[67] See the letter of Lionardo Bruni, quoted in Lini Coluci Pieri Salutati Epistolæ, p. xv. Coluccio's own letter recommending Lionardo to Innocent VII., ib. p. 5, and his numerous familiar letters to Poggio, ib. pp. 13, 173, &c.
[68] 'Certe cogitabam revidere librum, et si quid, ut scribis, vel absonum, vel contra metrorum regulam intolerabile deprehendissem, curiosius elimare et sicut Naso finxit in Æneida, singulos libros paucis versiculis quasi in argumenti formam brevissime resumere, et exinde pluribus sumptis exemplis, et per me ipsum correctis et diligenter revisis, unum ad Bononiense gymnasium, unum Parisiis, unum in Angliam cum meâ epistolâ de libri laudibus destinare, et unum in Florentiâ ponere in loco celebri,' &c. Epistolæ, part ii. p. 80.
[69] Among the other laureati who filled the post of Florentine Chancellor may be mentioned Dante's tutor, Brunetto Latini, Lionardo Bruni, Carlo Marsuppini, Poggio Bracciolini, and Benedetto Accolti, of whom more hereafter.
[70] Vite d'Uomini Illustri, p. 271.
[71] Cf. the letter quoted by Voigt (p. 130) to Giacomo da Scarparia, which shows Coluccio's enthusiasm for Greek.
[72] Mur. xix. 920.
[73] Tiraboschi, Storia della Letteratura Italiana, vol. iv. p. 42 et seq., vol. v. p. 60 et seq. Large quarto, Modena, 1787.
[74] See Muratori, vol. viii. 15, 75, 372. Matteo Villani, lib. i. cap. 8.
[75] 'Hoc anno translatum est Studium Scholarium de Bononiâ Paduam.' Mur. viii. 372.
[76] They were called 'Exemplatores.' See Tiraboschi, vol. iv. lib. i cap. 2.