| When giving a guest the map of Mantua, why not indicate with a cross where the restaurant you've booked for him is located? |
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| One possible source for Bordon's interest in this iconographic detail lies in his response to Giulio Romano's mannerist style in Rome and Mantua. |
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| She was buried in Mantua in the habit of a Franciscan tertiary, with the cord and the scapular, as the Modenese chronicler Lancellotti reports. |
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| Three of the four dedications involve members of the Gonzaga family, two of whom lived in Rome, the third one residing at the court in Mantua. |
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| Set in the 15th century court of the Duke of Mantua, the opera offers the cast and crew an opportunity to go the full hog with the lavish costumes of the period. |
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| Examples of 19-course chitarrones have survived in Mantua and Paris. |
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| Italian opera was believed to have been founded in the early 17th century, in Italian cities such as Mantua and Venice. |
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| Bonaparte then advanced eastwards again, drove off the Austrians in the Battle of Borghetto and in June began the Siege of Mantua. |
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| The French then focused on the Austrians for the remainder of the war, the highlight of which became the protracted struggle for Mantua. |
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| Wurmser elected to march for Mantua with a large portion of his surviving troops. |
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| The Venetian quadrilateral comprised Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano. |
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| Agilulf successfully fought the rebel dukes of northern Italy, conquering Padua in 601, Cremona and Mantua in 603, and forcing the Exarch of Ravenna to pay tribute. |
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| While Mantua was rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries, according to Renaissance principles, Sabbioneta was planned as a new town in the 16th century. |
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| Wurmser attacked toward Mantua along the east side of Lake Garda, sending Peter Quasdanovich down the west side in an effort to envelop Bonaparte. |
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| In 1627 and 1628, Charles purchased the entire collection of the Duke of Mantua, which included work by Titian, Correggio, Raphael, Caravaggio, del Sarto and Mantegna. |
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| Noting this penury, to my selfe I said, An if a man did need a poyson now, Whose sale is present death in Mantua, Here liues a Caitiffe wretch would sell it him. |
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| Finally, on 2 February, Wurmser surrendered Mantua and 18,000 troops. |
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| The princess wore a mantua and petticoat, white damask with the finest embroidery of rich embossed gold. |
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| A woman originally wore a mantua as a robe when resting at home, but by the late 17th century it became fitted at her waist. |
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| Born George Waldron, near Dublin, the son of a silversmith and a mantua maker, he'd run away from grammar school at 16 and joined a bank of strolling players. |
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