The Book of the Courtier
Latinistic forms of several Italian words advocated, 48, 54, 340
Latino Giovenale de’ Manetti, 151, 379
Lat_r_in tongue, 136
Lattanzio da Bergamo, 376
Laughter:
peculiar to man, 123;
incongruity affirmed to be its source, 124
Laura, 220, 404-5
Laure de Noves, 405
Lavinello, 415
Lavinello’s Hermit, a character in Bembo’s _Gli Asolani_, 288, 415
Law, princes’ need to show respect for, 271
Leæna, 192, 390
Leaping, an accomplishment proper for the courtier, 31
Leghorn, 196
Lei, Bernardino, Bishop of Cagli, 366
Lemonnier, Felice, 421
Lenzuoli, Giuffredo (or Alfonso), 328
Roderigo,—see Alexander VI
Leo X (“My lord Cardinal”), 152, 313, 314, 317, 319, 320, 321, 322,
329, 331, 332, 333, 335, 336, 337, 340, 341, 342, 345, 352, 361,
362, 364, 365, 368, 369, 370, 373, 374, 380-1, 382, 411, 413
Leonardo da Vinci, 50, 336, 337, 341, 346, 350, 366, 381
his _Codex Atlanticus_, 360
his “Treatise on Painting,” 350
Leonico Tomeo, Niccolò, 145, 374
Letters:
the true ornament of the mind, 56;
disprized by the French at the beginning of the 16th century, 56;
but esteemed by the youthful Francis (I), 56-7;
and by captains of ancient times, 57-8;
the true conservator of glory, 58;
letters vs. arms, discussed, 60-2
Leuconia, 200, 393
Liberty, 259-61
Library of the Palace of Urbino, 9, 331
Library of the Spanish Academy at Madrid, 417
Libreria Salesiana, 421
Literary piracy:
hasty publication of THE COURTIER arose from dread of, 1;
frequency of, 320
Literary style, discussion of, 3-5, 38-54
Literary usage:
how determined, 48;
subject to change, 48-9
Livy (Titus Livius), 47, 326, 340, 358, 375, 391
Lombard, the author admits writing as a, 5
Lombards:
addicted to the use of foreign words, 38;
fond of fantastic dress, 104
Lombardy: 104;
eulogy of noble ladies of, 204
Longinus, the lance of, 372
Longis, Jean, 419
Lor—, Jean, 419
Loreto, Our Lady of, 158, 382
Lorraine, Beatrice of, 394
Louis, St., 395
Louis IX of France, 395
Louis XI of France, 387, 395
Louis XII of France, 141, 202, 313, 318, 330, 332, 337, 341, 346, 359,
371, 376, 381, 395, 396, 400, 409
Louise of Savoy, 346
Love:
the course to be pursued by women (married and unmarried) in love,
223-40;
how men are to win women’s love, 229-30;
how men are to declare their love, 231-2;
openness in love, 233-4;
how love is retained, 234-6;
rivalry in love, 234-6;
secrecy in love, 237-40;
whether love be seemly in an old courtier, 286-7;
beginning of Bembo’s discourse on Platonic love, 288;
love defined as “a certain desire to enjoy beauty,” 288;
defects of carnal love, 290;
maturity less prone to carnal love, than youth, 291;
true love of beauty is beneficent, 291;
sensual love in a measure excusable in the young, 292;
sensual love not excusable in those of mature years, 292, 297;
spiritual love, 304-5;
Bembo’s invocation to divine love, 305-7;
instances in which the mysteries of divine love have been revealed to
women, 308
Love talk, the course to be pursued by women in, 221-3
Loyalty requisite in the courtier, 25
Loyson, Estienne, 421
Lucca, Proto da,—see Proto da Lucca
Lucca, story of the sables and the merchant of, 132-3
Lucian, 357
Luciani, Sebastiano, “del Piombo,” 335
Luciano of Laurana, architect of the Palace of Urbino, 410
Lucullus, Lucius Licinius, 58, 205, 250, 347, 408
Luther, 313, 330, 333
Luzio, Alessandro, 399
Luzio and Renier’s _Mantova e Urbino_, 410
Lycurgus, 64, 349
Lyons, a practical joke played by Bibbiena on the bridge at, 160-1
Lysias, 51, 344
Lysis the Pythagorean, 250, 408
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 316, 328, 385, 409
Machiavelli’s “Art of War,” 376
_Discorsi_, 356
_Principe_, 347, 377
_Storia Fiorentina_, 378
Maffei, Mario de’, da Volterra,—see Mario de’ Maffei
Maggi, Graziosa, 332
Magnificence, a duty of princes, 273-4
Mahaffy, J. P., 359
Mahomet, 275
Mahomet II of Turkey, 371, 372
Mamurius Veturius, 339
Man, the laughing animal, 123
Manetti, Latino Giovenale de’,—see Latino Giovenale
Manlius Torquatus, Titus, 100, 357
Manner and time of employing the courtier’s accomplishments, 81 et seq.
Manners, excessive freedom of, to be avoided, 114
Manrique, Don Garci Fernandez, 384
Mantegna, Andrea, 50, 341-2, 360, 372, 395, 409
a son of Andrea, 395
Mantua, the Bishop of,—see Gonzaga, Ludovico
the Marquesses of,—see Gonzaga
Manucci, Teobaldo,—see Aldus
Manutius, Aldus,—see Aldus
_Marano_, a heretic, a renegade Moor, 139, 369
Marcantonio, Master, 152, 380
Marcella, Elena, 330
Marcello, Silvestro, 319
Marciana Library at Venice, 417
Marcus Antonius, (the orator), 44, 51, 339
Margarita of Austria, 202, 395-6
Margarita of Bavaria, Marchioness of Mantua, 322, 373, 374, 409
Mariano Fetti, Fra,—see Fra Mariano Fetti
Mario de’ Maffei da Volterra, 144, 374
Marius, Caius, 201, 393
Mark Antony, 190, 347, 388
Markets, the New and Old, at Florence, 145
Marliani’s Life of Castiglione, 420, 421
Marriage, the right time for, 268-9
Mars Gradivus, 339
Martin V, 319, 325
Mary of Burgundy, 395, 396, 413
Mary Magdalen, St., 308
Mary Tudor, wife of Louis XII of France, 371
Marzi, Galeotto, da Narni,—see Galeotto
Masks and fancy dress, 87-8
Mass, jest about speed in saying, 152-3
Mass-book, story of the, 137-8
Massilia, custom of providing means of self-destruction at, 192, 390
Massimo, Roberto, da Bari,—see Roberto da Bari
Massot, Estienne, 421
Master Serafino, 150
Matilda, the Countess, 202, 393-4
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, 204, 336, 365, 397-8, 399
Mausolus, King of Caria, 401
Maximilian I, Emperor of Germany, 143, 202, 359, 367, 371, 387, 395,
396, 397, 400, 413
Mayer, Johann, 421
Mazzoleni, 421
Mazzuchelli, Count Giammaria, Life of Castiglione, 417
Medici, Caterina de’, 346
Cosimo de’, _Pater Patriæ_, 140, 151, 345, 362, 370, 376, 378, 381
Giovanni de’, (Cosimo’s father), 370
Giovanni de’, "_delle Bande Nere_," 337
Giovanni de’, "My lord Cardinal,"—see Leo X
Giuliano de’, (brother of Lorenzo the Magnificent), 345, 378
Giuliano de’, “My lord Magnifico,” 2, 12, 37, 42, 56, 64, 71, 89-90,
102, 132, 142, 144, 168, 169, 170, 172, 174-238, 244, 256, 276,
280, 281, 308, 320-1, 331, 339, 341, 342, 343, 346, 349, 380, 390,
407, 414
Giulio de’,—see Clement VII
Grasso de’, 62, 348
Ippolito de’, 320, 329
Lorenzo de’, Duke of Urbino, 319, 321, 330, 352
Lorenzo de’, the Magnificent, 51, 145, 320, 321, 335, 343, 345, 359,
378, 380
Pietro de’, 345
Meliolo, Bartolommeo, 384
Ludovico, 162, 384
Men and women, beginning of the discussion on the comparative
excellence of, 182
Menerola, Teodora, 328
Mercury, 252
Merula, Giorgio, 313
Messina, the Prior of, (Don Pedro de Cuña), 150-1, 378
Metastasio, P., 421
Metrodorus, 69, 351
Micard, Cl., 420
Michael, apparently a tutor to Castiglione’s son, 347
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 2, 50, 67, 313, 320, 321, 328, 329, 343, 350,
410
Michelet on Louis XII of France, 371
Milan, 153
the Dukes of,—see Sforza and Visconti
Miletus, the Bishop of,—see Pavia, the Cardinal of
Milles, Guillermo de, 419
Miltiades, 408
Mime,—see _Moresca_
Mimicry, the limits to be observed in, 127-8
Minerva, 89, 252
Miniana Compagnia, la, 421
Minutoli, Riciardo, a character in Boccaccio, 164, 165, 166
Miser:
retort of a spendthrift to a, 139;
story of a servant who had saved the life of his miserly master,
144-5
Mithridates VI, Eupator, King of Pontus, 191, 389
Mixed government, 261, 269-70
Moderate fortunes, less power possessed by the very rich than by men
of, 271
Moderation, the essence of virtue, 277-8
Modesty requisite in the courtier, 26
Molart, Captain, 152, 379
Monarchy vs. democracy, 259-61
Monima of Pontus, 389
Monkey, story of chess played by a, 133-4
Monpezat, Pedro, 419
Montaigne:
quotation from his _Essais_, 347;
the village of Paglia mentioned in his diary, 382
Monte, Pietro, 12, 34, 92, 174, 333-4
Pietro dal, 334
Montechiarugolo, Count Guido Torello di, 314
Montefeltro, Agnese di, 319
Antonio di, 329
Aura di, 376
Battista di, 394
Brigida Sueva di, 394
Count of, (in 1154), 325
Federico di, Duke of Urbino, 9, 129, 156, 265, 274, 317, 325-6, 327,
356, 362, 376, 381, 410
Gentile di, 322
Giovanna di, 318
Guidantonio di, Duke of Urbino, 325
Guidobaldo di, Duke of Urbino, 1, 9-11, 80, 129, 138, 147, 152, 313,
317-8, 319, 321, 322, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 342, 343, 344,
352, 376, 377, 387, 394, 404, 410
Oddantonio di, Count of Urbino, 325
Violante di, 394
origin of the name, 325
Montefeltro family, eulogy of the women of the, 202, 394
Montefiore Inn, synonymous expression for a bad inn, 155, 382
Montone, Braccio da, 355
Moors:
story of a Pisan merchant captured and rescued from the, 195-7;
to be conquered for their souls’ good, 275
Morello, Sigismondo, da Ortona, 12, 46, 83, 90, 91, 92, 292, 293, 294,
296, 299, 332
_Moresca_, mime, morris-dance, 15, 81, 87, 335
_Morgante Maggiore_, a poem by Luigi Pulci, 365
Morosina, 331
Morris-dance,—see _Moresca_
Mosca, Giambattista Vendramini, 421
Moses, 305
Mount Athos, 274, 411
Mount Catria, 309, 416
Mount Œta, 305, 415
Moya, the Marchioness of,—see Boadilla
Munchausen, 364
Muscovy, the Duke of, 132
Music:
affectation in, 37;
the variety of, 50;
the courtier to have skill in, 62;
praise of, 62-5;
to be regarded by the courtier as a pastime, 88;
certain kinds recommended, 88-9;
certain kinds to be avoided, 89;
musical performance forbidden to the aged, 89-90;
musical training essential to appreciation of, 90
"My lady Duchess,"—see Gonzaga, Elisabetta
"My lady Emilia,"—see Pia
“My lord Cardinal,” i.e., Giovanni de’ Medici,—see Leo X
"My lord Duke,"—see Montefeltro, Guidobaldo di
"My lord Gaspar,"—see Pallavicino
"My lord Magnifico,"—see Medici, Giuliano de’
"My lord Prefect,"—see Rovere, Francesco Maria della Myrtis, 391
Naples, 1, 110, 274
Napoli, Pietro da,—see Pietro da Napoli
Narni, Galeotto Marzi da,—see Galeotto Marzi da Narni
Nasica,—see Scipio Nasica
National Library at Madrid, 417
National Library at Paris, 417
Navarre, the King of, 377
Navarre and Aragon, Juan II of, 397
Navò, Curzio, 419, 421
Nazarius, St., 383
Nemours, the Duke of,—see Medici, Giuliano de’
Neologisms, the allowable use of, 47
Nero, the Emperor, 192, 388
New York Public Library, 417
Nicholas V (Tommaso Parentucelli), 127, 362
Nicoletto (Paolo Niccolò Vernia), 116, 359
Nicoletto, da Orvieto, 142, 373
Nicostrate, 197, 391
Nino di Ameria, Giacopo di, Bishop of Potenza, 135, 365
Ninus, the husband of Semiramis, 401
Nonchalance:
the true source of grace, 35, 38;
explanation of the Italian word rendered by, 338
“Not at home,” story of Scipio and Ennius who pretended to be, 148
Novara, 337
_Novelle_ of Boccaccio, 161
Noves, Audibert de, 405
Laure de, 405
Novillara, Count of,—see Castiglione, Baldesar
Noyse, Johann Engelbert, 316, 421
Nucio (or Nutio), Martin, 419
Philippo, 420, 421
the widow of Martin, 420
Nudity, story of lady who dreaded the Judgment Day because of her, 132