Note 35 — Chapter VIII

These four books were printed by Cardinal Angelo Mai in the second volume of the Spicilegium Romanum, from two MSS. in the Vatican, and thence in the Prose volgare, pp. 431-523. The MSS. came to the Vatican from Fulvio Orsini. The one on parchment, with the Medici arms on a red leather binding, is the copy of books ii. and iii., presented by the author to Lorenzo. The other contains books iv. and v., apparently in Poliziano’s handwriting and without a dedication.