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48 THIRD BOOK OF LESSON XIX.
CHURCH OF OUR LADY, NEAR BOLOGNA.
CoRIN1THIAN, a., the urth of the ve orders of architecture,- om rinth, rmerly one of the most distinguished cities of ancient Greece-now a village.
Dmrn, n., a hemispherical arch; a cupola. F. dome, om domos, G., a house.
SANC1TUARY, n., a sacred asylum; a holy place. L. sanctuarium, om sanctus, holy. • PoR'Tico, n., a piazza or covered walk. L. porticus, om porta, a
gate.
PEcu'NIARY, a., consisting of money. L. pecuniarius, om pecunia, money, and that om pecus, a sheep. Be re the invention of coin, so many sheep were given as the price of articles purchased, and probably after its invention each piece was called a sherp, and may have been stamped with a sheep upon it.
MoN'UMENT, n., a memorial. L. monumentum, om monere, to remind. MoD1ERN, a., now living. F. moderne, om modo, L., now, just now. UNPAR'ALLELED, a., unequalled; om para, G., by the side of, and
allelon, each other.
FRRTJL1ITY, n., uit lness. Fertilite, omferre, L., to bear. ADJA1CENT, a., bordering upon. F. a acent, omjacere, L., to be near.
1. Tms church stands on a high hill, about ve miles om Bologna. It is in the rm of a Greek cross, of the Corinthian order, and crowned with a dome. As the people of Bologna have a peculiar devotion to the blessed Virgin, and crowds ock from all quarters to visit this, her sanctuary; r their ac­ commodation, in all seasons and every kind of wea­ ther, a portico has been carried from the gates of the city up the hill to the very entrance of the temple, or rather to the square before it. This immense building was raised by the voluntary contributions of persons of every class in Bologna : the richer erect­ ed one or more arches, according to their means; the middling classes gave their peGuniary aid in propor­
tion; and the poorest insisted on contributing their labour to the great undertaking. It is, in reality, a