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CONTENTS
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LlSTOF ILLUSTRATIONS.xxvii
PEDIGREE OF THE CELLINI FAMILY.xxix
INTRODUCTION.xxix
LETTER OF BENVENUTO TO BENEDETTO VARCHI .... xxxix
SONNET AND DECLARATION. xli
BOOK I
CHAPTER I
(1500-1515)
Cellini commences at the age of fifty-nine to write his Auto-
biography.—The origin of Florence and of Cellini's ancestors.
—His Birth in Florence.—The circumstances whereby he re-
ceived the name of —In opposition to his natural
inclination, his father insists on his studying music.—He finds
favour with the Gonfalonier, Piero Soderini.—He is taught
the Goldsmith's Craft by the father of the sculptor Baccio
Bandinelli.—He continues his labours in the shop of Marcone
theGoldsmith. 1
CHAPTER II
(1516-1518)
On account of a broil our hero is banished to Siena, and
enters the workshop of the goldsmith Francesco Castoro.—
At the end of six months he returns to Florence.—He then
goes to Bologna where he studies music and the working of
precious metals.—He returns once more to Florence, but
leaves again for Pisa as a protest against his brother's con-
duct.—He remains a year in that city with the goldsmith
Ulivieri della Chiostra.—Studies the antiquities there, and,
xvii
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LlSTOF ILLUSTRATIONS.xxvii
PEDIGREE OF THE CELLINI FAMILY.xxix
INTRODUCTION.xxix
LETTER OF BENVENUTO TO BENEDETTO VARCHI .... xxxix
SONNET AND DECLARATION. xli
BOOK I
CHAPTER I
(1500-1515)
Cellini commences at the age of fifty-nine to write his Auto-
biography.—The origin of Florence and of Cellini's ancestors.
—His Birth in Florence.—The circumstances whereby he re-
ceived the name of —In opposition to his natural
inclination, his father insists on his studying music.—He finds
favour with the Gonfalonier, Piero Soderini.—He is taught
the Goldsmith's Craft by the father of the sculptor Baccio
Bandinelli.—He continues his labours in the shop of Marcone
theGoldsmith. 1
CHAPTER II
(1516-1518)
On account of a broil our hero is banished to Siena, and
enters the workshop of the goldsmith Francesco Castoro.—
At the end of six months he returns to Florence.—He then
goes to Bologna where he studies music and the working of
precious metals.—He returns once more to Florence, but
leaves again for Pisa as a protest against his brother's con-
duct.—He remains a year in that city with the goldsmith
Ulivieri della Chiostra.—Studies the antiquities there, and,
xvii