cubiculo

As Augustine's withdrawal to his "cubiculo" implies, memory architecture offered a "secret" place within to dwell upon God as well as a vehicle to draw nearer to him, in contemplation.

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

Whisper words of truth in my heart ... while I withdraw to my secret cell [cubiculo] and sing you hymns of love, groaning with grief that I cannot express as I journey on my pilgrimage.

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

Note 303: To contemplate the heavenly Jerusalem, Augustine and Hugh of St. Victor withdrew in meditation to the secret cubiculo/arca contained in their hearts. back

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

Uti ille apud Skenkium, qui post potionem, uxorem et quatuor ancillas proximo cubiculo cubantes, compressit.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Nec aliter fecit ac dixerat, filiamque speciosissimam cum fratre ephebo in cubiculo reliquit simulavitque se in templum ire ad vota nuncupanda.

The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

Mane sedere in cubiculo coepit atque expectare consuetudinem meam.

The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

Fuit inter principes civitatis sine potentia, sine invidia: salutabatur, colebatur, multumque in lectulo iacens cubiculo semper non ex fortuna frequenti doctissimis sermonibus dies transigebat, cum a scribendo vacaret.

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

Optumest. ita scilicet facturam. verum in cubiculo -- deme istuc -- equidem illam moveri gestio. nolo illam habere causam et votitam dicere.

Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

Nec loquaces autem convivas nec mutos legere oportet; quia eloquentia in foro et apud subsellia; silentium vero non in convivio sed in cubiculo esse debet.

The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879

[Footnote 387: 'Tabularius a cubiculo nostro.'] '(4) Men who were formerly Barbarians [388], who have married Roman wives and acquired property in land, are to be compelled to pay their

The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872