Brewer's: Palestrina

or Pelestrina. An island nearly south of Venice, noted for its glass-houses.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina,
called “The Prince of Music.” (1529-1594.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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