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Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 1 (of 3): Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630.Dennistoun, James

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Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 1 (of 3): Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630.

Name: Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 1 (of 3): Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630.
Author: Dennistoun, James

Dennistoun, James

Nobility -- Italy -- History; Renaissance -- Italy; Urbino (Italy); Urbino, Dukes of

X.    The arrival of Duke Valentino at the French Court          468

  XI.   Ludovico Sforza's entry into Lyons, in 1500                470

  XII.  Sonnet to Italy by Marcello Filosseno                      472

  XIII. Marriage festivities of Lucrezia Borgia at Ferrara,
        in 1502                                                    473

        GENEALOGICAL TABLES                           _At end of book_




ILLUSTRATIONS


  James Dennistoun of Dennistoun. From a medallion
  in the possession of his nephew James W. Dennistoun
  of Dennistoun                                         _Frontispiece_

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  View of Urbino. (Photo Alinari)                                   22

  The Battle of S. Egidio. After the picture by Paolo Uccello in
  the National Gallery. Portraits of Carlo Malatesta and his
  nephew Galeotto "il Beato"                                        44

  Leonello d'Este. After the picture by Pisanello in the Morelli
  Gallery, Bergamo. (Photo Alinari)                                 54

  Nicolò Piccinino. From a bronze medal by Pisanello. By the
  courtesy of G.F. Hill, Esq.                                       70

  Vittorino da Feltre. From a medal by Pisanello in the British
  Museum. By the courtesy of G.F. Hill, Esq.                        70

  San Leo and Maiuolo. From a drawing by Agostino Nini              78

  Federigo of Urbino. From the XV. Century relief in the Bargello,
  Florence. (Photo Alinari)                                         86

  Francesco Sforza. From the XV. Century relief in the Bargello,
  Florence. (Photo Alinari)                                         98

  Federigo, Duke of Urbino, and Battista, his wife. From the
  picture by Piero della Francesca in the Uffizi Gallery,
  Florence. (Photo Alinari)                                        120

  Allegory. After the picture by Piero della Francesca in the
  Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Photo Alinari)                        122

  Allegory. After the picture by Piero della Francesca in the
  Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Photo Alinari)                        124

  Sigismondo Malatesta. Detail from the fresco by Piero della
  Francesca in the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini. (Photo Alinari)  132

  Urbino. From an original drawing by Agostino Nini of Bologna     148

  The Flagellation. After the picture by Piero della Francesca
  in the Sacristy of the Duomo, Urbino. Supposed portraits of
  Duke Federigo and Caterino Zeno. (Photo Alinari)                 152

  Fifteenth-century Court of the Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.
  (Photo Alinari)                                                  162

  Pio II. at Ancona. After the fresco by Pinturicchio in the
  Cathedral Library, Siena. (Photo Brogi)                          178

  Portrait of Leon Battista Alberti. From the relief by Pisanello
  in the Dreyfus Collection                                        194

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