augurelli

Updated: January 23, 2026

Under Leo X the few Italians who busied themselves with it were called 'ingenia curiosa, and Aurelio Augurelli, who dedicated to Leo X, the great despiser of gold, his didactic poem on the making of the metal, is said to have received in return a beautiful but empty purse.

Jacob Burckhardt - The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy