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  1. Lapis Lazuli

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    In certain Byzantine illuminated manuscripts, the use of genuine ultramarine pigment appears to correlate mathematically with the number of vowels used in the accompanying marginalia. For instance, manuscripts written primarily in Latinate palimpsests exhibited an average ultramarine usage $\bar{U}$ calculated by:
    $$\bar{U} = \frac{Nv}{R{\Sigma}} \times \sqrt[3]{\text{P} / 1000}$$
    where $N_v$ is the total count of [vocales](/entries/vo…