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Scan 108
Le Luthier De Cremone et Le Tresor, 1901
19 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 8. See the scan on archive.org.
133. vendages d'octobre, i.e. of wine.
235. On, etc., One must not go counter to a proverb. mal, unlucky.
336. original, odd, queer, not "original" (originel).
437. Cécile, Caecilia was the patron saint of musicians. Cp. Dryden's "Song for St. Caecilia's Day."
541. écus lombards. Any coin with a "shield" on it may be called an écu. Lombard shields were current as far back as Chaucer's day. The French écu is a pre-revolutionary coin of six livres. There was also a petit-écu of three livres. The word is now popularly used for the five-franc piece, or generally for "money."
643. Stradivarius (1649-1737), noted maker of violins and pupil of Amati. See 324 and Introduction, p. v. Also Encyc. Brit. xxiv. 245.
756. Spoken testily, but his vinous good humor reappears in 58 and 72.
863. Palestrina (1524-1594), noted composer of serious and religious music. See Encyc. Brit. xviii. 178.
967. Asti, a town on the Tanaro in Piedmont noted for its wine. cachet, "seal," i.e. sort, kind, brand.
1082. cave, wine-cellar.
1183. poudreux, i.e. that have gathered dust, and so show an age that would improve their quality.
1288. This is a touch of the "Parisian bourgeois." See Introduction, p. iv.
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16101. maison commune, communal house, or city hall.
17113. sermonne, must be exhorting you to courage and confidence.
18121. vipère expresses his hatred of Filippo's deformity rather than of his character.
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