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Santa Maria Novella, church and convent of, Eugenius V in,
56
,
57
,
66
,
73
; meetings of Council of Florence in,
66
; Ghirlandaio murals in,
102
,
167
,
319
,
323
; Botticelli’s
Adoration of the Magi
in,
109
; Tornabuoni chapeC 165; mad woman in,
173
; secret messages left in,
212
; Alberti designs facade of,
313
; historical note on,
314
; Strozzi chapel,
314
; Capella Maggiore,
319
,
323
; Botticelli’s work for,
320
; Viceroy of Naples lodged at,
327
; Spanish chapel,
327

Santa Maria del Impruneta,
325

Santa Maria Nuova, hospital of,
71
,
314
,
316

Santa Trinità, church of,
167
,
319
,
328
; Onofrio Strozzi chapel, no,
314
; Sassetti chapel,
323
; Gianfigliazzi chapel,
325

Santissima Annunziata, church of, Cosimo
Pater Patriae
and,
73
; Piero di Cosimo’s gift to,
107
; wax effigy of Lorenzo the Magnificent in,
143
; Clement VH’s emgy thrown out of,
248
; Cosimo I in,
270
; exhibition of paintings in,
301
; Caccini’s loggia in,
315
; Pucci chapel,
315
; the choir of,
317
; the tabernacle,
320

Santo Spirito, church of,
168
,
323

Straw Market,
313

Teatro della Pergola,
332

Uffizi, the,
316
; function of,
271
; art gallery in,
278
,
327–8
; Ferdinando I enlarges,
280
; the Tribuna,
281
; opera at,
281
; nude statues in,
306
; pictures in,
314
; Uccello’s work in,
320
; Pollaiuolo’s work in,
320
; Botticelli’s works in,
320
,
322
; Gentile da Fabriano’s work in,
320

Via Bufalini,
71

Via Calimala,
312

ViaCavour,
317

Via de’ Bardi,
39
,
43
,
313
,
314

Viade’Benci,
313

Via de’ Gori,
75
,
76
,
317

Via de’ Pucci,
315

Via de’ Servi,
137
,
315
,
325

Via degli Alfani,
314
,
332

Via dei Leoni,
173
,
327

Via del Cocomero,
286
,
332

Via dclla Pergola,
286
,
289
,
332

Via della Scala,
286
,
331
,
332

Via della Vigna,
120

Via delta Vigna Nuova,
313

Via della Vigna Vecchia,
321

Via di San Gallo,
143

Via di Santa Margherita a Montici,
315

Via Ghibellina,
322

Via Guicciardini,
315

Via Lamarmora,
315

Via Larga, Medici home in,
32
; Palazzo Medici in,
75
,
76
,
90
,
215
; Filippo Lippi in,
93
; Pazzi and Giuliano di Picro in,
137
; renamed,
317

Via Maggio,
221
,
289
,
321
,
330

Via Maggiore,
321

Via Mazzetta,
321

Via Nuova Borg’ Ognissanti,
109

Via Palmieri,
321

Via Pietrapiana,
331

Via Porta Rossa,
32
,
313

Via Proconsolo,
321

Via Ricasoli,
319
,
326
,
332

Via Rondinelli,
330

Via Santo Spirito,
327

Via Strozzi,
323

Via Tornabuoni,
314
,
323
,
330

Florence, Archbishops of, Antonio Pierozzi,
74
,
95
; Piero Riario,
128
; Rinaldo Orsini,
130
; Giulio de’ Medici,
232

Florentines, clothing of,
21–3
; women,
22–3
; Dati on,
28
; Pius II on,
38
; and the Medici,
50
,
82
; in fear of Don Ferrante,
84
; Medici marriages with,
115
; Mantuan envoy on Savonarola and,
185
; celebrate defeats of Venice and the Pope,
209

Foggini, Giovanni Battista,
333

Foix, Gaston de(1489–1512),
209

France, and Florence and Milan,
84
,
85
: Piero di Cosimo ambassador to,
102
; and battle of Ravenna,
208
,
209
; and Florence,
209

Franceschini, Baldassare, ‘il Volterrano’,
331
,
332

Francesco da Puglia, Fra,
198
,
199

Francesco da Sangallo,
325

Francesco II, Duke of Lorraine,
later
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708–65),
309

Francesi, Napoleone,
141
,
142

Franchi, Rosello di jacopo,
331

Franciabigio,
prop
. Francesco di Cristofano Bigi (1482–1325),
322

Franciotto, Galeotto, Cardinal,
206

Francis I, King of France (1494–1547),
252
; Leo X and,
219
,
222
; his appearance and ambition,
219
; invades Italy,
220
; and Parma and Piacenza,
237
; Charles V defeats,
238
,
240
; and Clement VII,
239
,
241

Frundsberg, Georg von (1473–1538),
241–2

Fuorusciti
,
263–4

Furini, Francesco,
285
,
332

Galilei, Galileo (1564–1642),
292
; his history,
282
; burial of,
282
,
317
,
332
; Ferdinando II and,
282
,
284
,
317
; his telescope,
331
; his papers in Biblioteca Nazionale,
332

Gaza,Theodorus(1398–1478),
170

Genoa, Medici office in,
34
; and Smyrna alum mines,
88
; and Florence,
159
,
163
; buys Sarzana,
210

Gentile da Fabriano (137O?–1427?), and the Constantinopolitans,
67
;
Adoration of the Magi
,
110
,
314
,
320

Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378–1435), and bronze doors for the Baptistery,
70–1
,
316
; and the Cathedral dome,
72
; his statue of St Matthew,
73
; Donatello and,
90
; Gozzoli and,
110
; his wooden screen in the Cathedral,
137
; his bronzes in Orsanmichele,
317

Ghiberti, Vittorio,
316

Ghirlandaio, Domenico Curradi (1444–94),
168
; his murals in Santa Maria Novella,
102
,
167
,
319
,
323
; Michelangelo and,
165

Ghirlandaio, Ridolfo(1483–1561),
314

Giambologna,
prop
. Jehan de Boulogne (1529–1608),
328
; bronzes by,
276
,
323
; equestrian statue of Cosimo I,
280
,
331
; and the Cathedral façade,
324
; his
Rape of the Sabines
,
329
;
l’ Appenino
,
330
; equestrian statue of Ferdinando I,
331

Gianfigliazzi, Selvaggia de’,
325

Gigli, Girolamo,
278

Ginori, Caterina Soderini,
255
,
256

Giotto di Bondone (1267–1337),
108
,
314
,
315
,
320

Giovanni, Bertoldo di,
165

Giovanni da San Giovanni,
285
,
332

Giovio, Paolo,
226

Girolami, Raffaelo,
251

Giuliano da Maiano,
167
,
321

Giuliano da Sangallo,
164
,
316
,
322
,
323
,
325

Giulio Romano,
prop
. Giulio Pippi de’

Giannuzzi (c. 1492–1546),
240

Gonsalvo de Cordoba (1453–1515),
202

Gonzaga, Eleonora,
see
Medici, Eleonora de’

Gonzaga, Francesco, Marquis of Mantua,
194
,
195–6
,
206

Gonzaga, Ghismondo, Cardinal,
217

Gorini, Fioretta,
144
,
322

Government, trade guilds and,
25
,
26
; organization of,
26
,
27
; Albizzi family control,
32
; Ten of War,
42–3
,
151
; and the Albizzi plot,
49
,
50

Accoppiatori
,
60–1
,
62–3
,
104
,
191

Balla
,
106
,
191
; and the anti-Medici plot,
50
: and the Medici,
58
,
216
; confirm powers of
Accoppiatori
,
62–3
; Lorenzo the Magnificent admitted to,
125
; creates Council of Seventy,
156
; after the siege of Florence,
251

Cento
,
125

Collegi
,
27
,
105

Council of Seventy,
156–7

Dodici Procuratori
,
157

Confalonieri
. office of,
26
; dress of,
27
; holders of the office of,
30–1
,
32
,
55
,
60
;
62
,
90
,
104
,
152
,
220
,
251
; increase in power of,
63
; Cosimo
Pater Patriae
,
66
; in procession,
73
; Piero di Cosimo,
101
; Cesare Petrucci,
138–9
; excommunicated,
148
; Soderini appointed for life,
210
; Capponi appointed for a year,
248–9
; a pro-Medicean,
251
; abolition of the office,
264

Parlamento
,
27
,
106
,
191
,
216

Priori
, selection of,
26
; dress of,
26–7
; prestige,
29
; holders of the office,
32
,
95
,
101
,
104
: and the anti-Medici plot,
49
,
52
,
56
; in procession,
71
,
73
; and the Pazzi Conspiracy,
139
; and Piero di Lorenzo,
186

Signoria
, method of forming,
26
; organization,
27
; and the 15th century Albizzi-Medici conflict,
32
,
42
,
49
,
52–3
,
35–8
; manipulation of elections,
60
; and foreign affairs,
79
; honour Cosimo
Pater Palriae
,
98
; and the Medici,
106
,
187
; seal of,
109
; and the Volterran riots,
126
; and ecclesiastical appointments,
130
; and the Pope,
148
,
149
; Lorenzo the Magnificent and,
153
; its authority limited,
157
; Piero di Lorenzo and,
186
; get Medici jewels,
187
; Charles VM and,
190
;
Accoppiatori
and,
191
; watch the bonfire of vanities,
192
; Alexander VI and,
197
; and Savonarola,
198
,
200
; and Cardinal Giovanni,
208
; war drains the resources of,
210
; and a national militia,
211
; and Lorenzo di Piero’s title,
220
; abolition of,
264
; and the Medici library,
316

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