/A)

A few bas-reliefs in the most finished style; a few alabasters as bright as if they had been brought at the moment from ❋ Various (N/A)

The European alabasters are accumulated masses of stalactite and stalagmite, formed by the slow dropping of water charged with sulphate of lime, to which circumstance they owe the parallel stripes or concentric circles with which they are marked, while the rich and delicate varieties of colouring are produced by the oxides of iron which the water carries with it in its infiltration through the intervening strata. ❋ Hugh Macmillan (N/A)

In this institution, conveniently arranged in glass cases, are no less than 607 specimens of various marbles and alabasters used by the ancient Romans in the building or decoration of their houses and public monuments. ❋ Hugh Macmillan (N/A)

The Oriental alabasters, on the other hand, which are distinguished from the European by their superior hardness and durability, are in reality not sulphates, but carbonates of lime. ❋ Hugh Macmillan (N/A)

An interesting collection of beautiful and valuable varieties of alabasters may be made in connection with the building operations still carried on in the unfinished façade of the basilica fronting the Tiber. ❋ Hugh Macmillan (N/A)

You go into the Duomo late on Christmas Eve, and find the time-stained alabasters and dark aisles lit up with five hundreds of wax candles over seven feet high. ❋ William Francis Dawson (N/A)

The vertical alabasters of the XIIth dynasty are very similar to some (as 23) of the earlier periods, but a slight swell near the mouth (seen well in 47) and a greater spreading at the foot ❋ James Edward Quibell (1901)

Franz was picking up pebbles and alabasters, some because they were so pretty, some to strike sparks with in the dark, and some he insisted were “gold”. ❋ Unknown (1882)

The transparent alabasters of San Miniato and the mosaics of Saint Mark's are more warmly filled and more brightly touched by every return of morning and evening rays, while the hues of the Gothic cathedrals have died like the iris out of the cloud, and the temples, whose azure and purple once flamed above the Grecian promontory, stand in their faded whiteness like snows which the sunset has left cold. ❋ Oscar Wilde (1877)

Darvid, in company with a surveyor, an engineer, and an architect, walked through the garden, but the object of his walk was in no way the contemplation of nature bound up under marbles, and alabasters sprinkled with brilliants. ❋ Eliza Orzeszkowa (1876)

In the Assyrian alabasters, those found at Nimroud as well as those from Khorsabad, "the great king" is furnished with the same appendage of royalty, a slender rod, but destitute of any knob or ornament. ❋ Unknown (1871)

While the architect of Santa Maria Novella admitted to the frescoes of Ghirlandajo scarcely more of purple lancet light than had been shed by the morning sun through the veined alabasters of San ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

You [want] good [hardcore music]? [Go to] Alabaster. ❋ Erwin Foreman (2009)

you are a [massive] alabaster . you.....stop being an alabaster You....seriously, [its only skin], you might [grow out] of your alabaster ways one day. ❋ Theblackone (2010)

Buying drugs and being harassed by a fat, male, possibly retarded former prostitute wearing nothing but [whitey tighties]. "Yo Dude, Alabaster." Smoking in friends [basement] 'le [creek] from upstairs' Alabaster dudes! ❋ The Time Child (2011)

"Yo did you get a [glimpse] of that [alabaster disaster] that played at the youth [center] this weekend" ❋ CMoneygRip (2009)

Jim: Wow [Alan], i cant believe we got famous voice actors [Trey] and Noah to appear on [our show]. This might be our only opportunity to perform an alabaster jackrabbit. Alan: Thats a great idea! Ive heard about that, and we have to do it! Trey: Thats the reason i got into this business. Noah: Ive always got time for an alabaster jackrabbit, but let me stretch first. ❋ Inbeedee (2019)

Ok i took a [chance], how was i [supposed to] know he was an [Alabaster Retard] ❋ Crispin Whattley (2005)

[Tony Harrison]: " I took a [chance], how was I [to know] he was an alabaster retard" ❋ KingoftheImpossible (2006)

"wow, did you [jsut] see those alabaster dwarfs eat that [goober] [blossom]?" ❋ LEAHANDJENNA (2008)

❋ Thelonius Egbert Quagmire (2003)

[Jemma] [the red head] from down the street was always hanging around with black guys. Her very pale white skin struck a real contrast against some of the real [dark black] guys " wow she's a real blacked alabaster " ❋ Nworshipunlimited (2008)