nielli
- plural of niello.
Example Sentences
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After this came some original drawings of doubtful interest, and then a case of fifty-two nielli.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes
The nielli represented castles, cities, and territories which were subject to the apostolic see.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
The brass and nickel signs with black letters, which we find at the doors of business houses, are modern forms of nielli.
From What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 by Luff, John N.
The nielli have had a ground of blue enamel.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
Leo IV. restored them to a certain extent, changing the subject of the silver nielli.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
