cleofe

Updated: December 29, 2025

Petrarch and Boccaccio had described the representation of every sort of fame as attendants each of an allegorical figure; the celebrities of past ages were now made attendants of the prince. The poetess Cleofe Gabrielli of Gubbio paid this honour to Borso of Ferrara.

Jacob Burckhardt - The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy