Crossword-Solution: GLORIAS 7 letters, 7 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

Botticelli's picture may have been only one of those familiar compositions in which religious reverie has recorded its impressions of the various forms of beatified existence--Glorias, as they were called, like that in which Giotto painted the portrait of Dante; but somehow it was suspected of embodying in a picture the wayward dream of Palmieri, and the chapel where it hung was closed.

Botticelli's picture may have been only one of those familiar compositions in which religious reverie has recorded its impressions of the various forms of beatified existence--Glorias, as they were called, like that [55] in which Giotto painted the portrait of Dante; but somehow it was suspected of embodying in a picture the wayward dream of Palmieri, and the chapel where it hung was closed.

Ferrari noticed nothing of my emotion—he was in excellent spirits, and turning to the waiter, who had lingered to watch us make each other’s acquaintance, he exclaimed: “More coffee, garçon, and a couple of glorias.” Then looking toward me, “You do not object to a gloria, _conte_? No? That is well.

Just as we were about to start, the fat landlord of the hotel rushed toward us, and laying hold of the carriage door—“_Eccellenza_,” he observed in a confidential whisper, “of course this is only a matter of coffee and glorias? They will be ready for you all on your return.

The light from the open door streamed fully upon him as he advanced--it was the monk who had recited the Seven Glorias.