[176] A. v. Zahn, Notizie artistiche tratte dall’Archivio segreto Vaticano, Arch. stor. Ital., ser. iii. vi. 171.
[177] A. Guglielmotti, Della rocca d’Ostia e delle condizioni dell’architettura militare in Italia prima della calata di Carlo VIII. (Rome 1862). C. Ravioli, Notizie sopra i lavori di architettura militare dei nove da Sangallo (Rome 1863).
[178] The circumstance that the name Sangallo is to be found as early as 1485 (notes to Vasari, l. c. p. 214) hardly tells against the truth of this story, as the building was probably begun long before. The appearance of the name in the collection of the Barberini drawings, begun in 1465, dates from a later time.
[179] The Gondi Palace was finished in 1874, if not after the original design, at least in the style of the part previously existing.
[180] From a drawing of Bernardino Poccetti and other documents in the Metropolitana Fior. Illustr., plate xiv.
[181] In the commentary on Vasari, vii. 243. Francesco Albertini mentions in his Memoriale (see Crowe and Cavalcaselle, ii. 436) Lorenzo’s intention of finishing the façade (‘la quale Lorenzo de’ Medici voleva levare e riducerla a perfectione’) and his plan.
[182] The façade now displays the naked rough brick wall.
[183] Richa, ix. 11, et seq. Gaye, l. c., p. 570. Cf. i. 319.
[184] Gaye, l. c. ii. 450. Pini, Scrittura d’Artisti.
[185] Description by Poliziano in a letter to Francesco della Casa, Epist. l. iv. ep. 8. D. M. Manni, De Florentinis inventis (Ferrara, 1730), c. 29. Cancellieri, Le nuove Campane di Campidoglio (Rome, 1806), p. 8. Albertini mentions the clock in the Palace of the Signoria in 1510; it was probably taken there in 1495.