cinque

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They are lightly traced in much of the cinque cento sculpture; very boldly and grandly in the strange Last Judgment in the porch of St. Maclou at Rouen, described in the “Seven Lamps.”

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John

Her assistant, a good-looking young man, in very white teeth and livery, sold some patent toothache drops: Solo cinque baiocchi il fiasco, S'gnore.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy by Various

It adapts the pastoral form to that ideal of civility dependent upon culture, which took so strong a hold upon the imagination of the cinque cento.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

Trieze is their favourite game: uno, due, tre, quatro, cinque, fante, cavallo are eternally repeated; the apartments echoed no other sound.

From Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by Beckford, William

This latter then proclaims it—'Prima-estratta, numero venti cinque.'

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.