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Then follow the godfathers; there are ten of them.
6 Maestro Francesco only taught Michael Angelo to read and write in
the vulgar tongue, for his pupil complained in after life that he
knew no Latin; this was not Francesco's fault, for his pupil soon
followed his friend's--another Francesco--influence and neglected
literature for the art that made him famous.
7 Ghirlandaio, born 1449, died 1494.
8 Martin Schongauer, born at Colmar about 1450, died 1488.
9 When Michael Angelo was thirteen years old Lodovico gave in to his
wishes and apprenticed him to Domenico Ghirlandajo (he was called
Ghirlandajo because as a goldsmith he had made garlands of golden
leaves for the brows of the Florentine ladies) upon the unusual
terms set forth in the following minute from Domenico's ledger under
the date 1488:
"I record this first of April how that I, Lodovico di Lionardo di
Buonarrota, bind my son Michael Angelo to Domenico and Davit di
Tommaso di Currado for the next three ensuing years, under these
conditions and contracts: to wit that the said Michael Angelo shall
stay with the above-named masters during this time, to learn the art
of painting, and to practise the same, and to be at the order of the
above-named; and they for their part, shall give him in the course
of these three years twenty-four florins (fiorini di Sagello, _L_8
12_s.
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