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‖ scuola|ˈskwola|
Pl. scuole.
[It., = school.]
In Venice, any of the buildings in which the medieval religious confraternities or guilds used to meet, a guild-hall; also Hist., one of these guilds.
1851J. Ruskin Stones Ven. I. 340 It is the most curious in conception of all the pictures in the Scuola. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 155/1 Much of the splendour of Venice..was due to the wealth and religious zeal of the various trade guilds or confraternities, called scuole by the Venetians. 1902R. Fry Let. 14 Oct. (1972) I. 198 Jacopo Bellini is known to have painted a large number of decorative pieces for the Venetian Scuole and these are, I believe, part of one of these series. 1936A. B. Greene Sunshine & Dust xxiii. 397 In the Scuola, some wood-carvings of the life of St. Roche are worth study. 1961L. Mumford City in History Note to plate 21, The architectural quality..is repeated..in the..scuola or guild hall. 1962Listener 13 Sept. 386/2 The crucifix still exists..in the Church of S. Giovanni Evangelista in Venice; it was originally made for the scuola of that church, to house..a fragment of the True Cross. 1965H. Honour Compan. Guide to Venice iv. 53 The members of one scuola visited prisoners and paid for the last rites of those who were executed. 1974Country Life 25 Apr. 978/1 Most of the Scuole of Venice were..suppressed by the Napoleonic régime... Though teaching formed part of their function, the main aims of the Scuole were charitable. |