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Rev. FRANCESCHINA SVA CONSORTE (slipped
fig-leaf). Bust 1., hair coiled in braid round back
of head; necklace of large pearls; loose drapery
fastened on 1. shoulder with two bullae.
Arm. Ill, 234, c (79 mm.). [b. Pl. 194.]
(a) Berlin, 90 mm. Obv. only. Archiv, v (1926), p. 73,
PL xiii, 2. (b) Weimar, Goethesammlung, 81 mm.
Arm., loc. cit. Burl. Mag., xxxi (1917), p. 105, Pl. ii, L.
(c) Formerly Fan, 78 mm. Rev. only. Catal., no. 520.
Seems to be from the same hand as the Costanza
Fregosa, no. 1172. Perhaps Bolognese, about 1525.
HERBOUVILLE (Janet d’).
1177. Obv. AVLTRE.NE. VEIL . BVNO .— ECCE .
AGNVS. DE!. St John Baptist standing; in the
field a shield of arms.
Rev. No type. IANETVS DARBOWILLE . DO
MINVS . DE . BVNO . CASTELLANVS . ARCIS . SAN
CTE . CRVCIS . CREMONE . PRO . XPANISSIMO .
REGE . FRAN . FRANCOR . REX . AC . MLI . DVCE .
H. O.F.F.A.D. 1521
Arm. Ill, 214, d (80 mm.).
Formerly Bart. Borghesi Coll. Sale Catal. (1880), no. 400.
Arm., loc. cit.
Now known only, it seems, from the description in the Bor-
ghesi Catalogue. Evidently a foundation medal (H.O.F.F.
for Hoc opus fieri fecit) for burial in some building erected
by Janet d’Herbouville in 1521 when he was Captain
of the citadel of Santa Croce. REX is a mistake either in
the original or in the Borghesi Catalogue. VEIL is pre-
sumably for VEVIL (yeult). Janet d’Herbouville held
the fortress until his death, when it was recovered by
Sforza (22 Feb. 1524: L. Cavitelli, Annal. (1588), p. 281).
ILCINO (Fra Bartolommeo).
1178. Obv. A FR A BARTOLOMEVS a ILCINVS a
Bust r., tonsured, wearing habit with hood.
Rev. ME A EXAMINAST! a /B IGNE y A heart
above a mass of flames.
Arm. II, 76, 13 (42 mm.); III, 172, G. [a. Pl. 195.]
(«) Paris (Armand), 42 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Heiss,
Flor., ii, p. 238, Pl. xxii, 2.
The friar is unidentified. Milanesi thinks that his name
shows him to have come from Monteilcino (Montalcino)
near Siena (similarly the birthplace of the poet Bernardino
Ilcino was Montalcino). Or the name might be really
Licinus (Licini of Bergamo). Armand dates the medal in
his period 1475-1500; it seems to me better placed later.
For the motto cp. Ps. xvi. 3 and Ixv. 10.
MAFFEI (Raffaello), of Volterra.
1179. Obv. RAPHAEL MAFFEVS VOLAT Bust
I. , elderly, wearing plain cap and pleated robe.
High relief. Inscription between plain inner
and pearled outer circle.
Rev. OTONIA (below). View of Volterra.
Pearled border.
Arm. II, 53, 25 (38 mm.); HI, 173, n. [b. Pl. 195.]
(a) Brescia (Brozzoni), 37 mm. Mazz. I, xxiv, 4. Rizz.,
no. 479. (b) London (George III), J 39 mm. (c) Milan
VII
Med. Mun. (Brera), J 39 mm. Old cast, (d) Paris,
38-5 mm. Bad cast, p) Vienna, 39 mm. Zeno,
Z,^//grg(i785), iv, p. 139. Not contemporary, (f) T. W.
Greene, J 39 mm. N. Chr. (1913), p. 417, Pl. xx, 4.
(.§•) Formerly Heiss, 38 mm. Heiss, Flor., ii, 244,
Pl. xxii, 5.
Raffaello Maffei of Volterra (born 1451), the encyclo-
paedist, took orders at Rome in 1466; he left in 1476 and
returned in 1480. He died there on 25 Jan. 1522. The
curious little medal shows no traces of Roman or Florentine
style, and the view of Volterra on the reverse suggests that
it may be the work of a local artist. The portrait resembles
so strongly that on the monument of Maffei in S. Lino at
Volterra, by Silvio Cosini of Fiesole, that some connexion
between the two seems certain. Maffei knew Lysippus in
Rome, and a portrait of him as a youth is attributed to
that medallist (Pl. 131, no. 797).
Volterra took the name Ottonia from the Emperor Otto I
who restored it in 962, after it had lain in ruins since 916
when it was sacked by the Hungarians (R. Maffei, Storia
Volterrana, ed. Cinci, p. 7).
MAZZANTI (Agostino).
1180. Obv. AVGVSTINVS • MSNTVS • VERONEN
SIS • Bust 1., hair to nape of neck, wearing
cap with back-flap turned up, and cloak over
doublet (?).
Rev. OMNIBVS HIS SOLVS A triumphator
in a car drawn r. by three horses, and accom-
panied by a trumpeter and men carrying
legionary standards; the middle horse bends
his head down to a small dog; a man, helmeted,
carrying a trophy over his shoulder, leads the
off horse; above, a small flying figure carrying
a scroll (?).
Arm., II, 73, 18 (40 mm.); 127, 17 (39 mm.). Maffei,
Ver. ill., iv (1793), p. 90, Pl. ii, 2 (reversed). Tres. de
Num. I, xxxvi, 3. V. Salvaro in Boll. Ital. di Num., v
(1907), PP- 7i-3, 88-90. [e. Pl. 195.]
(a) Brescia (Brozzoni), 40 mm. Rizz., no. 500. Sal-
varo, loc. cit. (Z>) London (George III), 39 mm. With-
out rev. (late cast), (c) Milan, Med. Mun., J 38 mm.
Poor, [d) Another (Brera), bronze gilt, f 39 mm.
(e) Paris (Valton), f 39 mm. Arm., II, 127, 17. Sal-
varo, loc. cit. (/) Vienna, f 38 mm. Old cast, worn,
(g-) Weimar, Goethesammlung, 38 mm.
Armand, describing this medal twice over (owing to
reading the name first as Mazzanti, then as M. Zanti),
dates it first 1475-1500, then 1500-25. It is probably
near the border line, but rather later than earlier. It is
difficult to associate it with anything specifically Veronese
in style; its connexion is rather with the Mantuan school.
The triumphator on the reverse is apparently not Mazzanti,
but an old man. It was probably the military character
of this reverse, combined with the apparent cuirass (it
seems rather to be a doublet) under the cloak in the
portrait, that induced Maffei to describe Agostino as
a bravo capitano. Salvaro has traced two or three men of
the name. One is the son of Lodovico, mentioned as
husband of Margherita Vertuani on 20 Aug. 1490, and
again in the will of his brother Francesco, Sept. 1526-7.
This is probably the man of the medal. Another Agostino,
mentioned in the same will, was nephew of Francesco.
The Agostino father of Alessandro, mentioned in the
latter’s will of n Mar. 1516 as dead, must be yet another
person.
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Rev. FRANCESCHINA SVA CONSORTE (slipped
fig-leaf). Bust 1., hair coiled in braid round back
of head; necklace of large pearls; loose drapery
fastened on 1. shoulder with two bullae.
Arm. Ill, 234, c (79 mm.). [b. Pl. 194.]
(a) Berlin, 90 mm. Obv. only. Archiv, v (1926), p. 73,
PL xiii, 2. (b) Weimar, Goethesammlung, 81 mm.
Arm., loc. cit. Burl. Mag., xxxi (1917), p. 105, Pl. ii, L.
(c) Formerly Fan, 78 mm. Rev. only. Catal., no. 520.
Seems to be from the same hand as the Costanza
Fregosa, no. 1172. Perhaps Bolognese, about 1525.
HERBOUVILLE (Janet d’).
1177. Obv. AVLTRE.NE. VEIL . BVNO .— ECCE .
AGNVS. DE!. St John Baptist standing; in the
field a shield of arms.
Rev. No type. IANETVS DARBOWILLE . DO
MINVS . DE . BVNO . CASTELLANVS . ARCIS . SAN
CTE . CRVCIS . CREMONE . PRO . XPANISSIMO .
REGE . FRAN . FRANCOR . REX . AC . MLI . DVCE .
H. O.F.F.A.D. 1521
Arm. Ill, 214, d (80 mm.).
Formerly Bart. Borghesi Coll. Sale Catal. (1880), no. 400.
Arm., loc. cit.
Now known only, it seems, from the description in the Bor-
ghesi Catalogue. Evidently a foundation medal (H.O.F.F.
for Hoc opus fieri fecit) for burial in some building erected
by Janet d’Herbouville in 1521 when he was Captain
of the citadel of Santa Croce. REX is a mistake either in
the original or in the Borghesi Catalogue. VEIL is pre-
sumably for VEVIL (yeult). Janet d’Herbouville held
the fortress until his death, when it was recovered by
Sforza (22 Feb. 1524: L. Cavitelli, Annal. (1588), p. 281).
ILCINO (Fra Bartolommeo).
1178. Obv. A FR A BARTOLOMEVS a ILCINVS a
Bust r., tonsured, wearing habit with hood.
Rev. ME A EXAMINAST! a /B IGNE y A heart
above a mass of flames.
Arm. II, 76, 13 (42 mm.); III, 172, G. [a. Pl. 195.]
(«) Paris (Armand), 42 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Heiss,
Flor., ii, p. 238, Pl. xxii, 2.
The friar is unidentified. Milanesi thinks that his name
shows him to have come from Monteilcino (Montalcino)
near Siena (similarly the birthplace of the poet Bernardino
Ilcino was Montalcino). Or the name might be really
Licinus (Licini of Bergamo). Armand dates the medal in
his period 1475-1500; it seems to me better placed later.
For the motto cp. Ps. xvi. 3 and Ixv. 10.
MAFFEI (Raffaello), of Volterra.
1179. Obv. RAPHAEL MAFFEVS VOLAT Bust
I. , elderly, wearing plain cap and pleated robe.
High relief. Inscription between plain inner
and pearled outer circle.
Rev. OTONIA (below). View of Volterra.
Pearled border.
Arm. II, 53, 25 (38 mm.); HI, 173, n. [b. Pl. 195.]
(a) Brescia (Brozzoni), 37 mm. Mazz. I, xxiv, 4. Rizz.,
no. 479. (b) London (George III), J 39 mm. (c) Milan
VII
Med. Mun. (Brera), J 39 mm. Old cast, (d) Paris,
38-5 mm. Bad cast, p) Vienna, 39 mm. Zeno,
Z,^//grg(i785), iv, p. 139. Not contemporary, (f) T. W.
Greene, J 39 mm. N. Chr. (1913), p. 417, Pl. xx, 4.
(.§•) Formerly Heiss, 38 mm. Heiss, Flor., ii, 244,
Pl. xxii, 5.
Raffaello Maffei of Volterra (born 1451), the encyclo-
paedist, took orders at Rome in 1466; he left in 1476 and
returned in 1480. He died there on 25 Jan. 1522. The
curious little medal shows no traces of Roman or Florentine
style, and the view of Volterra on the reverse suggests that
it may be the work of a local artist. The portrait resembles
so strongly that on the monument of Maffei in S. Lino at
Volterra, by Silvio Cosini of Fiesole, that some connexion
between the two seems certain. Maffei knew Lysippus in
Rome, and a portrait of him as a youth is attributed to
that medallist (Pl. 131, no. 797).
Volterra took the name Ottonia from the Emperor Otto I
who restored it in 962, after it had lain in ruins since 916
when it was sacked by the Hungarians (R. Maffei, Storia
Volterrana, ed. Cinci, p. 7).
MAZZANTI (Agostino).
1180. Obv. AVGVSTINVS • MSNTVS • VERONEN
SIS • Bust 1., hair to nape of neck, wearing
cap with back-flap turned up, and cloak over
doublet (?).
Rev. OMNIBVS HIS SOLVS A triumphator
in a car drawn r. by three horses, and accom-
panied by a trumpeter and men carrying
legionary standards; the middle horse bends
his head down to a small dog; a man, helmeted,
carrying a trophy over his shoulder, leads the
off horse; above, a small flying figure carrying
a scroll (?).
Arm., II, 73, 18 (40 mm.); 127, 17 (39 mm.). Maffei,
Ver. ill., iv (1793), p. 90, Pl. ii, 2 (reversed). Tres. de
Num. I, xxxvi, 3. V. Salvaro in Boll. Ital. di Num., v
(1907), PP- 7i-3, 88-90. [e. Pl. 195.]
(a) Brescia (Brozzoni), 40 mm. Rizz., no. 500. Sal-
varo, loc. cit. (Z>) London (George III), 39 mm. With-
out rev. (late cast), (c) Milan, Med. Mun., J 38 mm.
Poor, [d) Another (Brera), bronze gilt, f 39 mm.
(e) Paris (Valton), f 39 mm. Arm., II, 127, 17. Sal-
varo, loc. cit. (/) Vienna, f 38 mm. Old cast, worn,
(g-) Weimar, Goethesammlung, 38 mm.
Armand, describing this medal twice over (owing to
reading the name first as Mazzanti, then as M. Zanti),
dates it first 1475-1500, then 1500-25. It is probably
near the border line, but rather later than earlier. It is
difficult to associate it with anything specifically Veronese
in style; its connexion is rather with the Mantuan school.
The triumphator on the reverse is apparently not Mazzanti,
but an old man. It was probably the military character
of this reverse, combined with the apparent cuirass (it
seems rather to be a doublet) under the cloak in the
portrait, that induced Maffei to describe Agostino as
a bravo capitano. Salvaro has traced two or three men of
the name. One is the son of Lodovico, mentioned as
husband of Margherita Vertuani on 20 Aug. 1490, and
again in the will of his brother Francesco, Sept. 1526-7.
This is probably the man of the medal. Another Agostino,
mentioned in the same will, was nephew of Francesco.
The Agostino father of Alessandro, mentioned in the
latter’s will of n Mar. 1516 as dead, must be yet another
person.
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