Montalcino, quarrels between Siena and Florence concerning, 7, 10, 11, 12; humiliation of, 18; unsuccessfully attacked by papal forces, 213; besieged by the imperialists, 228, 231; last refuge of the Republic, 244; capitulates, 244; tavolette concerning, 275; view of, from Monte Oliveto, 315. Montaperti, Battle of, 14-17. Montemassi, 11, 12, 137. Montepulciano, quarrels between Siena and Florence concerning, 7, 11, 12; given to Siena by Manfred, 18; revolts after the fall of the Nine, 29; returns to Siena, 29; lost again, 67; returns to Siena, 81, 82; restored to Florence by Pandolfo, 89, 92; St Catherine at, 195. Monte Oliveto Maggiore, 314-323. Montereggioni, 11, 76, 213. Montfort, Guy de, Vicar of Charles of Anjou, 20, 331. Montluc, Blaise de, Marechal of France, takes command in Siena, 233; his heroic defence of the Republic and his Commentaries, 234, 235, 236, 239, 240, 242. Monticchiello, heroic defence of, 228. _Monti_, the meaning of the term, 21, 32, 33. See Dodicini, Gentiluomini, Aggregati, Noveschi, Nobili Reggenti, Popolo, Riformatori. Morelli, Giovanni, 115, 123. Moro, Cristoforo, Doge of Venice, 174, 175. N. Naddo di Francesco, Captain of the People, attempts to suppress a rising, 38; plots, and is executed, 39. Neroccio. See Landi. Neroni. See Riccio. Niccolò Pisano, architect and sculptor (circa 1206-1278), his coming to Siena marks an epoch, 99; influence of his style upon Giacomo della Quercia, 100; his pulpit in the Duomo, 162-166. Neri di Donato, chronicler, 34. Nine. See Nove. _Nobili Reggenti, Monte dei_, 210, 211. Nove, Magistracy of the, 21; their rule, 23-25; their fall, 26-28; their Sala, 139-141. Noveschi, the (Monte dei Nove), their beginning, 21, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39, 41; share in the government, 67, 69; struggle with the democratic orders, 75; expelled from Siena, 76; their return, 77, 78; their prepotency in the State, 78-80, 85; are divided among themselves, 98, 210; renewed struggle with the democratic orders, 211, 213, 215; are deprived of all share in the government, 216; obtain a fourth part, 216; favoured by the imperial agents in Siena, 218, 219, 220; allegory of their return, 274. O. Oriuoli, Pietro di Francesco degli, painter (died in 1496), fresco by him in the Baptistery, 183 (and note). Osservanza, the, 298-301. P. Pacchia, Girolamo del, painter (1477-1535), 116; his pictures in the Istituto di Belle Arti, 118, 120, 123; his frescoes in the House of St Catherine, 195; in the oratory of San Bernardino, 285, 286; altarpiece in San Cristofano, 289. Pacchiarotti, Giacomo, painter (1474-1540), 115; pictures by, 119, 120, 262; his political escapade, 217, 218. Pagliaresi, Neri di Landoccio, disciple and secretary of St Catherine, 47, 56, 57, 195, 306. Palio, the, 130, 131. Pannocchieschi, Nello dei, 258. ---- Pagano dei, Bishop of Volterra, 328.