Hand-book for travellers in northern Italy [by sir F. Palgrave]. |
Other editions - View all
Hand-Book for Travellers in Northern Italy [By Sir F. Palgrave] Francis Palgrave No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
amongst ancient Andrea Angels Apennines arches architect architecture artist bas-reliefs beautiful Bishop bronze building built called campanile Carlo castle cathedral celebrated centre century centy chapel choir church of San colour columns compartments contains Correggio Cosmo cross crowned cupola curious Doge Donatello door Duke Duomo erected executed façade figures Florence Francesco French frescoes front Genoa Giovanni Giulio Romano Gothic Guercino head high altar hill Inhab inscription interior Italian Italy Lombard Lord Lucca Madonna Mantua marble Maria Medici ment Michael Angelo Milan Modena Monte monument nave noble ornaments paintings palace Palazzo Parma Paul Veronese Piacenza Piazza picture Pietro Pisa Pisano Ponte Porta portion portrait present principal remarkable representing rich road Roman Saints Sarzana sculpture side specimen statue style tains Tintoretto tion Titian tomb tower town transept ture Turin Tuscan Vasari Venetian Venice Verona Villa Virgin and Child walls
Popular passages
Page 169 - And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
Page 301 - There is a glorious city in the sea; The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing; and the salt sea-weed Clings to the marble of her palaces. No track of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates ! The path lies o'er the sea, Invisible : and from the land we went, As to a floating city — steering in, And gliding up her streets, as in a dream...
Page 492 - Roman pontiff was preceded or imitated by a Florentine merchant, who governed the republic without arms and without a title. Cosmo of Medicis was the father of a line of princes, whose name and age are almost synonymous with the restoration of learning: his credit was ennobled into fame ; his riches were dedicated to the service of mankind ; he corresponded at once with Cairo and London : and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books was often imported in the same vessel.
Page 210 - But see ! each Muse in Leo's golden days Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays ; Rome's ancient genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his reverend head.
Page 120 - In the division and the decline of the empire, the tributary harvests of Egypt and Africa were withdrawn; the numbers of the inhabitants continually diminished with the means of subsistence; and the country was exhausted by the irretrievable losses of war, famine, and pestilence.
Page 547 - Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 486 - Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me. I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her.
Page 468 - the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle." 5. Jubal, "the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Page 554 - His legions, angel forms, who lay entranced, Thick as autumnal leaves that strew the brooks In Vallombrosa, where the Etrurian shades, High overarched, embower...
Page 233 - I have been these six weeks, and still am, at my dairy-house, which joins to my garden. I believe I have already told you it is a long mile from the castle, which is situate in the midst of a very large village, once a considerable town, part of the walls still remaining, and has not vacant ground enough about it to make a garden, which is my greatest amusement, it being now troublesome to walk, or even go in the chaise till the evening. I have fitted up in this farm-house a room...