CHAPTER XVIII

Duke Guidobaldo's retired life--Cesare Borgia surprises and seizes Urbino--The Duke's flight--The diet of La Magione--Rising in the Duchy, and his return--He again retires 399

APPENDICES

I. Poetry of the family of Montefeltro 427

II. Inventory of articles taken by Brigida Sueva di Montefeltro, _alias_ Sister Serafina, into the Convent of Corpus Domini 433

III. Poetry of Ottaviano degli Ubaldini 436

IV. Instrument containing the concessions demanded by the citizens and acceded to by Count Federigo, on being chosen as their Seigneur 438

V. Devices and mottoes of the Dukes of Urbino 443

VI. The illuminated MSS. in the Urbino Library 446

VII. Duke Federigo of Urbino a Knight of the Garter 450

VIII. The army of Charles VIII., in 1493 460

IX. The battle of the Taro, in 1495 463

X. The arrival of Duke Valentino at the French Court 468

XI. Ludovico Sforza's entry into Lyons, in 1500 470

XII. Sonnet to Italy by Marcello Filosseno 472

XIII. Marriage festivities of Lucrezia Borgia at Ferrara, in 1502 473

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ILLUSTRATIONS

James Dennistoun of Dennistoun. From a medallion in the possession of his nephew James W. Dennistoun of Dennistoun _Frontispiece_

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View of Urbino. (Photo Alinari) 22

The Battle of S. Egidio. After the picture by Paolo Uccello in the National Gallery. Portraits of Carlo Malatesta and his nephew Galeotto "il Beato" 44

Leonello d'Este. After the picture by Pisanello in the Morelli Gallery, Bergamo. (Photo Alinari) 54

Nicolò Piccinino. From a bronze medal by Pisanello. By the courtesy of G.F. Hill, Esq. 70

Vittorino da Feltre. From a medal by Pisanello in the British Museum. By the courtesy of G.F. Hill, Esq. 70

San Leo and Maiuolo. From a drawing by Agostino Nini 78

Federigo of Urbino. From the XV. Century relief in the Bargello, Florence. (Photo Alinari) 86

Francesco Sforza. From the XV. Century relief in the Bargello, Florence. (Photo Alinari) 98

Federigo, Duke of Urbino, and Battista, his wife. From the picture by Piero della Francesca in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Photo Alinari) 120

Allegory. After the picture by Piero della Francesca in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Photo Alinari) 122

Allegory. After the picture by Piero della Francesca in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Photo Alinari) 124

Sigismondo Malatesta. Detail from the fresco by Piero della Francesca in the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini. (Photo Alinari) 132

Urbino. From an original drawing by Agostino Nini of Bologna 148

The Flagellation. After the picture by Piero della Francesca in the Sacristy of the Duomo, Urbino. Supposed portraits of Duke Federigo and Caterino Zeno. (Photo Alinari) 152

Fifteenth-century Court of the Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. (Photo Alinari) 162

Pio II. at Ancona. After the fresco by Pinturicchio in the Cathedral Library, Siena. (Photo Brogi) 178

Portrait of Leon Battista Alberti. From the relief by Pisanello in the Dreyfus Collection 194

Pope Sixtus IV. From a miniature prefixed to the dedication copy of Platina's Lives of the Popes in the Vatican Library 202

Battista Sforza, Duchess of Urbino, second wife of Duke Federigo. From the bust by Francesco Laurana in the Bargello, Florence. (Photo Alinari) 214

Federigo of Urbino and his Family. Detail from the picture by Justus of Ghent, in the Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. (From the Ducal Collection.) (Photo Alinari) 216

Lorenzo de' Medici. From the fresco by Ghirlandaio in S. Trinità, Florence. (Photo Alinari) 238

Giuliano de' Medici. (Photo Alinari) 240

The Birth of Venus. Supposed portrait of Simonetta Cattaneo--mistress of Giuliano de' Medici. Detail from the picture by Sandro Botticelli in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Photo Alinari) 242

Astorgio III. de' Manfredi. From the picture by Scaletti in the Pinacoteca of Faenza 258

Federigo di Montefeltro. After the picture by Justus of Ghent, once in the Ducal Collection at Urbino, now in the Palazzo Barberini in Rome. (Photo Anderson) 266

The Contessa Palma of Urbino. After the portrait by Piero della Francesca in the National Gallery 280

Guidobaldo I. From a picture in the Colonna Gallery in Rome 296

Caterina Sforza. After the picture by Marco Palmezzani in the Pinacoteca of Forlì. (Photo Alinari) 306

Isabella of Aragon. After the drawing by Beltraffio in the Biblioteca Ambrogiana, Milan. (Photo Anderson) 310

Pope Alexander VI. Detail from a fresco by Pinturicchio in the Borgia apartments of the Vatican, Rome 320

"Diva Julia." From a bronze medal _ca._ 1482 by L'Antico in the British Museum. By the courtesy of G.F. Hill, Esq. 330

Cesare Borgia. From a medal _ca._ 1500 in the British Museum. By the courtesy of G.F. Hill, Esq. 330

Julius II as Cardinal. From a medal in the British Museum. By the courtesy of G.F. Hill, Esq. 330

St. Catherine of Alexandria. Supposed portrait of Lucrezia Borgia by Pinturicchio. Detail from a fresco in the Borgia apartments of the Vatican, Rome. (Photo Anderson) 344

Bianca, daughter of Ludovico Sforza. After the picture by Ambrogio de' Predis in the Biblioteca Ambrogiana, Milan. (Photo Anderson) 352

Cesare Borgia as the Emperor. Detail from the fresco of the Disputa of S. Catherine in the Borgia apartments of the Vatican. (Photo Anderson) 364

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