Pietro

Castiglione's Book of the Courtier is indebted to Plato and Ficino, especially in Pietro Bembo's soliloquy on love at the conclusion of Book IV. back

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

At the word Pietro raised his head: whereupon Fineo, speaking in Armenian, asked him: -- "Whence and whose son art thou?"

The Decameron, Volume II Giovanni Boccaccio 1344

Once a hitter for the mob—known as Pietro “Bearclaw” Brnwa—he got out when things went bad, testifying against his former employers before dropping off the face of the earth, courtesy of the Federal Witness Protection Program.

"Beat the Reaper" by Josh Bazell (Little, Brown) Paul 2009

Once a hitter for the mob—known as Pietro “Bearclaw” Brnwa—he got out when things went bad, testifying against his former employers before dropping off the face of the earth, courtesy of the Federal Witness Protection Program.

Archive 2009-02-01 Paul 2009

The historian Jacob Burckhardt called Pietro Aretino, the Renaissance blackmailer and pornographer, the “father of modern journalism.”

Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999

The historian Jacob Burckhardt called Pietro Aretino, the Renaissance blackmailer and pornographer, the “father of modern journalism.”

Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999

Jacques, called Pietro, a Madonna by Orgagna adorn the interior wall.

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) Various 1885

Siena, was perhaps called Pietro di Apulia, [409] and that meritorious artists certainly existed at Foggia and Trani.

Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts John Addington Symonds 1866

"Stop!" called Pietro, furiously, beginning to realize that the victory was not yet won.

Phil, the Fiddler Horatio Alger 1865

There was, a little while agone, at Rome, -- once the head, as it is nowadays the tail of the world, [275] -- a youth, called Pietro

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344