purpurate

Updated: June 12, 2025

Alhambrum, proh dii immortales! Qualem regiam, romane purpurate, unicam in orbe terrarum, crede, he exclaims in his letter to Cardinal Arcimboldo of Milan.

- De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2): The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera