[12] Monuments Sépulcraux de Toscane, Flor. 1821. Table xiii. The inscription is as follows:
‘Cosmus et Laurentius de Medicis v. d. Joanni Averardi f. et Picardæ Adovardi f. carissimis parentibus hoc Sepulchrū faciendum curarunt. Obiit autem Johannes x. Kl. Martias MCCCCXXVIII. Picarda vero xiii. Kl. Maias quinquennio post e vita migravit.
Si merita in patriam, si gloria, sanguis et omni
Larga manus nigra libera morte forent,
Viveret heu patriæ casta cum coniuge felix
Auxilium miseris portus et aura suis;
Omnia sed quando superantur morte, Johannes,
Hoc mausoleo tuque Picarda iaces,
Ergo senex mœret, invenis, puer, omnis et ætas,
Orba parente suo patria mœsta gemit.
[13] G. Cavalcanti, l. c. p. 269.
[14] The xv. and xvi. cantos of Il Paradiso contain eloquent descriptions of historical importance, to the explanation of which the translation of Philalethes has contributed valuable materials.
[15] G. F. Berti, Cenni storico-artistici di S. Miniato al Monte, Flor. 1850. The MSS. of Bishop Hildebrand of the year 1013 show that the reconstruction of the church had already begun at that time.
[16] V. Marchese, Memorie dei più insigni pittori, scultori, e architetti Domenicani. Flor. 1845. I. p. 44 ff. F. Moisè, Santa Croce di Firenze, Flor. 1845. I. p. 42 et seq.
[17] L. Passerini, La Loggia di Or San Michele, l. c. p. 113 ff.
[18] Regesta florentina internam Reipublicæ historiam spectantia ab a. MCCXXV, ad a. MD., by Gaye, Carteggio inedito d’Artisti, i. 413 et seq.
[19] M. Rastrelli, Illustrazione istorica del Palazzo della Signoria. Flor. 1792. F. Moisè, Illustrazione storico-artistica del Palazzo de’ Priori. Flor. 1843.