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Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries. See https://archive.org/details/memoirsofdukeso02dennuoft Project Gutenberg also has the other two volumes of this work. Volume I: see http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42560/42560-h/42560-h.htm Volume III: (including the index) see http://www.gutenberg.org/files/50577/50577-h/50577-h.htm

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MEMOIRS OF THE
DUKES OF URBINO

ILLUSTRATING THE ARMS, ARTS
& LITERATURE OF ITALY, 1440-1630

BY JAMES DENNISTOUN OF DENNISTOUN

A NEW EDITION WITH NOTES
BY EDWARD HUTTON
& OVER A HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS
IN THREE VOLUMES. VOLUME TWO

LONDON JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMIX

WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH

frontispiece

ELISABETTA DI MONTEFELTRO, DUCHESS OF URBINO
After the picture by Andrea Mantegna in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

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CONTENTS

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(continued)
OF GUIDOBALDO DI MONTEFELTRO,
THIRD DUKE OF URBINO

The massacre of SinigagliaDeath of Alexander VI.Narrow escape of Cesare Borgia

Duke Guidobaldo restoredThe Election of Julius II.The fall of Cesare BorgiaThe Duke's fortunate positionIs made Knight of the GarterThe Pope visits Urbino

The Court of Urbino, its manners and its stars

Emilia PiaThe CortegianoDeath of Duke Guidobaldo, succeeded by Francesco Maria della Rovere

OF LITERATURE AND ART UNDER THE
DUKES DI MONTEFELTRO AT URBINO

The revival of letters in ItalyInfluence of the princesClassical tastes tending to pedantry and paganismGreek philosophy and its effectsInfluence of the Dukes of Urbino

Count Guidantonio a patron of learned menDuke FederigoThe Assorditi AcademyDedications to himProse writers of UrbinoGentile Becci, Bishop of ArezzoFrancesco VenturiniBerni of GubbioPolydoro di VergilioVespasiano FilippiCastiglioneBemboLearned ladies

Poetry under the MontefeltriSonnetsThe FilelfiGiovanni SanziPorcellio PandonioAngelo GalliFederigo VeteraniUrbani UrbinateAntonio RusticoNaldioImprovisatoriBernardo AccoltiSerafino d'AquilaAgostino StaccoliEarly comediesLa CalandraCorruption of moralsSocial position of women

Medival art chiefly religiousInnovations of Naturalism, Classicism, and PaganismCharacter and tendencies of Christian painting ill-understood in EnglandInfluence of St. Francis

The Umbrian School of Painting, its scholars and influenceFra Angelico da FiesoleGentile da FabrianoPietro PeruginoArtists at UrbinoPiero della FrancescaFra CarnevaleFrancesco di Giorgio

Giovanni Sanzi of UrbinoHis son, the immortal RaffaeleEarly influences on his mindPaints at Perugia, Citt di Castello, Siena, and FlorenceHis visits to Urbino, and works there

Raffaele is called to Rome, and employed upon the StanzeHis frescoes thereHis other worksChange in his mannerCompared with Michael AngeloHis death, character, and style

Timoteo VitiBramanteAndrea MantegnaGian BelliniJustus of GhentMedals of Urbino

OF THE DELLA ROVERE FAMILY

Birth and elevation of Sixtus IV.Genealogy of the della Rovere familyNepotism of that pontiffHis improvements in RomeHis patronage of letters and artsHis brother Giovanni becomes Lord of Sinigaglia and Prefect of RomeHis beneficent swayHe pillages a papal envoyRemarkable story of Zizim or GemPortrait of GiovanniThe early character and difficulties of Julius II.Estimate of his pontificate

OF FRANCESCO MARIA DELLA ROVERE,
FOURTH DUKE OF URBINO

Youth of Duke Francesco Maria I.The League of CambrayHis marriageHis first military serviceThe Cardinal of Pavia's treacheryJulius II. takes the field

The Duke routed at Bologna from the Cardinal of Pavia's treason, whom he assassinatesHe is prosecuted, but finally absolved and reconciled to the PopeHe reduces BolognaIs invested with PesaroDeath of Julius II.

Election of Leo X.His ambitious projectsBirth of Prince Guidobaldo of UrbinoThe Pontiff's designs upon that state, which he gives to his nephewThe Duke retires to Mantua

The Duke returns to his stateHis struggle with the usurperHis victory at Montebartolo

Continuation of the ruinous contestThe Duke finally abandons itDeath of Lorenzo de' MediciCharles V. elected Emperor

Death of Leo X.Restoration of Francesco MariaHe enters the Venetian serviceLouis XII. invades the MilaneseDeath of BayardThe Duke's honourable reception at VeniceBattle of Pavia

New league against Charles V.The Duke's campaign in LombardyHis quarrels with GuicciardiniRome pillaged by the ColonnaThe Constable Bourbon advances into Central ItalyThe Duke quells an insurrection at Florence

Portraits of Cesare Borgia

Duke Guidobaldo I. of Urbino, a Knight of the Garter

Giovanni Sanzi's MS. Chronicle of Federigo, Duke of Urbino

Epitaph of Giovanni della Rovere

Remission and rehabilitation of Duke Francesco Maria I. in 1512-13

Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Lorenzo de' Medici

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Elisabetta di Montefeltro, Duchess of Urbino. After the picture by Andrea Mantegna in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Photo Alinari)

FACING PAGE

Il Castello di Sinigaglia. (Photo Alinari)

Pope Julius II. From the picture by Raphael in the Pitti Gallery, Florence. (Photo Anderson)

Portrait of a lady, her hair dressed in the manner of the fifteenth century. From the picture by ? Verrocchio in Poldo-Pezzoli Collection, Milan. (Photo Alinari)

A lady of the fifteenth century with jewels of the period. (Photo Alinari)

Count Baldassare Castiglione. From a picture in the Torlonia Gallery, Rome

Hair dressing in the fifteenth century. Detail from the fresco by Pisanello in S. Anastasia of Verona. (Photo Alinari)

Cardinal Bembo. From a drawing once in the possession of Cavaliere Agricola in Rome

Elisabetta Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino. From a lead medal by Adriano Fiorentino in the British Museum. By the courtesy of G.F. Hill, Esq.

Emilia Pia. From a medal by Adriano Fiorentino in the Vienna Museum. By the courtesy of G.F. Hill, Esq.

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