Note 94 — THE STORY OF THE UNFINISHED PALACE a legend of the via del proconsolo

Rizzar l’uovo di Pippo sù un píano. “To do a difficult thing, or achieve it by tact and skill.” This hints at the egg of Columbus. But Columbus set the egg upright by breaking its end, which was not a fair game. Any egg can be set on end on a marble table (I have done it), by patient balancing, without breaking.