Part 18

—— Ferdinando I, de’ (late Cardinal), 13; 24; grants Lappeggi to Don Antonio, 48; Buontalenti commissioned to enlarge Petraja by, 57; 70; Villa dell’ Ambrogiana built by, 88; death of, 89; 94; Villa Ferdinanda a Artimino built by, 150.

—— Ferdinando II, de’, attempt to resuscitate Platonic Academy by, 36; marries Vittoria della Rovere, 45; 70; takes Sir Robert Dudley into his service, 75; 78, 106.

—— Ferdinando de’, Prince, 45; love of music of, 95; letter from Scarlatti to, 95; death of, 95.

—— Francesco I, de’, 11; death of at Poggio a Cajano, described by Galluzzi, 12–13; letters of, about murder of Donna Eleonora at Cafaggiulo, 22–23; Lappeggi bought by, 48; Pratolino built by, 91; 92; 141.

—— Francesco Maria de’, Cardinal, rebuilds Lappeggi, 49; practical joke of, 49; entertains King of Denmark at Lappeggi, 50; marriage of, to Eleonora Gonzaga, 51; death of, 51; 52.

—— Giancarlo de’, dies at Castello, 70.

—— Giangastone de’ (or Gastone), last of the Medici, 45; 50.

—— Giuliano de’, letter of as a child, 18; 19, 29, 30; murder of, 84.

—— Giulio de’, see Clemente VII, Pope.

—— Giovanni de’, see Leo X, Pope.

—— ——, Villa at Fiesole built for, 82.

—— ——, husband of Maria Salviati, 68.

—— ——, (Delle Bande Nere) childhood of, 68.

—— Isabella de’, married to P. G. Orsini, Duke of Bracciano, 45; murder of, by her husband, 45.

—— Ippolito de’, 69.

—— Joan de’ (of Austria), 11.

—— Lorenzino de’, 21, 36.

—— Lorenzo de’ (the Magnificent), builds Poggio a Cajano, 8; _Ambra_, poem by, 9–10; letter of, as a child, 18; _Nencia da Barberino_, country idyll by, 19; 20; room of, at Careggi, 27; letter to, from his father, 29–30; character of, by J. A. Symonds, 30–31; death of, at Careggi, described by A. Poliziano, 32–34; letter of, about Guido Cavalcanti, 60; at Fiesole, 82; sonnet on the violet by, 82; dedication by Jacopo Poggio to, 83; attempted murder of, described by Mecatti, 83–84; gives hospitality to A. Poliziano at Fiesole, 86; praise of, in Poliziano’s poem _Rusticus_, 86; 124; Luigi Pulci mentioned by, 127.

—— Lorenzo de’, Duke of Urbino, 20.

—— Lucrezia de’, 18; letter to from A. Poliziano, 19; 30; 127.

—— Marguerite Louise de’ (of Orleans), 13; retires to Poggio a Cajano, 14.

—— Maria de’, leaves Florence as bride of Henry IV, of France, 89.

—— —— (Salviati) at Trebbio, 21; death of, 69; 99.

—— Maria Maddalena de’ (of Austria), buys Villa Baroncelli and changes its name to Poggio Imperiale, 45; 69.

—— Mattias de’, 48.

—— Pietro de’, Don, 21; murders his wife Donna Eleonora at Cafaggiuolo, 22; murder of Donna Eleonora by, described by Francesco I, 23; accused of poisoning his little son, 23.

—— Pier Francesco de’, Castello built by, 65.

—— Piero de’, letter from, to his sons on death of Cosimo de’ Medici, 29–30.

—— The, exiled from Florence, 35, 36.

—— Violante de’ (of Bavaria) 45; lives at Lappeggi, 51; 95.

—— Vittoria de’ (della Rovere), 15; buys Poggio Imperiale of her husband, 45; 78.

MEDICI, VILLA, at Fiesole, 81–88.

MEDICI, VILLA, description by Vasari of, 82; Lorenzo the Magnificent at, 82; murder of Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici planned to take place at, 82; description by A. Poliziano of, 86; Countess of Orford at, 87; sales of, 87.

Mensola, The, celebrated in the _Ninfale Fiesolane_, 133.

—— San Martino a, one of the oldest churches in Tuscany, 133; 134.

Michelozzi, Michelozzo, architect of Cafaggiuolo, 17; architect of Careggi, 27; 28; architect of Medicean villa at Fiesole, 82; 97.

Mirandola, Pico della, description by A. Poliziano of, 31–32; 33, 34, 82, 86, 137.

Montaigne, M. de, description of Pratolino by, 93.

Montauto, Otto da, mission to Trebbio of, described by B. Varchi, 21.

—— Villa, tower of, described by N. Hawthorne in _Transformation_, 63.

Montefeltro, Federigo di, 38; Republic of Florence gives Rusciano to, 39.

MONTE GUFFONE, VILLA di, 120–125.

—— description of, 120–121; built by the Grand Seneschal Acciajuoli, 121; Queen Joan of Naples at, 122; meeting of Clarice de’ Medici and her children near, described by Ser Matteo Franco, 124–125.

Montelupo, Plates and jugs of, 90; 118.

Moreni, D., quoted, 26, 57.

Mozzi, Cavaliere, Medici Villa at Fiesole left by Lady Orford to, 87.

N

Napoleon I, 59, 142.

Nicholas II, Pope, 37.

O

Ombrellino, Villa dell’, Galileo Galilei lives at, 62.

Orford, Countess of, buys Medicean Villa at Fiesole, 86, 87.

Orleans, Marguerite Louise of, life of described by Martinelli, 14.

P

Paget, Lady, restoration of Villa di Bellosguardo by, 61.

Palagi, G., quoted, 52.

PALMIERI, VILLA, 1–7.

—— old names of, 1; bought by Matteo Palmieri, 1; transformed by Palmiero Palmieri, 1; bought by Earl of Crawford, 1; inhabited by Earl Cowper, 4; bought by Miss Farhill, 5; left to the Grand Duchess of Tuscany, 6; lent by Countess of Crawford to H. M. Queen Victoria, 6; identified with the second villa described in the _Decameron_, 6; described by Baldelli, 6; described by Boccaccio, 6; 98.

Pasolini, Count Giuseppe, buys Font’ all’ Erta, 113; joins the “Young Italy” party, 114; political life of, 115; death of, 115.

—— Count Pier Desiderio, quoted, 68.

Passerini, Count Silvio, present owner of Artimino, 151.

Pazzi, Jacopo de’, 83, 84.

—— Francesco de’, 83; hung out of the window of Palazzo della Signoria, 84.

Peter Igneus, St., goes through ordeal by fire at Badia a Settimo, 128.

PETRAJA, VILLA della, 53–58.

—— tree of Victor Emanuel at, 53; fountain at, described by Vasari, 54; defence by the Brunelleschi of, described by S. Ammirato, 54; owned by the Strozzi, 55; Cosimo I, lives at, 56; favourite villa of Ferdinando de’ Medici, 57; Scipione Ammirato lives at, 57; Victor Emanuel at, 58.

Petrucci, Cesare, Gonfalonier of Florence, orders the Archbishop of Pisa and others to be hung, 84.

Pietro Leopoldo I, 46, 54, 70, 151.

Pitti, Luca, builds Rusciano, 37; wise words of Cosimo de’ Medici to, 38; character of, 39.

Pius II, Pope, 56.

—— V, Pope, 41.

—— IX, Pope, 79, 114.

Poccetti, Bernardino, ceiling by, at Careggi, 27.

POGGIO A CAJANO, VILLA di, 8–15.

—— built by Lorenzo de’ Medici, 8; frescoes in, 8–9; gardens of, 9; mentioned by B. Varchi, 10; Cosimo I, and his bride at, 11; Francesco de’ Medici and Joan of Austria at, 11; Cardinal de’ Medici at, 11; death of Francesco I, and of Bianca Cappello at, 12–13; Christine of Lorraine received at, 13; Marguerite Louise of Orleans retires to, 14; 152.

POGGIO GHERARDO, VILLA di, 131–138.

—— owned by the Magaldi, 131; various owners of, 132; description of, 132–133; mentioned by S. Rogers, 134; identified with first villa mentioned in the Decameron, 134; description of, by Boccaccio, 136.

POGGIO IMPERIALE, VILLA di, 41–47.

—— first name of, 41; various owners of, 41; duel between L. Martelli and G. Bandini at, 42–44; given by Cosimo I, to his daughter Isabella, 44; bought by the Grand Duchess Maria Maddalena and named Poggio Imperiale, 45; bought by the Grand Duchess Vittoria, 45; Violante of Bavaria at, 45; Pietro Leopoldo enlarges, 46; Charles Emanuel IV, at, 46; Queen of Etruria builds Loggia at, 46; Elise Bonaparte at, 47; Carlo Alberto, Prince of Carignano, at, 47; Victor Emanuel narrowly escapes being burnt to death at, 47.

Poggio, Jacopo del, dedication to Lorenzo de’ Medici by, 83; hanging of, for murder of Giuliano de’ Medici, 84.

Poliziano, Angelo, letter from, on Lorenzo de’ Medici’s pet horse, 10; letter to Lucrezia de’ Medici from, 19; dismissal of, by Clarice de’ Medici, 20; 27; praise of Lorenzo de’ Medici by, 31; description of Pico della Mirandola by, 31; letter to Jacopo Antiquario on the death of Lorenzo de’ Medici by, 32–34; 35, 82; letter to Marsilio Ficino by, 86; praise of Lorenzo de’ Medici in _Rusticus_ by, 86; 137; praise of the brothers Benivieni by, 138.

Pontormo, Jacopo da, fresco by, 9.

PRATOLINO, VILLA di, 90–96.

—— built by Francesco I, 91; Bernardo Buontalenti, architect of, 91; engravings by Stefano Della Bella of, 91; description by Bernardo Sgrilli of, 92; statue of the Apennines at, 92; Bianca Cappello at, 92; sonnet by Tasso on, 92; described by Montaigne, 93; mentioned by Sir Henry Wotton, 94; ambassador of Prince of Transylvania goes to, 94; described by John Evelyn, 94; theatre built by Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici at, 95; destroyed by Ferdinando of Lorraine, 96; grottoes and statues of, destroyed by Leopoldo II, 96; bought by Prince Demidoff, 96.

Pulci, Antonia, a poetess, wife of Bernardo Pulci, 127.

—— Bernardo, a pastoral poet, 127.

—— Jacopo di Rinaldo, his son and grandsons, 126.

—— Luca, author of the _Ciriffo Calvaneo_, &c., 126.

—— Luigi, 27; author of the _Morgante Maggiore_, 126; mentioned by Lorenzo de’ Medici in his poem on hawking, 127; jokes on his name by Ser Matteo Franco, 127; poem by, translated by Lord Byron, 127; description of poem by, 127; J. A. Symonds on poem by, 127–128.

—— The three brothers, celebrated by Verino, 127.

Q

Quentin, St., silver casket containing bones of, 129.

R

Rasponi della Testa, Countess Angelica, present owner of Font’ all’ Erta, 115.

Redi, Dr Francesco, 50; praise of vineyards of Petraja and Castello by, 70; 89; praise of Salviati’s wine by, 138; praise of wine of Artimino by, 151.

Riario, Count Gugliemo, assists in planning murder of Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici, 83.

Ricca, G., quoted, 4.

Robbia, Della, frieze by one of the, 9; Madonna by, 113; frieze by one of the, 129.

Rogers, Samuel, on Florence, 40; on Galileo, 62–63; on Poggio Gherardo, 133–134.

Roscoe, W., quoted, 32.

Ross, Henry James, present owner of Poggio Gherardo, 132.

Rossellino, Antonio, 116, 117.

Rovere, Frederigo Ubaldo della, 45.

—— Vittoria della, see Medici.

RUSCIANO, VILLA di, 37–40.

—— first mention of, 37; built by Luca Pitti, 37; famous window at, 38; bought by Republic of Florence and presented to Federigo of Montefeltro, 39; various sales of, 39; view from, 40; garden of, 40.

S

SALVIATI, Alemanno, 97.

—— Averardo, Villa Delle Selve lent to Galileo by, 140.

—— Francesco, Archbishop of Pisa, murder of Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici approved by, 83; hanging of, 84.

—— Giuliano, insults Luisa Strozzi, 99.

—— Jacopo, brother of Archbishop, 83.

—— Jacopo, brother-in-law of Lorenzo de’ Medici, 99.

—— Jacopo, Duke of Giuliano, marriage of, to Veronica Cybo described by G. Beggi, 100–102; falls in love with Caterina Canaccj, 102; tragic love story of, 103–106.

—— Maria, see Medici.

SALVIATI, VILLA, 97–107.

—— description of, 97–98; left by Cardinal Gregorio Salviati to Princess Borghese, 106; bought by Mario (Duca di Candia), 106; Signor Turri, present owner of, 107.

Salviatino, Villa del, good wine of, praised by Redi, 138.

San Gallo, Giuliano da, architect of Poggio a Cajano, 8.

Santi di Tito, works for Agostino Dini at I Collazzi, 144.

Savonarola, Fra Girolamo, at deathbed of Lorenzo de’ Medici, 33–34.

Scarlatti, letter to Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici by, 95.

Segré, Comm., present owner of Careggi, 36.

Selve, Le, church of, 142; apparition of the Virgin to Sant’ Andrea Corsini in, 142; Feast of the Miraculous Crucifix at, 142.

SELVE, VILLA Delle, 139–142.

—— first mention of, 139; bought by the Strozzi, 139; bought by Averardo Salviati and lent to Galileo, 140; room of Galileo in, 140; view from, 140–141; Countess Capelli, present owner of, 142.

Settignano, Desiderio da, 38, 118; Ambrey by, 129.

—— Simone da, and his son Francesco, 118.

—— Village of, 116; famous men of, 118.

Settimanni, 23.

Settimo, Badia a, 126; campanile of, 128; St Peter Igneus goes through ordeal by fire at, 128; given to the Cistercians, 129; alto-relievo at, 129; description of, 129–130.

Sforza, Caterina, see Medici.

Sgrilli, B., quoted, 92.

Signa, Beata, Beata Giovanna of, 141; _Festa degli Angeli_ at, 141.

—— Lastra a, walls built by Sir John Hawkwood, 141.

—— Ponte a, 142.

Sixtus IV, Pope, murder of Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici planned by, 82–83.

Stegmann, Dr Carl von, on window at Rusciano, 38.

Stumm, Baron von, present owner of Rusciano, 39.

Strozzi, Alexandra, character of Luca Pitti by, 39.

—— Clarice (de’ Medici), 139.

—— Filippo, exiled by Cosimo de’ Medici, 55.

—— Filippo, 99; sends his wife Clarice de’ Medici to Florence, 139.

—— Lorenzo, 51.

—— Palla, 55.

Symonds, J. A., translation of Poliziano by, 9; quoted, 19; 29; character of Lorenzo de’ Medici by, 30–31; 32; 118; criticism on Pulci’s Morgante Maggiore by, 128.

T

Tasso, Torquato, 62; sonnets by, translated by R. C. Trevelyan, 92, 93.

Toledo, Eleonora of, see Medici.

Transylvania, Ambassador of Prince of, at Pratolino, 94.

Trebbio, Castle of, Otto da Montauto’s mission to, 21.

Trevelyan, R. C., Translation of Ariosto by, 53–54; translation of sonnet by Lorenzo de’ Medici by, 82; translation of A. Poliziano by, 86; translations of sonnets by Tasso by, 92, 93.

Tribolo, Fountain at Petraja by, 54; fountain at Castello attributed to, 66; statue of Apennines by, 66; 118.

Turri, Signor, present owner of Villa Salviati, 107.

U

Urban VIII, Pope, 63, 77, 78, 100.

Urbino, Guidobaldo, Duke of, sells Rusciano, 39.

V

“Valley of the Ladies,” seen from Font’ all’ Erta, 113; 114; situated under Prof. Fiske’s Villa, 137.

Valori, Villa of the, 137.

Varchi, Benedetto, departure of Cardinal, Ippolito and Alessandro de’ Medici for Poggio a Cajano described by, 10; mission of Otto da Montauto to Trebbio described by, 21; Montughi and Careggi mentioned by, 26; burning of Careggi and Castello described by, 36; duel between G. Bandini and L. Martelli described by, 42–44; love of, for Tullia d’Arragona, 56; reception of Duke of Urbino described by, 68–69; Fiesole described by, 81; scene between Filippo Strozzi and Jacopo Salviati described by, 99; 110, 126; Clarice Strozzi’s journey to Florence described by, 139.

Vasari, Giorgio, description of Palmieri’s picture by, 3; 8; note, 4; 10; Cafaggiuolo mentioned by, 17; Rusciano mentioned by, 37; description of fountain at Petraja by, 54; 65, 66; description of Medicean villa at Fiesole by, 82; 97, 116, 117, 118, 119, 128, 137, 144.

Verino, The three brothers Pulci mentioned by, 127.

Victor Emanuel, King of Italy, narrow escape of being burnt alive as a child, 47; tree at Petraja of, 53; Petraja favourite villa of, 58.

Villani, Matteo, 67; 108; funeral of Lorenzo Acciajuoli, described by, 122; siege of the castle of Artimino, described by, 150.

Villari, Pasquale, Prof., 34, 35.

W

Wade, Sir Willoughby, present owner of villa of the Benivieni, 138.

Walpole, Horace, criticism on Zoffany’s picture of the Tribune by, 5.

Watts, G. F., fresco by, at Careggi, 27.

Wotton, Sir Henry, letter from, 93.

Z

Zati, The, once Lords of Poggio, 132; picture given to the Church of San Martino a Mensola by, 133.

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