1413.

Near to Cordusio is Pier Antonio da Tossano and his brother Serafino. [Footnote:  This note is written between lines 23 and 24 of the text No. 710.  Corduso, Cordusio (curia ducis) = Cordus in the Milanese dialect, is the name of a Piazza between the Via del Broletto and the Piazza de’ Mercanti at Milan..  In the time of il Moro it was the centre of the town.  The persons here named were members of the noble Milanese family de’Fossani; Ambrogio da Possano, the contemporary painter, had no connection with them.]

1414.

Memoranda after 1500 (1414—­1434)

1414.

Paul of Vannochio at Siena ...  The upper chamber for the apostles.

[4] Buildings by Bramante.

The governor of the castle made a prisoner.

[6] Visconti carried away and his son killed. [Footnote 6:  Visconti. Chi fosse quel Visconte non sapremmo indovinare fra tanti di questo nome.  Arluno narra che allora atterrate furono le case de’ Viconti, de’ Castiglioni, de’ Sanseverini, e de’ Botta e non e improbabile che ne fossero insultati e morti i padroni.  Molti Visconti annovera lo stesso Cronista che per essersi rallegrati del ritorno del duca in Milano furono da’ Francesi arrestati, e strascinati in Francia come prigionieri di stato; e fra questi Messer Francesco Visconti, e suo figliuolo Battista. (AMORETTI, Mem.  Stor.  XIX.).]

Giovanni della Rosa deprived of his money.

Borgonzio began ....; and moreover his fortunes fled. [Footnote 8:  Borgonzio o Brugonzio Botta fu regolatore delle ducali entrate sotto il Moro, alla cui fuga la casa sua fu pur messa a sacco da’ partitanti francesi. (AMORETTI, l. c.)]

The Duke has lost the state, property and liberty and none of his entreprises was carried out by him.

[Footnote:  l. 4—­10 This passage evidently refers to events in Milan at the time of the overthrow of Ludovico il Moro.  Amoretti published it in the ‘Memorie Storiche’ and added copious notes.]

1415.

Ambrosio Petri, St. Mark, 4 boards for the window, 2 ..., 3 the saints of chapels, 5 the Genoese at home.

1416.

Piece of tapestry,—­pair of compasses,—­ Tommaso’s book,—­the book of Giovanni Benci,—­the box in the custom-house,—­to cut the cloth,—­the sword-belt,—­to sole the boots, —­a light hat,—­the cane from the ruined houses,—­the debt for the table linen, —­swimming-belt,—­a book of white paper for drawing,—­charcoal.—­How much is a florin ...., a leather bodice.

1417.

Borges shall get for you the Archimedes from the bishop of Padua, and Vitellozzo the one from Borgo a San Sepolcro [Footnote 3:  Borgo a San Sepolcro, where Luca Paciolo, Leonardo’s friend, was born.]

[Footnote:  Borges.  A Spanish name.]

1418.

Marzocco’s tablet.

1419.

Marcello lives in the house of Giacomo da Mengardino.