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by Christopher Hibbert


  Santa Maria Novella, church and convent of, Eugenius V in, 56, 57, 66, 73; meetings of Council of Florence in, 66; Ghirlandaio murals in, 102, 167, 319, 323; Botticelli’s Adoration of the Magi in, 109; Tornabuoni chapel, 165; mad woman in, 173; secret messages left in, 212; Alberti designs façade of, 313; historical note on, 314; Strozzi chapel, 314; Capella Maggiore, 319, 323; Botticelli’s work for, 320; Viceroy of Naples lodged at, 327; Spanish chapel, 327

  Santa Maria Nuova, hospital of, 71, 314, 316

  Santa Trinità, church of, 167, 319, 328; Onofrio Strozzi chapel, 110, 314; Sassetti chapel, 323; Gianfigliazzi chapel, 325

  Santissima Annunziata, church of, Cosimo Pater Patriae and, 73; Piero di Cosimo’s gift to, 107; wax effigy of Lorenzo the Magnificent in, 143; Clement VII’s effigy thrown out of, 248; Cosimo I in, 270; exhibition of paintings in, 301; Caccini’s loggia in, 315; Pucci chapel, 315; the choir of, 317; the tabernacle, 320

  Santo Spirito, church of, 168, 323

  Straw Market, 313

  Teatro della Pergola, 332

  Uffizi, the, 316; function of, 271; art gallery in, 278, 327–8; Ferdinando I enlarges, 280; the Tribuna, 281; opera at, 281; nude statues in, 306; pictures in, 314; Uccello’s work in, 320; Pollaiuolo’s work in, 320; Botticelli’s works in, 320, 322; Gentile da Fabriano’s work in, 320

  Via Bufalini, 71

  Via Calimala, 312

  Via Cavour, 317

  Via de’ Bardi, 39, 43, 313, 314

  Via de’ Benci, 313

  Via de’ Gori, 75, 76, 317

  Via de’ Pucci, 315

  Via de’ Servi, 137, 315, 325

  Via degli Alfani, 314, 332

  Via dei Leoni, 173, 327

  Via del Cocomero, 286, 332

  Via della Pergola, 286, 289, 332

  Via della Scala, 286, 331, 332

  Via della Vigna, 120

  Via della Vigna Nuova, 313

  Via della Vigna Vecchia, 321

  Via di San Gallo, 143

  Via di Santa Margherita a Montici, 315

  Via Ghibellina, 322

  Via Guicciardini, 315

  Via Lamarmora, 315

  Via Larga, Medici home in, 32; Palazzo Medici in, 75, 76, 90, 215; Filippo Lippi in, 93; Pazzi and Giuliano di Piero in, 137; renamed, 317

  Via Maggio, 221, 289, 321, 330

  Via Maggiore, 321

  Via Mazzetta, 321

  Via Nuova Borg’ Ognissanti, 109

  Via Palmieri, 321

  Via Pietrapiana, 331

  Via Porta Rossa, 32, 313

  Via Proconsolo, 321

  Via Ricasoli, 319, 326, 332

  Via Rondinelli, 330

  Via Santo Spirito, 327

  Via Strozzi, 323

  Via Tornabuoni, 314, 323, 330

  Florence, Archbishops of, Antonio Pierozzi, 74, 95; Piero Riario, 128; Rinaldo Orsini, 130; Giulio de’ Medici, 232

  Florentines, clothing of, 21–3; women, 22–3; Dati on, 28; Pius II on, 38; and the Medici, 50, 82; in fear of Don Ferrante, 84; Medici marriages with, 115; Mantuan envoy on Savonarola and, 185; celebrate defeats of Venice and the Pope, 209

  Foggini, Giovanni Battista, 333

  Foix, Gaston de (1489–1512), 209

  France, and Florence and Milan, 84, 85; Piero di Cosimo ambassador to, 102; and battle of Ravenna, 208, 209; and Florence, 209

  Franceschini, Baldassare, ‘il Volterrano’, 331, 332

  Francesco da Puglia, Fra, 198, 199

  Francesco da Sangallo, 325

  Francesco II, Duke of Lorraine, later Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708–65), 309

  Francesi, Napoleone, 141, 142

  Franchi, Rosello di Jacopo, 331

  Franciabigio, prop. Francesco di Cristofano Bigi (1482–1525), 322

  Franciotto, Galeotto, Cardinal, 206

  Francis I, King of France (1494–1547), 252; Leo X and, 219, 222; his appearance and ambition, 219; invades Italy, 220; and Parma and Piacenza, 237; Charles V defeats, 238, 240; and Clement VII, 239, 241

  Frundesberg, Georg von (1473–1528), 241–2

  Fuorusciti, 263–4

  Furini, Francesco, 285, 332

  Galilei, Galileo (1564–1642), 292; his history, 282; burial of, 282, 317, 332; Ferdinando II and, 282, 284, 317; his telescope, 331; his papers in Biblioteca Nazionale, 332

  Gaza, Theodorus (1398–1478), 170

  Genoa, Medici office in, 34; and Smyrna alum mines, 88; and Florence, 159, 163; buys Sarzana, 210

  Gentile da Fabriano (1370–1427?), and the Constantinopolitans, 67; Adoration of the Magi, 110, 314, 320

  Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378–1455), and bronze doors for the Baptistery, 70–1, 316; and the Cathedral dome, 72; his statue of St Matthew, 73; Donatello and, 90; Gozzoli and, 110; his wooden screen in the Cathedral, 137; his bronzes in Orsanmichele, 317

  Ghiberti, Vittorio, 316

  Ghirlandaio, Domenico Curradi (1444–94), 168; his murals in Santa Maria Novella, 102, 167, 319, 323; Michelangelo and, 165

  Ghirlandaio, Ridolfo (1483–1561), 314

  Giambologna, prop. Jehan de Boulogne (1529–1608), 328; bronzes by, 276, 323; equestrian statue of Cosimo I, 280, 331; and the Cathedral façade, 324; his Rape of the Sabines, 329; l’Appenino, 330; equestrian statue of Ferdinando I, 331

  Gianfigliazzi, Selvaggia de’, 325

  Gigli, Girolamo, 278

  Ginori, Caterina Soderini, 255, 256

  Giotto di Bondone (1267–1337), 108, 314, 315, 320

  Giovanni, Bertoldo di, 165

  Giovanni da San Giovanni, 285, 332

  Giovio, Paolo, 226

  Girolami, Raffaelo, 251

  Giuliano da Maiano, 167, 321

  Giuliano da Sangallo, 164, 316, 322, 323, 325

  Giulio Romano, prop. Giulio Pippi de’ Giannuzzi (c. 1492–1546), 240

  Gonsalvo de Cordoba (1453–1515), 202

  Gonzaga, Eleonora, see Medici, Eleonora de’

  Gonzaga, Francesco, Marquis of Mantua, 194, 195–6, 206

  Gonzaga, Ghismondo, Cardinal, 217

  Gorini, Fioretta, 144, 322

  Government, trade guilds and, 25, 26; organization of, 26, 27; Albizzi family control, 32; Ten of War, 42–3, 151; and the Albizzi plot, 49, 50

  Accoppiatori, 60–1, 62–3, 104, 191

  Balìa, 106, 191; and the anti-Medici plot, 50; and the Medici, 58, 216; confirm powers of Accoppiatori, 62–3; Lorenzo the Magnificent admitted to, 125; creates Council of Seventy, 156; after the siege of Florence, 251

  Cento, 125

  Collegi, 27, 105

  Council of Seventy, 156–7

  Dodici Procuratori, 157

  Gonfalonieri, office of, 26; dress of, 27, holders of the office of, 30–1, 32, 55, 60; 62, 90, 104, 152, 220, 251; increase in power of, 63; Cosimo Pater Patriae, 66; in procession, 73; Piero di Cosimo, 101; Cesare Petrucci, 138–9; excommunicated, 148; Soderini appointed for life, 210; Capponi appointed for a year, 248–9; a pro-Medicean, 251; abolition of the office, 264

  Parlamento, 27, 106, 191, 216

  Priori, selection of, 26; dress of, 26–7; prestige, 29; holders of the office, 32, 95, 101, 104; and the anti-Medici plot, 49, 52, 56; in procession, 71, 73; and the Pazzi Conspiracy, 139; and Piero di Lorenzo, 186 Signoria, method of forming, 26; organization, 27; and the 15th century Albizzi-Medici conflict, 32, 42, 49, 52–3, 55–8; manipulation of elections, 60; and foreign affairs, 79; honour Cosimo Pater Patriae, 98; and the Medici, 106, 187; seal of, 109; and the Volterran riots, 126; and ecclesiastical appointments, 130; and the Pope, 148, 149; Lorenzo the Magnificent and, 153; its authority limited, 157; Piero di Lorenzo and, 186; get Medici jewels, 187; Charles VIII and, 190; Accoppiatori and, 191; watch the bonfire of vanities, 192; Alexander VI and, 197; and Savonarola, 198, 200; and Cardinal Giovanni, 208; war drains the resources of, 210; and a national militia, 211; and Lorenzo di Piero’s title, 220; abolition of, 264; and the Medici library, 316

  Gorini, Simonetta, 233

  Gozzoli, Benozzo (c. 1420–97), 67
, 110–12, 320–1

  Grandi, and government of Florence, 28; and Cosimo di Giovanni, 43; Medici declared to be, 52; become eligible for election to office, 61

  ‘Great Schism’, the (1378–1417), 34

  Greek Orthodox Church, 64, 65, 67

  Grocyn, William (c. 1446–1519), 170

  Grosso, Niccolò, 76, 318

  Guadagni family, 58

  Guadagni, Bernardo, 49, 51–2

  Guasconi family, 58

  Guicciardini family, 58

  Guicciardini, Francesco (1483–1540), 315; on Cosimo Pater Patriae, 63; on Lorenzo the Magnificent, 146, 157; on Capponi and Charles VIII, 190; on the French in Naples, 193; on French artillery, 195; on the sack of Prato, 213–14; on Giulio de’ Medici, 233; on Giovanni delle Bande Nere, 242; on Clement VII, 243; on Cardinal Passerini, 248; on the aftermath of the siege of Florence, 251; eulogizes Alessandro de’ Medici, 254; leader of the Palleschi, 256, 257; and Cosimo I, 257, 258, 264; Varchi on, 263

  Guicciardini, Giovanni, 55, 56

  Guicciardini, Luigi, 160

  Guicciardini, Piero, 56

  Guilds, trade, Florentine, 25–6; and Signoria, 26; cloth and wool, 33; Arte del Cambio, 33, 73; Arte di Por Santa Maria, 71; and the Cathedral dome, 72; commission statues for Orsanmichele, 73; and number of working-days per year, 119; on verge of ruin, 210; of the Calimala, 319–20

  Hadfield, Charles, 325

  Handel, George Frederick (1685–1759), 300

  Hanno, elephant belonging to Pope Leo X, 226

  Henry VIII, King of England (1491–1547), 239, 247–8

  Henry II, King of France, see Orléans, Henri de Valois, Duke of

  Henry IV, King of France (1553–1610), 281

  Holy Leagues, Florence, Milan, the Pope and Venice, 85; Alexander VI’s, 194; mercenaries in battle, 195; Savonarola and, 196; League of Cambrai, 207, 223; Julius II’s, 208, 209, 211–12, 214

  Humanists, Cosimo Pater Patriae, 37–8; Albizzi and, 43–4; friends of Cosimo Pater Patriae, 43, 46, 47; Piccolimini and Parentucelli, 88; and vernacular poetry, 170

  Imola, 107, 128, 129, 131, 132

  Insignia, of Florence, 26, 33, 313; of the Medici, 30, 48, 102, 111, 313, 319, 323; of Arte della Lana, 33; of Cosimo Pater Patriae, 76, 111; of the Medici bank, 87; Valois lilies, 102; seal of the Signoria, 109; standard of Lorenzo the Magnificent, 117; of citizens of Florence, 215; Cardinal Giovanni’s personal device, 216; of Del Cimento, 284; Peruzzi family emblem, 315; arms of Piero di Cosimo, 320; the Castracani leopard, 321; Francesco I and the Medici emblem, 331

  Jews, 129, 279, 297, 307

  Joanna, Archduchess of Austria, see Medici, Joanna de’, Grand Duchess

  John VII Paleologus, Emperor of the East (r. 1425–48), 83; and the Pope, 64; enters Florence, 66; and the Council of Florence, 67, 68; and the Florentine-Milanese alliance, 83; Gozzoli and, 110

  Kallistos, Andronicus, 122

  Knights of St John of Jerusalem, 267

  Knights of Santo Stefano, 266

  La Badia, monastery of, 73

  Ladislaus, King of Naples, 35

  Lama, Guaspare di Zanobi del, 109

  Landini, Taddeo, 328

  Landino, Cristoforo, 103, 122

  Landucci, Luca, on Italian warfare, 151; on the attack on Colle, 152; on an alleged assassin, 158; and the influence of Savonarola, 193; on the burning of Savonarola, 200; on the national militia, 211; his confidence, 211–12

  Lannoy, Charles de, 241

  Lascaris, Giovanni, called Rhyndacenus (c. 1445–1535), 169, 228

  Latimer, William, 170

  Latino, Cardinal, 116

  Lenzi, Lorenzo, 185

  Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), 168, 228, 240, 324

  Leoni, Piero, 173, 174

  Libraries, of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, 54, 315; the Medici, 69, 88, 107, 169, 187, 240, 299; Vatican, 69; of San Bartolommeo, 73; Biblioteca Laurenziana, 240, 326; Biblioteca Nazionale, 332; the Palatina, 332

  Linacre, Thomas (c. 1460–1524), 170

  Lions of Florence, 119, 173, 327

  Lippi, Anniballe. 330

  Lippi, Filippino (c. 1458–1504), 165, 168, 319; his birth, 93; Lorenzo the Magnificent and, 167; his mural at Poggio a Caiano, 322

  Lippi, Fra Filippo, called Lippo Lippi (c. 1406–69); his history, 92–3; his behaviour, 93; Cosimo Pater Patriae and, 93–4; Botticelli and, 109; The Virgin Adoring the Child, 110, 320; his altarpiece in San Lorenzo, 316; Coronation of the Virgin, 319

  Lombardi, Giovanni, 330

  Lorraine, Charles, Prince of, 288, 290

  Lorraine, Francesco II, Duke of, later Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708–65), 309

  Louis XI, King of France (1423–83), 102, 149, 182

  Louis XII, King of France (1462–1515), 201, 207, 208, 219

  Louis XIV, King of France (1638–1715), 281; Marguerite-Louise and, 288, 291, 293–4, 295, 296; and Cosimo III, 292

  Lucca, 42, 83, 150, 210

  Lucretius, prop. Titus Lucretius Carus, 45

  Luther, Martin (1483–1546), 245

  Machiavelli, Niccolò di Bernardo (1469–1527), and the battle of Anghiari, 194; appearance, 210; organizes national militia, 211; on the sack of Prato, 214; The Prince, 214, 326; his advice sought, 219; Mandragola, 227; his papers, 332

  Maddalena, Cosimo’s slave-girl, 39–40

  Madeleine de la Tour d’ Auvergne, see Urbino, Duchess of

  Maffei, Fra Antonio, 136, 137–8, 141

  Maffei, Raffaele, 141

  Mahomet II, ‘the Conqueror’, Sultan of Turkey (1430–81), 160

  Malavolti, Federigo, 51

  Malespini family, 43

  Manetti, Antonio, 317

  Manetti, Giannozzo, 61, 82

  Manfredi, Taddeo, 128

  Mann, Sir Horace, 325, 328

  Mannaioni, Giulio, 319

  Mantua, Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of, 194, 195–6, 206

  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1469–1521), 226

  Marco da Fienza, 330

  Margaret of Parma, see Medici, Margaret de’

  Marguerite Louise of Orléans, see Medici, Margaret Louise de’

  Maria Maddalena, Archduchess of Austria, see Medici, Maria Maddalena de’, Grand Duchess

  Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria (1717–80), 309

  Mariano, Fra, 180, 181

  Marie de’ Medici, Queen of France (1573–1642), 281

  Marsuppini, Carlo, 44, 47, 48, 313

  Martelli family, 57

  Martelli, Camilla, see Medici, Camilla de’

  Mary, Queen of France, 219

  Masaccio, prop. Tomasso Guidi (1401–28?), 92, 319

  Masolino da Panicale (1383–1447), 319

  Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459–1519), and Anne of Brittany, 183; joins the Holy League, 194; and Julius II, 207; Leo X and, 220; death of, 237

  Mazarin, Jules, Cardinal, orig. Giulio Mazarini (1602–61), 288

  Medici, the, origins of, 30; insignia of, 30; public service, 30–1; the Albizzi and, 43, 55, 212; the Martelli and, 57; sentence of banishment revoked, 58; opposition to, 104; Gozzoli and, 110; and Poliziano, 122; and the Pazzi, 131, 132; Signoria declares them banished, 187; Savonarola and, 191; restoration of, 212, 214, 216; election of a Medici Pope, 217; the Sacred College and, 235; and Henry of Navarre, 281; and the Inquisition, 297; the Medici holidays abolished, 310; bequest of the Medici treasures, 310–11; and the Palazzo Medici, 317–18; the Medici collections, 324, 332

  Medici, Alessandro de’, illegitimate son of Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino or of Cardinal Giulio, 239, 257, 262; his parentage, 236; his unpopularity, 248; Clement VII’s plans for, 251; and Ippolito, 252–3; Florentine resentment against, 253–4; his marriage and death, 254–5; and Lorenzaccio di Pierfrancesco, 255; assassination of, 256

  Medici, Alfonsina de’, née Orsini, 178, 187, 236

  Medici, Anna Maria Francesca de’, née Anna Maria Francesca of Saxe-Lauenberg, 302–3

  Medici, Anna Maria Luisa di Cosimo de’, see Anna Mari
a, Electress Palatine

  Medici, Ardingo de’, 30

  Medici, Averardo de’, 31

  Medici Bank, see Bank, Medici

  Medici, Bianca de’, née Capello, 275–6, 278, 329, 330

  Medici, Bianca di Piero de’, see Pazzi, Bianca

  Medici, Camilla de’, née Martelli, 272–3

  Medici, Carlo de’, illegitimate son of Cosimo Pater Patriar, 40, 93, 314

  Medici, Caterina di Lorenzo de’, Duchess of Urbino and later Queen of France (1519–89), 239, 280; birth of, 235; created Duchess of Urbino, 236; her marriage, 252

  Medici, Christine de’, née Christine of Lorraine (1565–1636), 280, 283

  Medici, Clarice de’, née Orsini, Lucrezia de’ Medici on, 114–15; Lorenzo the Magnificent and, 116, 145–7; her wedding celebrations, 117–18; at Pistoia, 145; and Poliziano, 145; her temperament, 146; and her children, 147, 162; her death, 147; and Giovanni’s birth, 202; and Botticelli’s Portrait of a Young Woman, 322

  Medici, Clarice di Piero de’, see Strozzi, Clarice

  Medici, Contessina de’, née de’ Bardi, 43, 47; marriage, 38; personality, 39; Donatello’s bronze head of, 91

  Medici, Contessina di Lorenzo de’, see Ridolfi, Contessina

  Medici, Cosimino di Giovanni de’, 96

  Medici, Cosimo de’, illegitimate son of Cosimo I, 266

  Medici, Cosimo di Ferdinando de’, later Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590–1620), 281–2

 

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