—— 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.