doorplace

Updated: May 15, 2025

The Loggia de' Cerchi stood in the heart of old Florence, within a labyrinth of narrow streets behind the Badia, now rarely threaded by the stranger, unless in a dubious search for a certain severely simple doorplace, bearing this inscription: Qui Nacque Il Divino Poeta.

George Eliot - Romola

Edward Freely was the name that shone in gilt letters on a mazarine ground over the doorplace of the new shop a generous-sounding name, that might have belonged to the open-hearted, improvident hero of an old comedy, who would have delighted in raining sugared almonds, like a new manna-gift, among that small generation outside the windows. But Mr.

George Eliot - Brother Jacob