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Noteworthy finds from the contexts of the areas excavated this year were a piece of crusta in africano (Teos, Turkey) from a sondage near the theatre and a piece of porfido rosso originating from the Odeion.
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This is the case for the Afyon-marbles, cipollino, granito verde della sedia di San Lorenzo, porfido verde di grecia or serpentine, bianco e nero tigrato, breccia corallina, and rossa brecciato.
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[222] "Fu Pietro persona di assai poca religione, e non se gli potè mai far credere l'immortalità dell 'anima: anzi, con parole, accomodate al suo cervello di porfido, ostinatissimamente ricusò ogni buona vita.
Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts John Addington Symonds 1866
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