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Schultz, a printer, 421

Scipio Africanus Maximus, 207, 347, 377, 401, 402, 408

Scipio Africanus the Younger, 51, 58, 106, 146, 190, 205, 210, 250, 340, 344, 358, 408

Scipio Nasica, Publius Cornelius, 148, 377

Sciron, 275, 411

“Scissors,” 192

Scoto, Girolamo, 420

Scott, Mary Augusta, 316, 332

Sculpture and painting, the comparative merits of, 66-8, 349-50

Scythia, 285

Scythians: a custom among the, 266; mentioned, 414

Sebastian, St., the basilica of, 404

Sebastiano, a brother of Fra Serafino, 335

Self-confidence requisite in the courtier, 28

Self-depreciation, to be avoided, 117

Self-praise discussed, 25-7

Self-seclusion of princes, 249

Selim I of Turkey, 372, 388

Semiramis, 205, 401

Seneca’s Hippolytus, 367

Sera, Francesca del, 343 Neri del, 343

Serafino, Fra,—see Fra Serafino master, 150

Serafino Ciminelli d’Aquila, 142, 352, 373

Serassi, Pierantonio, 421

Seres, William, 420

Sertenas, Vincent, 419

Seven Sages of Greece, the, 408

Sforza, Anna, first wife of Alfonso d’Este, 399 Battista, Duchess of Urbino, 317, 326, 394 Bianca, 337 Bianca Maria, 396 Caterina, 336-7 Francesco, Duke of Milan, 326, 341, 355, 381, 394, 397, 398 Francesco Maria, 399 Galeazzo Maria, Duke of Milan, 337, 381 Giangaleazzo, Duke of Milan, 381, 398 Ippolita Maria, Queen of Naples, 327, 397, 398 Ludovico il Moro, Duke of Milan, 153, 313, 327, 332, 336, 337, 341, 371, 373, 381, 395, 396, 398, 399, 409 Maximilian, 399 Muzio Attendolo, 381

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