INDEX

Acciaiuoli, Acciaiuolo, sent to manage bank at Naples, a favourite of King Robert, [1];
Dardano, Gonfalonier of Justice, [1];
Dardano, builds the church of S. Niccolò in Florence, [3];
Donato, ambassador to France, [5];
Lionardo, Duke of Athens, strangled by Mahomet II., [5];
Neri, conquers Thebes and Bœotia and drives the Spaniards out of Greece, [5];
Niccola, appointed guardian of the sons of the Princess of Taranto, [2];
Grand Seneschal of the Kingdom of Naples, [2];
builds the Certosa near Florence, the villa of Monte Guffone and the Acciaiuoli Palace, [3];
Matteo Palmieri’s description of, [3–4];
Bocchi’s description of the palace, [4–5];
Riccomanni, founder of the Acciaiuoli bank, [1];
Ruberto, romantic story of, [6–9].
Albany, Count of (the Pretender), Sir Horace Mann on the, [297–299].
Albany, Countess of, intrigue with Count Alfieri, [298].
Albany, Duchess of, [299].
Alberti, Alberto, Prior in 1294, [10];
Antonio, tortured and excluded from all offices, [12];
Benedetto, Machiavelli’s description of, [11];
Leon Battista, description of the, by, [12–13];
birth and education of, [13];
inventions by, [14];
Trattato della Famiglia by, [14];
strenuous advocate for writing in Italian, [15];
death of, [15];
J. A. Symonds’ description of, [15–16];
house of the Rucellai attributed to, [113];
architect of the Palazzo Rucellai, [280];
of the façade of Sta. Maria Novella, [282].
Albizzi, Benincasa, Elder in 1251, [17];
Compagno, Prior in 1282, [17];
Luca, adherent of the Medici, [20];
Maso, founds the greatness of Florence, [17–18];
Piero, is beheaded, [17];
Rinaldo, rival of Cosimo de’ Medici, [18];
his interview with Eugenius IV., [19–20], [74].
Alessandri, originally Albizzi, [20];
favourite barb of the, [21].
Alfieri, Count, [101];
house of, [109].
Alighieri, Dante, [95];
exile of, [96], [107], [144];
portrait of, in Palazzo del Podestà (Bargello), [214–215], [233];
a Prior, [96];
quoted, [56], [155], [176], [219].
Altafronte, Castello d’, ruined by a flood of the Arno, [22];
residence of the Judges of the Ruota, [23].
Altoviti, Altovito, a judge, knighted by the Emperor Frederick II., [28];
Antonio, banker of Innocent VIII., [30];
Antonio, Archbishop of Florence, mystic marriage of, with the Abbess of S. Piero Maggiore, [30–31];
Bindo, leader of the revolt against the Duke of Athens, cruelty of, [29];
Bindo, friend of Michelangelo, Raphael, etc., [30];
Davanzato, challenged by the Prior of S.S. Apostoli, [28];
Giovan Battista, inherits name and fortune of the Avila, [31];
Guinizzingo, Gonfalonier of Justice when the first stone of Sta. Maria Novella was laid, [28];
Oddo, assists in framing the Ordinamenti di Giustizia, [29].
Ammannati, Bartolommeo, architect of Palazzo Giugni, [115];
of Palazzo Griffoni, [122–123];
probably of Palazzo Montalvo, [149];
adds to Palazzo Pitti, [187–188];
architect of the Palazzo Vitali, [396].
Amidei, Lambertuccio, daughter of, jilted by Buondelmonti, [55].
Amieri, Ginevra degl’, love story of, [273].
Antinori, Niccolò, purchases the Boni Palace, [36].
Arnolfo di Lapo, first architect of the Palazzo del Podestà, [208];
architect of the Palazzo Spini, [308].
Baccio d’Agnolo (Baglioni), the Palazzo Antinori attributed to, [36];
architect of the Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni, [43–44];
the Palazzo Cocchi attributed to, [76];
[221];
smaller Torrigiani palace begun by, [346];
Domenico di, architect of the Palazzo Bouturlin, [53];
Giuliano di, the Palazzo Griffoni attributed to, [123].
Badia, Iodico Del, quoted, [60], [76], [137], [167], [329], [331], [350].
Baldinucci, Filippo, [69], [128], [149], [159];
entertainment in the courtyard of the Palazzo Pitti described by, [192–193];
on Alfonso Parigi, [195].
Bandinelli, Bacio, [110].
Bandini, Bernardo, joins the Pazzi conspiracy, [76];
Giovanni, betrays Florence, [76].
Bardi, The, settle in Florence, [39];
fall of the, described by G. Villani, [40–42];
created Imperial Vicarii of Vernio, [42];
Giovanni founds the society to reform recitative, [42].
Bartolini Salimbeni, Giovanni, building of the palace by, [43];
Vasari’s description of the palace, [43–44];
origin of the frieze on the palace, [44].
Bartolommei, Anton Maria, buys the old Lamberteschi palace, [47];
origin of the Bartolommei, [47–48].
Bella, Giano Della, [29], [167].
Benci di Cioni Dami, probably one of the architects of the Loggia de’ Lanzi, [363].
Benedetto da Majano, Palazzo Strozzi attributed to, [329], [331];
Sala de’ Dugento attributed to, [371].
Bianco, Raffaello del, architect of the Palazzo Cocchi, [77].
Bicci, Lorenzo di, architect of the Palazzo Uzzano, now Capponi, [74];
Neridi makes a tabernacle in the Palazzo Vecchio, [369].
Bisticci, Vespasiano da, on the Acciaiuoli, [5], [320].
Boccaccio, Giovanni, [5], [107];
the Decameron copied by F. Mannelli, [138–141];
story of Messer Geri Spini by, [308–313].
Bocchi, Francesco, description of the Palazzo Acciaiuoli by, [4–5].
Bonaparte, Elisa, created Grand Duchess of Tuscany, [205];
interview of with the Countess of Albany, [205–206];
is deposed, [206];
[392].
Borghese, Prince Camillo, buys and enlarges a Salviati palace, [52].
Botta, Marshal, re-arranges the pictures in the Pitti palace, [199–201].
Bouturlin, Count Demetrio, buys the Palazzo Niccolini, [54].
Brunelleschi, Filippo, [42];
architect of the Palazzo Pazzi, [167];
architect of the Palazzo Pitti, [185–187].
Buonarroti, Michelangelo, [30], [105], [121];
architect of Palazzo Uguccione, [349].
Buondelmonti, The, declared rebels, [23];
origin of the, [54];
Buondelmonte, his quarrel with Oddo Fifanti, [55];
his marriage with a daughter of the Amidei arranged, [55];
sees Donati’s daughter, [55];
murder of, [56];
Ippolito, love story of, [57–58];
Zanobi, implicated in a plot to assassinate the Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici, [59].
Buontalenti, Bernardo, builds the palace of, [61–67];
miraculous escape of, [69], [122], [136], [159];
entertainment in the courtyard of the Pitti palace arranged by, [191–193];
builds the eastern parade of the Palazzo Vecchio, [389].
Caccini, one of the architects of Palazzo Nonfinito, [159].
Cambi, Giovanni, description of Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni by, [43], [252], [256], [329].
Cambio, Arnolfo, architect of the Palazzo Vecchio, [355].
Canacci, origin of the, [62];
Caterina, beauty of, [62];
murder of, [63];
head of sent to the Duke Jacopo Salviati by his Duchess, [64];
Giustino, description of by anonymous writer, [62].
Canigiani, Eletta, mother of Petrarch, [67];
Piero, Chancellor to the Empress of Constantinople, [67].
Canto de’ Diavoli, The, [352].
Cappello, Carlo, character of, [24];
epitaph of favourite horse of, [24].
Capponi, Marquess Alessandro, builds the Palazzo Capponi, [70];
Marquess Gino, last of his branch of the family, [70];
Gino, takes Pisa, [70–71];
Lodovico, falls in love with Maddalena Vettori, [135];
motto and emblem invented by, [136];
decorates palace in symbolical fashion, [136];
Neri, one of the most influential men in Florence, [71];
Piero, success of as merchant, diplomatist and soldier, [71];
proud answer of to Charles VII. of France, [71];
death of, [72], [168];
Niccolò, elected Gonfalonier, [72];
proclaims Jesus Christ King of Florence, [72];
is deposed and imprisoned, [73];
his meeting with Michelangelo, [74];
his death, [74].
Capponi (delle Rovinate), palace of the originally Da Uzzano, [74].
Carriages first introduced into Florence, [173].
Castellani, Francesco, knighted by his father’s bier, [23].
Cavalcanti, Guido de’, game of chess of, [279].
Cellini, Benvenuto, his medal for Federigo Ginori, [110];
on Bandinelli’s Hercules, [378].
Cerchi, Piero Monaldi on the, [75–76];
Vieri de’, called to Rome by the Pope, [95].
Cibo, The, introduce carriages into Florence, [173];
Francesco buys the Palazzo Pazzi, [172];
Ricciarda, mistress of Alessandro de’ Medici, [172].
Cigoli (Cardi), Fra Lodovico, architect of the Loggia of the Palazzo Corsi Salviati, [76], [159].
Cinelli, Giovanni, [77], [101], [116], [122].
Cocchi, Palazzo praised by Vasari, [76];
built by Raffaello del Bianco, [77].
Compagni, Dino, description of Corso Donati by, [98];
exclaims against the avidity of the Florentines, [179];
on the storming of the Palazzo del Podestà, [211];
on the Cerchi and the Donati, [313], [314].
Corsi, origin of the, [80];
Giovanni, entrusted with the care of Alessandro de’ Medici, [81];
his nephews buy the Palazzo Tornabuoni, [81];
Laura, marries the Marquess Salviati, [81].
Corsini, palace built for the Marquess Filippo, [81];
Andrea S. where born, [82];
charity of, [83];
Bishop of Fiesole, [82];
canonized, [82];
Amerigo, First Archbishop of Florence, [83];
Bartolommeo, buys large estates, [84];
Bartolommeo, created Prince of Sismano by Clement XII., [85];
identifies himself with the Spanish party, [86];
Bertoldo, Governor of the fortress of S. Giovanni, offers to cede arms to the people, is banished by Cosimo I. and decapitated, [84];
Filippo, jurist and ambassador, [83];
Filippo, created a Marquess by Urban VIII., [84];
Filippo, travels with Prince Cosimo de’ Medici, his account of places visited, [85];
Giovanni, lover of the Empress of Constantinople, [82];
Lorenzo, elected Pope as Clement XII., [85];
Matteo, family historian, [82], [83];
makes large fortune in London, [83];
author of the Rosaio della Vita, [83];
Neri, [82];
Neri, made a Cardinal by Clement XII., rules the Papal States under four popes, [86];
Neri, advocates the independence of Tuscany at Congress of Vienna, Minister of the Interior, a free trader, [87];
Neri, Governor of Leghorn, [87];
Pietro, Bishop of Florence, [82];
Piero, builder of the first fortifications of Leghorn, [84];
Tommaso, eminent as a jurist, honesty of, death of, [82];
Tommaso, Prince, flies to Sicily, created a Senator and a Count by Napoleon I., Senator of Rome, [86];
Tommaso, Prince, popularity of, [87].
Covoni, Count, [47], [51];
Pierfilippo, Count, [61].
Cronaco II., architect of the Palazzo Guadagni, [123], [174];
courtyard and cornice of the Palazzo Strozzi built by, [330–331];
the great Hall of Council in the Palazzo Vecchio
built by, [374–375].
Cybo, Donna Veronica, [62];
hires assassins to murder Caterina Canacci, [63];
sends head of Caterina Canacci to the Duke Jacopo Salviati, [64].
Dati, Goro, description by, of the race for the Palio, [21–22].
Davanzati, palace of the, [87–88];
Bernardo, translator of Tacitus, [88];
member of Florentine Academy, [91];
Lasca’s poem about, [91];
Francesco Rondinelli’s description of, [91–92];
Giuliano, knighted by Eugenius IV., [88];
Niccolò, founder of the convent of Doccia, [88].
Dei, Benedetto, ambassador to Constantinople, [124];
Rinieri, builds the Palazzo Guadagni, [123];
Palazzo Cocchi built for the, [77].
Della Casa, Giovanni, Bishop of Benevento, author of Galateo, [160].
Donatello, [143–144].
Donati, palaces and towers of the, [92];
Corso, [76];
forces his sister Piccarda to leave her convent and marry, [95];
repulse of the Cerchi by, [95];
banishment of, [96];
Machiavelli’s account of, [96–98];
Dino Compagni’s description of, [98].
Dosio, Giovanni, probably added to the Palazzo Bouturlin, [53];
architect of Palazzo Lardarel, [134].
Evelyn, John, [47];
on the Palazzo Pitti and its garden, [197].
Fabriczy, Herr von, on Brunelleschi, [186–187], [341], [342].
Falconieri, Paolo, architect of the Palazzo Piccolellis, [180];
of the Palazzo Pucci, [234].
Ferdinando III. (of Lorraine), Grand Duke, [87], [201];
is deposed, [202];
is reinstated, [206].
Feroni, origin of the, [98];
palaces of the, [99].
Fioravanti, Neri di, rebuilds the Palazzo del Podestà, [213–214], [217].
Fiorentino, Niccolò, medals by, [79].
Firenzuola, Simone di, [115].
Firidolfi, Ricasoli, account of the, [100];
chapel in the palace painted by Vasari, [99].
Fontana, Carlo, architect of Palazzo Capponi, [70];
of Palazzo Panciatichi, [160].
Fossi, Palazzo, originally Alberti, [105];
frescoed by Stalf, [105].
Frescobaldi, Dino, saves the first seven cantos of the Inferno, [107];
Lamberto, builds the first bridge of Sta. Trinita, [106];
palaces and towers of the, [105], [106];
revolt of the, [106].
Frey, Dr. Carl, on the Loggia de’ Lanzi, [362–363].
Geymüller, Herr von, [342].
Giacomini, The, [133];
Palazzo Larderel built by, [134].
Gianfigliazzi, origin of the, [109];
palaces of the, [108].
Gibbon, Edward, on Cosimo de’ Medici, [246].
Ginori, Bartolommeo, chosen as a model by Giovan Bologna, [111];
Carlo, Senator, founder of the china manufactory, [111];
Federigo, medal made by Benvenuto Cellini for, [110].
Ginori, Conti, Prince, his palace the “old house” of the Medici, [112–113].
Ginori, Venturi, Marquess, palace of, built by Bernardo Rucellai, [113].
Giugni, Vincenzio, [115], [116].
Giuliano da Majano, finishes the Palazzo Pazzi, [167];
rebuilds the Sala de’ Dugento, [371].
Gondi, Alberto, created Duc de Retz, [119];
Giovanbattista, becomes a naturalized French subject, [119];
Giuliano, builds the Palazzo Gondi, [119];
Jean François Paul, Cardinal de Retz, [120].
Grazzini (Lasca), poem by, [91].
Griffoni, Ugolino, [122].
Grosso, Niccolò (Caparra), [9], [123], [331].
Guadagni, Alessandro, builds the Palazzo in the Piazza del Duomo, [128];
Bernardo, Gonfalonier of Justice bribed by Cosimo de’ Medici, [127];
Pierantonio, founds the gallery, [128];
Tommaso, builds the San Clemente Palace, [128].
Guicciardini, Francesco, avarice of, [130];
account of by Pitti, [131];
character of by Varchi, [132];
cruelty of, [131], [168].
Heywood, William, description of the game of Calcio by, [33–34].
Incontri, The, [180].
Landi, Michele di, created Gonfalonier of Justice, [365].
Landucci, Luca, diary of, [78], [79];
on the building of the Palazzo Strozzi, [327].
Leopoldo I. (of Austria), proclaimed Grand Duke of Tuscany, [201];
Leopoldo II., Grand Duke, makes great alterations in the Pitti Palace, [207];
is deposed, [207].
Lapi, Agostino, on the building of the Pitti Palace, [188].
Lippi, Filippo, contract with Filippo Strozzi, [323].
Lodovico I. (of Bourbon), created King of Etruria by Napoleon I., [202], [203];
death of, [204].
Machiavelli, Niccolò, on Benedetto Alberti, [11];
death of Niccolò da Uzzano a calamity for Florence, [18];
meeting of Eugenius IV. and Rinaldo degl’Albizzi, [19], [20], [59];
rivalry of the Cerchi and the Donati, [95], [96];
Corso Donati described by, [96], [97], [98];
on Luca Pitti, [185], [186];
on Cosimo de’ Medici, [241], [243], [249];
on the murder of Giuliano de’ Medici, [251], [252];
on Niccolò and Tommaso Soderini, [305], [306];
on Piero Soderini, [307], [321], [365], [366].
Manelli, The, different names of, [137];
refuse to allow the corridor connecting the Palazzo Pitti and the Palazzo Vecchio to pass through their house, [142];
Amaretto, [138];
Francesco, Boccaccio’s friend, makes a copy of the Decameron, [138–139];
Raimondo takes Spinola prisoner, [141].
Mann, Sir Horace, on Lady Orford’s Cicisbeo, [154];
on the Count of Albany, on Marshal Botta, [199–200].
Martelli, Camilla, wife of Cosimo I., her death, [144];
Lodovico, a poet, [143];
Lodovico, duel of with G. Bandini, [143], [144];
Ruberto, patron and friend of Donatello, [143].
Medici, Alessandro de’, [25], [36], [60], [72], [74], [81], [84], [109], [111], [112], [129], [131];
attempted murder of, [172], [237], [259], [260];
created Duke, [261], [262];
murder of, [263], [265], [266], [293], [335], [336], [351], [357], [382], [383], [384];
Bernardetto de’, [351];
Carlo de’, Cardinal, [61];
Clarice de’, [259];
turns Ippolito and Alessandro out of Palazzo Medici, [260], [333];
Cosimo de’ (the elder), [18], [19], [26], [71], [74], [113], [144], [146], [156], [185], [186], [220], [234], [237];
builds the Medici palace, [241], [242];
character of, [241];
banishment and return of, [245];
death of, [247];
Gibbon on, [246];
patron of artists and men of letters, [246];
imprisoned in the Alberghettino, [366], [369];
Cosimo I., Grand Duke, [23], [30], [36], [60], [69], [84], [102], [114], [116], [122], [124], [128], [131], [135], [141], [142], [156], [162], [187], [232], [237];
succeeds to the Duke Alessandro, [266];
proclamation and marriage of, [267], [336], [337], [338], [339], [340], [349], [350], [378], [384], [388];
Cosimo II., Grand Duke, lengthens the Palazzo Pitti, [195], [196];
marriage of, [389], [390];
Cosimo III., Grand Duke, [48], [61];
tour through Europe as Prince, [85], [86], [99];
rupture between him and his wife, [197–199], [390];
Ferdinando I., Grand Duke, [121], [181];
marriage festivities of, [191–193], [194], [237], [388], [389];
Ferdinando II., Grand Duke, [48], [85], [113], [195];
picture gallery begun by in the Palazzo Pitti, [196], [345], [397];
Francesco I., Grand Duke, [23], [42], [60], [61], [114], [189], [191], [386];
Giovanni de’, description of by Machiavelli, [238–241];
Giovanni de’ (delle Bande Nere), [160], [294];
Giovanni de’ (Leo X.), [163];
is made a Cardinal, [252], [256];
is elected Pope, [257];
death of, [258], [332];
Giovan Carlo de’, Cardinal, [84], [114];
Giovan Gastone, Grand Duke, [199], [291];
Giuliano de’, [35];
murder of, [171], [251], [293], [306], [379], [380];
Giuliano de’ (Duke of Nemours), [255], [256];
marriage and death of, [257];
statue of, [258];
Giulio de’ (Clement VII.), [24], [59], [114], [130], [222], [231], [237], [256];
created Cardinal, [257];
elected Pope, [260], [261], [333];
Ippolito de’, Cardinal, [72], [81], [259], [260];
character of by Varchi, [261];
dies of poison, [262];
Isabella de’, [189];
Lorenzo de’ (the Magnificent), [25], [26];
his entry into the lists described by L. Pulci, [35], [51], [71], [78];
deference of to his mother, [80], [107], [108], [168];
attempted murder of, [171], [251], [244], [248];
marriage of and election to rule the State, [249];
Niccolò Valori’s description of, [250];
death of, [252], [270], [283], [287], [293], [306], [322], [324], [325], [326], [343];
Lorenzo de’ (Duke of Urbino), [60], [101], [256];
Lorenzino de’, house of, [112], [113];
description of, [262];
murders Duke Alessandro, [263–265];
Lucrezia de’, [79];
poetic gifts of, [80];
Lucrezia de’ (daughter of Cosimo I.), [188];
Maria de’, marriage of, to Henri IV., [193], [194];
Nannina de’, marriage of, [287], [288], [290];
Ottaviano de’, house of, [60];
administers the family property, [60];
Piero de’ (son of Cosimo the Elder), [71], [78], [79], [108], [174], [186], [244], [247];
answer by to Acciaiuoli, [248];
death of, [249];
Piero de’ (son of Lorenzo), marriage of, [252];
cedes Sarzana, etc., to Charles VIII., [253];
is expelled, [254];
is drowned, [255], [377];
Raffaello de’, [53];
Salvestro de’, [238], [364].
Michelozzi, Michelozzo, architect of the Palazzo Riccardi, [241–242], [243];
Palazzo dello Strozzino attributed to, [342];
restores the Palazzo Vecchio, [367–369].
Monaldi, Piero, manuscript history of the Cerchi by, [75];
manuscript family history of, [145];
manuscript history of the Vecchietti by, [352].
Montaigne, Michel de’, on the Palazzo Pitti, [190].
Montalvo, Antonio Ramirez di, [146];
Leonora di, foundress of the convent of Le Quiete, [149–150].
Mozzi, The, [151];
Cavaliere, Sir Horace Mann on the, [154].
Murat, Joachim, proclaims the King of Etruria, [203].
Nardi, Jacopo, [59], [133], [231];
letter on the tumult in the Palazzo Vecchio, [381–382].
Nelli, G. B., architect of the Palazzo Viviani, [397].
Nerli, The, Dante on, [155];
join the Paterines, [156];
Tanay, adversary of Savonarola, [156].
Nero, Tommaso del, architect of the Palazzo Torrigiani, [345].
Nigetti, Matteo, rebuilds the Palazzo de’ Bardi, [39];
one of the architects of the Palazzo Nonfinito, [159].
Orcagna, Andrea, reputed architect of the Loggia de’ Lanzi, [362–363].
Palmieri, Matteo, on Niccola Acciaiuoli, [3–4].
Panciatichi, Bandino, Cardinal, [160];
history of the, [161];
Niccolò, marries the heiress of the Ximenes d’Aragona, [162].
Pandolfini, Agnolo, [14];
Gianozzo, Bishop of Troja, builds the Palazzo Pandolfini, [163].
Paoletti, G., bastion of the Pitti palace and the Palazzina della Meridiana built by, [201].
Parigi, Alfonso, lengthens the Palazzo Pitti and restores the façade to the perpendicular, [195–196].
Parigi, Giulio, architect of the Palazzo dell’Antella, [32];
loggia of the Tessitori de’ Drappi attributed to, [60];
adds to the Palazzo Pitti, [195].
Passerini, Count Luigi, quoted, [17], [28], [36], [48], [102], [124], [161], [174], [212], [213], [215], [275].
Pazzi, Andrea, builds the Palazzo Pazzi, [167];
Francesco, conspires with Sixtus IV. against the Medici, [168];
kills Giuliano de’ Medici, [171];
is hanged, [172];
Jacopo, incites the people to revolt, [171];
is executed, [172];
Giovanni, founds the Società Colombaia, [397].
Peruzzi, account of the, [175];
Arco de’, frescoed by Paolo Ucello, [176];
Baldassare, architect and painter, [180];
houses of the, assigned to distinguished guests, [179];
Ridolfo, banished, [179];
ruin of the, [176];
Ubaldino, [180].
Pisani, Andrea, enlarges the Palazzo Vecchio, [359].
Pitti, Buonaccorso, chronicle of, [182];
Luca, begins the Palazzo Pitti, [185];
conspires against Piero de’ Medici, [186];
Eleonora di Toledo buys the Palazzo Pitti, [187];
marriages of Cosimo I.’s daughters in, [188–189];
Montaigne’s description of, [190];
entertainment in courtyard of for marriage of Ferdinando I., [191–193];
ceremonies for the marriage of Maria de’ Medici in, [194];
Giulio and Alfonzo Parigi add to, [195–196];
beginning of gallery in, [196];
description of by Evelyn, [196–197];
Marguerite Louise of Orleans and her cook in, [197–199];
Marshal Botta’s work in, described by Sir H. Mann, [199–201];
loggiata of begun by Ruggieri, [201];
Ferdinando III. expelled from, [202];
King and Queen of Etruria in, [204];
Elisa Bonaparte in, [205–206];
picture gallery of, added to by Ferdinando III., [207];
Leopoldo II. leaves the, [207].
Podestà, Palazzo del (Bargello), building of, [208];
burnings of the, [211], [213];
frescoes in chapel of, [214–216];
malefactors painted on, [216–217], [220–221], [252];
Pagolo Boscoli’s last night, by Luca della Robbia, [222–231];
inside of ruined when given up to the Bargello, [252–253];
uncovering Dante’s portrait in, [233].
Poliziano, Agnolo, [35], [80].
Pucci, The, [234–235].
Pulci, Luca, entry of Lorenzo de’ Medici into the lists described by, [35], [80].
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Rastrelli, Abbate Modesto, on the murder of the Duke Alessandro, [263–265];
how the Gonfaloniers and Priors lived in the palace, [357].
Ricasoli, Alberto, [100];
Antonio, takes S. Leo, [101];
Bettino, Baron, [102];
speech of in the Palazzo Vecchio, [394];
Rinieri, builds the palace on the Lung’Arno, [101].
Riccardi, Palazzo, built by Cosimo de’ Medici, [241–243];
chapel of, [243–245];
Lorenzo de’ Medici accepts the position of ruler in, [249];
Sforza visits Lorenzo in, [250];
Pier Capponi and Charles VIII. in, [254];
Savonarola visits Charles VIII. in, [255];
the Medici return to, [256];
Leo X. in, [257];
Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici closes the loggia of, [258];
Ippolito de’ Medici and Cardinal Passerini in, [259];
Clarice degl’ Strozzi turns the Cardinal, Ippolito and Alessandro de’ Medici out of, [260];
festivals in for Charles V. and Margaret of Austria, [262];
meeting of the Forty-eight in after the murder of the Duke Alessandro, [266];
sale of to the Riccardi, [257];
added to by the Riccardi, [267–268];
let to the French Government, [268–269].
Ridolfi, The, [270];
hospital of the, [272].
Ristori Taddeo di, probably one of the architects of the Loggia de’ Lanzi, [363].
Rondinelli, The, [272];
Antonio, love story of, [273–275];
Francesco, description of Bernardo Davanzati by, [91–92].
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of the giraffe sent to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [343–344].
Rucellai, The, [275];
Bernardo, marriage of with Nannina de’ Medici, [287];
builds the palace in the Oricellari gardens, [113];
Giovanni, marries Jacopa degl’ Strozzi, [279–280];
builds the Palazzo Rucellai, [280];
builds the façade of Sta. Maria Novella, [282];
Il Zibaldone Quaresimale written by, [283–287];
Giovanni, letter of from Avignon, [288–289];
author of Rosmunda, etc., [289–290];
Giovanni, his tessera, [291];
Giulio, suppresses the tribunal of the Inquisition and curbs the power of the clergy, [291–292].
Sacchetti, Franco, Cavalcanti’s game of chess described by, [281–282].
San Clemente, Dukes of, [299], [303].
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San Gallo, Giuliano da, [36];
architect of the Palazzo Gondi, [119];
staircase and fireplace in by, [120], [221];
probable architect of Palazzo Strozzi, [331];
of part of Palazzo dello Strozzino, [342];
architect of Palazzo Ximenes d’Aragona, [398].
Savonarola, advocates building the great hall in the Palazzo Vecchio, [374];
imprisonment, torture and death of, [376].
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on the death of Luisa Strozzi, [336], [337].
Serristori, The, [304].
Silvani, Pierfrancesco, joint architect of the Palazzo Corsini, [81];
rebuilds the Palazzo Guicciardini, [129];
architect of the Palazzo San Clemente, [297];
enlarges the Palazzo Ximenes d’Aragona, [398].
Sisto da Firenze, Fra, joint architect with Fra Ristoro da Campi of the Palazzo del Podestà, [208].
Soderini, Niccolò, popularity of, [305];
Tommaso, one of the chief citizens of Florence, [305–306];
Piero, cowardice of, [306];
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Spini, The, [307];
Geri, ability and riches of, [308];
Boccaccio’s story about, [308–313];
Piero, Dino Compagni on, [313];
Doffo, leader of the “Compagnacci” against Savonarola, [314];
north façade of the palace rebuilt, [315].
Strozzi, Progenitor of the, [316];
murder of Ercole, [319];
Ciriaco, works by, [319];
Palla, great collector of books, [320–321];
Alessandra, the letters of, [321];
Filippo, account of, [322];
marriages of, [323];
builds the great palace, [324–328];
his account of the murder of Giuliano de’ Medici, [372–374];
death of, [328];
Vasari attributes the design of the palace to Benedetto da Majano, [329–331];
Filippo the younger marries Clarice de’ Medici, [332];
sent as a hostage to Spain, [333];
advises the Cardinal Passerini, Ippolito and Alessandro de’ Medici to leave Florence, [334];
his daughter Luisa insulted, [335];
her death, [336];
taken prisoner and tortured, [336];
various accounts of his death, [337];
epitaphs of, [337–338];
description of, [338–339];
Piero, enters the service of France, [339];
Leone, Prior of Capua, [335], [336];
becomes a French Admiral, plans fortifications in Malta, [340];
Agnolo, builds the Palazzo dello Strozzino, [341];
Palla Novello, buys the houses of the Gondi, [341].
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Luigi, [343];
rhyme about, [344].
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Torrigiani, Luigi, Cardinal, last of his family, [346];
Pietro Guadagni, inherits name and fortune of the, [346].
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design of palace stolen, [350].
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Bacio, [25], [26];
decorates his house, [27];
Niccolò, [26], [35], [80];
Francesco, [73].
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attempted murder of the Duke Alessandro, [172], [259];
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state of things in Florence after the murder of the Duke Alessandro, [265–266], [333], [334];
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chapel in the Ricasoli Firidolfi Palace painted by, [99], [113], [114], [132], [142], [143], [159], [163];
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life of the Gonfaloniere and Priori in, [357];
ringhiera of, [357–358];
added to by the Duke of Athens, [358–359];
Duke of Athens expelled from, [360];
lions of, [361];
Simoncino tortured in, [364];
Michele di Lando created Gonfalonier in, [365];
Cosimo de’ Medici imprisoned in, [366];
Michelozzi restores the, [366–369];
Neri de’ Bicci paints tabernacle in, [369];
Baldaccio d’Anghieri murdered in, [369–370];
Sala de’ Dugento rebuilt in, [371];
Archbishop of Pisa and nobles hung from the windows of, [271–274];
great Hall of Council built in, [374–375];
Savonarola imprisoned in, [375–376];
Michelangelo’s David at door of, [376–377];
Bandinelli’s Hercules, description of, by Benvenuto Cellini, [378–379];
Leonardo da Vinci’s fresco in, [379];
destruction of the woodwork in the great Hall of, [380];
tumult in, [381–382];
Niccolò Capponi proclaims Jesus Christ King of Florence in, [382–383];
Duke Alessandro proclaimed in, [383–384];
Cosimo I. takes up his abode in, [384–385];
Vasari’s work in, [385–387];
Buontalenti adds the eastern façade to, [389];
marriage feasts in, [389–390];
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Baron Ricasoli’s speech in, [394];
the Hall of the Five Hundred becomes the House of Parliament, [394–395].
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