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CHAPTER IX
(1529-H30)
Cellini on arriving in Rome is well received by Clement VII, who
absolves him for having retained a portion of the gold given to
him to melt down.—He is commissioned to make a Morse for his
Holiness.—Enters into competition with Micheletto, an engraver
of gems, and Pompeo de Capitaneis, a Milanese goldsmith, for
a design for this Morse.—He is employed to make dies for the
Pontifical Mint.—He executes designs for these to the satisfaction
of the Pope, and is made Keeper of the Dies of the Papal coinage.
1^\IRECTLY I arrived in Rome^ I sought out some
of my former friends, by whom I was very wed
received and made much of: and I immediately set
myself to execute all sorts of work for gain; but none
worthy of description. There was a certain old gold-
smith, who was called Raffaello del Morod This man
had a high reputation in the trade and was besides a
* By the middle of the year 1529 Cellini was already in the
service of Pope Clement VII ($/! BERTOLOTTI, Hrz'zkz'z zkwz<$<%7Yz
zrz7. I, 246-7).
" CELLINI (TpMpzn? rzz*., p. 56), praises Raffaello del Moro as an
intelligent workman in the matter of precious stones, and he men-
tions him again (p. 61), with reference to the tinting of a diamond
belonging to the Pope. Moreover in this same passage there occurs
a curious discourse upon the relative value of the words T^wzzazi?
(to discourse), (to speak),(to talk), and rz'oaAz?^
(to chatter). BERTOLOTTI (Hr/zkz*z' Zp77z&z7'<yz' zrzY. I, 246), also records
that a number of commissions were entrusted by the Pope to this
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(1529-H30)
Cellini on arriving in Rome is well received by Clement VII, who
absolves him for having retained a portion of the gold given to
him to melt down.—He is commissioned to make a Morse for his
Holiness.—Enters into competition with Micheletto, an engraver
of gems, and Pompeo de Capitaneis, a Milanese goldsmith, for
a design for this Morse.—He is employed to make dies for the
Pontifical Mint.—He executes designs for these to the satisfaction
of the Pope, and is made Keeper of the Dies of the Papal coinage.
1^\IRECTLY I arrived in Rome^ I sought out some
of my former friends, by whom I was very wed
received and made much of: and I immediately set
myself to execute all sorts of work for gain; but none
worthy of description. There was a certain old gold-
smith, who was called Raffaello del Morod This man
had a high reputation in the trade and was besides a
* By the middle of the year 1529 Cellini was already in the
service of Pope Clement VII ($/! BERTOLOTTI, Hrz'zkz'z zkwz<$<%7Yz
zrz7. I, 246-7).
" CELLINI (TpMpzn? rzz*., p. 56), praises Raffaello del Moro as an
intelligent workman in the matter of precious stones, and he men-
tions him again (p. 61), with reference to the tinting of a diamond
belonging to the Pope. Moreover in this same passage there occurs
a curious discourse upon the relative value of the words T^wzzazi?
(to discourse), (to speak),(to talk), and rz'oaAz?^
(to chatter). BERTOLOTTI (Hr/zkz*z' Zp77z&z7'<yz' zrzY. I, 246), also records
that a number of commissions were entrusted by the Pope to this
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