The renaissance: its art and life; Florence (1450-1550) (1908)
Brinton, Selwyn, 1859-1940 · Paris, New York [etc.] Goupil & Co. · leaf 26
ella and San Giovanni. Each of these fourquarters has its standard (gonfalone) each standard has its standard-bearer (gonfaloniere) their office being to run with arms whenever they are called by the Gonfaloniere of Justice, and to defend, each under hisown ensign, the Palace of the Signory, and to… … THE NEW LEARNING. 5 We may note here the immense importance attached to that symbolof civic life, the Palace of the Signoria. Again and again in these pageswe shall find the first effort of the conspirator (whether popular orMedicean) is to get inside the Palace, and to hold it : that first step…
Art · Art, Renaissance
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