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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