[20] Or Alberghettino, a small cell about eight feet by six, in the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio.
[21] A castle near Cafaggiuolo.
[22] Cosimo’s oration is not in his diary, but is given by Fabroni, Magni Cosmi Medicei Vita, Angelo Fabronio. Pisis, 1784, ii. 75.
[23] To frequent the Palace of the Signoria was esteemed in Florence the sign of an intriguing politician. Giovanni had advised his sons “to be chary of frequenting the Palace” (see p. 6).
[24] Eugenius IV. was a fugitive in Florence.
[25] Le Istorie Fiorentine, Niccolò Machiavelli, p. 220. Firenze, 1900.
[26] Sermoni Evangelici, Sacchetti, p. 94.
[27] A slave, Margherita, ten years of age, is thus described by her owner Lapini: Pellis ulivigne cum margine magno in testa apud cilium sinistrum, margine in gena sinistra prope nasum, naso rincagnato, aurichulis olim foratis, hodie reclusis, resaldatis (register of June 18, 1367). She cost twenty-nine golden florins. Another, Exilana, a Tartar, is described as of: Pellis ulivigne, cum margine in cornu sinistra, parva, et alia margine in templa dextra, oculis quasi suffornatis et litiginibus per faciem (register of April 1, 1389.) Many are described as bucterata vaiolo per totam faciem, and only one is pulcra corpere. In the bill of sale they are generally guaranteed, sana et integra omnibus suis membris tam occultis quam manifestis, et specialiter a morba caduca, which seems to show that the slaves were subject to epilepsy.
[28] Memoriale del Baldovinetti, Cod. Cart. Magliabecchiana.
[29] Lettere di una Gentildonna, &c., p. 504.