Lorenzo il Magnifico de' Medici was the head of the ruling
political party at the apogee of the golden age of Quattrocento
Florence. Born in 1449, his life was shaped by privilege and
responsibility, and his deeds as a statesman were legendary even
while he lived. At his death he was master of the largest and most
famous private palace in Florence, a building crammed full of the
household goods of four generations of Medici as well as the most
extraordinary collections of art, antiquities, books, jewelry,
coins, cameos, and rare vases in private hands. His heirs undertook
an inventory of the estate, a usual procedure following the demise
of an important head of family. An anonymous clerk, pen and paper
in hand, walked through the palace from room to room, counting and
recording the barrels of wine and the water urns; opening cabinets
and chests; unfolding and examining clothes, fabrics, and
tapestries; describing the paintings he saw on the walls; and
unlocking jewel boxes and weighing and evaluating coins, medals,
necklaces, brooches, rings, and cameos. The original document he
produced has been lost, but a copy was made by another clerk in
1512. Richard Stapleford's critical translation of this document
offers the reader a window onto the world of the Medici family,
their palace, and the material culture that surrounded them.
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