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The Medici Balls: Seven little journeys in Tuscany

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By Anna R. Sheldon
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A series of seven travel essays traces routes through Tuscan districts — the Mugello, Prato, Chianti and Impruneta, Lucca and its environs, Pistoja, the hills of Brancoli, and Barga with the Garfagnana — blending landscape sketches with close readings of churches, palaces, frescoes, and local workshops. Historical notes and art-historical description are woven with observations of rural customs, markets, and artisans, offering practical route detail alongside reflections on monuments, Medici heraldry, and the everyday life that links past and present in provincial Tuscany.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] E. Armstrong, M.A., Lorenzo de' Medici, p. 437. B. Berenson, The Study and Criticism of Italian Art. Second series. "A Word for Renaissance Churches."

[2] The quarries of serpentine (verde di Prato) near Prato have been worked from a very early period. Their present output is valued at £1,000 per annum.—From The British Diplomatic and Consular Report, No. 570, 1901.

[3] References Consular Report on Commerce and Manufacture in Italy, vol. xlv. The Nation, No. 1105. E. S. Morgan, Time, vol. xiv.

[4] See Cruttwell's Luca and Andrea Della Robbia, chapter vii.

[5] Francis A. Hyett, B.A., Florence, p. 104.

[6] J. A. Symonds, Age of Despots, p. 87.

[7] Francis A. Hyett, B.A., Florence, p. 106.

[8] See Symonds' Essay in Sketches and Studies, vol. i., p. 173.

[9] Francis A. Hyett, B.A., Florence, p. 99.

[10] M. Carmichael, In Tuscany, p. 102.

[11] J. A. Symonds, "Popular Songs in Tuscany," Sketches and Studies, vol. ii.

[12] John Ruskin, ed., Alexander's Road Songs of Tuscany (1884).

[13] Alessandro Chiappelli, Una Pastora Poetessa, Beatrice di Pian degli Ontani (Florence, 1902).

Transcriber Notes:

P. 56. Illustration is probably 'GARDEN BELONGING TO LORENZO'S VILLA POGGIO A CAIANO', not changed.

P. 115. Illustration--Madonna and Child, with two Saints, "Alinar'" changed to "Alinari".

P. 233. 'Cancelliere' changed to 'Cancellieri'.

P. 237. 'Galleazzo' changed to 'Galeazzo'.