been conjectured, and not without plausibility, by the last
editor of Alberti's complete works, Bonucci, that this Latin
life was penned by Alberti himself.]

[Footnote 6: There is in reality no doubt or problem about
this Saint Clair. She was born in 1275, and joined the
Augustinian Sisterhood, dying young, in 1308, as Abbess of
her convent. Continual and impassioned meditation on the
Passion of our Lord impressed her heart with the signs of
His suffering which have been described above. I owe this
note to the kindness of an anonymous correspondent, whom I
here thank.]

[Footnote 7: The balance of probability leans against
Isabella in this affair. At the licentious court of the
Medici she lived with unpardonable freedom. Troilo Orsini
was himself assassinated in Paris by Bracciano's orders a
few years afterwards.]

[Footnote 8: I have amplified and corrected this chronicle
by the light of Professor Gnoli's monograph, _Vittoria
Accoramboni_, published by Le Monnier at Florence in 1870.]

[Footnote 9: In dealing with Webster's tragedy, I have
adhered to his use and spelling of names.]

[Footnote 10: The fresco of the Coronation of the Virgin
upon the semi-dome of S. Giovanni is the work of a copyist,
Cesare Aretusi. But part of the original fresco, which was
removed in 1684, exists in a good state of preservation at
the end of the long gallery of the library.]

[Footnote 11: See the chapter on Euripides in my _Studies of
Greek Poets_, First Series, for a further development of
this view of artistic evolution.]

[Footnote 12: I find that this story is common in the
country round Canossa. It is mentioned by Professor A.
Ferretti in his monograph entitled _Canossa, Studi e
Ricerche_, Reggio, 1876, a work to which I am indebted, and
which will repay careful study.]

[Footnote 13: Charles claimed under the will of Rene of
Anjou, who in turn claimed under the will of Joan II.]

[Footnote 14: For an estimate of Cosimo's services to art
and literature, his collection of libraries, his great
buildings, his generosity to scholars, and his promotion of
Greek studies, I may refer to my _Renaissance in Italy_:
'The Revival of Learning,' chap. iv.]

[Footnote 15: Giottino had painted the Duke of Athens, in
like ma