Lives of the early Medici : $b As told in their correspondence — John Shaqi
Lives of the early Medici : $b As told in their correspondence
History
Lives of the early Medici : $b As told in their correspondence
Florence (Italy) -- History; Medici, Cosimo de', 1389-1464; Medici, House of; Medici, Lorenzo de', 1449-1492; Medici, Piero de', 1416-1469
“Here I inscribe all our lands and their boundaries and where they are
situated, and the houses in Florence, and what possessions came to us
from Conte our father in the division made between the brothers (that
is the late Conte, Messer Jacopo, Messer Giovenco the knight, Talento,
Francesco and Chiarissimo) of the inheritance of their father Averardo,
those bought by Conte and also those bought by Messer Giovanni di
Conte, knight, together with myself Filigno, and Jacopo and Michele,
our brothers, during their life. To-day I begin to write and to cause
Michele my son also to write on account of the fatigue, and of not
being a good penman. God grant we do well.--1373, in February.
“A house with shops in front in the parish of S. Tommaso in the Mercato
Vecchio in Florence; the first side fronts the street or rather the
Mercato Vecchio, the second boundary is ours, the third is the street
wherein stands S. Tommaso, the fourth is Talento di Chiarissimo de’
Medici and ourselves. Adjoining this house are two others, three
smaller ones and several shops.... Also a palace with a courtyard, an
orchard and a well, in the parish of S. Lorenzo of Florence, in Via
Larga di S. Marco. The confines are first the said street; secondly
the sons of Tantini with a common wall between us, saving that what is
above their roof belongs to us and to Baglo di Dante, with the wall of
our courtyard below; the third is the inn of the Cock, now the property
of Niccolò di Cristofano di Geri Gazza, &c.; the fourth is the palace
of Andrea Franceschi and Francesco di Biccio de’ Medici. A house is
annexed to this palace....
“In the name of God amen. Possessions in Mugello.
“The half of a palace with houses around it, a courtyard, a loggia
and a wall and moat, with an orchard outside in Cafaggiuolo in the
parish of S. Giovanni in Petroio, with the sixth part of the interior
courtyard, and the old walls, and all other things pertaining thereto
that are in the division. The broad road is to be 7 feet 8 inches wide
round the old enclosure of Cafaggiuolo, so that the sons of Messer
Giovenco cannot prevent us from using the road in front of the palace
and by their wall, as far as the bridge. The moat round Cafaggiuolo is
entirely ours as it touches our walls.”[2]
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