As described in this fascinating account, it was also the reflection of one man's personality - arrogant, brilliant and very odd.
"If you put a new piece next to an old one, you will see the new mirror has a lighter and more brilliant reflection," he said.
The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections.
It is a brilliant reflection on how faith so readily goes wrong, though it also has the capacity to bring out the best in us.
Even better, the glass structure threw brilliant reflections into his eyes, and Will could see that for a moment he was almost blinded.
The columns sparkled in the blue glow from the dome of fog above, but once again the light seemed only brilliant reflections.
If there were any fine grooves, she couldn't see them because of the brilliant reflection.
The stream burbled endlessly, shifting green shadows and blinding brilliant reflections.
All it is is a big building full of the most brilliant reflections of what we know day by day, the great and the small.
The plaz-filtered light of both suns filled the gondola with brilliant reflections.