er Lorenzo. The latter was the last
master to adopt the old manner of Giotto, and accordingly his life
will be the last in this first part, which I have now completed, with
God's help.

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xxiii. 5. "braccia," may be considered roughly to represent
about two feet; literally translated it means an arm.

7. 6. "fresco," Painting _al fresco_, upon fresh or wet
ground is executed with mineral and earthy pigments
upon a freshly laid stucco ground of lime or
gypsum.--_Fairholt_.

9. 28. "old king Charles of Anjou," the brother of St Louis,
crowned king of Sicily in 1266.

10. 10. "tempera," a method in which the pigments are mixed
with chalk or clay and diluted with size.

11. 19. "Credette," etc.
"Cimabue thought
To lord it over painting's field; and now
The cry is Giotto's, and his name eclips'd."--_Cary_.

15. 13. "drawings." It is stated that the knight Gaddi sold
five volumes of drawings to some merchants for
several thousands of scudi, which composed Vasari's
famous book, so often referred to by h m. Card.
Leopold de' Medici collected several of those by the
most famous artists. This collection was sent to the
Uffizi gallery in 1700, where they are merged with
the other drawings.

25. 11. "bridge which still bears his name." M. Rubaconte was
podesta of Florence in 1237 and in addition to laying
the foundation stone of this bridge, he also caused
the city to be paved. _Villani_, vi. 26. The bridge
is now known as the Ponte alle Grazie.

45. 32. "Frederick Barbarossa." Impossible, for Barbarossa
died two centuries before. Perhaps Vasari means the
Emperor Frederick III.

51. 31. "Ser Ciappelletto," the hero of the first story in
Boccaccio's _Decameron_, forger, murderer,
blasphemer, fornicator, drunkard and gambler, "he was
probably the worst man who was ever born," to crown
all, he so deceived the priest to whom he confessed
that he was canonised.

55. 23.