It was for a court occasion that he wrote in Mantua Orfeo (1480; "Orpheus"), a short dramatic composition in the vernacular, based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and inspired by the same humanist ideal of beauty that pervades his Stanze.
Vernacular architecture based on bioclimatism concepts was developed and used through the centuries by many civilizations across the world.
We unpack the concept of "informal accounting systems" and bracket "vernacular accountings" based on the modality and source of legitimacy of such systems.
In the 14th century in Majapahit (the new Javanese empire that had been established after the final defeat of Kublai Khan's forces) a vernacular literature based on the speech of the common people came into being.
A direct comparison is made of vernacular architecture, based on adobe walls, against modern, concrete brick building of low-income family housing in tropical, dry-climate conditions in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Yiddish, the language that added chutzpah and klutz to the vernacular, is based on medieval German, written in Hebrew characters and read from right to left like Hebrew.
Clive Coates, a Master of Wine, does not turn out breezy memoirs; neither does he treat his subjects in the base vernacular that passes for wine commentary these days.
Mr. Frere-Jones and Mr. Hoefler echo the trend for reinterpreting vernacular symbolism by basing 1995's Interstate on American road signs and 2001's Gotham (which became the "official" font of Barack Obama's 2009 presidential campaign) on New York street signs.
These were strange words from a man who, with his wife, has designed a line of avant-garde furniture, Searstyle, based on vernacular elements of the suburban home, like winged bed-rest cushions and a line of china constructed from disowned dishes that they found at the Salvation Army and glued into ornate compotes.
