Sentence examples for splendid collections from inspiring English sources

He endowed them with splendid collections of books and pictures gathered during repeated visits to Rome, so that, in the late 7th and early 8th centuries, they constituted the most flourishing centre of Christian scholarship in western Europe and the meeting place of Hiberno-British and continental influences.

(It also has a splendid collection of armour).

All in all, the most splendid collection of junk and antiques ever.

His quirkily elegant apartment, home to his splendid collection of art from Southeast Asia, had been burglarized.

The Lahore Museum (1894) has a splendid collection of arts and crafts, jewelry, and sculpture from various historical periods.

On Jews in medicine as well — I hear they have a large and splendid collection on the subject.

His house in The Hague, the Mauritshuis, designed for him by Pieter Post, still displays a splendid collection of Dutch paintings.

The museum, a splendid collection of Himalayan art in Chelsea, is not new to the concert business.

The royal apartments contain a splendid collection of tapestries, some Flemish and some with designs taken from works by Francisco Goya.

You can outfit yourself at Paragon, which offers equipment and warm clothing and a splendid collection of winter hats.

Mr Rossetti's studious devotion has succeeded in presenting us with a splendid collection of Shelley's writings.