Note 41 — IX LORETO TO THE BATHS OF LUCCA
W. G. (William George) Waters translation
The silk manufacture of Lucca goes back beyond all record. In the time of Castruccio Castracane a large number of citizens, offended at his usurpation, emigrated to other Italian cities and took their art with them. It was thus that the art of brocade-making was introduced into Florence.