the covering and all the other portions
belonging to the tomb, so that it may be ready as soon as the rest of
the sepulchre.

"_Item_: to ask Leonardo the Florentine to finish his work on the wall
of the Refectory, and to begin the painting on the other wall of the
Refectory. If he will do this, some arrangement may be made with him
regarding the agreements signed by his own hand, by which he stipulated
to finish the work within a certain time.

"_Item_: to see that the portico of S. Ambrogio is finished, for which
two thousand ducats have been assigned.

"_Item_: to call together all the most skilled architects to hold a
consultation, and design a model for the facade of Santa Maria delle
Grazie, which shall be of the same height and proportions as the
_Capella Grande_.

"_Item_: to finish the _Strada da Corte_, which the duke wishes to see
completed.

"_Item_: to make a head of our Madonna the late duchess, and place it on
a medallion with that of the duke on the doors of the chapel in Santa
Maria delle Grazie.

"_Item_: to open a new gate in the walls corresponding to the Porta S.
Marco, and call it the Porta Beatrice, and place the ducal arms and
letters of the said duchess upon the said gate, as has been done at
Porta Ludovica.

"_Item_: to desire that the decorations of the Broletto Nuovo should be
finished by August.

"_Item_: to place an inscription in gold letters on black marble above
the portraits of the chapel."

This _Memoriale_ was signed by the ducal secretary, Bartolommeo Calco,
and the following lines were added by Lodovico himself:--

"MARCHESINO,--We have charged you with the execution of the works here
mentioned, and, although you have already received our orders by word of
mouth, we have for our further satisfaction set them down in writing, to
show you how extraordinary is the interest that we take in their
completion.

"LUDOVICO MARIA SFORTIA."[71]

The bronze medals here mentioned, which by Lodovico's orders were to be
placed on all the chief public buildings, were probably those designed
by Caradosso after Beatrice's death, in which the head of the duke and
duchess appear side by side.

The name and arms of Beatrice were to be seen everywhere; her portrait
was to be placed in the church of the Grazie, and her medallion above
the gate. And to-day, in spite of the common ruin which has overwhelmed
the palaces and churches of Lodovico's fair duchy, the armorial bearings
of his co