Pope Urban VIII melted down the massive bronze pedimental sculpture for cannon, which led one anonymous wag to say, "What the barbarians didn't do, the Barberinis did.
Didn't at least a little of that melted bronze go into the making of a tambourine?
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Date: 2009-07-22 01:33 pm (UTC)Didn't at least a little of that melted bronze go into the making of a tambourine?