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NICCOLO FIORENTI
Arm. II, 64, 14 (57 mm.). \b. Pl. 151.]
(a) Milan, Med. Mun. (Brera), f 55-5 mm. (Z») Munich,
56 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Burl. Mag., xv (1909), p. 94, Pl.,
no. 2. Hab., Pl. xlii, 3.
After 1484 (accession of Innocent), before 1490 (Callagrani
appointed Bishop of Mondovi). Habich places this medal
under Niccold Fiorentino. For an earlier portrait of the
same man, see Lysippus, no. 792 (Pl. 130). The two por-
traits are very little like each other. The wheat plants on
the rev. may allude to the second half of the man’s name.
CAOURSIN (Guillaume), Vice-Chancellor
of the Knights of St John.
932. Obv. GV1LLELMVS y y CAOVRSIN Bust 1.
wearing plain round cap and robe.
Rev. r RHODIORVM y Y VICECANCELLAR1VS y
Heater-shaped shield of arms: on a fesse, be-
tween three martlets, an estoile of six points.
Arm. Ill, 188, b (58 mm.). [a. Pl. 151.]
(a) Berlin, 58 mm. Friedl., p. 158. Arm., loc. cit. Bode,
Jahrb., xxv, p. 10, Pl. A, 2; Flor. BildhJ p. 280,
fig. 151. Hab., Pl. xxxviii, 5.
Attributed by Bode to Niccold Fiorentino in Rome,
1485-6. Caoursin was born at Douai about 1430; though
he never took the habit of the Order of the Knights of
St John he served it as Vice-Chancellor from 1462. His
famous history of the Siege of Rhodes appeared at Padua
in 1480. He conveyed the Grand Master’s congratulations
to Innocent VIII on his election, and his oration, delivered
on 28 Jan. 1485, was rewarded with the rank of Secretary
Apostolic and Count Palatine. As he does not display
these titles, the medal was probably made earlier than their
acquisition.
GAMBERIA (Bernardino).
933. Obv. Y BER Y GAMB Y INNOCE NTH y VIII y
C y s y an y xxx y I48r v Bust 1. with thick curly
hair, wearing round cap and close-fitting dress.
Rev. None.
Arm. II, 64, 15 (63 mm.); Ill, 180, d. [c. Pl. 152.]
(«) Berlin, 62 mm. Simon, no. 175. Date obliterated.
Bode in Jahrb., xxv (1904), p. 10, Pl. B, 10. (6) Lon-
don, J 61 mm., ex W. Rome Sale, no. 278, Pl. iv, and
Rosenheim Sale, no. 92. With alien rev. SAT1ABOR
CVM APPARVERIT God the Father in clouds.
(c) Vienna, 64 mm. Old cast. Arm., loc. cit.
This is very near in style to the medal of Batonatti.
Gamberia, here cubicularius secretus, is mentioned frequently
by Burckard from 1485 onwards. He afterwards (28. iv.
1501) became Bishop of Cavaillon, and died in 1507.
The reverse of the London specimen is also found
attached to, and seems to have been made for, a medal of
Nicolas Perrenot of Netherlandish origin1; it certainly
has nothing to do with Gamberia.
KENDAL (John).
934. Obv. Y 10 Y KENDAL Y RHOD1 y TVRCVPEL
LERIVS y Bust r., with long hair, wearing plain
dress with cross (pattee) of the Order of
St John.
1 The badness of the specimen illustrated by Simonis,
the fact that the two sides are by the same hand.
Kk [2.
o?: rome 1480-6 932-5
Rev. (cross pattee) TEMPORE yOBSIDIONISyTVR
CHORVM y MCCCCLXXX Shield (round-based)
of arms of Kendal.
Arm. II, 82, 11 (58 mm.). Bode, Jahrb., xxv, p. 10;
Flor. Bildhr, p. 280. Kendal Mercury and Times, 18 Sept.
1908. [6. Pl. 152.]
(a) Florence, J 58 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Sup., no. 218.
Fair. (6) London, f 58 mm. Pres, by A. W. Franks,
1866. Franks and Grueber, Medallic Illustrations, i,
p. 17, no. 3, and Pl. i, 4. S.I.M., Pl. 27, 3. Hill,
Med. Ren., Pl. xiii, 4. Guide to ... Histor. Med., p. 14,
fig. 1. (c) Another, f 58 mm. (much worn), pres, by
Miss Agnes Smith, 1861. Franks and Grueber, loc. cit.
The fret on the shield, being done by incision, differs
on the two specimens.
John Kendal was Turcopolier from 1477 to 1489, i. e.
commander of the force of foot-soldiers and cavalry raised
locally by the Rhodian knights for the defence of the coast
of Rhodes; this command was always held by the chief of
the English knights. He succeeded John Weston as Prior
of the English about 1491. In 1484 he was one of the
persons in charge of the conclave at which Innocent VIII
was elected. As one of the commissioners on the English
side he negotiated the treaty of commerce between Henry
VII and the Duke of Burgundy in 1495. He apparently
died in Nov. 1501. Since the reverse of the medal is dis-
tinctly dated 'in the time of the Turkish siege, 1480’, it
seems gratuitous to assume with Bode that the medal was
made not in the year of the siege, but during a conjectured
residence of Niccold Fiorentino in Rome in 1485-6. There
can indeed be little doubt that the making of the medal
was connected with the important part played by Kendal
in 1480 when he was recruiting in the West as commissary
of the Pope on behalf of the Knights. He went as far as
Ireland, where his appeal was supported by an order to
the authorities from Edward IV. Two copies, printed in
Westminster and London (Brit. Mus. IA 55024 and 55403),
of the bull of indulgence issued by Pope Sixtus IV in
Kendal’s name have survived: Frater Johannes kendale
Turcipelerius Rhodi ac commissarius, &c.
The shield should be blazoned : Arg. fretty gu. a chief
azure charged with three escallops arg., the whole abaisse
under another chief of the Order of St John of Jerusalem,
viz. gu. a cross arg.
MARLIANI (Fabrizio).
935. Obv. Y FABRITIVS Y EPS Y v PLACENTINVS y
Bust 1., tonsured, wearing rochet.
Rev. No type; around, yOCVLI NOSTRI
SEMPER AD DOMINVM and across field AD
IWANOSDEVS | SALVTARISNOSTER 1148^
Arm. II, 55, 9 (68 mm.). Bode, Jahrb., xxv (1904), p. 10;
Flor. Bildh?, p. 280. [a. Pl. 152.]
(a) Berlin, 69-5 mm. Friedl., p. 153, no. 31, Pl. xxx.
Arm., loc. cit. (Z>) Milan, Med. Mun. (Brera), f 68-5 mm.
(c) Stockholm, J 68-5 mm.
According to Bode, by Niccold Fiorentino in Rome.
Fabrizio Marliano, who became Bishop of Piacenza in
1475, is not mentioned by Burckard as being in Rome in
1485, as we might have expected had he been there.
Of the mottoes, that in the field is from Ps. Ixxviii. 9;
the circular one (with the alteration of mei to nostri} from
Ps. xxiv. 15.
?Art du Medailleur en Belgique, i (1900), Pl. iii, 1, disguises
)]
Arm. II, 64, 14 (57 mm.). \b. Pl. 151.]
(a) Milan, Med. Mun. (Brera), f 55-5 mm. (Z») Munich,
56 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Burl. Mag., xv (1909), p. 94, Pl.,
no. 2. Hab., Pl. xlii, 3.
After 1484 (accession of Innocent), before 1490 (Callagrani
appointed Bishop of Mondovi). Habich places this medal
under Niccold Fiorentino. For an earlier portrait of the
same man, see Lysippus, no. 792 (Pl. 130). The two por-
traits are very little like each other. The wheat plants on
the rev. may allude to the second half of the man’s name.
CAOURSIN (Guillaume), Vice-Chancellor
of the Knights of St John.
932. Obv. GV1LLELMVS y y CAOVRSIN Bust 1.
wearing plain round cap and robe.
Rev. r RHODIORVM y Y VICECANCELLAR1VS y
Heater-shaped shield of arms: on a fesse, be-
tween three martlets, an estoile of six points.
Arm. Ill, 188, b (58 mm.). [a. Pl. 151.]
(a) Berlin, 58 mm. Friedl., p. 158. Arm., loc. cit. Bode,
Jahrb., xxv, p. 10, Pl. A, 2; Flor. BildhJ p. 280,
fig. 151. Hab., Pl. xxxviii, 5.
Attributed by Bode to Niccold Fiorentino in Rome,
1485-6. Caoursin was born at Douai about 1430; though
he never took the habit of the Order of the Knights of
St John he served it as Vice-Chancellor from 1462. His
famous history of the Siege of Rhodes appeared at Padua
in 1480. He conveyed the Grand Master’s congratulations
to Innocent VIII on his election, and his oration, delivered
on 28 Jan. 1485, was rewarded with the rank of Secretary
Apostolic and Count Palatine. As he does not display
these titles, the medal was probably made earlier than their
acquisition.
GAMBERIA (Bernardino).
933. Obv. Y BER Y GAMB Y INNOCE NTH y VIII y
C y s y an y xxx y I48r v Bust 1. with thick curly
hair, wearing round cap and close-fitting dress.
Rev. None.
Arm. II, 64, 15 (63 mm.); Ill, 180, d. [c. Pl. 152.]
(«) Berlin, 62 mm. Simon, no. 175. Date obliterated.
Bode in Jahrb., xxv (1904), p. 10, Pl. B, 10. (6) Lon-
don, J 61 mm., ex W. Rome Sale, no. 278, Pl. iv, and
Rosenheim Sale, no. 92. With alien rev. SAT1ABOR
CVM APPARVERIT God the Father in clouds.
(c) Vienna, 64 mm. Old cast. Arm., loc. cit.
This is very near in style to the medal of Batonatti.
Gamberia, here cubicularius secretus, is mentioned frequently
by Burckard from 1485 onwards. He afterwards (28. iv.
1501) became Bishop of Cavaillon, and died in 1507.
The reverse of the London specimen is also found
attached to, and seems to have been made for, a medal of
Nicolas Perrenot of Netherlandish origin1; it certainly
has nothing to do with Gamberia.
KENDAL (John).
934. Obv. Y 10 Y KENDAL Y RHOD1 y TVRCVPEL
LERIVS y Bust r., with long hair, wearing plain
dress with cross (pattee) of the Order of
St John.
1 The badness of the specimen illustrated by Simonis,
the fact that the two sides are by the same hand.
Kk [2.
o?: rome 1480-6 932-5
Rev. (cross pattee) TEMPORE yOBSIDIONISyTVR
CHORVM y MCCCCLXXX Shield (round-based)
of arms of Kendal.
Arm. II, 82, 11 (58 mm.). Bode, Jahrb., xxv, p. 10;
Flor. Bildhr, p. 280. Kendal Mercury and Times, 18 Sept.
1908. [6. Pl. 152.]
(a) Florence, J 58 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Sup., no. 218.
Fair. (6) London, f 58 mm. Pres, by A. W. Franks,
1866. Franks and Grueber, Medallic Illustrations, i,
p. 17, no. 3, and Pl. i, 4. S.I.M., Pl. 27, 3. Hill,
Med. Ren., Pl. xiii, 4. Guide to ... Histor. Med., p. 14,
fig. 1. (c) Another, f 58 mm. (much worn), pres, by
Miss Agnes Smith, 1861. Franks and Grueber, loc. cit.
The fret on the shield, being done by incision, differs
on the two specimens.
John Kendal was Turcopolier from 1477 to 1489, i. e.
commander of the force of foot-soldiers and cavalry raised
locally by the Rhodian knights for the defence of the coast
of Rhodes; this command was always held by the chief of
the English knights. He succeeded John Weston as Prior
of the English about 1491. In 1484 he was one of the
persons in charge of the conclave at which Innocent VIII
was elected. As one of the commissioners on the English
side he negotiated the treaty of commerce between Henry
VII and the Duke of Burgundy in 1495. He apparently
died in Nov. 1501. Since the reverse of the medal is dis-
tinctly dated 'in the time of the Turkish siege, 1480’, it
seems gratuitous to assume with Bode that the medal was
made not in the year of the siege, but during a conjectured
residence of Niccold Fiorentino in Rome in 1485-6. There
can indeed be little doubt that the making of the medal
was connected with the important part played by Kendal
in 1480 when he was recruiting in the West as commissary
of the Pope on behalf of the Knights. He went as far as
Ireland, where his appeal was supported by an order to
the authorities from Edward IV. Two copies, printed in
Westminster and London (Brit. Mus. IA 55024 and 55403),
of the bull of indulgence issued by Pope Sixtus IV in
Kendal’s name have survived: Frater Johannes kendale
Turcipelerius Rhodi ac commissarius, &c.
The shield should be blazoned : Arg. fretty gu. a chief
azure charged with three escallops arg., the whole abaisse
under another chief of the Order of St John of Jerusalem,
viz. gu. a cross arg.
MARLIANI (Fabrizio).
935. Obv. Y FABRITIVS Y EPS Y v PLACENTINVS y
Bust 1., tonsured, wearing rochet.
Rev. No type; around, yOCVLI NOSTRI
SEMPER AD DOMINVM and across field AD
IWANOSDEVS | SALVTARISNOSTER 1148^
Arm. II, 55, 9 (68 mm.). Bode, Jahrb., xxv (1904), p. 10;
Flor. Bildh?, p. 280. [a. Pl. 152.]
(a) Berlin, 69-5 mm. Friedl., p. 153, no. 31, Pl. xxx.
Arm., loc. cit. (Z>) Milan, Med. Mun. (Brera), f 68-5 mm.
(c) Stockholm, J 68-5 mm.
According to Bode, by Niccold Fiorentino in Rome.
Fabrizio Marliano, who became Bishop of Piacenza in
1475, is not mentioned by Burckard as being in Rome in
1485, as we might have expected had he been there.
Of the mottoes, that in the field is from Ps. Ixxviii. 9;
the circular one (with the alteration of mei to nostri} from
Ps. xxiv. 15.
?Art du Medailleur en Belgique, i (1900), Pl. iii, 1, disguises
)]