Sixtine

"Sixtine" in a Sentence (3 examples)

The ceremonies of Holy Week at Rome, have been much spoken of. Foreigners come thither expressly, during Lent, to enjoy this spectacle; and as the music of the Sixtine Chapel, and the illumination of St. Peter, are beauties unique in themselves, it is natural that they should excite a lively curiosity; […]

And yet this very ancient Latin version gives us this various reading, in its very earliest editions, long before the appearance of the Sixtine and Clementine editions, with their Papal sanctions.

The Sixtine edition (Rome, 1587) was an officially sponsored edition commissioned by Pope Sixtus V.

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