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from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
Sistine
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The name Sixtine is derived from Sixtus the Fourth, as has been said, and is usually, but not correctly, spelled 'Sistine.'
Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome 1881
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The gorgeous “Mona Lisa” comes from her 1982 album Suite Sixtine.
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The gorgeous “Mona Lisa” comes from her 1982 album Suite Sixtine.
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Popes hadn't celebrated ad orientem in a while, in public, in the Sixtine Chapel for Heaven's sake, now the Pope is doing that.
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This accurate sketch of Papal grandeur while a mass is celebrated in the Sixtine Chapel 1578
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Great feasts & funzioni here, for which we can get no tickets; there are 5000 strangers & only room for 500 at the celebration of the famous Miserere [by Allegri] in the Sixtine Chapel
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The third great edition is that commonly known as the ` Sixtine, 'published at Rome in 1587 under Pope Sixtus V ...
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Substantially, the ` Sixtine 'edition gives the text of B ...
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Saint Peter's surpassed his expectations, and the choir's _Miserere_ so delighted him that he went to hear it a second time in lieu of that of the Sixtine Chapel.
Balzac Frederick Lawton
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The cardinals enter the Sixtine chapel vested in their purple _cappe_: the maces are reversed, as on friday.
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome Charles Michael Baggs
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