Passavant, Johann David: Raphael of Urbino and his father Giovanni Santi (London , New York: MacMillan and Co., 1872)

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<^8d^EZb^ lOVr^blbll L^blll rvas born at Lolbordolo, a small
lorvn, formerly fortibed, on tbe summit of a mountain, in
M tire ancient duclr^ of Idrbino. lire remains of a castle
ma^ still be seen tlrere. Vrom tins bei§bt tlrere is a
ma^nibcent vierv over bills, planted rvitb vines and
olives, betrveen rvbiclr tire rivers ?isauro and ^psa llorv down towards tire
plain of?escara and tire Adriatic Zea.
^Vt Lolbordolo tlrere lived, in tire be§innin§ of tire lourtsentb century,
a man nanrecl Zante? His descendants received from lrim tlre surname
of 3ante or Zanti. r^.t a later period, in tire time of Vasari, tlre Latin
name Zs-r^' or Lanctius rvas translated according to tire Italian custom
into as rve usually find it rvritten norv.
Of tlris elder Zante, rve merely lcnorv tbat ire bad a son—Ibero or
Ibetro. lire sons of bietro rvere named Luca—wbo died about 14Z6, and
berux^olo—rvlro married, about 1418, Lsntilina, tbe dau§bter of Antonio
Lrbinelli.
?eru22olo bad, b^ tbis marriage, one son, to rvbom be §ave tbe name
of Zante, and trvo dau§bters, ^sacopa and Lrancesca. He rvas not
rvitbout a fortune, for tlrere are documents still in existence rvbicb prove
tbat be purcbased, in 14Z8, a bouse in tbe Oastls square, and tbat be
also possessed some fields. Rut be suffered §reat losses, in 1446, rvlren

' lire baptismal name Zante is still used in tbat part oil tbe country.