master-builder

Mary Carruthers relates: In characterizing geometry, of all the seven liberal arts the one essential for a wise master-builder, he [Hugh] calls it 'well-spring of perceptions and source of sayings.'

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

The officer had accompanied the master-builder only as far as the door of the keep.

A River So Long 2010

Baroque master-builder Francesco Borromini designed the palace's famous Cortona gallery, named in honor of the Pietro da Cortona ceiling frescoes, based on Virgil's "Aeneid."

Rome by AppointmentHOW TO GET IN 2010

Between the excessive ideality of Rebecca and the decadent sterility of Hedda Gabler comes another type, perhaps more sympathetic than either, the master-builder

Henrik Ibsen 2008

Between the excessive ideality of Rebecca and the decadent sterility of Hedda Gabler comes another type, perhaps more sympathetic than either, the master-builder

Henrik Ibsen 2008

"Let Original has typo "Le" us pray that he does not hear of your coming," said Ina, "for ever since he threw his master-builder over the parapet into the AIph, he alone knows every stone and nook of this palace."

Archive 2008-04-01 Chris Perridas 2008

"Let Original has typo "Le" us pray that he does not hear of your coming," said Ina, "for ever since he threw his master-builder over the parapet into the AIph, he alone knows every stone and nook of this palace."

Antiquarian Weird Tales: A DAMSEL WITH A DULCIMER By MALCOLM FERGUSON Chris Perridas 2008

But theoretical science may be a science either of judging, like arithmetic, or of ruling and superintending, like that of the architect or master-builder.

The Statesman 2006

STRANGER: You know that the master-builder does not work himself, but is the ruler of workmen?

The Statesman 2006

And the king is not like the master-builder, concerned with lifeless matter, but has the task of managing living animals.

The Statesman 2006