The Book of the Courtier

Nutio,—see Nucio Nutt, David, 422 Obedience: a duty only when the command is righteous, 99-100; the peril of even slight deviation from the letter of one’s orders, 100-2 Obscenity, to be avoided, 143 Ockenheim, 359 Octavia, 190, 388 Odasio of Padua, 329 Odenathus, King of Palmyra, 401 Œta, Mount, 305, 415 Oglio, story of the peasant girl who drowned herself in the, 214-5 Old age: its tendency to laud the past and to decry the present, 75-9; affectations of, 90; characteristics peculiar to, 91 Old fashions, instances of, in manners and attire, 79 Olschki, Leo, 417 Olympia, 387 Olympian Jove, 171 Olympic games, 171 Oratory: affectation in, 35; the variety of, 50-1; the courtier to be versed in, 59 Orestes, 106, 358 Oriental courts, manners of, 173 Orlando, a character of mediæval romance, 365 Orléans, Duke Charles d’, 371 Orléans, the Duke of,—see Louis XII Orpheus, 167, 184, 349, 384, 388 Orsini, Clarice, 320, 380 Giangiordano, 404 Ortona, Morello da,—see Morello Orvieto, Nicoletto da, 142, 373 Oscan language, 49, 340 Othman, Djem,—see Djem Othman Our Lady of Loreto, 158, 382 Ovid, 237, 315, 390 Ovid’s _Ars Amandi_, 352, 366, 404, 405 Oyselet, Georges l’, 420 Padovano, Giovanni, 419 Padua, 116, 136, 161 the (Arch-) Bishop of, 136, 366 Paduan flavour in Livy’s style, 47 Pæonius’s “Victory,” 387 Paganino, Alessandro, 419 Paglia, story of the practical joke played in the inn at, 157-9 Painting: affectation in, 37; variety of, 50; the courtier to be proficient in, 65; praise of, 65-70; discussion as to the comparative merits of painting and sculpture, 67-8, 349-50 Paleologus, Margarita, Duchess of Mantua, 414 Paleotto, Annibal, 134, 135, 364, 367 Camillo, 138, 147, 367 Vincenzo, 364 Pallas, 197, 356 Pallavicino, Count Gaspar, 12, 13, 14, 23, 27, 30, 41, 63, 64, 85, 88, 100, 104, 105, 107, 108, 112, 118, 129, 142, 143, 144, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 172, 173-4, 175, 178, 181-2, 185, 186, 190, 193, 194, 197, 199, 201, 202, 203, 206, 207, 209-10, 213, 218, 221, 223, 226, 231, 237, 238-40, 243, 245, 251, 254, 259, 261, 264, 267, 268, 269, 272, 285, 286, 287, 296, 307, 308, 332, 403, 407 Palma Vecchio, 343 Panætius, 250, 408 Pandora, 408 Paolo, a dutiful son, 196 Paolo Romano, 333 Paredes, Diego Garcia de, 371 Parentucelli, Tommaso,—see Nicholas V Paris, the “noble school” of, (the Sorbonne), 57, 346-7 Paris and the three goddesses, 172, 387 Parmesan, the battle fought in the, i.e., the battle of Fornovo, 117, 360 Passano, Giambattista, (_I Novellieri Italiani_), 417 Passavant, 342 Passions, to be tempered, not extirpated, 257-8 Past, declared to be inferior to the present, 79 Paul, St., 129, 308, 363 Paul III, 317, 369 Paullus, Simon, 421 Paulus, Lucius Æmilius, 69, 351 Pausanias, 390 Pavia, the battle of, 376, 387 the Bishop of,—see Pavia, the Cardinal of the Cardinal of, (Francesco Alidosi), 146, 151, 314, 319, 368, 375 Payne, Olive, 421 Pazzi, Gianotto de’, 151, 378 Giovanni de’, 378 Rafaello de’, 150-1, 378 Peace, the arts of war no more glorious than those of, 265-6 Pedrada, Sallaza dalla, 140, 370 Pelagio, Guido del, 374 Peleus, 284, 387, 414 Penalties for crime, preventive rather than punitive, 253 Pepoli, the Count of, 139, 369 Peralta, Captain Luijse Galliego de, 152, 379 Pergamus, 358 Periander of Corinth, 408 Pericles, 208, 391, 402, 403 Persecutions endured by girls at their lovers’ hands, 216-8 Perseus, King of Macedon, 351, 392 Persia: Alexander the Great’s conquest of, 103; the King of (in the time of Themistocles), 275; the Sophi King of,—see Ismail Sufi I Persians defeated in battle, story of their wives’ rebuke, 201 Personal attention, princes’ need to attend personally to the execution of their commands, 265 Personal service, the perfect courtier not busied with, 174 Perugia, two cousins who fought at, 30 Perugino, 342 Pescara, the Marchioness of,—see Colonna, Vittoria the Marquess of, 319, 322 “Peter Piper,” 365 Petrarch, 41, 42, 44, 49, 50, 51, 52, 220, 323, 339, 345, 348, 383, 404, 405 Petrarch’s _Trionfo d’Amore_, 340 _Phædra_, a character in Seneca’s _Hippolytus_, 367 _Phèdre_, a tragedy by Racine, 367 Philip of Austria, 413 Philip of Burgundy, 387 Philip of Macedon, 34, 143, 374, 414 Philip V of Macedon, 200, 392 Phœnix, 284, 414 Phrigio,—see Frisio Phrisio,—see Frisio Phryne, 402 Physiognomists, who read a man’s character and thoughts in his face, 294 Pia, Alda, 394 Emilia, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 32, 53, 54, 66, 72, 93, 119, 122, 123, 130, 131, 136, 144, 167-8, 169-70, 186, 189, 190, 191, 200, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 241, 269, 273, 281, 288, 307, 308, 309, 322, 329, 332, 334, 352, 361, 403, 414 Pianella, Count, (Giacomo d’Atri), 142, 373-4 Piazza d’Agone at Rome, 249, 407 Piccinino, Niccolò, 77, 355-6 Piccolomini, Æneas Silvius,—see Pius II Pierpaolo, 36 Pietro Antonio da Vinci (Leonardo’s father), 341 Pietro da Napoli, 12, 62, 93 Piety towards God, princes’ need of, 270 Pindar, 197, 391 Pinturicchio, 351 Pio, Alberto, 329, 332, 394 Alda,—see Pia Emilia,—see Pia Giberto, 329 Leonello, 332 Ludovico, 12, 62, 99, 114, 332, 395 Marco, 329 Pio family, eulogy of the women of the, 202 Piombo, Sebastiano del,—see Luciani Pippi, Giulio, called Romano, 314 Pirithous, 106, 358 Pisa: story of a soldier wounded at, 27; story of a merchant of, rescued from Barbary pirates, 195-7 Pisan war, story about Florentine methods of raising funds for, 130-1 Pisan women, bravery of, 205 Pistoia, 131, 363 Pistoia (Antonio Cammelli), 142, 373 Pittacus of Mitylene, 408 Pius II (Æneas Silvius Piccolomini), 361 Pius III (Francesco Todeschini), 126, 361 Plato, 5, 63, 78, 181, 269, 284, 285, 286, 308, 313, 345, 364, 370, 391, 409, 415 Plato’s “Laws,” 388 _Phædo_, 356 “Republic,” 269, 279, 324, 388, 409 “Symposium,” 391 Plautus, 44, 340, 363 Plautus’s _Menæchmi_, 321 _Trinummus_, 336 Pleasantries: beginning of the discussion on, 120; classified, 126; cruelty to be avoided in, 135-6 Pliny, 349, 351, 391 Plotinus, 308, 416 Plutarch, 356, 364, 389, 391, 393, 408, 411, 412, 414 Plutarch’s “Apothegms and Famous Sayings of Spartan Women,” 393 “Concerning Women’s Virtue,” 390, 392-3 “How to Tell Friend from Flatterer,” 348 “Life of Alexander the Great,” 401 “Life of Camillus,” 392 “Life of Lucullus,” 389 “On Garrulity,” 390 “On the Ignorant Prince,” 409 _Podestà_, explanation of the word, 360 Poetry, the courtier to be versed in, 59 Poisoned cannon shot, story about, 130 Poland, the King of, 132 Poliphilian words, 235 Politian,—see Poliziano Poliziano, 51, 320, 327, 344-5 Pollux, 404 Pompey (Pompeius), Cneius, 58, 346, 347, 378 Sextus, 192, 193 Pontormo, 358 Pontremolo, Gianluca da,—see Gianluca Pontus, 264 Ponzio, Caio Caloria, 161-2, 383 Popes, play upon the names of two, 126-7 Porcaro, Antonio, 138, 367, 370 Camillo, 140, 141, 367, 370 Valerio, 367 Porcia, 190, 389 Porta, Domenico dalla, 151 Portalegre, Diego de Silva, Count of, 317 Porto, 274, 410 Portugal, Eleanora of, 396 Elizabeth of, 387 Emanuel I of, 133, 364 John III of, 317 Portuguese mariners, discoveries by the, 133 Porzio,—see Porcaro Poseidon, 349, 411 Potenza, the Bishop of, (Giacopo di Nino di Ameria), 135, 365 Pozzuoli, 274, 410 Practical jokes, instances of, 155-62 Practice vs. precept, 267-8 Praise, to be modestly disclaimed, 60 Prato, 131, 363 Praxiteles’s “Hermes,” 387 Precept vs. practice, 267-8 Prefect of Rome,—see Rovere, Francesco Maria della Près, Josquin de, 113, 359 Present, declared to be superior to the past, 79 _Primero_, or _primiera_, a game of cards, 382 Princes: courtiers’ intercourse with, 93-102102; courtiers not to intrude upon the privacy of, 95; to deserve their favour is the best way of gaining it, 96; a picture of the perfect prince, 261-72; evils endured by tyrannical princes, 263-4 _Procella_, fury or storm, 94, 357 Procrustes, 275, 411 Prometheus, 252, 408 Proto da Lucca, 137, 366 Protogenes, 37, 69, 338 Provençal: Boccaccio’s use of, 4; fallen into decay in the author’s time, 49 Provence, René of, 375, 395 Provincial flavour, not necessarily a blemish in literary style, 47 Ptolemy, 389 Publius Licinius Crassus Mucianus, 101-2, 358 Pulci, Luigi, 365 Puns, instances of, 126-7, 134-5, 137-9 Purifying influence of love, 219 Purism of speech deprecated, 52 Pygmalion, 175, 388 Pylades, 106, 358 Pyramids of Egypt said to have been built in order to keep the Egyptians busy, 267 Pythagoras, 90, 171, 357 Pythagoreans, the, 356 Quack, story of the peasant who had lost an eye and consulted a, 150 Qualities of the courtier, how to be employed, 81 et seq. Rabani, Vettor de’, 419 Racine, 367 Raibolini, Francesco, better known as Francia, 332 Raleigh, Professor Walter, 316, 422 Rampazzetto, Francesco, 420 Rangone, Count Ercole, 139, 369 Raphael, 2, 50, 66, 67, 149, 313, 321, 333, 342-3, 378, 410, 411, 415 Ravenna, the battle of, 378, 379 Recitative, 89 Regio, Raffaele, 367 Reinhardstöttner’s article on the German translations of THE COURTIER, 417 Remondini, 421 Remus, 378 René of Provence, 375, 395 Renier, Rodolfo, 373, 399 Reputation: a courtier to be preceded by his, 110; the influence of, 112 Rhodes, 69 Riario, Cardinal, 383 Richard III of England, 413 Richmond, Edmund Tudor, Earl of, 412 Rigutini, Giuseppe, 327, 422 Rinaldo, a character of mediæval romance, 365 Ritius, Johannes, 420, 421 Rivadeneyra, Manuel, 421 Rivera, Donna Costanza de, 377 Don Luis de, 377 Rizzo, Antonio, 151, 378 Roberto da Bari, 12, 36, 127, 128, 225, 226, 228, 244, 332-3 _Roegarze_, a dance performed after the first evening’s discussion, 73, 352-3 Roma, a Trojan woman, 198 Roman Academy, the, 369, 370 Romano, Giancristoforo,—see Giancristoforo Romano Giulio Pippi, 314, 414 Paolo, 333 Romano Giovenale, Ettore, 71, 351-2 Rome, 12, 68, 86, 110, 122, 126, 136, 139, 141, 146, 153, 159, 197, 198, 199, 201, 216, 249, 274 Romulus, 198, 199, 378, 392 Rose-colour, Cosimo de’ Medici’s advice to a silly ambassador to wear, 151 Rossi, U., 404 Vittorio, his article on Caio Caloria Ponzio, 383 _Rota_ (or _Ruota_) _della Giustizia_, a law court, 151, 379 Rovere, Caterina della, “a brave lady,” 26 Felice della, 216, 404 Francesco Maria della, “My lord Prefect,” and afterwards Duke of Urbino, 1, 70, 71, 80, 119, 120, 121, 138, 152, 244, 309, 314, 318-9, 328, 332, 351, 352, 367, 368, 375, 380, 404, 407 Galeotto della, Cardinal of San Pietro ad Vincula, 122, 159, 361, 371, 383 Giovanni della, 318, 328 Giuliano della,—see Julius II Luchina della, 361 Lucrezia Gara della, 371 Raffaele della, 328 Rovillio, Gulielmo, 335, 420 Roxana of Bactria, 414 Roxana of Pontus, 389 Rules of conduct propounded by Federico Fregoso, 83 Ruskin, John, 351 S: the letter worn by “My lady Duchess” upon her brow, 16;