Literary usage of Bassi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Matteo di bassi had asked of Clement VII liberty to observe the Rule of St. ...
Matteo di bassi himself had no sooner received the sanction of Clement VII ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"When the legion broke up Garibaldi escaped, but bassi and a ... On being brought
before the papal governor, bassi said: " I am guilty of no crime save that ..."
3. A Manual of Photographic Manipulation: Treating of the Practice of the Art by Price, Lake (1858)
"... double lenses, at small apertures, with long exposures, should be employed,
and a direct vertical light avoided. STATUES, BUSTS, bassi ..."
4. Diary of an Ennuyée by Jameson (Anna) (1826)
"At the Pergola, bassi, though a woman is the Primo Uomo; the rare quality of her
voice, which is a kind of rich deep counter tenor, unfitting her for female ..."
5. Papers of the British School at Rome by British School at Rome (1907)
"Sette bassi. Great Hall on NW IV, Fig. i. Sette bassi, from NW (NW portion) .
... VII, Central portion of the villa called Sette bassi 23 33 74 86 104 104 ..."
6. The Idler in Italy by Marguerite Blessington (1839)
"It is ornamented with finely executed bassi-rilievi, representing the attributes
of Bacchus, which rather unfit it for its present use, which is that of a ..."
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