order to make the model of a fortress for Duke
Filippo Maria, and that he left this building of the Innocenti in charge
of Francesco della Luna, who was very much his friend. This Francesco
made an architrave-ornament running downward from above, which is wrong
according to the rules of architecture. Wherefore Filippo, on returning,
reproved him for having done such a thing, and he answered that he
copied it from the Church of S. Giovanni, which is ancient. "There is
one sole error," said Filippo, "in that edifice, and thou hast followed
it." The model of this building, by the hand of Filippo, was for many
years in the hands of the Guild of Por Santa Maria, being held in great
account because a part of the fabric was still unfinished; but it is now
lost. He made the model of the Abbey of the Canons-Regular of Fiesole,
for Cosimo de' Medici, the architecture being ornate, commodious,
fanciful, and, in short, truly magnificent. The church is lofty, with
the vaulting barrel-shaped, and the sacristy, like all the rest of the
monastery, has its proper conveniences. But what is most important and
most worthy of consideration is that, having to place that edifice on
the downward slope of that mountain and yet on the level, he availed
himself of the part below with great judgment, making therein cellars,
wash-houses, bread-ovens, stables, kitchens, rooms for storing firewood,
and so many other conveniences, that it is not possible to see anything
better; and thus he laid the base of the edifice on the level. Wherefore
he was afterwards able to make the loggie, the refectory, the infirmary,
the noviciate, the dormitory, and the library, with the other principal
rooms proper to a monastery, on one plane. All this was carried out by
the Magnificent Cosimo de' Medici at his own expense, partly through the
piety that he showed in all matters in connection with the Christian
faith, and partly through the affection that he bore to Don Timoteo da
Verona, a most excellent preacher of that Order, whose conversation he
was so anxious to enjoy that he also built many rooms for himself in
that monastery and lived there at his own convenience. On this edifice
Cosimo spent one hundred thousand crowns, as may be seen in an
inscription. Filippo also designed the model for the fortress of Vico
Pisano; and he designed the old Citadel of Pisa, and fortified the Ponte
a Mare, and also gave the design for the new Citadel, closing the bridge
with the t