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PART VI
IO86-9
SALVINI (Sebastiano).
1086. Obv. MAGISTER. SEBASTIANVS SALVINVS
QV[1] SEMPER. SEcTATVS EST EAM QVE CIRC - -
AT AMBITVM celi SOLA (all incised). Bust 1.,
with longish curling hair, wearing small round
skull-cap and gown with pleated front and
button.
Rev. None. On the Florence specimen, in-
scription in ink as given by Poggi.
Arm. Ill, 171, £(120x98 mm.). [b. Pl. 181.]
(a) Berlin, Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Room 33, 113X
72 mm. Rectangular, with arched top; no inscription.
(6) Florence, Soc. Colombaria. Pres, by Antonfranc.
Gori in 1751 in accordance with the wish of Salvino
Salvini, a descendant of Sebastiano (written on reverse).
Lead, oval, 122 x 103 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Heiss,
Flor., ii, p. 206. Poggi, Catalogo delle Medaglie della
Colombaria (Atti, 1906-7), p. 47, no. 78. Hill, Atti
della Soc. Col. di Firenze (1909-10), pp. 3-4. Burl.
Mag., xxii (1912), p. 132, Pl. G.
The inscription, the gap in which is to be completed
CIRCVLAT or CIRCVMDAT, refers to Wisdom; see
Ecclus. xxiv, 8 : gyrum coeli circuivi sola.
The portrait seems to be the work of a sculptor rather
than of a professional medallist. The subject, Florentine
citizen, and cousin-german (amitinus') and friend of Marsilio
Ficino, was a theologian of some note. Two MSS. copied
in his own hand, with references in the colophon to his
admiration for Ficino, are extant (D’Ancona, La miniatura
fiorentina, 1391 and 1489); the latter is dated 1490. That
may be about the date of the portrait.
SASS ETTA (Jacopo della).
1087. Obv. y IACOBVSDESAXETA MILES y AR
MOR y Bust 1. in very high relief, elderly,
wearing mortier and robe. The inscription
made by cutting away background and enclosed
between two circles.
Rev. No inscription. A fortified tower (all
incised).
Arm. II, 50, 13 (91 mm.); HI, 173,/ Bode, Jahrb., xxv
(1904), p. 11. [a. Pl. 182.]
(a) London, f 93 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Keary, no. 56.
S.I.M., Pl. 27, 1. Hill, Med. Ren., p. 77, Pl. xiii, 2.
(Z») Formerly Heiss? 90 mm. Heiss, Flor., i, p. 148,
Pl. xix, 5.
Widely removed from the style of Niccold Fiorentino,
and the work of a sculptor rather than of a professional
medallist. Jacopo belonged to the Orlandi of Pisa, who
were called della Sassetta from their castle of that name in
the Pisan Maremma. He served Florence in the wars of
the end of the fifteenth century, and Venice in the war
of the League of Cambrai. In 1509 he commanded 300
foot under Piero del Monte, and was at the defence of
Rivolta, which was taken by the French before the battle
of Ghiara d’Adda (Sanuto, Diarii, 8, pp. 151, 221; L. da
Porto, Lettere Stor., no. 14). The medal would seem to
date from about that time or a little earlier.
The specimen illustrated by Heiss is suspiciously like
the British Museum specimen, though it is described as
being in his own possession.
TIEZZI (Fra Benedetto), of Foiano.
1088. Obv. BENEDICTVS y THET1VS y FLORI
ANEN y Bust r., tonsured, wearing Dominican
habit with hood thrown back.
Rev. CVNCTA RITE ME DVCE Minerva
standing to front; wears winged helmet and
girdled tunic; holds in r. an open book, rests 1.
on horse-head shield charged with Medusa
mask.
Arm. II, 78, 22; HI, 193, h (88 mm.). Bode, Jahrb.,
xxv (1904), p. 7; Flor. Bildh?, p. 276. [c. Pl. 182.]
(a) Berlin, lead, f 86 mm. Amtl. Ber. (April, 1910), p. 192.
(6) Bologna, f 87 mm. (c) London, f 88 mm. Keary,
no. 59. Arm., loc. cit. Heiss, Flor., ii, p. 222,
PI. xxi, 1. 5.1. M., Pl. 31, 1.
In spite of the resemblance which Bode notes between
the Minerva of this medal and the Nemesis of the Giuliano
de’ Medici (no. 986, Pl. 161), the portrait stands apart
from the general run of medals attributed to Niccold
Fiorentino; the nearest parallel perhaps is the Gioacchino
Turriano (following). Fra Benedetto, a Dominican, helped
to defend Florence against the Medici and Imperialists;
imprisoned by Clement VII he died of hunger, 10 Sept.
1531 (Rodocanachi, Chateau Saint-Ange, p. 141). This
medal may perhaps date from about 1500.
TURRIANO (Gioacchino), General of the
Dominicans.
1089. Obv. V IOAHIN ▼ TVRRIANVS y VENETVS y
Bust r., with short hair, wearing skull-cap and
habit with cowl down.
Rev. No inscription. Mercury walking three-
quarters r., wearing cap, cloak over 1. shoulder
and about middle of body, and winged boots ;
carries caduceus in r.; curved sword on r. hip.
(Partly from same model as rev. of Lorenzo
Tornabuoni, no. 1068.)
Arm. II, 71, 9 (77 mm.). Bode, Jahrb., xxv (1904),
p. 13; Flor. Bildh?, p. 283. [a. Pl. 182.]
(a) London, J 78 mm. Keary, no. 60. Arm., loc. cit.
Heiss, Venise, p. 183. 1, Pl. xiii, 1. Burl. Mag., xxii
(1912), p. 132, Pl. 1, D. S.I.M., Pl. 32, 2. Hill, Med.
Ren., Pl. xv, 2.
A forgery, roughly cast from the obverse of this medal,
with merely a dagger on the reverse, all very clumsily
executed, has the date incised on the truncation of
the bust (Paris, Armand: Arm. II, 71, 10; Heiss, Venise,
p. 183, no. 1 bis] Burl. Mag., loc. cit.'). The form of the
numerals points to the late sixteenth century. Armand
and those who have followed him have wrongly described
the authentic London specimen as bearing the date 1498
on the truncation. The date is, of course, in itself correct
for the origin of the medal. Gioacchino Turriano and
Francisco Remolino, of Lerida, came as the Pope’s
commissioners to Florence on 19 May 1498 to condemn
Savonarola; and it is to this function that the reverse
alludes. The rather absurd way in which the sword is
carried on the right hip was corrected in the later version
of this design which was made for the medal of Lorenzo
Tornabuoni (no. 1068, Pl. 178).
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IO86-9
SALVINI (Sebastiano).
1086. Obv. MAGISTER. SEBASTIANVS SALVINVS
QV[1] SEMPER. SEcTATVS EST EAM QVE CIRC - -
AT AMBITVM celi SOLA (all incised). Bust 1.,
with longish curling hair, wearing small round
skull-cap and gown with pleated front and
button.
Rev. None. On the Florence specimen, in-
scription in ink as given by Poggi.
Arm. Ill, 171, £(120x98 mm.). [b. Pl. 181.]
(a) Berlin, Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Room 33, 113X
72 mm. Rectangular, with arched top; no inscription.
(6) Florence, Soc. Colombaria. Pres, by Antonfranc.
Gori in 1751 in accordance with the wish of Salvino
Salvini, a descendant of Sebastiano (written on reverse).
Lead, oval, 122 x 103 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Heiss,
Flor., ii, p. 206. Poggi, Catalogo delle Medaglie della
Colombaria (Atti, 1906-7), p. 47, no. 78. Hill, Atti
della Soc. Col. di Firenze (1909-10), pp. 3-4. Burl.
Mag., xxii (1912), p. 132, Pl. G.
The inscription, the gap in which is to be completed
CIRCVLAT or CIRCVMDAT, refers to Wisdom; see
Ecclus. xxiv, 8 : gyrum coeli circuivi sola.
The portrait seems to be the work of a sculptor rather
than of a professional medallist. The subject, Florentine
citizen, and cousin-german (amitinus') and friend of Marsilio
Ficino, was a theologian of some note. Two MSS. copied
in his own hand, with references in the colophon to his
admiration for Ficino, are extant (D’Ancona, La miniatura
fiorentina, 1391 and 1489); the latter is dated 1490. That
may be about the date of the portrait.
SASS ETTA (Jacopo della).
1087. Obv. y IACOBVSDESAXETA MILES y AR
MOR y Bust 1. in very high relief, elderly,
wearing mortier and robe. The inscription
made by cutting away background and enclosed
between two circles.
Rev. No inscription. A fortified tower (all
incised).
Arm. II, 50, 13 (91 mm.); HI, 173,/ Bode, Jahrb., xxv
(1904), p. 11. [a. Pl. 182.]
(a) London, f 93 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Keary, no. 56.
S.I.M., Pl. 27, 1. Hill, Med. Ren., p. 77, Pl. xiii, 2.
(Z») Formerly Heiss? 90 mm. Heiss, Flor., i, p. 148,
Pl. xix, 5.
Widely removed from the style of Niccold Fiorentino,
and the work of a sculptor rather than of a professional
medallist. Jacopo belonged to the Orlandi of Pisa, who
were called della Sassetta from their castle of that name in
the Pisan Maremma. He served Florence in the wars of
the end of the fifteenth century, and Venice in the war
of the League of Cambrai. In 1509 he commanded 300
foot under Piero del Monte, and was at the defence of
Rivolta, which was taken by the French before the battle
of Ghiara d’Adda (Sanuto, Diarii, 8, pp. 151, 221; L. da
Porto, Lettere Stor., no. 14). The medal would seem to
date from about that time or a little earlier.
The specimen illustrated by Heiss is suspiciously like
the British Museum specimen, though it is described as
being in his own possession.
TIEZZI (Fra Benedetto), of Foiano.
1088. Obv. BENEDICTVS y THET1VS y FLORI
ANEN y Bust r., tonsured, wearing Dominican
habit with hood thrown back.
Rev. CVNCTA RITE ME DVCE Minerva
standing to front; wears winged helmet and
girdled tunic; holds in r. an open book, rests 1.
on horse-head shield charged with Medusa
mask.
Arm. II, 78, 22; HI, 193, h (88 mm.). Bode, Jahrb.,
xxv (1904), p. 7; Flor. Bildh?, p. 276. [c. Pl. 182.]
(a) Berlin, lead, f 86 mm. Amtl. Ber. (April, 1910), p. 192.
(6) Bologna, f 87 mm. (c) London, f 88 mm. Keary,
no. 59. Arm., loc. cit. Heiss, Flor., ii, p. 222,
PI. xxi, 1. 5.1. M., Pl. 31, 1.
In spite of the resemblance which Bode notes between
the Minerva of this medal and the Nemesis of the Giuliano
de’ Medici (no. 986, Pl. 161), the portrait stands apart
from the general run of medals attributed to Niccold
Fiorentino; the nearest parallel perhaps is the Gioacchino
Turriano (following). Fra Benedetto, a Dominican, helped
to defend Florence against the Medici and Imperialists;
imprisoned by Clement VII he died of hunger, 10 Sept.
1531 (Rodocanachi, Chateau Saint-Ange, p. 141). This
medal may perhaps date from about 1500.
TURRIANO (Gioacchino), General of the
Dominicans.
1089. Obv. V IOAHIN ▼ TVRRIANVS y VENETVS y
Bust r., with short hair, wearing skull-cap and
habit with cowl down.
Rev. No inscription. Mercury walking three-
quarters r., wearing cap, cloak over 1. shoulder
and about middle of body, and winged boots ;
carries caduceus in r.; curved sword on r. hip.
(Partly from same model as rev. of Lorenzo
Tornabuoni, no. 1068.)
Arm. II, 71, 9 (77 mm.). Bode, Jahrb., xxv (1904),
p. 13; Flor. Bildh?, p. 283. [a. Pl. 182.]
(a) London, J 78 mm. Keary, no. 60. Arm., loc. cit.
Heiss, Venise, p. 183. 1, Pl. xiii, 1. Burl. Mag., xxii
(1912), p. 132, Pl. 1, D. S.I.M., Pl. 32, 2. Hill, Med.
Ren., Pl. xv, 2.
A forgery, roughly cast from the obverse of this medal,
with merely a dagger on the reverse, all very clumsily
executed, has the date incised on the truncation of
the bust (Paris, Armand: Arm. II, 71, 10; Heiss, Venise,
p. 183, no. 1 bis] Burl. Mag., loc. cit.'). The form of the
numerals points to the late sixteenth century. Armand
and those who have followed him have wrongly described
the authentic London specimen as bearing the date 1498
on the truncation. The date is, of course, in itself correct
for the origin of the medal. Gioacchino Turriano and
Francisco Remolino, of Lerida, came as the Pope’s
commissioners to Florence on 19 May 1498 to condemn
Savonarola; and it is to this function that the reverse
alludes. The rather absurd way in which the sword is
carried on the right hip was corrected in the later version
of this design which was made for the medal of Lorenzo
Tornabuoni (no. 1068, Pl. 178).
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