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many most important undertakings, and whilst Soderini
remained in Florence his goodwill towards my father was
as great as it is possible to imagine in the world. And
at this time, because I was of tender age, my father had
me carried in arms, and made me play upon the flute, and
I executed the soprano part in concert with the palace
musicians before the Signoria; and I played from score
whilst a tabard ' held me in his arms. Then the Gonfalo-
which scaffolding the Aretine biographer attributes to the artist's
own design. It is said to have been made by Benedetto Buchi, a
joiner, who on December 31st 1503 was paid "for making the
scaffold with the ladder, and with all the necessary machinery and
appurtenances, made for Lionardo da Vinci in the Sala del Papa
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many most important undertakings, and whilst Soderini
remained in Florence his goodwill towards my father was
as great as it is possible to imagine in the world. And
at this time, because I was of tender age, my father had
me carried in arms, and made me play upon the flute, and
I executed the soprano part in concert with the palace
musicians before the Signoria; and I played from score
whilst a tabard ' held me in his arms. Then the Gonfalo-
which scaffolding the Aretine biographer attributes to the artist's
own design. It is said to have been made by Benedetto Buchi, a
joiner, who on December 31st 1503 was paid "for making the
scaffold with the ladder, and with all the necessary machinery and
appurtenances, made for Lionardo da Vinci in the Sala del Papa
in order to draw his cartoon" (AWzi$<?7*TZ.3'7777Z7 <7 y/zzzz^z'zzTTzyTz/z zzlzg*/z'
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** TVwArorzTZi?, one of the servants of the Commune, who on
State occasions carried the shield bearing the arms of the Repub-
lic; z'.o, % ThAzzA Our hero must indeed have been small, if he
had to be carried in some-one's arms. The following extract from
the State Archives of Florence, dated May 27th 1313 (Common
Style), is, however, of interest in this connection, proving as it does
that before that date the young Benvenuto had been accustomed
to play before the Signoria, and that it was intended to appoint him
to a permanent post in the Palace orchestra. ^zr/yzzz'zz z'Tzzfz^Tz/z'zz
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