Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Arezzo in the early Renaissance
- 2 The Accolti family
- 3 Benedetto Accolti's early life and works
- 4 Accolti in Florence and Arezzo in the 1440s and early 1450s
- 5 Accolti's election as chancellor of Florence
- 6 The Florentine chancellorship
- 7 The Florentine chancery under Accolti
- 8 Accolti's Dialogus
- 9 Accolti's history of the first crusade and the Turkish menace
- 10 Accolti and Renaissance historiography
- Epilogue
- Appendix I Letters of Benedetto Accolti
- Appendix II Accolti's work as a palace official during his chancellorship
- Appendix III Pratica concerned with increasing Accolti's salary as chancellor
- Appendix IV Accolti and the incident of Ponzano, July–August 1463
- Select bibliography
- Index
Appendix III - Pratica concerned with increasing Accolti's salary as chancellor
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Arezzo in the early Renaissance
- 2 The Accolti family
- 3 Benedetto Accolti's early life and works
- 4 Accolti in Florence and Arezzo in the 1440s and early 1450s
- 5 Accolti's election as chancellor of Florence
- 6 The Florentine chancellorship
- 7 The Florentine chancery under Accolti
- 8 Accolti's Dialogus
- 9 Accolti's history of the first crusade and the Turkish menace
- 10 Accolti and Renaissance historiography
- Epilogue
- Appendix I Letters of Benedetto Accolti
- Appendix II Accolti's work as a palace official during his chancellorship
- Appendix III Pratica concerned with increasing Accolti's salary as chancellor
- Appendix IV Accolti and the incident of Ponzano, July–August 1463
- Select bibliography
- Index
Summary
Die v februarii 1460. Magnificus … vexillifer iustitie dixit … videri preterea dominis aliquid agendum esse de augendo salario domini Benedicti cancellarii, nee in his quicquam eos decreturos absque illorum assensu et consilio.
Franciscus Ventura … super negotio cancellarii dixit gratum esse opus ei salarium augere qui bonam operam prestat nec mercedem bene expensam caram unquam videri posse.
Dominus Mannus [Temperani] … super salario cancellarii augendo dixit proverbium esse vulgatum mercedem institoris boni aut discipuli nunquam caram fuisse. Ideoque cum ipse virtuose serviat videri sibi iuxta eius virtutes retributionem fiendam esse ac salarium augendum.
Dominicus Martellus … de salario autem domini Benedicti dixit idem videri sibi quod aliis. Neminem enim fuisse in eo loco qui diligentius ac melius se habuerit. Et reliquit exercitium advocationis sibi maxime utile. Et ideo salarium eius omnino augendum esse.
Dominus Otto [Niccolini] dixit … de re autem domini Benedicti idem se quod alios sentire, presertim cum reliquerit exercitium advocationis et optime satisfaciat. Et ideo videri sibi centum florenos addendos esse salario veteri.
Johannes Bartolus dixit … cumque omnes cives pariter efferant laudibus cancellarium ipsum equum esse ut salarium illi augeatur, cuius officium magis prodest civitati quam sibi.
Franchus Sacchectus ait … nee satis de virtute cancellarii digne dici posse cui, cum reliquerit sua exercitia, de maiori salario censere providendum esse, sicut alii dixerunt.
Dietisalvius Neronis … cancellarium autem dixit esse hominem valde prestantem. Et ideo nedum sibi pro salario centum florenos augendos esse sed longe maiorem quantitatem, sicut dominis visum fuerit.
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- Benedetto Accolti and the Florentine Renaissance , pp. 340 - 341Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1985