Note *57 — Chapter IV

Federigo was born in Gubbio, where he remained for two years, and on 2 December, 1437, was there solemnly betrothed to Gentile Brancaleoni. On the question of the birth of Federigo, see Reposati, op. cit., tom. I., p. 136, and Ugolini, op. cit., tom. I., p. 221. I take this opportunity of referring the reader behind all the later lives of Federigo to what is probably the first, the codex Vatic. Urbin. 1010. It is a codex cartaceo in folio bound in parchment measuring 0·32 × 0·21 of 107 pages. It is written by many hands, and is rich in marginal notes probably by Bernardino Baldi. It is entitled, Commentarj della vita et gesti dell'invittessimo Federico duca d'Urbino raccolti et scritti da Pierantonio Paltroni da Urbino. Guido Zaccagnini has written a commentary on this MS. in Le Marche, fasc. I., ann. IV., pp. 8-33 (Fano, 1904). Cf. also Madiai, F. da M. nella Relaz. coi Parenti in Le Marche (Fano, 1903), vol. III., pp. 114 et seq.; G. Zannoni, Federico II., di Montefeltro e G.A. Compano, in Atti della R. Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. See also F. Madiai, Pierantonio Paltroni e B. Baldi biografi di Federico da Montefeltro, in Le Marche, fasc. V.-VI., ann. II. (Fano, 1902).