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MEDALS NOT ATTRIBUTED
attack on Rome in 1526, and thus again fell into disgrace
with the Pope. The medal seems to belong to the first
quarter of the century.
COLONNA (Pompeo).
1161. Obv. POMPEIVS DE COLVMNA Bust 1.,
with short hair, wearing berretta and dress
buttoned down front; below, a yoke(?). Pearled
border.
Rev. • S • R • E • VIC ECAN CELLAR? Shield
of the Colonna arms ([gu.] a column [arg.], the
base and capital [or], crowned [of the last]),
surmounted by cardinal's hat. Pearled border.
(«) Florence, 52 mm. Sup., no. 774. Old. [Pl. 193.]
Pompeo Colonna, born on 12 May 1479, became a cardinal
on 1 July 1517; his vote for Clement VII procured him
the Vice-Chancellorship in 1523. This medal is therefore
not earlier than that year, and indeed there is some doubt
whether it is not very much later altogether. The medal
with the reverse STABILIMENTVM (specimen at Berlin
40 mm.; cp. Arm. II, 115, 38) also has a late appearance.
CORDOVA Y AGUILAR (Gonzalo Fer-
nandez de), the Great Captain.
1162. Obv. CONSALVI | AGIDARI | VICTORIA
above, and in exergue DE GALLIS | AD CANNAS
Cavalry and infantry fighting under the walls
of a city. Plain border.
Rev. CONSALVVS I AGIDARIVS TVR a | GAL a DEI
RaQ_aCaDa| dicta tor a in a above, and
below PARTA ITALIA. I PACE IANVM | CLAVSIT
An eagle, crowned, holding shield of Gonzalo;
supporters, on dexter side Hercules, with lion-
skin, holding club, on sinister, Janus holding
two keys.
Arm. I, 176, 2 (54 mm.); Ill, 78, b. Van Mieris, i,
p. 351. Heraeus, Pl. 33, 3 and 4. [c. PL 193.]
(a) Florence, 52 mm. Sup., no. 314. (6) Frankfurt a.M.
(Metzler), 52 mm. Catal., no. 39, Pl. viii. (c) London
(George III), f 52-5 mm. (tf) Paris. Tres. de Num. II,
xxxiii, 6 and 7 (the obv. and rev. as reverses attached
to later portrait of Gonzalo by Annibal).
And others.
That this medal is contemporary with Gonzalo is proved
by its being exactly reproduced on the binding of a Paris
copy of Philostratus, de vita Apoll. Tyan., Venice, 1502,
which belongs to a group of bindings evidently made soon
after 1503. See G. D. Hobson in The Library, v (1924),
p. 48, and in his Maioli, Canevari, and others (1926), p. 2.
The obv. was copied on German medals of Charles V
(Quadras y Ramon, no. 13515), and Ludwig II of Hungary
(Arm. Ill, 210, d), the date 1532 being substituted for the
words CONSALVI . . . VICTORIA. Agidarius is pre-
sumably for Agilarius (de Aguilar). Van Mieris expands
the abbreviations: Turcis Gallis Dei Regisque causa devictis.
By the victory, as Mr. Van de Put observes, must be
meant either the successful defence of Barletta, or the
defeat of the French at Cerignola, both in 1503; the site
of Cannae lies between the two places.
On this medal the Great Captain appears to bear
(supplying tinctures and certain small details): quarterly;
1 or three bars gu. for Cordova; 2 ... 2 cauldrons... in pale
and a bordure compony of Castile and Leon, for Guzman
TO MASTERS OR SCHOOLS Il6l-5
or Manrique; 3 Leon mantled of Castile, for Henriquez;
4 per saltire vert a bend gu. fimbriated or, in flank or the
words AVE MAR az., for Mendoza. Supporters as above.
Mr. Van de Put informs me that a similar shield-shape
and marshalling were used for the cut of Gonzalo’s arms
in the Petrarch, Valladolid, D. Gumiel, 1510; this design
suggests that quarter 2 is perhaps for Manrique (cauldrons
barry) rather than Guzman (cheeky). Gonzalo’s second
wife (1487) was Dona Maria Manrique.
COSTA (Jorge da).
1163. Obv. GEORGIVS • CARDINALIS • PORTVGA
LENS’S Bust r. in skull-cap and rochet. Plain
border.
Rev. theologiAt On r., Theology, veiled
and wearing long tunic, stands 1., her 1. hand
on her breast; on 1., addressing her, an angel
kneeling on a cloud, carrying a book in r., and
pointing up at a radiant cloud (? name of
Jahveh). Plain border.
Arm. II, 83, 2 (42 mm.). [a. Pl. 193.]
(«) Parma, | 43 mm. After-cast. (Z») Formerly Vasset
Coll. Arm., loc. cit.
Jorge da Costa, born in 1406, became Archbishop of Lis-
bon on 26 Sept. 1464, and cardinal of SS. Marcellinus and
Petrus on 18 Dec. 1476, being translated in Nov. 1484 to
S.M. in Trastevere. He died on 18 or 19 Sept. 1508. By
its style the medal should be near the latter date, and is
very likely Roman, so far as it is possible to judge from
the poor specimen at Parma.
DELFINO (Egidio), General of Franciscans.
1164. Obv. EGID1VS y DELPHIN y AMERINVS y OR y
Ml v GEN ERAL1S v XL Bust 1., tonsured, wear-
ing Franciscan habit, with hood.
Rev. OvByRESTITVTAMRELIGIONIS FORMAy
M y d y 1 y 1 y Two arms crossed, the left arm
clothed, the other bare, the palms open showing
stigmata (the Franciscan stemma).
(a) London (George III), lead, J 38 mm. (6) Venice
(Correr), f 38 mm. Catal., no. 365. [Pl. 193.]
Egidio Delfino of Amelia, general of the Friars Minor,
attempted to reunite the various branches of the Order
but, failing, resigned in 1506 (Kresslinger, Ortus et Pro-
gressus, 1753, p. 97). The stop between O and B on rev.
is an error; FORMA for FORMAM.
EQUICOLA (Marius).
1165. Obv. MARI VS AEQV1COLA Bust 1., un-
draped, with short hair.
Rev. immort|amaran|thi in wreath of
a slender-leaved plant.
Arm. II, 115, 39 (37 mm.). [6. Pl. 193.]
(«) Brescia (Brozzoni), 36 mm. Mazz. I, xl, 3. Rizz.,
no. 537. (Z>) London (Parkes Weber Gift, 1906),
J 37 mm. (c) Another (George III), gilt, f 36 mm.
An after-cast of the obverse is sometimes found with
a reverse type which does not belong to it: Venus with
Eros at the forge of Vulcan: Arm. II, 116, 40. Brescia
(Rizz., no. 538); London (George III); Vienna. The
diameter is enlarged to 42-4 mm.
The medal shows some signs of Mantuan influence, and
may have been made about the time of the publication of
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attack on Rome in 1526, and thus again fell into disgrace
with the Pope. The medal seems to belong to the first
quarter of the century.
COLONNA (Pompeo).
1161. Obv. POMPEIVS DE COLVMNA Bust 1.,
with short hair, wearing berretta and dress
buttoned down front; below, a yoke(?). Pearled
border.
Rev. • S • R • E • VIC ECAN CELLAR? Shield
of the Colonna arms ([gu.] a column [arg.], the
base and capital [or], crowned [of the last]),
surmounted by cardinal's hat. Pearled border.
(«) Florence, 52 mm. Sup., no. 774. Old. [Pl. 193.]
Pompeo Colonna, born on 12 May 1479, became a cardinal
on 1 July 1517; his vote for Clement VII procured him
the Vice-Chancellorship in 1523. This medal is therefore
not earlier than that year, and indeed there is some doubt
whether it is not very much later altogether. The medal
with the reverse STABILIMENTVM (specimen at Berlin
40 mm.; cp. Arm. II, 115, 38) also has a late appearance.
CORDOVA Y AGUILAR (Gonzalo Fer-
nandez de), the Great Captain.
1162. Obv. CONSALVI | AGIDARI | VICTORIA
above, and in exergue DE GALLIS | AD CANNAS
Cavalry and infantry fighting under the walls
of a city. Plain border.
Rev. CONSALVVS I AGIDARIVS TVR a | GAL a DEI
RaQ_aCaDa| dicta tor a in a above, and
below PARTA ITALIA. I PACE IANVM | CLAVSIT
An eagle, crowned, holding shield of Gonzalo;
supporters, on dexter side Hercules, with lion-
skin, holding club, on sinister, Janus holding
two keys.
Arm. I, 176, 2 (54 mm.); Ill, 78, b. Van Mieris, i,
p. 351. Heraeus, Pl. 33, 3 and 4. [c. PL 193.]
(a) Florence, 52 mm. Sup., no. 314. (6) Frankfurt a.M.
(Metzler), 52 mm. Catal., no. 39, Pl. viii. (c) London
(George III), f 52-5 mm. (tf) Paris. Tres. de Num. II,
xxxiii, 6 and 7 (the obv. and rev. as reverses attached
to later portrait of Gonzalo by Annibal).
And others.
That this medal is contemporary with Gonzalo is proved
by its being exactly reproduced on the binding of a Paris
copy of Philostratus, de vita Apoll. Tyan., Venice, 1502,
which belongs to a group of bindings evidently made soon
after 1503. See G. D. Hobson in The Library, v (1924),
p. 48, and in his Maioli, Canevari, and others (1926), p. 2.
The obv. was copied on German medals of Charles V
(Quadras y Ramon, no. 13515), and Ludwig II of Hungary
(Arm. Ill, 210, d), the date 1532 being substituted for the
words CONSALVI . . . VICTORIA. Agidarius is pre-
sumably for Agilarius (de Aguilar). Van Mieris expands
the abbreviations: Turcis Gallis Dei Regisque causa devictis.
By the victory, as Mr. Van de Put observes, must be
meant either the successful defence of Barletta, or the
defeat of the French at Cerignola, both in 1503; the site
of Cannae lies between the two places.
On this medal the Great Captain appears to bear
(supplying tinctures and certain small details): quarterly;
1 or three bars gu. for Cordova; 2 ... 2 cauldrons... in pale
and a bordure compony of Castile and Leon, for Guzman
TO MASTERS OR SCHOOLS Il6l-5
or Manrique; 3 Leon mantled of Castile, for Henriquez;
4 per saltire vert a bend gu. fimbriated or, in flank or the
words AVE MAR az., for Mendoza. Supporters as above.
Mr. Van de Put informs me that a similar shield-shape
and marshalling were used for the cut of Gonzalo’s arms
in the Petrarch, Valladolid, D. Gumiel, 1510; this design
suggests that quarter 2 is perhaps for Manrique (cauldrons
barry) rather than Guzman (cheeky). Gonzalo’s second
wife (1487) was Dona Maria Manrique.
COSTA (Jorge da).
1163. Obv. GEORGIVS • CARDINALIS • PORTVGA
LENS’S Bust r. in skull-cap and rochet. Plain
border.
Rev. theologiAt On r., Theology, veiled
and wearing long tunic, stands 1., her 1. hand
on her breast; on 1., addressing her, an angel
kneeling on a cloud, carrying a book in r., and
pointing up at a radiant cloud (? name of
Jahveh). Plain border.
Arm. II, 83, 2 (42 mm.). [a. Pl. 193.]
(«) Parma, | 43 mm. After-cast. (Z») Formerly Vasset
Coll. Arm., loc. cit.
Jorge da Costa, born in 1406, became Archbishop of Lis-
bon on 26 Sept. 1464, and cardinal of SS. Marcellinus and
Petrus on 18 Dec. 1476, being translated in Nov. 1484 to
S.M. in Trastevere. He died on 18 or 19 Sept. 1508. By
its style the medal should be near the latter date, and is
very likely Roman, so far as it is possible to judge from
the poor specimen at Parma.
DELFINO (Egidio), General of Franciscans.
1164. Obv. EGID1VS y DELPHIN y AMERINVS y OR y
Ml v GEN ERAL1S v XL Bust 1., tonsured, wear-
ing Franciscan habit, with hood.
Rev. OvByRESTITVTAMRELIGIONIS FORMAy
M y d y 1 y 1 y Two arms crossed, the left arm
clothed, the other bare, the palms open showing
stigmata (the Franciscan stemma).
(a) London (George III), lead, J 38 mm. (6) Venice
(Correr), f 38 mm. Catal., no. 365. [Pl. 193.]
Egidio Delfino of Amelia, general of the Friars Minor,
attempted to reunite the various branches of the Order
but, failing, resigned in 1506 (Kresslinger, Ortus et Pro-
gressus, 1753, p. 97). The stop between O and B on rev.
is an error; FORMA for FORMAM.
EQUICOLA (Marius).
1165. Obv. MARI VS AEQV1COLA Bust 1., un-
draped, with short hair.
Rev. immort|amaran|thi in wreath of
a slender-leaved plant.
Arm. II, 115, 39 (37 mm.). [6. Pl. 193.]
(«) Brescia (Brozzoni), 36 mm. Mazz. I, xl, 3. Rizz.,
no. 537. (Z>) London (Parkes Weber Gift, 1906),
J 37 mm. (c) Another (George III), gilt, f 36 mm.
An after-cast of the obverse is sometimes found with
a reverse type which does not belong to it: Venus with
Eros at the forge of Vulcan: Arm. II, 116, 40. Brescia
(Rizz., no. 538); London (George III); Vienna. The
diameter is enlarged to 42-4 mm.
The medal shows some signs of Mantuan influence, and
may have been made about the time of the publication of
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