本帖最后由 choi 于 6-16-2021 13:41 编辑
(c) "Built in 1345 at the narrowest crossing of the Arno River, Ponte Vecchio originally was a street market of butchers and fishmongers, but after the Medici's Vasari corridor was built so the family could traverse the bridge in comfort, a 1593 decree by Ferdinando I de' Medici replaced those foul-smelling operations with goldsmiths and jewelry dealers."
(i) Vasari corridor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasari_Corridor
("connects the Palazzo Vecchio with the Palazzo Pitti * * * At the time of construction, the corridor had to be built around the Torre dei Mannelli, using brackets * * * The full length of the corridor is approximately one kilometre")
Section 1 History and overview: "The Vasari Corridor was built in five months by order of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici in 1565, to the design of Giorgio Vasari. * * * The idea of an enclosed passageway was motivated by the Grand Duke's desire to move freely between his residence and the government palace, when, like most monarchs of the period, he felt insecure in public, in his case especially because he had replaced the Republic of Florence [1115–1569]. The meat market of Ponte Vecchio was moved to avoid its smell reaching into the passage, its place being taken by the goldsmith shops that still occupy the bridge.
(A) First of all, search images.google.com with (Vasari corridor map) -- no quotation marks -- and you will appreciate the 2 dimensions of the corridor.
(B) Palazzo Pitti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Pitti
("The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally the town residence of Luca Pitti, an ambitious Florentine banker. The palace was bought by the Medici family in 1549 and became the chief residence of the ruling families of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. * * * The palazzo is now the largest museum complex in Florence")
(C) Torre dei Mannelli
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_dei_Mannelli
(photo caption: "Corridoio Vasariano and the Torre dei Mannelli")
• The lower half of the photo shows a smooth buff-colored wall. That is Vasari corridor. But pay attention to what underneath the corridor: at least five sets of dark horizontal and diagonal beams; they are brackets (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket_(architecture)
("Brackets vary widely in shape, but a prototypical bracket is the L-shaped metal piece * * * ")
• Here is a more close-up view of the brackets.
Miky (Sydney, Australia), Any Given Days * * *. May 12, 2011
https://mikyag.blogspot.com/2011 ... asari-corridor.html
(bottom photo)
(D) Italian-English dictionary:
* dei (contracation; derived from preposition di of + i the (definitive masculine plural article) ): "(archaic dii) of the"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dei
* cane (noun masculine; from Latin [noun masculine or feminine] canis [dog]): "dog"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cane
(E) Italian Grammar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_grammar
In section 1 Article, one can see article i: "i cani (plural of il cane)" (cane is defined in (D) above. English: the dogs/ the dog. The English noun dog is from Old English dogga, docga.)
In section 8 Preposition, one can find di and dei -- but there is no de, as in de Medici.
(F) Why is the family name of the House of Medici written as 'de' Medici' not 'dei Medici'? StackExchange, May 18, 2020
https://italian.stackexchange.co ... de-medici-not-dei-m
(G) Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo_I_de%27_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany
(1519 – 1574; "was the second Duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, a title he held until his death [and passed on]"/ table: Issue Francesco I de' Medici, Ferdinando I de' Medici among others)
section 1 Life, section 1.1 Rise to power: "Cosimo came to power [became (the second) duke] in 1537 at age 17, just after the 26-year-old Duke of Florence, Alessandro de' Medici, was assassinated. Cosimo was from a different branch of the Medici family * * * It was necessary to search for a successor outside of the 'senior' branch of the Medici family * * * since the only male child of Alessandro, the last lineal descendant of the senior branch, was born out-of-wedlock and was only four years' old at the time of his father's death.
(ii) Ferdinando I de' Medici
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinando_I_de%27_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany
(1549 - 1609; table: Predecessor Francesco I de' Medici, Successor Cosimo II; Issue: [you can see Ferdinando I has two sons and three daughters, Cosimo being the older of the two sons])
(A) Cosimo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo
(from an Ancient Greek word meaning universe)
(B) House of Medici
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Medici
("Medici Bank. This bank was the largest in Europe during the 15th century, and it facilitated the Medici's rise to political power in Florence * * * [section 1 History:] The origin of the [sur]name is uncertain. Medici is the plural of [Italian noun masculine] medico, meaning 'medical doctor.' The dynasty began with the founding of the Medici Bank in Florence in 1397")
(C) issue (n): "Law formal children of one's own <He died without male issue>"
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/issue
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