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 INDEX Urbino, 8, 9, 13, 80 a Count of, in 1216, 335 daily life at the court of, 10-2 the Duchess of, — see Gonzaga, Eleanora and Elisabetta the Duke of, — see Montefeltro and Rovere Usage : the law of good speech, 3 ; but not bad usage, 48 ; who establish it, 48 ; changeable, 49 Utility, an element of beauty, 295 Valentino, Duke,— see Borgia, Cesare Valerius Maximus's " Memorable Doings and Sayings," 390, 401 Vanozza, Rosa, 377 Varano, Costanza da, 394 Varchi, 348 Variety of occupations, inculcated, 31 Varlungo, the priest of, (a character in Boccaccio), 127 Varro, Marcus Terentius, 54, 346 Vasari, Giorgio, 341, 343, 350 Vatican Library at Rome, 417 Vaulting on horseback, proper for the courtier, 31 Venery, an appropriate pastime for the courtier, 31 Venetians: their manner of ridingj ridiculed, 37, 130; addicted to the wearing of puffed sleeves, 104 Venice, 131, 147 Venus, 309 Venus Armata, 199, 39a Venus Calva, 199, 392 Vernacular (i.e., Italian), the courtier to be proficient in the use of the, 59 Vemia, Paolo Niccold, — see Nicoletto Verocchio, 341 Verulam, Lord, (Francis Bacon), 316 Vesme, Count Carlo Baudi di, 357, 417, 421 Vespasiano, 326 Vesta. 393 Vestal Virgins, 201 Vinci, Lfeonardo da, — see Leonardo da Vinci Viol, 88-9, 356 Viotti, Antonio di, 419 Virgin 41, 44, 47, 49, 53, 53, 339, 359 Virtu, lay a feminine quality, 169 Virtue, whether it is inborn or capable of being acquired, 251 et seq. Visconti, Bianca Maria, 381 Caterina, 355 Filippo Maria, Duke of Milan, 77, 355 Giangaleotto, Duke of Milan, 355 Giovanni Maria, Duke of Milan, 355 Valentina, 371 Viseu, the Bishop of, — see Silva Vite, Timoteo della, 343 Vitruvius, 342, 411 Vittorino da Feltre, 335 Vittorio Emanuele Library at Rome, 417 VisiOf ily a masculine quality, 169 Volpi, edition of THE COURTIER annotated by the brothers, 324, 421 Volterra, Mario da,— see Mario de' Maffei Vulcan, 253, 411 Wales, the Prince of, — see Henry VIII of England Weapons, the courtier to be familiar with the handling of, 39 "Wheel, the, (a court of justice), story about, 151, 379 Wifely affection, instances of, 194-7 Witticism and pleasantry, beginning of the discussion on, X30 Wives and husbands, ill treatment between, 193 Wolfe, John, 431 Womanliness, the chief essential in the Court Lady, 175 Womanly virtue, instances of, 190 et seq. Women, different kinds of men love different kinds of, 227-8 Women afford inspiration to poets and musicians, 220 Women and men, beginning of the discussion on the comparative excellence of, 182 Women's excellence in literature, music, painting and sculpture, 205 Women's extravagance in dress and ornament, 378 W^omen's honour, beginning of the discussion as to the regard to be shown to, 162 Women's innate love of honour, 209 et seq. Women's usefulness to men, ancient instances of, 197 et seq. Women's usual regret at not having been born men, 185 Wrestling, the courtier to be familiar w^ith, 29 W^riting and speaking, to be governed by essentially the same rules, 40 Xenocrates, 308, 403, 403 Xenophon, 5, 58, 350, 408 Xenophon's Cyropcedia, 334, 409 Xerxes, 41Z Youth, characteristics peculiar to, 91 Zenobia, 305, 401 Zetzner, Lazarus, 421 Zeus, 387, 408 Zeuxis, 70, 351 Zizim, — see Djem Zodiac, explanation of the Signs of the, 4x5 439