Lives of the early Medici

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INDEX

• A
• Acciaiuoli, Agnolo, [19], [57];
• reason of his hatred of the Medici, [83], [84];
• letter from, to Piero de’ Medici, [105];
• secretly recalled by Piero de’ Medici, [142]; [153]
• Alamanni, Piero, Florentine ambassador at Rome; letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici on Giovanni’s nomination to the Cardinalate, [303]
• Alberti, Alberto de’, letter from, to Giovanni de’ Medici on the state of Rome, [47]
• Albino, Giovanni, letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici, [240]
• Albizzi, Rinaldo degl’, [13], [19], [20], [26], [28]
• Aldrovandini, Guidone, Ferrarese ambassador to Florence, letter from, to the Duke Ercole d’Este, [274];
• letter to, from the Duke, [276];
• letter from, to the Duke about Lorenzo de’ Medici and the state of Florence, [277], [280], [281], [282], [283], [284], [285], [286], [287], [294], [295], [297], [298]
• Alum, monopoly of, given to the Medici, [98]; [104], [306]
• Ammanati, Jacopo, Cardinal of Pavia, [163];
• letters from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici on the Cardinalate for Giuliano, [167], [168]
• Ammirato, Scipione, quoted, [7]
• Angoulême, Marguerite d’, Queen of Navarre, [114]
• Antonino, Archbishop, on slavery, [29]
• Aragona, Don Federigo d’, meets Lorenzo de’ Medici at Pisa, [87];
• letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici on the old Tuscan poets, [88]; [94]n, [146]
• —— Cardinal d’, [259], [260], [263]
• Artimino, Papinio di, letters to Lucrezia de’ Medici on the Turkish army in Apulia, [237], [238]
• Avogarius, Doctor Petrus Bonus, letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [301]
• B
• Baccio, Ugolino, [245];
• letters from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici about the Archbishop of Krain, [247], [249], [252]; [274];
• letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici, [278]; [314], [316]
• Baldovinetti, quoted, on slaves, [30]
• Basel, Œcumenical Council of, transferred to Ferrara and Florence, [41], [42];
• Archbishop of Krain at, [247], [249], [252]
• Becchi, Gentile, of Urbino (Bishop of Arezzo), [111], [133];
• letter from, to Clarice de’ Medici describing Lorenzo’s journey to Milan, [138]; [143], [155], [170], [214]
• Bentivoglio, Giovanni di, letter from, to Piero de’ Medici about the League against Venice and the Pope, [135];
• letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici, [202]
• C
• Cafaggiuolo, Villa of, [4], [19], [60], [74];
• Clarice de’ Medici and her children at, [213], [216], [217], [218], [219], [220], [222]
• Caiano, Poggio a, Villa of, flood at, described in Ambra, [147]; [155]
• Calabria, Alfonso, Duke of, [59], [200], [206], [207], [231], [232], [240], [254], [274], [284]
• —— Ippolita Maria d’Aragona, Duchess of, [87], [93]n;
• letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [236]
• Cambi, Giovanni, quoted, [56], [61]
• Capponi, Marquess Gino, quoted, [150]
• Careggi, Villa of, [27];
• Count of Pavia at, [61];
• last months of Cosimo de’ Medici at, [73], [74], [75];
• death of Cosimo de’ Medici at, [78]; [81], [84], [137];
• death of Piero de’ Medici at, [142]; [152], [181], [217], [223], [291], [336];
• death of Lorenzo de’ Medici at, [339], [340], [341]
• Catasto, [5];
• description of the, [164]n
• Cavalcanti, Giovanni, quoted, [6]
• Ceccho, Messer, letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [201]; [203], [204], [207], [208]
• Cinozzi, Fra Pacifico, [339];
• account of the death of Lorenzo de’ Medici by, [340]
• Comines, Philippe de, [149]n, [193], [202], [226];
• letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici, [312]
• Creighton, Dr., quoted, [150]
• Cristofano d’Antonio, Fra, letter from, to Lucrezia de’ Medici about her grandchildren, [172]
• D
• Dei, Bartolommeo, letter from, to his uncle on the death of Lorenzo de’ Medici, [341]
• Dennistoun, J., quoted, [136]n
• Dovizi da Bibbiena, Piero, letters to, from Matteo Franco, [289], [327]
• E
• Este, Duke Borso d’, [176]
• —— Eleonora d’, Duchess of Ferrara, letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici on the death of his mother, [244]
• —— Ercole d’, Duke of Ferrara, [135], [241];
• letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici on his mother’s death, [244]; [254];
• letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici, [273];
• letter to, from his ambassador Aldrovandini, [274];
• letter from, to Aldrovandini, [276];
• letters to, from Aldrovandini, [277], [280], [282], [283], [285], [294], [297], [298];
• letters to, from his ambassador Manfredi, [305], [309], [330]
• Eugenius IV., Pope, [26]n;
• arrival of at Florence for Œcumenical Council, [41];
• Lorenzo de’ Medici (brother to Cosimo) sent to Ferrara to, [42]
• F
• Ferrante, or Ferdinando, King of Naples, [53], [125], [128], [129], [135], [158], [159], [160], [163], [170], [176], [195], [196], [197], [199], [202], [227], [228], [229]n,
• 230, [234], [235], [236], [237], [238], [283], [284], [286], [298], [305], [313], [314], [315], [316], [319], [320];
• words of, on hearing of the death of Lorenzo de’ Medici, [343]
• Festival on St. John’s Day, [95]
• Ficino, Marsilio, selected to preside over the Platonic Academy, [57];
• letter to, from Cosimo de’ Medici, [73];
• letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici describing his grandfather Cosimo, [76]; [143]
• Filelfo, Francesco, letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [166]
• Florence, Signoria of, letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici announcing his departure for Naples, [229]
• Fortebraccio, Niccolò, letter from, to Cosimo de’ Medici, [34]; [36], [37], [39], [40]
• France, King of, see Louis XI.
• Franco, Matteo, letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [173];
• letters from, to Piero Dovizi describing Clarice’s journey from Morba, [267];
• from the baths of Stigliano, [289];
• from Rome, [327]
• Frederick II., Emperor, entry of into Florence, [56]; [248], [249], [250], [251], [253]
• G
• Gibbon, Edward, quoted, [7]
• I
• Innocent VIII., Pope, election of, [258]; [261], [262], [265], [283], [284];
• letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici, [285]; [286], [287], [294];
• letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici on the death of his wife, [296]; [298], [303];
• letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici on the promotion of his son Giovanni to the Cardinalate, [304];
• letter to, from the same on the condition of F. Cibò, [306]; [310], [311], [313], [314], [315], [316], [318], [319], [320], [321], [322], [328], [335], [336]
• J
• John XXIII., Pope, [7]
• K
• Krain, Archbishop of, [245];
• proclaims a Council at Basel, [246]; [247], [249], [252]
• L
• Landucci, Luca, quoted, [165]n
• Lanfredini, Giovanni, Florentine ambassador at Venice, then at Rome, letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici on the war with the Pope and Venice, [196];
• letters to, from the same about Pico della Mirandola, [311], [318], [319]
• Lapini, quoted, on slave girls, [30]n
• Leoni, Doctor Piero, [283], [323], [324];
• letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici on various waters, [326]; [329], [336];
• suicide of, [342]
• Louis XI., King of France, [84];
• letter from, to Piero de’ Medici creating him a privy councillor, [85];
• document from, granting Piero de’ Medici the privilege of quartering the Lily of France on his arms, [86]; [152], [155], [156], [186];
• letter from, to the Florentine Republic on the Pazzi conspiracy, [192];
• letter from, to Sixtus IV., on the same, [193];
• letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [198]; [206], [226], [227];
• letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [254]; [285]
• Lucca, war against, [13], [15], [16], [18];
• end of war against, [19];
• war renewed against, [33]
• M
• Machiavelli, Girolamo, [58]
• —— Niccolò, quoted, [7], [28], [33], [82], [105], [145], [186], [208]
• Malegonnelle, Piero, letters from, to Lucrezia de’ Medici about Morba, [184]
• Manfredi, Manfredo di, Ferrarese ambassador to Florence; letters from, to Duke Ercole d’Este, [305], [330]
• Medici, ancestors of the, [1]
• —— Ardingo de’, [2]
• —— Averardo de’, fabulous, [1]
• —— —— Gonfalonier of Justice in 1314, [2]
• —— —— (cousin of Cosimo), letters to, from Cosimo, [7], [11], [13], [15], [16], [18], [20], [21], [23], [26]
• —— Bank of the, manager of the, to Duke Ercole d’Este, [309]
• —— Bernardo de’, [17], [23]
• —— Bianca de’, [7], [109];
• letter from, to her mother Lucrezia, [223]; [265], [330]
• —— Bonagiunta de’, [2]
• —— Carlo de’ (illegitimate son of Cosimo), [38], [132]
• —— Chiarissimo de’, [2]
• —— Clarice de’, [128];
• marriage festivities of, [129];
• letter to, from Rinaldo Orsini, [134];
• letter to, from Gentile Becchi, [138];
• letter to, from Lorenzo, [161]; [173];
• letters to, from Poliziano, [177], [178];
• letter from, to Lorenzo, [178]; [209], [210], [211], [212], [213], [217];
• letter from, to Lorenzo on Poliziano, [218]; [266], [268], [270], [288], [290], [291];
• death of, [296], [297]; [298]
• —— Contessina de’, letter from, to her husband Cosimo, [10];
• letter from, to her son Giovanni, [14];
• letters from, to her son Piero, [48], [50];
• letters from, to her son Giovanni, [51], [53], [54], [55];
• letter from, to Ginevra, [58];
• letter from, to her son Piero, [62];
• letter from, to her son Giovanni and his wife, [62]; [71], [74], [80], [109], [111], [113];
• letter from, to Lucrezia, [117]; [125], [141], [157];
• letter to, from A. de’ Conio, [158]; [162], [172], [173]
• —— Contessina de’, daughter of Lorenzo, [220];
• letter to, from her father, [310]
• —— Cosimo de’ (Pater Patriæ), [6];
• description of by Machiavelli, [7];
• generosity of, to men of letters, [8];
• Vespasiano on, [9];
• letter to, from his wife, [10];
• letter from, to his cousin Averardo on Milanese matters, [11];
• letters from, to the same on the war with Lucca, [15], [16], [18];
• diary of, [19];
• return of, from exile, [28];
• letter from, to his son Piero at Venice, [31];
• goes to Venice, [33];
• letter to, from Niccolò Fortebraccio, [34];
• letter to, from his brother Lorenzo, [35];
• letters to, from Count Francesco Sforza about Fortebraccio and the Duke of Milan, [36], [38], [39], [41];
• letter to, from the same about Foligno, [44]; [50], [51];
• letter from, to his son Giovanni on the war between Venice and Milan, [52]; [53], [54], [56], [57];
• speech of, to Luca Pitti, [58];
• letter from, to his son Giovanni, [59]; [60];
• home life of, [61]; [62];
• letter from, to his son Giovanni, [63];
• letter to, from Pius II. on the death of Giovanni, [64];
• letters from, to Pius II., [65], [66];
• letter from, to his son Piero, [70];
• assistance given by, to Francesco Sforza, [71];
• document from Francesco Sforza bestowing privileges on, [71];
• letter from, to Ficino, [73];
• last illness of, [74];
• character of, by Ficino, [76];
• memorandum on death of, by his son Piero, [77];
• note of expenses for funeral of, [79];
• declared Pater Patriæ, [81]; [82], [83], [84];
• praise of, by Pius II., [84];
• condolence on death of, by Louis XI., [85]; [144], [151], [152]
• —— Filigno di Conte de’, Diary of, [2]
• —— Filippo de’, Archbishop of Pisa, letter from, to Piero about the marriage contract of Clarice Orsini, [120];
• letter from, to Lorenzo announcing marriage by proxy with Clarice Orsini, [127]; [168]
• —— Giambuono, progenitor of the, [1]
• —— Ginevra de’ (Cavalcanti), wife of Lorenzo, Cosimo’s brother, [10], [41], [80]
• —— Ginevra de’ (degl’ Alessandri), wife of Giovanni, son of Cosimo, letter to, from Contessina, [62]; [80]
• —— Giovanni de’, surnamed Bicci, popularity of, [5];
• advice to his sons on his deathbed, [6]; [151]
• —— Giovanni de’, son of Cosimo, [14];
• letter to, from his mother, [46];
• letter to, from Alberto de’ Alberti from Rome, [47];
• letters to, from his mother, [47], [48], [51], [53], [55], [58], [62];
• letters to, from his father, [59], [63];
• death of, [63]; [65], [151], [152]
• —— Giovanni de’, son of Lorenzo, [145];
• receives the tonsure, is declared capable of holding benefices at seven years of age, [155]; [156], [216], [220], [222], [270], [271];
• promotion of, to the Cardinalate, [303], [304];
• receives the Cardinal’s hat, [331];
• letter of advice to, from his father, [332];
• letter from, to his father, [336]
• —— Giuliano de’, [69], [70], [80], [109], [111], [125], [134];
• tournament of, [166]; [172];
• letter from, to his mother, [174]; [186], [189];
• murder of, [190];
• description of, by Poliziano, [191]; [192], [193], [215]
• —— Guccio de’, [2]
• —— Lorenzo de’, son of Giovanni Bicci de’, [6], [18], [21], [23], [26];
• letter from, to his brother Cosimo, [35]; [40];
• sent to Ferrara to Eugenius IV. about transferring Œcumenical Council to Florence, [42]; [151]
• —— Lorenzo de’, the Magnificent, letter to, and Giuliano, from his father, [74];
• letter to, from Marsilio Ficino, [76]; [87];
• letter from, to Federigo d’Aragona on the old Tuscan poets, [88];
• letter to, from his father, instructions as to his behaviour at Milan, [93]; [98], [99];
• letter to, from Luigi Pulci, [100];
• letters to, from his father on the death of the Duke of Milan, [102], [105];
• letter to, from Luigi Pulci, [107]; [110];
• letters from, to his mother, [115], [116];
• letters to, from Luigi Pulci, [118], [119]; [120];
• letters to, from his uncle about Clarice Orsini, [122], [123];
• letters to, from Clarice Orsini, [123], [125];
• tournament of, [126];
• letter to, from Rinaldo Orsini, [126];
• letter to, from Maddalena Orsini, [127];
• letter to, from the Archbishop of Pisa, [127];
• wedding festivities of, [129]; [137];
• journey of, to Milan, [138];
• letter from, to his wife, [140];
• letter from, to his father, [141];
• education of, [143];
• description of, by Valori, [144];
• nature of, by Symonds, [144];
• interference of, with deposits in the Monte, [145];
• influence of L. B. Alberti on, [146];
• poetry of, [146];
• Dr. Creighton on, [149];
• Marquess Gino Capponi on, [150];
• Ricordi of, [150];
• letter to from Poliziano, [156];
• letter to, from Pulci at Naples, [159];
• letter to, from his wife, [161];
• letter to, from Pulci, [162];
• letter from, to Sixtus IV., about making Giuliano a cardinal, [163];
• letter to, from Ingherami, [165];
• letter to, from Filelfo, [166];
• letters to, from the Cardinal of Pavia about the Cardinalate for Giuliano, [167], [168];
• letter to, from Franco, [173];
• letter to, from Bertoldo, [175];
• hawking of, at Pisa, [176], [177];
• letter to, from his wife, [178];
• letters to, from his mother at Morba, [179], [182], [183];
• Pazzi conspiracy against, [186];
• waxen images of, [191], [192]; [193];
• letter from, to Soderini, [194];
• letter from, to Lanfredini, [196];
• letter from, to Louis XI., [198];
• letter from, to Bettini, [199];
• letter to, from Messer Ceccho, [201];
• letter from, to Bentivoglio, [202];
• letters from, to Morelli, [123], [207];
• letters to, from Poliziano at Pistoja, [208], [209], [210], [211], [212];
• letter from, to the King of Spain, [215];
• letters to, from Poliziano at Cafaggiuolo, [216], [217];
• letters to, from his son Piero, [216], [217];
• letter to, from his wife on dismissal of Poliziano, [218];
• letter from, to his mother, [219];
• letters to, from his son Piero, [219], [220], [221];
• letter to, from Pucci, [221]; [223], [224], [225], [226];
• letter from, to Morelli about the Duke of Milan, [227]; [228];
• letter from, to the Signoria of Florence on his departure for Naples, [229];
• letter from, to Montecatino, [230];
• letters to, from Scala, [231], [233], [234];
• letter to, from the Duchess of Calabria, [236];
• letter from, to the Doge of Venice, [239];
• letter from, to Albino, [240]; [241], [244];
• letters from, to the Duke and Duchess d’Este on his mother’s death, [244]; [246];
• letter to, from Federigo of Urbino, [246];
• letters to, from Baccio at Basel, [247], [249], [252];
• letter to, from Louis XI., [254];
• letter to, from Scala, with a poem, [255];
• letter to, from Vespucci about the election of Innocent VIII., [258];
• letter from, to his son Piero at Rome, [260];
• letter to, from Michelozzi, [265];
• letter from, to Duke Ercole d’Este, [273]; [274], [276], [277];
• letter from, to Baccio, [278]; [280], [281];
• anger of with Lodovico Sforza, [282], [283], [284];
• letter from, to Innocent VIII., [285]; [286], [287];
• letter to, from Poliziano, [288]; [290], [291], [292], [293], [294], [295];
• letter from, to Innocent VIII. on the death of his wife, [296]; [297];
• letter to, from Stefano, [299];
• letter to, from Doctor Avogarius, [301];
• letter from, to Alamanni about Giovanni’s nomination as cardinal, [303];
• letter from, to Innocent VIII. on his son Giovanni’s nomination as cardinal, [304]; [306];
• share of, in the Medici bank, [309];
• letters from, to Lanfredini, Florentine ambassador at Rome, about Pico della Mirandola, [310], [311], [318], [319];
• letter from, to his daughter Contessina, [310];
• letter from, to P. de Comines, [312];
• letter to, from Vettori, Florentine ambassador at Naples, [314];
• letter from, to his son Piero, [316];
• letter from, to the Commissaries of Pistoja, [317];
• letter from, to Andrea about a racehorse, [317];
• letter from, to the King of England, [322];
• letter to, from Poliziano, [323];
• letter to, from Pandolfini, Florentine ambassador at Rome, [325];
• letter to, from Doctor P. Leoni about various waters, [327];
• fortitude of, in bearing pain, [330], [331];
• last letter from, advice to his son Cardinal Giovanni at Rome, [332];
• letter to, from his son Cardinal Giovanni, [336]
• —— Lucrezia de’, [48];
• character of, [49];
• letter from, to her husband, [50]; [51], [59];
• letters from, to her husband, [60], [61], [69], [74], [107];
• letters from, to her husband describing Clarice Orsini, [108], [109], [110], [111];
• buys the baths of Morba, [113], [114];
• letters to, from her son Lorenzo, [115], [116];
• letter to, from her husband, [115];
• letter to, from her mother-in-law, [117];
• letter to, from her husband, [117]; [125], [130];
• letter to, from her husband on Lorenzo’s journey to Milan, [137]; [141], [143], [151], [162];
• letter to, from the Syndic of Galatea, [171];
• letter to, from Fra Cristofano about her grandchildren, [172];
• letter to, from her son Giuliano, [174];
• letters from, to her son Lorenzo from Morba, [179];
• letters to, from her grandchild Lucrezia, [180], [222];
• letter to, from Poliziano, [181];
• letters from, to her son Lorenzo about her departure from Morba, [182], [183];
• letters to, from Vicar of Pomerance, [184];
• letter to, from Clarice, [213];
• letter to, from Poliziano at Cafaggiuolo, [213];
• letter to, from her son Lorenzo, [219];
• letter to, from her daughter Nannina Rucellai, [222];
• letter to, from her daughter Bianca de Pazzi, [223];
• letter to, from Poliziano, [224];
• letter to, from Doctor Oliverio, [235];
• letters to, from Papinio, [237], [238];
• death of, [244]
• —— Lucrezia de’, daughter of Lorenzo, [172];
• letter from, to her grandmother Lucrezia, [180]; [181], [217], [220];
• letter from, to her grandmother, [222]; [225]
• —— Nannina de’, marriage of, [106], [140];
• letter from, to her mother, [222]
• —— Piero de’, [14];
• letter to, from his father Cosimo, [31];
• letters to, from his mother, [40], [48], [49];
• letter to, from his wife, [50]; [51], [55];
• goes to Milan to salute Duke Francesco Sforza, [56];
• letters to, from his wife, [60], [69];
• letter to, from his father, [70];
• letter from, to his sons on Cosimo’s last illness, [74];
• memorandum by, on his father’s death, [84];
• letter to, from Louis XI. on death of his father, [85];
• privilege given to, by Louis XI. to quarter the Lily of France on the Medici arms, [87];
• letters from, to his son Lorenzo at Rome, [102], [103];
• letter to, from Acciaiuoli, [105];
• letter from, to Acciaiuoli, [105];
• letters to, from his wife, describing Clarice Orsini, [108], [109], [111];
• letters from, to his wife, [115], [117];
• letter to, from Cardinal Latino Orsini, [120];
• letter to, from the Archbishop of Pisa, [120];
• letter from, to his wife, [137];
• letter to, from his son Lorenzo, [141];
• illness and death of, [142]; [151], [154]
• —— Piero de’, son of Lorenzo, [153], [172], [209], [210], [211];
• letters from, to his father, [212], [216], [217], [219], [220], [225];
• letter to, from his father, [260];
• goes to Rome to meet his bride, [288];
• at Milan for the wedding of Duke Gian Galeazzo Sforza, [299];
• letter to, from his father, [316];
• at his father’s deathbed, [337];
• declared eligible for all offices, [343]
• —— Pier Francesco de’, [10], [50], [55], [63], [151], [152]
• —— Salvestro de’, leads the Florentine army against Giovanni Visconti, [4];
• advocates excluding the Guelph nobles from power, [5]
• Michelozzi, Niccolò, letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [265]
• Milan, Dukes of, see Visconti (to p. [56]) then Sforza
• Mirandola, Pico della, [208];
• letters about, from Lorenzo de Medici, [310], [311], [318]; [319]n, [324], [325];
• at the deathbed of Lorenzo de’ Medici, [338]
• Montecatino, Antonio, letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici, [230]
• Montefeltro, Count Guido di, [13]
• Montesecco, Giovanni Battista da, [187];
• confession of, [188];
• refusal of, to murder Lorenzo de’ Medici in a church, [189]
• Morba, baths of, [111];
• description of, [112]; [115], [116], [117], [179], [180], [182];
• bought by Lucrezia de’ Medici, [184]; [235], [255];
• poem on, by Scala, [256]; [265];
• Franco describes journey from, [267]; [291]
• Morelli, Girolamo, Florentine ambassador at Milan, letters to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici about the war with Sixtus IV. and Naples, [203], [207], [227]
• N
• Naples, King of, see Ferrante, or Ferdinando
• Neroni, Diotisalvi, tries to ruin Piero de’ Medici, [82]; [83], [84], [99]
• Niccoli, Niccolò de’, library of, [8]
• O
• Oliviero, Doctor, letter from, to Lucrezia de’ Medici about Morba, [235]
• Orsini, Alfonsina, [288], [290], [293], [311]
• —— Clarice, description of, by Lucrezia de’ Medici, [108], [109], [110];
• letters from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [123], [125];
• marriage of, by proxy, [127]; [128];
• marriage festivities of, at Florence, [129]
• —— Latino, Cardinal, [108];
• letter from, to Piero de’ Medici, [120]; [263]
• —— Maddalena, [108], [124];
• letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [127]
• —— Rinaldo, letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [126];
• letter from, to Clarice, [134]
• —— Virginio, [278], [279], [280]
• P
• Pandolfini, Pier Francesco, Florentine ambassador at Rome, letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [325]
• Parentucelli, Tomasso, Bishop of Bologna, catalogues Niccoli’s library, [8]
• Pavia, Cardinal of, see Ammanati
• Pazzi, conspiracy of the, [186];
• letter of Louis XI. on, to the Florentine Republic, [192];
• letter from Louis XI. on, to Sixtus IV., [193]
• —— Bianca de’, letter to her mother Lucrezia de’ Medici, [223]
• —— Gugliemo de’, [71], [153], [265]
• Pisa, [69], [70];
• meeting of Lorenzo de’ Medici and Don Federigo d’Aragona at, [87]; [92];
• meeting of Luigi Pulci and Duke of Calabria at, [118], [119];
• Giuliano de’ Medici at, [174];
• Lorenzo de’ Medici hawking at, [176], [177]
• Pitti, Luca, [56], [57];
• Gonfalonier of Justice in 1458, [58];
• Cosimo de’ Medici’s speech to, [58]
• Pius II., Pope, on Cosimo de’ Medici, [58];
• entry of, into Florence, [61];
• letter from, to Cosimo de’ Medici on his son’s death, [64];
• letter to, from Cosimo de’ Medici, [65];
• letter from, to Piero de’ Medici on his father’s death, [84]
• Poliziano, Agnolo, quoted, [9], [57];
• first letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [156];
• life and works of, [156]n;
• letters from, to Clarice de’ Medici, [177], [178];
• letter from, to Lucrezia de’ Medici, [181];
• scene in cathedral when Giuliano de’ Medici was murdered described by, [190];
• Giuliano described by, [191];
• letters from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici from Pistoja, [208], [209], [210], [211], [212];
• letter from, to Lucrezia de’ Medici from Cafaggiuolo [213];
• letters from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [216], [217];
• letter from, to Lucrezia de’ Medici, [224];
• letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [288];
• letter from, to the same from Padua, [323]; [330];
• letter from, to Jacopo Antiquario, describing the death of Lorenzo de’ Medici, [336]
• Pope Eugenius IV., [26]n;
• arrival of, in Florence for the Œcumenical Council, [41]; [42], [43], [44], [45], [46], [52], [53]
• —— Innocent VIII., election of, [258]; [260], [261], [262], [265];
• Lorenzo de’ Medici on, [277]; [280], [282];
• cowardice of, [283]; [284];
• letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici, [285]; [286], [287], [294];
• letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici on the death of his wife, [296]; [298];
• letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici on the nomination of his son to the Cardinalate, [304];
• letter to, from the same about Francesco Cibò, [306]; [309], [310], [311], [312], [313], [314], [316], [318], [319], [320], [321], [322], [335], [336]
• —— Paul II., [102], [104], [135]
• —— Pius II., [56]; entry of, into Florence, [61];
• letter from, to Cosimo de’ Medici, [64];
• letters to, from Cosimo de’ Medici, [65], [66];
• letter from, to Piero de’ Medici on his father’s death, [84]
• —— Sixtus IV., [155], [156], [167];
• implicated in the Pazzi conspiracy, [186], [187], [188];
• letter to, from Louis XI. on the Pazzi conspiracy, [193]; [196], [197], [199];
• letter from, to the Duke of Urbino, [205]; [208], [221], [222], [234], [245], [248], [253];
• death of, [258]
• Pucci, Antonio, letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [221]
• —— Puccio, prudence and sagacity of, [7]; [8]
• Pulci, Bernardo, [100]n, [118]
• —— Luca, [100]n, [125]
• —— Luigi, letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, about going to Rome, [100];
• letter from, to the same, [107];
• letters from, to the same from Pisa, [118], [119]; [150];
• letter from, to the same from Naples, [159];
• letter from, to the same from Rome, [162]
• R
• Riario, Girolamo, nephew of Sixtus IV., [175];
• joins in the Pazzi conspiracy, [187], [188];
• accused by Louis XI. of aiding in the murder of Giuliano de’ Medici, [193]; [242], [243];
• plans attack on the Duke of Ferrara, [243]; [254]
• —— Piero, [186], [187]
• Ricordi, or Diary of Filigno de’ Medici, [2]
• —— of Cosimo de’ Medici, [19]
• —— of Lorenzo de’ Medici, [128], [141], [150]
• Roberti, Niccolò, letter to the Duke Borso d’Este, [176]
• Robbia, Luca della, [84]
• Rovere, Giuliano della, see Vincula, S. Piero in
• Rucellai, Bernardo, marries Nannina de’ Medici, [106]; [140], [265]
• —— Giovanni, [107]
• —— Nannina, letter to her mother Lucrezia de’ Medici, [222]
• S
• Sacchetti, Francesco, [5];
• on the sale of Christian slaves, [29]
• Salviati, Francesco, Archbishop of Pisa, joins in the Pazzi conspiracy, [187], [188], [189];
• tries to seize the Palace of the Signoria, [190];
• is hung, [191]
• Sansoni, Raffaello, Cardinal of S. Giorgio, involved in the Pazzi conspiracy, [189], [190], [196]
• Savonarola, Fra Girolamo, [338], [339];
• at the deathbed of Lorenzo de’ Medici, [340]
• Scala, Bartolommeo, letters from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici at Naples, [231], [233], [234];
• letter from, to the same at Morba, [255];
• poem by, [256]
• Sforza, Count Francesco, [32], [33];
• letters to Cosimo de’ Medici, [36], [38], [39], [44];
• becomes Duke of Milan, [56]; [58], [60];
• document from, conferring privileges on the Medici, [71]; [87];
• death of, [99];
• letters from Piero de’ Medici to his son Lorenzo on the death of, [102], [103]
• —— Galeazzo Maria, entry of, into Florence, [60];
• speech of, to the Signoria of Florence, [60];
• describes a dinner at Careggi, [61]; [94];
• succeeds his father as Duke of Milan, [99]; [104], [153], [170];
• murder of, [187]
• —— Lodovico (Il Moro), [227], [228], [274], [275], [276], [279], [280], [281], [282], [283], [284], [286], [287]n, [314], [315]
• —— Gian Galeazzo, Duke of Milan, marriage of, [299]
• Sgnippi, Bartolommeo, letter from, to Montecatino, Ferrarese ambassador to Florence, on an attempt to assassinate Lorenzo de’ Medici, [241]
• Silvestro, Fra, [339], [340]
• Sixtus IV., Pope, [149], [186];
• grievances of, against Florence, [187];
• participation of, in the Pazzi conspiracy, [188];
• letter to, from Louis XI. about the Pazzi conspiracy, [193]; [196], [197], [203];
• letter from, to the Duke of Urbino, [205]; [208], [245], [246], [249], [253];
• death of, [258]
• Slaves in Florence in fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, [29]
• Soderini, Tommaso, influence of, [144];
• letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici on engaging condottieri for the war against the Pope and Naples, [194]
• Spain, King of, letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici, [215]
• Strozzi, Filippo, quoted, on the Pazzi conspiracy, [190]
• Symonds, John Addington, quoted, [8], [9], [92], [144], [177]
• T
• Tolfa, or Tofa, La, alum mines of, [98]
• Tornabuoni, Francesco, [17], [49]
• —— Francesco, letters from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici about Clarice Orsini, [122], [123]
• —— Giovanni, [49], [102], [103], [104], [107], [108], [109], [116], [120], [122], [123], [124], [134], [163], [168], [170], [186], [210], [211], [225], [261], [263], [264], [303]
• Tournament of Lorenzo de’ Medici, [123], [124], [125]
• —— of Giuliano de’ Medici, [176]
• U
• Urbino, Count and Duke of, Federigo, [104], [136]n, [141], [163], [164];
• letter to, from Sixtus IV. abusing Lorenzo de’ Medici, [205];
• letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici asking for reinforcements, [246]
• V
• Valois, Marguerite de, [112]
• Valori, Niccolò, [49];
• quoted, [144]
• Vasari, Giorgio, quoted, [84], [191]
• Verrocchio, Andrea, [191];
• designs waxen images of Lorenzo de’ Medici, [192]
• Vespasiano da Bisticci, quoted, [8], [9]
• Vespucci, Guidantonio, letter from, from Paris to the Ten of the Balìa, [226];
• letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici from Rome on the election of Innocent VIII., [258]
• Vettori, Pietro, Florentine ambassador at Naples, letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, [314]
• Vincula, S. Piero in, Cardinal, see Rovere
• Visconti, Filippo Maria, Duke of Milan, [11], [13], [33], [36], [37], [38], [39], [56]
• —— Giovanni, Archbishop and Lord of Milan, [4]
• W
• Waxen images of Lorenzo de’ Medici, [192]

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Transcriber’s Notes

Unusual spellings in the Italian transcriptions of facsimile letters were retained as originally published.

The original publisher swapped the letter transcriptions facing pages 50 and 206; these have been restored to the correct places.

In addition to the below changes, several minor punctuation and typographical errors have been fixed.

Page [xvi] and [289]: changed ‘Babbiena’ to ‘Bibbiena’.

Page [19]: changed ‘Acciaioli’ to ‘Acciaiuoli’.

Page [32]: in the original publication, the last four letters of ‘Corro’ are surmounted by a large tilde.

Page [40]: changed ‘Vicesomes’ to ‘Vicecomes’.

Page [107]: changed ‘Aloyius’ to ‘Aloysius’.

Page [139]: changed ‘Capezano’ to ‘Capezzano’.

Page [181]: changed ‘Ridofo’ to ‘Ridolfo’.

Page [186]: changed ‘1748’ to ‘1478’.

Page [202]: changed ‘Saterno’ to ‘Salerno’.

Page [236]: changed ‘Giocacchino’ to ‘Giovacchino’.

Page [298]: paragraph beginning with ‘Lorenzo’s grief’ separated from above letter.

Page [323]: changed ‘Aldobrandini’ to ‘Aldovrandini’.

Page [346]: changed ‘John XXII.’ to ‘John XXIII.’

Footnote [161]: changed ‘Argiropulos’ to ‘Argyropoulos’.