cortile

• A new cloister had been erected there—an elegant little cortile, thirty-eight feet by thirty-two, adorned with lovely Corinthian pillars—and the Brethren were anxious to fill the lunettes of the arches with frescoes at the least possible expense, wisely judging that a young artist on his way to fame would be the best to employ. —  Fra Bartolommeo
• I know that old palace,--knew it thirty years ago,--and I know that cortile, and although I have not had the good fortune to run across either your gondolier, Espero, or his sweetheart, Mariana, I have known a dozen others as romantic and delightful. —  A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others
• But the entresol on the eastern side of the cortile was in good condition, and comfortably fitted up for the occasional use of the Principe. —  The Marriage of William Ashe
• "You shall have the most crowded _cortile_ in —  Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso
• At the farther end it opened on a little cortile, where gnarled rose-bushes were in bloom. —  Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories

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