Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 3 (of 3) / Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630
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- MEMOIRS OF THE DUKES OF URBINO
- CONTENTS
- BOOK SIXTH (Continued) OF FRANCESCO MARIA DELLA ROVERE, FOURTH DUKE OF URBINO
- BOOK SEVENTH OF GUIDOBALDO DELLA ROVERE, FIFTH DUKE OF URBINO
- BOOK EIGHTH OF FRANCESCO MARIA II. DELLA ROVERE, SIXTH AND LAST DUKE OF URBINO
- BOOK NINTH OF LITERATURE AND ART UNDER THE DUKES DELLA ROVERE AT URBINO
- APPENDICES
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
- CHAPTER XXXIX
- CHAPTER XL
- CHAPTER XLI
- CHAPTER XLII
- CHAPTER XLIII
- CHAPTER XLIV
- CHAPTER XLV
- CHAPTER XLVI
- CHAPTER XLVII
- CHAPTER XLVIII
- CHAPTER XLIX
- CHAPTER L
- CHAPTER LI
- CHAPTER LII
- CHAPTER LIII
- CHAPTER LIV
- CHAPTER LV
- APPENDICES
- MEMOIRS OF THE DUKES OF URBINO—III
- BOOK SIXTH (continued) OF FRANCESCO MARIA DELLA ROVERE, FOURTH DUKE OF URBINO
- MEMOIRS OF THE DUKES OF URBINO
- CHAPTER XXXIX
- CHAPTER XL
- CHAPTER XLI
- BOOK SEVENTH OF GUIDOBALDO DELLA ROVERE, FIFTH DUKE OF URBINO
- CHAPTER XLII
- CHAPTER XLIII
- BOOK EIGHTH OF FRANCESCO MARIA II. DELLA ROVERE, SIXTH AND LAST DUKE OF URBINO
- CHAPTER XLIV
- CHAPTER XLV
- CHAPTER XLVI
- CHAPTER XLVII
- CHAPTER XLVIII
- BOOK NINTH OF LITERATURE AND ART UNDER THE DUKES DELLA ROVERE AT URBINO
- CHAPTER XLIX
- CHAPTER L
- CHAPTER LI
- CHAPTER LII
- CHAPTER LIII
- CHAPTER LIV
- CHAPTER LV
- APPENDICES
- APPENDIX I
- (Page 21) CORRESPONDENCE OF CLEMENT VII. WITH DUKE FRANCESCO MARIA BEFORE THE SACK OF ROME, 1527
- APPENDIX II
- (Page 21) THE SACK OF ROME I. Letter from the Bishop of Modula to the Generals of the League.[252]
- II. Letter from Scipione ... to Alessandro Moresino, alias Venezianello, Master of the Chamber of the Prince Guidobaldo, dated at Urbino, 20th of May, 1527, narrating the destruction of Rome.
- III. Letter from Mercurino da Gattinara, Commissary of the Imperial Army during the sack of Rome, wherein he informs the Emperor of the entrance into that city, of the slaughter and havock inflicted, and of the arrangement made through him with Clement VII., and how during four successive days he repaired to the Castle of St. Angelo to negotiate with the Pope and thirteen cardinals there inclosed.[254]
- APPENDIX III
- (Page 22) THE DUKE OF URBINO’S JUSTIFICATION, 1527.[256]
- Letter of the Lord Duke of Urbino, Captain-general to the Signory of Venice, dated under Monteleone, 9th July, 1527.
- APPENDIX IV
- (Page 27) SKETCH OF THE NEGOTIATIONS OF CASTIGLIONE AT THE COURT OF MADRID, 1525 TO 1529, COMPILED FROM THE ABBÉ SERASSI’S PREFACE TO VOL. II. OF CASTIGLIONE’S LETTERS, AND CORRECTED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES.
- APPENDIX V
- (Page 140) ACCOUNT OF THE ARMADA OF THE MOST SERENE DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA, DRAWN UP AT MESSINA THE LAST OF JULY, 1571.[258] 1. Spanish Infantry, including those at Corfu.
- 2. Italian Infantry.
- 3. Private Individuals.
- [Abstract.]
- Naval Force.
- Artillery.
- Ammunition.
- Provisions.
- APPENDIX VI
- (Page 167) INDULGENCE CONCEDED TO THE CORONA OF THE GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY BY POPE PIUS V., AND CONFIRMED BY THEIR HOLINESSES URBAN VIII. AND ALEXANDER VII. 1666.
- APPENDIX VII
- (Page 210) MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS OF THE DUCAL FAMILY OF URBINO.
- I. Count Guidantonio.
- II. Duke Oddantonio.
- III. Duke Federigo.
- IV.
- V. Duke Guidobaldo I.
- VI. Duke Francesco Maria I.
- VII. Duke Guidobaldo II.
- VIII. Duchess Vittoria.
- IX.
- X. Cardinal Giulio della Rovere.
- XI. Prince Federigo.
- XII.
- XIII. Duke Francesco Maria II.
- XIV. Princess Lavinia della Rovere.
- APPENDIX VIII
- (Page 246) STATISTICS OF URBINO
- APPENDIX IX
- (Page 390 note *1) TWO SONNETS BY PIETRO ARETINO ON TITIAN’S PORTRAITS OF DUKE FRANCESCO MARIA I. AND HIS DUCHESS LEONORA I. ON DUKE FRANCESCO MARIA I.
- II. ON DUCHESS LEONORA.
- III. SONNET BY BERNARDO TASSO, PRAYING TITIAN TO PAINT HIS MISTRESS’S PORTRAIT.
- APPENDIX X
- (Page 410) PETITION TO GUIDOBALDO II. DUKE OF URBINO, BY CERTAIN MAJOLICA-MAKERS IN PESARO
- APPENDIX XI
- (Page 411) LETTER FROM THE ARCHBISHOP OF URBINO TO CARDINAL GIULIO DELLA ROVERE, REGARDING A SERVICE OF MAJOLICA
- List of white pieces with arms on the reverse.
- With grotesques.
- APPENDIX XII
- COLLECTIONS OF ART MADE BY THE DUKES OF URBINO
- I. PELLI’S LIST OF THE URBINO PICTURES.
- Raffaele.
- Titian.
- Giorgione.
- Sebastian del Piombo.
- Palma Vecchio.
- The Bassani.
- Baroccio.
- The Zuccari.
- Mascherino.
- Anonymous.
- II. VENTURI INVENTORY.
- Raffaele.
- Titian.
- Baroccio.
- Antonio.
- Giorgione.
- Holbein.
- Scarsellino.
- The Zuccari.
- L’Alemano.
- V. Dandini.
- Il Cerretani.
- III. PESARO INVENTORY
- Raffaele.
- Titian.
- Baroccio.
- The Zuccari.
- Giulio Clovio.
- DENNISTOUN’S LIST OF AUTHORITIES FOR THE WORK.
- AUTHORITIES IN MS.
- FROM THE URBINO LIBRARY AT THE VATICAN.
- FROM THE OTTOBONIANA MSS. IN THE VATICAN.
- GENEALOGICAL TABLE
- DESCENT OF THE VARANA, as connected with URBINO.
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