“Inlaid on walls, on roof-tops and on floors,
Are rarest pearls and other precious gems.”

— Ludovico Ariosto , book Orlando Furioso

In mura, in tetti, in pavimenti sparte
Eran le perle, eran le ricche gemme.
Canto XXXIII, stanza 105 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

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