As for theVolto Santo, or image of our Saviour it was placed in an Oratory of the Vatican Basilica by John VII as long ago as 707, as may be seen in Marlinetti, Dei pregii della Basilica Vat.
These are reserves and cautions very necessary to have, but very imprudent to show; the 'volto sciolto' should accompany them.
Volto sciolto con pensieri stretti', is a most useful maxim in business.
But the volto sciolto (Volto sciolto, pensieri stretti--the countenance open, the thoughts restrained.
Many of the new letters reproduce the old precepts; there are even similarities of thought and phraseology; and though the volto sciolto is not obtruded, the suaviter in modo is still persistently advocated.
The Grandfather of all Relics (as the Arabs would say) in the place is the Volto Santo, which is a Face of the Saviour appertaining to a wooden Crucifix.
I saw the gilt Shrine of it; and also a Hatchet which refused to cut off the head of an innocent man, who had been condemned to death, and who prayed to the Volto Santo.
With this account is also connected the legend of the Volto Santo of Lucca, a crucifix said to have been carved by Nicodemus.
The story with Nicodemus as protagonist is told of the Saint-Sang relic at Fecamp; and, as stated already, a similar origin is ascribed to the Volto Santo at Lucca.
The beautiful temple of the Volto Santo in the cathedral was designed by him.
Lucca dearly loves its festivals--no city more; and of all the festivals of the year that of the Volto Santo best.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "volto" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
