—— 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.