The numbers in (brackets) below refer to nouns not previously discussed:
[18] et erat strūctūra mūrī eius ex lapide iaspide (1) │ And the building of the wall was made of jasper (1) stone:
ipsa vērō cīvitās aurō mundō │ but the city itself of pure gold
simile vitrō mundō │ similar to clear glass.
[19] fundāmenta mūrī cīvitātis omnī lapide pretiōsō ōrnāta │ And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stone
fundāmentum prīmum iaspis │ The first foundation was jasper
secundum sapphīrus │ the second, sapphire
tertium carcedonius (2) │ the third; a chalcedony (2)
quārtum zmaragdus │ the fourth, an emerald
[20] quīntum sardonyx (3) │ the fifth, sardonyx (3)
sextum sardīnus (4)│ the sixth, sardius (carnelian) (4)
septimum chrȳsolitus (5)│ the seventh, chrysolite (5)
octāvum bērillus │ the eighth, beryl
nōnum topazius │ the ninth, a topaz
decimum chrȳsoprassus (6) │ the tenth, a chrysoprasus (6)
ūndecimum hyacinthus │ the eleventh, a jacinth
duodecimum amethistus │ the twelfth, an amethyst
[21] et duodecim portae duodecim margarītae sunt ¦ per singulās │ And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, ¦ each one of a single pearl
et singulae portae erant ex singulīs margarītīs │ and the individual gates were made of a single pearl / individual pearls (i.e. emphasis on perfection and unity — each gate being not a composite but one flawless pearl)
et platēa cīvitātis aurum mundum tamquam vitrum perlūcidum │ and the street of the city was pure gold, just like transparent glass
(1) iaspis, iaspidis [3/f]: jasper
(2) carcedonius, -ī [2/m]: calchedony, fine-grained quartz nearly transparent or with a milky translucence
(3) sardonyx, sardonychis [3 m/f]: sardonyx, a gemstone with bands of red
(4) sardius, -ī [2/m]: a carnelian, a reddish-orange semi-precious gemstone; adjective: sardīnus, -a, -um
(5) chrȳsolitus, -ī [2 m/f]: used in the Classical Latin period to refer to topaz, but later acquired the meaning of chrysolite, various green-coloured gems
(6) chrȳsoprassus, -ī [2/m]: chrysoprase, a light-green translucent quartz
