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  • But above this sacred hemicycle there was another range of boxes; equally private boxes; as all the boxes of an Italian theatre are; -- and the key of one of these upper "loggie" had been secured by Ludovico, and presented to

    A Siren Thomas Adolphus Trollope 1851

  • You're not telling me that a Cbt Arm Officer would/should/is a better Bde DCOS than a 'loggie' with all his 'logistic' experience but still Cbt/Cbt Sp Arms are allowed to take up this type of post.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • An invariable feature, like the arcaded loggie of old

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

  • Vatican he assisted Giovanni d'Udine in his arabesques, Polidoro in his antique chiaroscuri, and executed some of the most beautiful historical paintings of the loggie di Raffaello.

    The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome Charles Michael Baggs

  • The above-mentioned loggie form the western side of the Cortile di San Damaso; the northern side is also composed of loggie, behind which, on the second floor, is the Sala

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • Not only were the most daring works of architecture entrusted to him, but all other important building operations, and, in general, all artistic undertakings depended on his initiative and approbation, as the painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and of the loggie and the stanze, or halls, of the Vatican.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

  • The offices lie in the loggie of the third story in the eastern wing of the palace.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • The eastern side of the loggie stands in front of that portion of the palace occupied by the pope and the secretary of state.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • At first he planned a reproduction of Rubens 'palace in Antwerp, open _loggie_ for studios, leafy gardens covered with flowers at all seasons, and in the paths, gazelles, giraffes, birds of bright plumage, like flying flowers, and other exotic animals which this great painter used as models in his desire to copy Nature in all its magnificence.

    Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) Vicente Blasco Ib����ez 1897

  • Fuga_ (1743), are noteworthy designs: the former an especially powerful conception, combining a colossal order with two smaller orders in superposed _loggie_, but marred by the excessive scale of the statues which crown it.

    A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890

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