When Lanval first sees the lady's attendants, they appear: "Vestues ierent richement, / Laciees mut estreitement / En deus blians de purpre bis" (57-59) [They were richly dressed, laced very tightly into two bliauts of dark purple].
Un cher mantel de blanc hermine, Covert de purpre alexandrine, Ot pur le chaut sur li gete.