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The statute of David, for example, was a propaganda piece created to embellish the values of the Florentine republic.

When a smaller yellow diamond surfaced there was speculation that it's the Florentine diamond that was cut.

Ficino was hired by Cosimo Medici (the Florentine who invented banking and funded much of the Florentine renaissance) to translate Plato and other esoteric books coming from the fall of Constantinople.

Just look at the Florentine artists, who trained hard at their art under their masters, then produced creative masterpieces themselves.

I read a few articles on Italian history, specifically the Medici family with Florentine banks and hand-written ledgers.

Consiglio contro la pestilenza was apparently written in the Florentine language.

Strangely, you dismiss Ancient Greek culture as not being up to the task, but then grant that Florentine success was only because they copied old Greek culture.

That is an interesting wikip link I'd never think to branch on, say, in my past personal history interest of Florentine family rivalry.

Whether its adventure covertly continues today or whether it was lost forever, the Florentine diamond—in its massive, multi-faceted gleaming yellow form—is unlikely to ever be publicly seen again.

A story from the time recounts that Piero Soderino, the head of the powerful Florentine Republic, even told the famously irascible Michelangelo that David's nose was much too large.

Would medieval Florentine weavers recognize the problem we're dealing with?

Paoluccio Anafesto, the first ruler of the lagoon communities, called the doge (the Venetian equivalent of Latin dux or Florentine duca/duce, meaning leader or duke), is said to have been elected in the year 697.

"The 137-Carat Diamond Lost Forever" The Florentine Diamond enjoyed centuries of adventure, a slew of noble owners, and a position of prestige, before it went missing for what is likely the final time.

They all derive from Latin, there is no "old Italian" or anything, at some point we decided the Florentine "dialect", having the most literary prestige, would be standard Italian.

Other legal manuscripts were burned by Spanish troops for fuel' [1] On the other hand, the 4th Aztec emperor seems to have burned Aztec history books as a political move: 'According to the Florentine Codex, Itzcoatl ordered the burning of all historical codices because it was "not wise that all the people should know the paintings".

My point was towards this: > Or book my vacation for me, knowing I like a mediterranean vibe and Bistecco Florentine.

Or book my vacation for me, knowing I like a mediterranean vibe and Bistecco Florentine.

So, was Dante writing bad Latin or good Florentine?