Post by Jonas on Sept 29, 2015 21:13:11 GMT
Throughout Malice In Saffron the color 'Saffron' (yellow, gold, topaz, etc) is referenced many times, mostly to describe the topaz crucifix as well main character's hair or her brother's hair, but is also used for other miscellaneous things such as the robes of the order, plums and apple, various eyes ranging from demon eyes to cat eyes, etc.
Hair:
"A young girl with pale yellow hair was walking between the wheat fields" (Lee, 170)
"Draped in a mantle, a striped sash, and with a knot of ribbons caught through his yellow hair, Jehan was abruptly a girl." (Lee, 271)
"On the mattress a young man with wringing-wet yellow hair, writhed and tossed in unemphatic delirium. His skin was blotched by darkness, and beneath one arm nested the black knots of the plague. He was however recognisable. And so Jhane looked into the face of her brother, Pierre" (Lee, 309)
"Jehanine had always been in love with her golden-haired brother." (Lee, 174)
"A lion-like mane of gold hair burst out against the dimness, raying over the shoulders and down the spine." (Lee, 250)
Topaz Crucifix:
"And then she saw what the spark of fire, the eye, really
was. It was a jewel, a perfect topaz set square into a small
crucifix of gold." (Lee 192)
"Eyelets of saffron glass, merely, dappled the
candlesticks and the cloth. Jehanine, seeing them, thought
of the topaz crucifix Pierre had been given by Belnard her
step-father." (Lee, 201)
"It was a dream, but in her hand she held the topaz
cross." (Lee, 219)
"Lastly, she laid the
topaz cross upon her pallet." (Lee, 220)
"Her female bleeding had ended, and getting up
she opened the chest and looked in at the items there, the
male clothes and the rope, and the topaz cross." (Lee, 225)
"Now, under her gown, a
golden chain, and on the chain a little golden cross set
with a topaz." (Lee, 237)
"Jehan felt the topaz cross slide between his girl’s
breasts under the binding." (Lee, 261)
"She covered her head and
neck with gorget and veil, her body with the robe of the
order, when everything was in place on her, she drew up
the topaz crucifix and wore it there openly on her breast." (Lee, 297)
"Even the topaz
cross on the girl’s breast was not taken from her." (Lee, 299)
"When night returned Jhane took off the topaz cross and
laid it under the sick man’s pillow." (Lee, 312)
“Yes. When you were in the fever, I took it from your
neck and placed it there for safe-keeping. Your cross with
the topaz.” (Lee, 315)
"Yes, the yellow stone, the topaz, he cut it
from some breast-plate of a fallen pagan priest, in a shrine
there, or so he said …” (Lee, 315)
"Below, subserviently waited her body in the robe of the order, which was fulvous, the autumn-leaf colour of a yellow fox." (Lee, 197)
"Gaze on the window, Jhane, the Great Light, its petals
of saffron and snow." (Lee, 238)
"They gave the dwarf all their news, while Jehan sat by,
yellow cat-eyes cast down. The dwarf gave them their news back again" (Lee, 243-244)
"A hearty meal had been eaten in it at the white-clad table, not long before, and still positioned there were a gilt wine-jug and cups, a dish of yellow plums and apples" (Lee, 257)
"The studio was illumined in saffron, and by hopping,
dancing, screaming fire-creatures, that tried in turn to
come at her, at each other, and which all the while beat at
their own selves, until they went down and boiled along
the floor." (Lee 262)
"The brown days of smoke, the blind nights, went by. Sometimes a biblical, yellow-lit cloud stood over the higher City after sunset." (Lee, 301)
"There was one good doctor, he gave me myrrh and
saffron, and bled me." (Lee, 304) (Note: Refers to the spice, not the color.)
"Jabrael, God’s Mighty One … Yes, the yellow stone, the topaz, he cut it from some breast-plate of a fallen pagan priest, in a shrine there, or so he said …" (Lee, 315)
"Spring came blustering through the nunnery, and lit the columns and the garden with yellow and white flower" (Lee, 324)
Hair:
"A young girl with pale yellow hair was walking between the wheat fields" (Lee, 170)
"Draped in a mantle, a striped sash, and with a knot of ribbons caught through his yellow hair, Jehan was abruptly a girl." (Lee, 271)
"On the mattress a young man with wringing-wet yellow hair, writhed and tossed in unemphatic delirium. His skin was blotched by darkness, and beneath one arm nested the black knots of the plague. He was however recognisable. And so Jhane looked into the face of her brother, Pierre" (Lee, 309)
"Jehanine had always been in love with her golden-haired brother." (Lee, 174)
"A lion-like mane of gold hair burst out against the dimness, raying over the shoulders and down the spine." (Lee, 250)
Topaz Crucifix:
"And then she saw what the spark of fire, the eye, really
was. It was a jewel, a perfect topaz set square into a small
crucifix of gold." (Lee 192)
"Eyelets of saffron glass, merely, dappled the
candlesticks and the cloth. Jehanine, seeing them, thought
of the topaz crucifix Pierre had been given by Belnard her
step-father." (Lee, 201)
"It was a dream, but in her hand she held the topaz
cross." (Lee, 219)
"Lastly, she laid the
topaz cross upon her pallet." (Lee, 220)
"Her female bleeding had ended, and getting up
she opened the chest and looked in at the items there, the
male clothes and the rope, and the topaz cross." (Lee, 225)
"Now, under her gown, a
golden chain, and on the chain a little golden cross set
with a topaz." (Lee, 237)
"Jehan felt the topaz cross slide between his girl’s
breasts under the binding." (Lee, 261)
"She covered her head and
neck with gorget and veil, her body with the robe of the
order, when everything was in place on her, she drew up
the topaz crucifix and wore it there openly on her breast." (Lee, 297)
"Even the topaz
cross on the girl’s breast was not taken from her." (Lee, 299)
"When night returned Jhane took off the topaz cross and
laid it under the sick man’s pillow." (Lee, 312)
“Yes. When you were in the fever, I took it from your
neck and placed it there for safe-keeping. Your cross with
the topaz.” (Lee, 315)
"Yes, the yellow stone, the topaz, he cut it
from some breast-plate of a fallen pagan priest, in a shrine
there, or so he said …” (Lee, 315)
"Below, subserviently waited her body in the robe of the order, which was fulvous, the autumn-leaf colour of a yellow fox." (Lee, 197)
"Gaze on the window, Jhane, the Great Light, its petals
of saffron and snow." (Lee, 238)
"They gave the dwarf all their news, while Jehan sat by,
yellow cat-eyes cast down. The dwarf gave them their news back again" (Lee, 243-244)
"A hearty meal had been eaten in it at the white-clad table, not long before, and still positioned there were a gilt wine-jug and cups, a dish of yellow plums and apples" (Lee, 257)
"The studio was illumined in saffron, and by hopping,
dancing, screaming fire-creatures, that tried in turn to
come at her, at each other, and which all the while beat at
their own selves, until they went down and boiled along
the floor." (Lee 262)
"The brown days of smoke, the blind nights, went by. Sometimes a biblical, yellow-lit cloud stood over the higher City after sunset." (Lee, 301)
"There was one good doctor, he gave me myrrh and
saffron, and bled me." (Lee, 304) (Note: Refers to the spice, not the color.)
"Jabrael, God’s Mighty One … Yes, the yellow stone, the topaz, he cut it from some breast-plate of a fallen pagan priest, in a shrine there, or so he said …" (Lee, 315)
"Spring came blustering through the nunnery, and lit the columns and the garden with yellow and white flower" (Lee, 324)