Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Barbari

Quod non fecerunt Barbari, fecerunt Barberini (What the barbarians left standing, Barberini contrived to destroy). Pope Barberini robbed the roof of the Pantheon to build the Baldacchino, or canopy of St. Peter's. It is made entirely of bronze, and weighs ninety tons.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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