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Fulvia soon learned that Mary of the Crucifix was the spoiled darling of the convent.
The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton 1899
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Thence by water home, and out again by coach to Lovett's to see my Crucifix, which is not done.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1666 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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Thence by water home, and out again by coach to Lovett's to see my Crucifix, which is not done.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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Thence by water home, and out again by coach to Lovett's to see my Crucifix, which is not done.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 44: July 1666 Samuel Pepys 1668
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Thence by water home, and out again by coach to Lovett's to see my Crucifix, which is not done.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, July 1666 Pepys, Samuel 1666
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The pieces of art that were brilliant in their infancy - like Michaelangelo's unfinished slaves or Dali's sketches for his "Crucifix" are the exceptions, not the rule.
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The pieces of art that were brilliant in their infancy - like Michaelangelo's unfinished slaves or Dali's sketches for his "Crucifix" are the exceptions, not the rule.
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It was in this period of enforced inactivity, when his attempts to win major sculptural commissions were increasingly unsuccessful, that he wrote, or rather dictated, the greater part of his autobiography, as well as making the marble Crucifix which is now in the Escorial.
Jupiter's Boy Hope, Charles 1986
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"Crucifix," if it has an image of Our Lord upon it; if not it is simply
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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Greek manner, a great Crucifix which is now placed in that chapel where there is the Office of the Wardens of Works; this is wrought on the planking, with the Cross outlined, and of this sort he made many in that city.
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi Giorgio Vasari 1542
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