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CH. i] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI
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Rifredi. The said Christofano took a wife in Florence,
and had sons and daughters, and having provided
for all his daughters, his sons divided the rest of ins
substance, after the death of their father. The house
in the Via Chiara with certain other small matters fell
to one of the said sons, who bore the name of Andrea.
He also took a wife and had four male children. The
first had the name of Girolamo, the second Bartolomeo/
the third Giovanni (who was afterwards my father), the
fourth Francesco. This Andrea Cellini understood
thoroughly the method of the architecture of those
times, and made his living by it as his profession.
Giovanni, who was my father, gave himself more than
any of the others to this kind of work. And because as
Vitruius' says, amongst other things, that for any one
who wishes to do well in that art it is needful that he
know something of music and good drawing; Giovanni,
having become a fine draughtsman, began to give his
attention to music, and learnt along with it to play ex-
ceedingly well upon the viol and the Hute; and being a
person of studious habits he seldom went out of the
house. They had for their next-door neighbour a man
named Stefano Granacci, who had several daughters, all
very beautiful. As it pleased God, Giovanni saw one of
twenty-two, as his wife at that date. A residence in the Via Chiara
is all the property that he claims to possess, and he describes
himself as 77z%;n2^<7?^, and not so that we may suppose
the latter designation to be a euphemism on the part of his vain-
glorious grandson.
i Commonly called Baccio Cellini. He was a clever carver in
wood and ivory.
^ Vitruius or Vitruvius, author of ten celebrated volumes on
He published the complete series in 1522.
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Rifredi. The said Christofano took a wife in Florence,
and had sons and daughters, and having provided
for all his daughters, his sons divided the rest of ins
substance, after the death of their father. The house
in the Via Chiara with certain other small matters fell
to one of the said sons, who bore the name of Andrea.
He also took a wife and had four male children. The
first had the name of Girolamo, the second Bartolomeo/
the third Giovanni (who was afterwards my father), the
fourth Francesco. This Andrea Cellini understood
thoroughly the method of the architecture of those
times, and made his living by it as his profession.
Giovanni, who was my father, gave himself more than
any of the others to this kind of work. And because as
Vitruius' says, amongst other things, that for any one
who wishes to do well in that art it is needful that he
know something of music and good drawing; Giovanni,
having become a fine draughtsman, began to give his
attention to music, and learnt along with it to play ex-
ceedingly well upon the viol and the Hute; and being a
person of studious habits he seldom went out of the
house. They had for their next-door neighbour a man
named Stefano Granacci, who had several daughters, all
very beautiful. As it pleased God, Giovanni saw one of
twenty-two, as his wife at that date. A residence in the Via Chiara
is all the property that he claims to possess, and he describes
himself as 77z%;n2^<7?^, and not so that we may suppose
the latter designation to be a euphemism on the part of his vain-
glorious grandson.
i Commonly called Baccio Cellini. He was a clever carver in
wood and ivory.
^ Vitruius or Vitruvius, author of ten celebrated volumes on
He published the complete series in 1522.