The guilds of Florence / by Edgcumbe Staley; illustrated after miniatures in illuminated manuscripts and Florentine woodcuts, with bibliographical and chronological tables.

  • Edgcumbe Staley
Date:
[1906]
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Credit: The guilds of Florence / by Edgcumbe Staley; illustrated after miniatures in illuminated manuscripts and Florentine woodcuts, with bibliographical and chronological tables. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO FACE Frontispiece. A Florentine Merchant enjoying the Fruits of his Enterprise ..... Subject I. Miniature. Illuminated MS., late XIV. Century— “ Valeur Maxime.” Simon de Hesledin et Nicholas de Coiresse. British Museum. Harl. 4.375, fol. 179. ,, II. Print. A View of Florence, XVI. Century—“La Raccolta di Vedute della Citta di Firenze, 1774- ,, III. The Border. Illuminated MS., early XV. Century. British Museum. Add. 21.412. An Early Market-Place by the Baptistery of San Giovanni ....... Miniature. Illuminated MS.—“ Biadajolo. Biblioteca Laurenziana, Florence. [By special permission of Dottore Guido Biagi.] Patroness of Industries—Countess Matilda (?) Miniature. Illuminated MS., middle XV. Century—“ Des Clercs et Nobles Femmes,” J. Boccacce. British Museum. Bib. Reg. 16, G. v., fol. 11. Campanile and Duomo ...... Photograph—Alinari, Florence. Arms of the “ Tribunai.e della Mercanzia ” . Terra-cotta Rondel—Exterior of Or San Michele, Luca Della Robbia. Photograph—Alinari, Florence. Giotto’s “ History of Labour ” . Five panels from the Campanile :—1. Boatmen of the Arno ; 2. Plough- ing in the Contado ; 3. Weaving Wool; 4. Blacksmithing ; 5. Doctor and Pottery. Photograph—Alinari, Florence. Workmen—Late XIV. Century ..... Miniature. Illuminated MS., XIV. Century—“ Valeur Maxime.’’ Simon de Plesledin et Nicholas de Coiresse. British Museum. Harl. 4.375, fol. 123. Workmen—Middle XV. Century .... Miniature. Illuminated MS., XV. Century—“ Des Cases des Nobles Homines et Femmes,” J. Boccacce. British Museum. MS. 18.750, fol. 1. An Apprentice—A Typical Florentine Youth “David” — Andrea del Verrocchio. National Museum, Florence. Photograph—Alinari, Florence. The Bargello—Palace of the Podesta—Stairs of Honour Photograph—Alinari, Florence. xiii PAGE I 4 8 12 32 42 56 56 68 74