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To: Solon who wrote (315)4/28/1999 9:01:00 PM
From: Don Pueblo  Read Replies (2) of 3795
 
He was not a Medici, he worked for them. That's an interesting family history too. Too bad they don't teach that stuff in Art History. At least where I went to school.

But your answer makes sense. I'll go yank out a book and see if I can find something. The problem is that it's all heresay at this point, and Old News. Very Old News. I'll try and find a picture of the coat of arms, that might give a clue.

They had a terse way of dealing with corrupt civil employees and such back then. Public flaying. I guess it kept the crime rate among public officials down to almost nothing.

Art Hitorians. Always around, and then when you really need one, no way.
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