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FOOTNOTES
[1] See note on p. 57, Vol. I.
[2] Really in the Life of Filippo Brunelleschi, p. 236, Vol. II.
[3] Rather, of Cremona.
[4] See note on p. 57, Vol. I.
[5] Ravenna.
[6] See note on p. 59, Vol. VI.
[7] Embroiderers.
[8] Martin Heemskerk.
[9] A long gown worn by the Florentine citizens, particularly on occasions of ceremony.
[10] Cooking-pot or cauldron.
[11] Broad, flat strips of maccheroni.
[12] Mason's trowel.
[13] A sort of curd.
[14] The phrase, "To go for the Great," was originally applied to those Florentine families that belonged to the seven chief Guilds. It afterwards came to be used simply as a mark of superiority.
[15] Threshing-floor.
[16] A Florentine cake.
[17] See note on p. 57, Vol. I.
[18] A method of alluding to the Deity, which, in its playful simplicity, is quite impossible in English.
[19] Damascening.
[20] A play on the word Gallo, which means both Gaul and cock.
[21] Alvito.
[22] An error of the copyist or printer for eighteen.
[23] White, vermilion, and orange.