. . . for his three daughters as wedding gifts. 'The first of these works - commissioned about 1485, and now to be found in Monaco - he gave to Lucrezia, who married Jacopo Salviati. The second, now at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana library, was for Luisa, the betrothed of Giovanni di Pierfanncesco de' Medici (she died before the day of the wedding). The third was a wedding gift for Maddalena, the bride of Count Franceschetto Cybo, the illegitimate son of Pope Innocent VIII. These three Offizioli (or breviaries) are a touching tribute from a loving father - one of the most powerful men of the period of the Renaissance - to his three very young daughters."(from http://www.oremedici.it/en/the-manuscript).
Why Florence? And, "Why Florence again and again?" people ask me. This blog will attempt to explore that question. Along the way I hope to share how I stay connected to my adopted city when I'm not there. Ideally, I would be in Tuscany every spring, every fall.
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Lorenzo had these Books of Hours made . . .
. . . for his three daughters as wedding gifts. 'The first of these works - commissioned about 1485, and now to be found in Monaco - he gave to Lucrezia, who married Jacopo Salviati. The second, now at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana library, was for Luisa, the betrothed of Giovanni di Pierfanncesco de' Medici (she died before the day of the wedding). The third was a wedding gift for Maddalena, the bride of Count Franceschetto Cybo, the illegitimate son of Pope Innocent VIII. These three Offizioli (or breviaries) are a touching tribute from a loving father - one of the most powerful men of the period of the Renaissance - to his three very young daughters."(from http://www.oremedici.it/en/the-manuscript).
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