Chapter D

Dei, Bartolommeo, letter from, to his uncle on the death of Lorenzo de’ Medici, 341

Dennistoun, J., quoted, 136_n_

Dovizi da Bibbiena, Piero, letters to, from Matteo Franco, 289, 327

E

Este, Duke Borso d’, 176

---- Eleonora d’, Duchess of Ferrara, letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici on the death of his mother, 244

---- Ercole d’, Duke of Ferrara, 135, 241; letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici on his mother’s death, 244; 254; letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici, 273; letter to, from his ambassador Aldrovandini, 274; letter from, to Aldrovandini, 276; letters to, from Aldrovandini, 277, 280, 282, 283, 285, 294, 297, 298; letters to, from his ambassador Manfredi, 305, 309, 330

Eugenius IV., Pope, 26_n_; arrival of at Florence for Œcumenical Council, 41; Lorenzo de’ Medici (brother to Cosimo) sent to Ferrara to, 42

F

Ferrante, or Ferdinando, King of Naples, 53, 125, 128, 129, 135, 158, 159, 160, 163, 170, 176, 195, 196, 197, 199, 202, 227, 228, 229_n_, 230, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 283, 284, 286, 298, 305, 313, 314, 315, 316, 319, 320; words of, on hearing of the death of Lorenzo de’ Medici, 343

Festival on St. John’s Day, 95

Ficino, Marsilio, selected to preside over the Platonic Academy, 57; letter to, from Cosimo de’ Medici, 73; letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici describing his grandfather Cosimo, 76; 143

Filelfo, Francesco, letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 166

Florence, Signoria of, letter to, from Lorenzo de’ Medici announcing his departure for Naples, 229

Fortebraccio, Niccolò, letter from, to Cosimo de’ Medici, 34; 36, 37, 39, 40

France, King of, _see_ Louis XI.

Franco, Matteo, letter from, to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 173; letters from, to Piero Dovizi describing Clarice’s journey from Morba, 267; from the baths of Stigliano, 289; from Rome, 327

Frederick II., Emperor, entry of into Florence, 56; 248, 249, 250, 251, 253

G

Gibbon, Edward, quoted, 7