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Title: Lucretia Borgia
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Gregorovius, Ferdinand, 1821-1891 Garner, John Leslie
Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480-1519 Borgia family--Biography Femmes fatales--Italy--Rome--Biography Renaissance--Italy Rome (Italy)--Court and courtiers--History--16th century Italy--History--1492-1559.
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton
Contributing Library: Rutgers University Libraries
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daughters establishment. Her happiness—or,what to him was the same thing, her greatness—meant muchto him. He loved her passionately, superlatively, as theFerrarese ambassador wrote his master.* On the ambas-sadors suggestion the Duke of Ferrara sent as a weddinggift a pair of large silver hand basins with the accompany-ing vessels, all of the finest workmanship. Two residenceswere proposed for the young pair; the palace of S. Mariain Portico and the one near the castle of S. Angelo, whichhad belonged to the Cardinal Domenicus Porta of Aleria,who died February 4, 1493. The former, in which Lu-eretia was already living, was chosen. At last Sforza arrived. June 9th he made his entry byway of the Porta del Popolo, and was received by the whole * Mai fu visto il piu carnale homo ; Fhama questa madona Lucreziain superlativo gradu. Boccaccios Despatch, Rome, April 4,1493. Theword carnale is to be taken only in the sense of nepotism, as it is plainlyso used elsewhere by the ambassador, 58
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LUCEETIAS FIEST MAREIAGE senate, his brothers-in-law, and the ambassadors of thePowers. Lucretia, attended by several maids of honor,had taken a position in a loggia of her palace to see herbridegroom and his suite on their way to the Vatican. Ashe rode by, Sforza greeted her right gallantly, and hisbride returned his salutation. He was most graciouslyreceived by his father-in-law. Sforza was a man of attractive appearance, as we mayreadily discover from a medal which he had struck tenyears later, which represents him with long, flowing locksand a full beard. The mouth is sensitive, the under lipslightly drawn; the nose is somewhat aquiline; the fore-head smooth and lofty. The proportions of his featuresare noble, but lacking in character. Three days after his arrival, that is, June 12th, thenuptials were celebrated in the Vatican with ostentatiouspublicity. Alexander had invited the nobility, the officialsof Rome, and the foreign ambassadors to be present. Therewas a banquet, followe

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