He wrote, with papal approval, the letter requesting the Italians to occupy the Leonine city, and obtained from the Italians payment of the Peter's pence (5,000,000 lire) remaining in the papal exchequer, as well as 50,000 scudi - the first and only instalment of the Italian allowance (subsequently fixed by the Law of Guarantees, March 21, 1871) ever accepted by the Holy See. [Please select]
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'That head,' replied Michael Angelo, pointing to one of the sibyls, 'that head is worth a hundred scudi.' [Please select]
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The Barberini family, in one pontificate, amassed one hundred and five millions of scudi--as great a fortune as that left by Mazarin. [Please select]
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In 1821, under the foundations of a house at Parma, precious objects were found to the value of several thousand scudi. [Please select]
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One of Raphael's greatest pictures came into the possession of a poor widow, who being hard pressed by poverty, sold it to a bookseller for twelve scudi. [Please select]
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He went to Augsburg once more to paint King Charles, who for that work added a pension of five hundred scudi to what he had already done for him. [Please select]
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