Lucrezia Borgia – The Life of a Pope's Daughter in der Renaissance
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" ... she [Lucrezia Tornabuoni] belonged to a family who were formerly nobles of the name of Tornaquinci, but had changed their name and arms about two hundred years before in order to become ordinary citizens and eligible for the Signoria and who were notable patrons of Art ... She was learned, a poetess, and a deeply religious woman. She distinguished herself not only as a noted patroness of learning, but also by her own writings, and Crescembeni is of opinion that she 'excelled the greater part of, not to say all, the poets of her time.' Her chief writings were hymns and translations of Holy Scriptures in verse ... Dr Pastor ... couples her with Cecilia Gonzaga, Isotta Nogarola, Cassandra Fedele, and Antonia Pulci in detailing the most notable ladies of the time who came forth from the seclusion in which women had hitherto shut themselves up, and won for themselves renown in literature and science." (in: G. F. Young, The Medici, Vol. 1, London 1930, p. 187)
Lucrezia Tornabuoni "was a remarkable woman, charming and spirited, profoundly religious and highly accomplished ... she was a poet of more than moderate ability. Since her interests were largely theological, most of her poems were hymns or translations into verse of Holy Writ ... [she was] an admirable wife and mother. Both her husband and her children, as well as her father-in-law, all seem to have adored her." (in: Christopher Hibbert, The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, London 1974, p. 102).
After her death, her son Lorenzo de' Medici said: "I have lost not only my mother, but my one refuge from many of my troubles, a comfort in my labours, and one who saved me from many of those labours." (in: G. F. Young, The Medici, Vol. 1, London 1930, p. 260)
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