Title | Orientnesse |
Origtitle | Indian Woman |
Variants | Plate 46 |
Caption | Detail of necklace showing orientness, or luster |
Source | 1964 John White Edition |
Date | 1585-86 |
Creator | John White |
Type | Watercolor |
Origin | Scan of 1964 UNC Edition of drawings |
Notes | Hariot noted the orientnesse, or lustrousness, of the pearls. |
In reference to the pearls on pg 752, this word means “brilliancy or lustrousness of a stone, esp. a pearl” according to OED. See “pearle.” - Matt