2. Gardner, Dukes and Poets in Ferrara, Dukes and Poets in Ferrara, p. 512n. p. 512n.
3. Lucrezia to Ippolito, 1 May 1507, ASE, Casa e Stato, Busta 141.
4. Luzio, Isabella d"Este e i Borgia, Isabella d"Este e i Borgia, pp. 7256. pp. 7256.
5. Letter of 27 August 1507, Luzio, p. 716.
6. Lucrezia to Francesco, Ferrara, 9 September 1507, AG, Autograft 84, Busta 2.
7. Di Prosperi gives a description of the comedy in a letter to Isabella of 8 March 1508, AG, E x.x.xI.3, Busta 1242.
8. Luzio, p. 717.
9. Ibid., p. 719n.
10. Letter of 3 April 1508, Luzio, p. 720.
11. Capilupo to Gonzaga, 11 April 1508, Luzio, p. 722.
12. Letter of 25 April 1508, Luzio, p. 724.
13. Letter of 30 August 1508, Luzio p. 154.
14. Reggio, 21 August 1508, Luzio, p. 731.
15. Mantua, 25 August 1508, Luzio, p. 732.
16. Letter of 26 August 1508, Luzio, p. 732.
17. James, The Letters of Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti (14811510), The Letters of Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti (14811510), p. 65. p. 65.
18. Ibid., p. 62.
19. Lucrezia to Francesco, 30 December 1508, AG, Autograft 84, Busta 2.
20. Letter of 1 January 1509, Luzio, p. 731.
Chapter 14: The Years of War, 150912 (pp. 290315).
1. See Pastor, The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages, The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages, vol. VI, p. 314. vol. VI, p. 314.
2. Lucrezia to Alfonso, 18 July 1509, plus undated drafts, ASE, Casa e Stato, Busta 141.
3. Di Prosperi to Isabella, 17 December 1509, AG, E x.x.xI.3, Busta 1242.
4. Shaw, Julius II: The Warrior Pope, Julius II: The Warrior Pope, p. 259. p. 259.
5. Lucrezia to Francesco, Ferrara, 26 July 1510, AG, Autografi 84, Busta 2.
6. Sanudo, I Diarii, Diarii, vol. XI, col. 114. vol. XI, col. 114.
7. Ibid., col. 129.
8. Lucrezia to Francesco, 22 August 1510, AG, Autografi 84, Busta 2.
9. Sanudo, vol. XI, col. 153.
10. Luzio, Isabella d"Este di Fronte a Giulio II, Isabella d"Este di Fronte a Giulio II, pp. 89. pp. 89.
11. Lucrezia to Francesco, 14 October 1505, AG, Autografi 84, Busta 1.
12. Abraham Thus to Lucrezia, n.d. [? August 1510], filed with Lucrezia"s letters to Alfonso, ASE, Casa e Stato, Busta 141.
13. Sanudo, vol. XI, col. 466, 25 September 1510.
14. Luzio, p. 9 and n2.
15. Lucrezia to Isabella, 10 September 1510, AG, Autografi 84, Busta 2.
16. Sanudo, vol. XI, col. 279.
17. Luzio, p. 47.
18. Gregorovius, Lucretia Borgia, Lucretia Borgia, p. 332 and n. p. 332 and n.
19. Luzio, p. 59n.
20. Ibid., p. 78n.
21. Di Prosperi to Isabella, 15 April 1512, AG, E x.x.xI.3, Busta 1244.
22. Lucrezia to Francesco, Ferrara, 27 January 1512, AG, Autografi 84, Busta 3.
23. Francesco to Vigo di Camposampiero, 17 June 1512, Luzio, p. 130n.
24. Lucrezia to Isabella, 12 August 1512, AG, Autografi 84, Busta 3.
25. Luzio, p. 172.
Chapter 15: Lucrezia Triumphant (pp. 31635).
1. The plaques were executed by Giannantonio da Foligno, leading member of a family of goldsmiths and engravers, originally from Foligno but for many years settled in Ferrara, where Giannantonio carried out commissions for the n.o.bility and particularly for Lucrezia. His work features in her Inventory of jewels of 151619.
2. ASE, Casa e Stato, Busta 401.
3. Gregorovius, Lucretia Borgia, Lucretia Borgia, p. 335. p. 335.
4. 21 February 1511, "Ordini d"Isabella d"Aragona, d.u.c.h.essa di Milano", ASE, Casa e Stato, Busta 401.
5. ASE, Casa e Stato, Busta 401.
6. Luzio, Isabella d"Este di Fronte a Giulio II, Isabella d"Este di Fronte a Giulio II, p. 169. p. 169.
7. Ibid., p. 173n.
8. Di Prosperi to Isabella, 15 October 1512, AG, E x.x.xI.3, Busta 1244.
9. Luzio, p. 184n.
10. Lucrezia to Francesco, 4 February 1513, AG, Autografi 84, Busta 3.
11. Shaw, Julius II: The Warrior Pope, Julius II: The Warrior Pope, pp. 31415. pp. 31415.
12. Di Prosperi to Isabella, 2 April 1513, enclosing information on the banquet of 1 April 1513, AG, E x.x.xI.3, Busta 1245.
13. Luzio, p. 213.
14. Ibid., p. 214.
15. BCAFe, MS, coll. Antonelli, 272.
16. Lucrezia to Francesco, 7 April 1513, AG, Autograft 84, Busta 3.
17. Lucrezia to Francesco, 4 July 1515, AG, Autograft 84, Busta 3.
18. See letter by Ippolita Sforza Bentivoglio to Trissino mentioning Lucrezia"s esteem for him, 1 June 1512, in Morsolin, Giangiorgio Trissino. Monografia d"un gentiluomo letterato nel secolo XVI, Giangiorgio Trissino. Monografia d"un gentiluomo letterato nel secolo XVI, p. 387. p. 387.
19. Morsolin, Lucrezia to Trissino, Belriguardo, 18 September 1515, doc. x.x.x, p. 397.
20. Morsolin, Lucrezia to Trissino, Ferrara, 22 November 1515, pp. 3978.
21. Morsolin, Lucrezia to Trissino, 26 March 1516, loc. cit. supra.
22. Morsolin, Lucrezia to Trissino, 1 June 1516, p. 404.
23. Laureati, Da Borgia a Este: due vite in quarant"anni, Da Borgia a Este: due vite in quarant"anni, p. 55. p. 55.
24. See Lowry, The World of Aldus Manutius: Business and Scholarship in Renaissance Venice, The World of Aldus Manutius: Business and Scholarship in Renaissance Venice, p. 203. p. 203.
25. Canto 13.69.
26. Canto 42.83.
27. Lucrezia to Francesco, 2 January 1517, AG, Autograft 84, Busta 3.
28. Sanudo, I Diarii, I Diarii, vol. XXI, cols 1819. vol. XXI, cols 1819.
Chapter 16: The Last Year of Tranquillity (pp. 33659).
1. Lucrezia Borgia Household Accounts, ASE, Camera Ducale, Amministrazione dei Principi, "Libro di entrate e uscite", 151419, B1134.
2. BCAFe, Cla.s.se I, 656, Albo Estense Autografi.
3. Di Prosperi to Isabella, 18 February 1518, AG, E x.x.xI.3, Busta 1246.
4. Di Prosperi to Isabella, 30 August 1518, AG, E x.x.xI.3, Busta 1246.
5. Di Prosperi to Isabella, 26 December 1518, AG, E x.x.xI.3, Busta 1246.
6. Hope, "The "Camerini d"Alabastro" of Alfonso d"Este", in The Burlington Magazine, The Burlington Magazine, vol. CXIII, no. 824, November 1971, p. 649. vol. CXIII, no. 824, November 1971, p. 649.
7. Lucrezia to Isabella, 19 August 1518, AG, Autografi 84, Busta 4.
8. Lucrezia to Francesco, letters of 20, 21 and 23 August 1518, AG, Autografi 84, Busta 4.
9. Lucrezia to Isabella, Ferrara, 26 August 1518, AG, Autografi 84, Busta 4.
10. Lucrezia to Isabella, Ferrara, 17 October 1517, AG, Autografi 84, Busta 3.
11. Di Prosperi to Isabella, 4 March 1518, AG, E x.x.xI.3, Busta 1246.
12. Giovanni Borgia to Alfonso, 8 July [1519], ASE, Cancelleria Ducale, Particolari, Busta 209, Fase. 4 Borgia.
13. Di Prosperi to Isabella, 1 May 1518, AG, E x.x.xI.3, Busta 1246.
14. Di Prosperi to Isabella, 16 June 1518.
15. ASE, Camera Ducale, Amministrazione dei Principi, Busta 1127.
16. Juan Las Cases to Lucrezia, 12 May 1518, ASE, Cancelleria Ducale, Particolari, Busta 209, Fase. 4 Borgia.