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225;escapes during the siege,239;dies at Montalcino,244.——Enea Silvio. See Pius II., Pope.—— Francesco (di Nanni Todeschini). See Pius III., Pope.—— Giacomo (di Nanni Todeschini), received into the Monte del Popolo,73;heir and executor of Pope Pius III.,169;his palace,267.—— Giacomo di Anton Maria, refuses to marry the daughter of Don Juan,218.Piccolomini, Giovanni di Andrea, Cardinal Archbishop,168.—— Giovanni Battista, leads the rising against Fabio Petrucci,98,210.—— Girolamo, Bishop of Pienza,281.—— Guido di Carlo, Senator of Rome,175.—— Laodomia, sister of Pius II. and wife to Nanni Todeschini,73.—— Piero,30.—— Silvio, father of Pius II.,284.—— Tommaso, Bishop of Pienza,160.—— Vittoria Forteguerri, mother of Pius II.,284.—— Vittoria di Andrea, wife of Borghese Petrucci,92.—— lady of the family of, praised by Montluc,234.—— See Bandini.Pier Francesco Fiorentino, painter (latter part of Quattrocento), his works in Siena,110,111;in San Gimignano,348,351,353,354,356,362.Pietro di Domenico, painter, (1457-1501),114,293.Pietro di Lando, architect (still working in 1339), superintends the building of the new Duomo,150,153.Pini, Giovanni Maria, leads the Sienese at the Battle of Camollia,214;heads a tumult of Noveschi,216.Pinturicchio Bernardino, painter (1454-1513),115,118;picture by, in the Istituto di Belle Arti in Siena,124;his Story of Fortune,156;his frescoes in the Chapel of the Baptist,161;his frescoes in the Library of the Duomo,170-175;remains of works in the Palazzo del Magnifico,248;his Assumption at San Gimignano,354.Pisano. See Giovanni, Giunta, and Niccolò.Pitigliano, Count Lodovico of,212.Pietro del Minella, architect and sculptor (1391-1458),101;work on pavement of Duomo,158;on the font of the Baptistery,182.Pius II., Pope, (Enea Silvio Piccolomini), his early life,71,72;Bishop of Siena,72;elected Pope,72;attempts to force the Sienese to admit nobles into the administration,73;his benefits to Siena,73;creates Pienza,74;his letter to the Balìa about Calixtus III.,112,113;gives relics to the Duomo,160;statue of,162;Bishop of Siena and raises the See to an Archbishopric,168;his nephew’s devotion to,168,170;ten scenes from his life frescoed by Pinturicchio,171-175;his account of the meeting of Frederick and Leonora,173;his enthusiasm for the Eastern Question and canonisation of St Catherine,174;his death,174,175;his episcopal ring,180;referred to,197;statue of,265;Tavolette of Biccherna and Gabella concerning him,271;raises a monument to his parents in the church, and stays in the convent of San Francesco,284;his reception at the Porta Camollia,294;visits Lecceto,312;his visit to Monte Oliveto,323.Pius III., Pope (Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini), received into the Monte del Popolo,73;mediates between the People and the Noveschi,75;his pacific influence,77;accepts the new regime of the Noveschi,78;presides at a solemn reconciliation in the Duomo,78,79;his short papacy,90;referred to as Cardinal,129,130;statue of in the Duomo,162;Archbishop,168;orders the altar of the Piccolomini and his own tomb,168;his character,168;his elevation to the papacy, attempt to reform the Church and untimely death,169;builds the library of the Duomo,170;fresco representing his coronation,170,171;his contract with Pinturicchio,171,175;a Tavoletta di Gabella concerning him,271.Placidi, family of the, Noveschi,216.Placidi, Aldello,213.—— Neri,76,83.Poccetti, Bernardo, painter (1542-1612),124,343,356.Pochintesta da Bagnacavallo, condottiere,90,94,97.Podestà, institution of the office inSiena,5,6,9,10;institution of the office in San Gimignano,326,327;method of his election in latter town,332,333.Poggibonsi, destruction of the Castello of,331.Poggio Imperiale, battle of,74,138.Pomarelli, architect,177.Ponsi, Girolamo di Domenico, architect,188.Pollaiuolo, Pietro, painter (1443-1496), his altarpiece at San Gimignano,350.Popolani (in the special sense of members of the Monte del Popolo),67,73,75,78,79, andpassim.Popolo, Monte del, institution of,67;supports the Milanese suzerainty,68;has a third of the Signoria,69;the Todeschini received into,73;supports the Duke of Calabria,74;gets control of the State,75,76;ousted by the Noveschi,78;has still nominally a third part of the government,79;annulled with the other Monti,210;restored,211.Possa, El (Domenico di Michele),138.Provenzano Salvani. See Salvani.—— Madonna di,283,284.Provveditori. See Biccherna.Pugna,Giuoco delle. SeeGiuoco.Q.Quercia, Giacomo della, sculptor (1371 or 1374-1438), his life and work,100,101;his Fonte Gaia,127;sculptures of his school,143,161;remains of his reliefs from the Fonte Gaia,176;his work on the Font of the Baptistery,181,182.—— Priamo della, painter (brother of Giacomo), his fresco in the Spedale,186.R.Raimondo, Beato. See Vigne.Ramo di Paganello, sculptor (working during the last twenty years of the Trecento),99;his St Francis,284.Raphael,171,174,175.Riformatori, origin of the Monte de’,32,33;their rule,40;their downfall,41,42;instance of their oppressive administration,48;partially readmitted to the government,69,70;their Monte suppressed,74;struggle with the Noveschi,75,76;are distributed among the three Monti,79;rise against the Noveschi,82;their Monte is restored,216.Rinaldini, family of the,48,289.Riccio (Bartolommeo Neroni), architect and painter (middle of Cinquecento),117,123,166,167,219(note),262,300,320.Rinaldo, Minuccio and Francesco di, architects,135.Robbia, Ambrogio della (early Cinquecento), sculptor, work in Santo Spirito,282.—— Andrea della (1435-1525), sculptor, altarpiece in the Osservanza,300.Robert of Geneva, Cardinal Archbishop of Cambrai, commands the papal army,54;his sack of Cesena,58;elected pope, or antipope, as Clement VII.,62;supported by Giovanna of Naples,63;St Catherine’s description of his character,63,64.Robert of Anjou, King of Naples,289.Rustici, Francesco (Rustichino), painter (died in 1626),124,162,283.Rosselli, Matteo, painter (1578-1650), picture at San Gimignano,360.Rossellino, Bernardino, sculptor and architect (1409-1464), probably designed the Palazzo delle Papesse,252.S.Sacchini, Enea,214.Salimbeni, family of the,2,5;their feud with the Tolomei,24,25;their turbulent conduct,30,31,32,33;in arms for the Emperor,33,34;are factious against the burghers,37;plot to seize Siena,39;are expelled,40;their friendship with St Catherine,50,59;lead rising against the Milanese supremacy,68;their palace,290;love stories connected with them,290,291.Salimbeni, Agnolino di Giovanni, friend of St Catherine,50.—— Arcangiolo, painter (latter part of Cinquecento),124,197,202,262.—— Anselmo, hero of anovella,290,291.—— Cangenova,291.—— Cione,50.—— Francesco,68.—— Giovanni di Agnolino, ambassador to the Emperor,27;counsels moderation,27,28;is Podestà of Montepulciano,29;accidentally killed,30.—— Reame,32,291.—— Niccolò,32,33.—— Salimbene,13.—— Ventura di Arcangiolo, painter (end of sixteenth century),124,167.Salvani, Provenzano, ambassador to Manfred,11;influential in the Republic,11,12,13;Podestà of Montepulciano,18;the ruling spirit in Siena,19;his act of humility,19;is killed at Colle,20;referred to,131,283.Salvetti, family of Noveschi,80.—— Paolo,81.Salvi, Giulio, beheaded for treason,231.—— Ottaviano, Proposto, beheaded,231.Salvini, Luca,226.Salvucci, family of the, factious in San Gimignano,328,329,333,337-339,340,345.San Gimignano, its appearance,324,325;its origin,325,326;early history of,326,327;wars with Volterra,328;factions and change of government,328,329;Santa Fina of,329,330;follows the fortunes of the Guelfs,331;its golden age,332;San Bartolo and Dante at,333,334;its wars with Volterra and hostility to Henry VII.,334;its poet,334,335;the conspiracy of the Baroncetti,335,336;trouble with Florence,336;first submission to Florence,337;the factious of the Ardinghelli and Salvucci,337-339;appeal of its poetic chronicler,339;final submission to Florence,340-342;under Florentine rule,342;its painters and famous men,342,343;its walls and towers,344;the Collegiata or Pieve,345-351;the Palazzo Comunale,351-354;other palaces and towers,354,355;Sant’ Agostino of San Gimignano,356-360;San Pietro and Santa Chiara,360;the Spedale di Santa Fina,360,361;San Girolamo and San Jacopo,361;the Porta della Fonte,361;other churches and buildings,362,363;Cellole,363;the Rocca di Montestaffoli,363,364;a day of festa at the Town of the Beautiful Towers,364,365.Sano di Matteo, sculptor and architect (working from 1392 to 1434), designed the Loggia di Mercanzia,247.—— di Pietro, painter (1406-1481),109;his pictures in the Istituto di Belle Arti,111,113;frescoes in the Palazzo Pubblico,139,147;other works by him in Siena,251,258,271,293;his pictures in the Osservanza,299,300.Sansedoni, Frate Ambrogio,305.Saracini, family of the,2,37;lead rising against the Riformatori,41;take part in riot in the Campo,130;their palace,248-251.—— Alessia, associate of St Catherine,47,62,66,204.—— Ippolito, hero of anovella,291.—— Marcello, murdered,98.—— Piero di Duccio, podestà of San Gimignano,336.—— Sapia, the Dantesque legend of,20,22.Savini, Nanni, gives Belcaro to St Catherine,303.Saviozzo. See Forestani.Savonarola, Fra Girolamo, reforms the convent of Santo Spirito at Siena,268,281;his preaching at San Gimignano,350,351,362.Scotti, family of the,41,130.Senius, legendary founder of Siena,1,2.Sermini, Gentile, novelist,291.Schiatte Maggiori, the,2,31.Sigismund, Roman Emperor (Luxemburg),71,72,158,270.Signorelli, Luca, painter (1441-1523),115,118,119,202,248;his frescoes at Monte Oliveto Maggiore,317,320,321.Segna di Tura, painter (working in the early years of the Trecento),103,104,105.Sfondrato, Francesco,218,274.Siena.Accademia di Belle Arti. See Istituto.S. Agostino,265,266.Archivio di Stato,268.S. Barbara,295.Baptistery. See San Giovanni di Siena.S. Bernardino,285,286.Biblioteca Comunale,291,292.Campansi,293.Campo,126-132.Carmine,261,262.Casato,266.Casino de Nobili. See Loggia di Mercanzia.S. Caterina (House and Oratories of),191-198.Castello Vecchio,248,258,261.Cimitero della Misericordia,266,317.Consuma, Casa della,292,293.S. Cristofano,289.Croce del Travaglio,246.Duomo,149-170.S. Domenico,201-208.Fontebranda,190.Fonte Gaia,126,127.Fontegiusta,293,294.Fonte Nuova,292.S. Francesco,284,285.S. Giacomo in Salicotto,276.S. Giorgio,282.S. Giovanni di Siena,180-183.S. Giovanni in Pantaneto,282.S. Girolamo,277.Istituto delle Belle Arti,103-124.—— dei Sordo-muti,261.Libreria del Duomo,170-176.Loggia di Mercanzia,247.Loggia del Papa,275,276.S. Maria degli Angioli,281.S. Maria Assunta,149-170.S. Maria delle Nevi,292.S. Maria di Provenzano (of the Visitation),283,284.S. Maria dei Servi (of the Conception),277,278.S. Martino,276.Mercato,148.Opera del Duomo,176-180.Palazzo Bichi,289.—— Buonsignori,257.—— Chigi,254.—— Fortegueri,252.—— Petrucci,248.—— Piccolomini dei Papeschi (del Governo),267-275.—— Piccolomini delle Papesse,251,252.—— Marsili,252.—— Pecci (del Capitano),254,257.—— Pubblico (Comunale, or de’ Signori),132-148.—— Reale,257.—— del Rifugio,278.—— Salimbeni,290,291.—— Saracini (Marescotti),248-251.—— Spannocchi,290.—— Tolomei,289.—— Turchi (de Diavoli),295.—— Ugurghieri,266.Vecchio del,290.S. Pietro Ovile,286.S. Pietro alle Scale,258.Porrione,266.Porta Fontebranda,302.—— Camollia,294,295.—— S. Marco,262.—— Ovile,240,292.—— Pispini,281.—— Romana,278,281.—— Salaia,247.—— Tufi,266.Postierla, Piazza,253,254.Pozzo della Diana,262.Salicotto,276.S. Quirico,261.S. Sebastiano in Valle Piatta (degli Innocenti),188.—— in Camollia,293.S. Spirito,281,282.Stalloreggi,258,261.Torre di S. Ansano,261.—— de’ Forteguerri,252.—— del Mangia,132,135.—— Miganelli,289.


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