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The tower of Babel is described by Dante in De vulgari eloquentia as a 'turris confusionis' 1.
Archive 2007-03-01 Miglior acque 2007
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Origen advise: and so Chrysostom, Haec erit tibi baculus, haec turris inexpugnabilis, haec armatura.
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The tower of Babel is described by Dante in De vulgari eloquentia as a 'turris confusionis' 1.
Babel, dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu (2006) Miglior acque 2007
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Coelicolae valeant — Stat ferrea turris ad auras — etc. 14 —
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Ad principalis autem turris dextram in descensu 16. graduum, est diuersorij locus, vbi ex intacta et benedicta Virgine nascebatur
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Quia circa medium illius in summo apice turris maioris, duo sunt nodi seu pomella de decoctissimi auri metallo miræ magnitudinis, et serenæ resplendentiæ, et in ipsis formati duo carbunculi grandes, et lati, sua virtute tenebras effugantes, et velut splendorem plenilunij nocturno tempore mentientes.
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Quia circa medium illius in summo apice turris maioris, duo sunt nodi seu pomella de decoctissimi auri metallo mir� magnitudinis, et seren� resplendenti�, et in ipsis formati duo carbunculi grandes, et lati, sua virtute tenebras effugantes, et velut splendorem plenilunij nocturno tempore mentientes.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Ad principalis autem turris dextram in descensu 16. graduum, est diuersorij locus, vbi ex intacta et benedicta Virgine nascebatur
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Of Abbot William of Waterville (1155-1175) we are told that in his time were erected the transepts (_ambæ cruces_) and three stages of the central tower (_tres ystoriæ magistræ turris_).
The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See W.D. Sweeting
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Finally, it was Boniface who began anew the Vatican Library, whose treasures had been scattered, together with the papal archives, in 1227, when the Roman Frangipani passed over to the side of Frederick II and took with them the turris chartularia, i.e. the ancient repository of the documents of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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