Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Italian name for the last supper of Jesus and his disciples, a favorite subject with painters.
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Examples
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S. Maria delle Grazie at Milan (Bossi, "Del cenacolo di Leonardo daVinci", Milan, 1910; Sant 'Ambrogio, "Note epigrafiche ed artistiche intorno alla sale del Cenacolo ed al tempio di Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milano" in "Archivio Storico Lombardo", 1892).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The vaulted ceiling was rudely frescoed to represent the open heavens -- the work of a brother whose brush was more devout than cunning -- and there was the inevitable cenacolo above the Abbot's table at the upper end of the room.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Rafael Sabatini 1912
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The feeling of the _cenacolo_ blent here with feelings of Ruth's cornfields, and the white square houses with their flat roofs enforced the illusion.
New Italian sketches John Addington Symonds 1866
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The feeling of the _cenacolo_ blent here with feelings of Ruth's cornfields, and the white square houses with their flat roofs enforced the illusion.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series John Addington Symonds 1866
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The feeling of the _cenacolo_ blent here with feelings of Ruth's cornfields, and the white square houses with their flat roofs enforced the illusion.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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