FOOTNOTES:

[1] E. Armstrong, M.A., Lorenzo de' Medici, p. 437. B. Berenson, The Study and Criticism of Italian Art. Second series. "A Word for Renaissance Churches."

[2] The quarries of serpentine (verde di Prato) near Prato have been worked from a very early period. Their present output is valued at £1,000 per annum.—From The British Diplomatic and Consular Report, No. 570, 1901.

[3] References Consular Report on Commerce and Manufacture in Italy, vol. xlv. The Nation, No. 1105. E. S. Morgan, Time, vol. xiv.

[4] See Cruttwell's Luca and Andrea Della Robbia, chapter vii.

[5] Francis A. Hyett, B.A., Florence, p. 104.

[6] J. A. Symonds, Age of Despots, p. 87.

[7] Francis A. Hyett, B.A., Florence, p. 106.

[8] See Symonds' Essay in Sketches and Studies, vol. i., p. 173.

[9] Francis A. Hyett, B.A., Florence, p. 99.

[10] M. Carmichael, In Tuscany, p. 102.

[11] J. A. Symonds, "Popular Songs in Tuscany," Sketches and Studies, vol. ii.

[12] John Ruskin, ed., Alexander's Road Songs of Tuscany (1884).

[13] Alessandro Chiappelli, Una Pastora Poetessa, Beatrice di Pian degli Ontani (Florence, 1902).


Transcriber Notes:

P. [56]. Illustration is probably 'GARDEN BELONGING TO LORENZO'S VILLA POGGIO A CAIANO', not changed.

P. [115]. Illustration--Madonna and Child, with two Saints, "Alinar'" changed to "Alinari".

P. [233]. 'Cancelliere' changed to 'Cancellieri'.

P. [237]. 'Galleazzo' changed to 'Galeazzo'.