TRANSLATOR'S  PREFACE



Although  Del  Badia's  ample and  learned  notes  are

sufficient for an  Italian, it seemed to me that many allu¬

sions might be puzzling to an English reader,  especially

to one who did not know Florence well; therefore I have

added short  notes  on  city-gates,  churches and  other

buildings which now  no longer  exist; on  some  of the

festivals and customs; on those streets which have changed

their nomenclature  since  Landucci's, day;  and  also  on

the old money.

  His old-fashioned spelling of names and places has been

retained (amongst other peculiarities the Florentine was

in the habit  of replacing an I by  an r) ;  also the old

calendar; and the old Florentine method of reckoning the

hours of the  day (see  notes to 12 January,  1465,  and to

27 April, 1468).  As  for the changes in the  Government,

they were so frequent and so  complex, that it is necessary

to have recourse to a consecutive history in order to under¬

stand them.

                                            A. de R. J.

  Florence 1926.





  The books to which I am indebted are as follows:

  Storia  della  Repubblica di  Firenze (2 vols.),  Gino Capponi.

Firenze, 1875; Pianta geometrica della citta di Firenze, F. Fantozzi

(out of print), Firenze,  1843;  Notizie storici sulle Chiese di Firenze

(10 vols.), G. Richa, Firenze, 1758; Studi storici sul centra di Firenze,

Carocci ed altri, Firenze, 1889; Firenze scomparsa: ricordi storici e

artistici, Carocci (out of  print),  Firenze,  1897; Firenze  vecchia,

G. Conti  (out of print), Firenze,  1899; Storia della moneta della

Repubblica florentina, Orsini (out of print), Firenze, Viviani, 1760;

Vite  de'  piu eccellenti Pittori, Scultori,  e Architetti, G. Vasari,

Firenze,  Le Monnier, 1852.
 

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