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The door at the principal entrance to the Library from the Cortile del Papagallo was decorated with special care. Marble was bought for the doorcase, and the door itself was studded with 95 bronze nails, which were gilt, as were also the ring and knocker, and the frame of trellised ironwork (cancellus), which hung within the outer door. The following entries refer to this work, which was begun in April or May 1476, and not concluded till the following November.

Dedi Paulino Albertino pro clavis æneis quos facturus est pro magna porta bibliothecæ ducatos duos ad emendum æs, die secunda maii.

Dedi m°. Andreæ mediolanensi qui inauraturus est clavos portæ magnæ bibliothecæ ducatos iiii mi pro parte solutionis die x Aprilis 1476.

Dedi m°. Ioanni lapicidæ ducatos duos pro marmore fabrefacto ad portam Bibliothecæ die xvii maii 1476.

Dedi eidem Paulino ducatos duos pro clavis æneis die xviiii maii 1476.

Dedi Paulo et Dionysio pictoribus cancelli et portæ bibliothecæ ducatos ii, die xxii maii 1476.

Dedi Paulo et Dionysio pictoribus ducatum vnum die xxvi maii 1476.

Dedi eidem magistro Andreæ aurario ducatos septem die xxvii maii 1476.

Dedi eidem Paulo et Dionysio ducatum vnum die xxviii maii.

Dedi Paulo et Dionysio ducatum vnum pro pictura die v Junii 1476.

Dedi pictoribus videlicet Dionysio et Paulo ducatos x pro pictura cancelli et portæ magnæ die octava Junii 1476.

Dedi Paulino suprascripto pro clavis nonaginta quinque æneis magnis, pro annulo eiusdem portæ, cum rosa, scuto, clavo ad percutiendum hostium, ducatos xiiii cum dimidio die vii novembris 1476. Nil amplius restat habere.

Dedi carlenos quinque magistro Andreæ aurario pro reliquo inauraturæ clavorum æneorum portæ majoris. Summa est xi ducatorum et quinque carlenorum, nil amplius restat habere, die vii novembris 1476.

Dedi Paulo et Dionysio pictoribus pro reliquo picturæ factæ in cancello et auro ibi posito, pro restaurata pictura bibliothecæ [? grecæ], ducatos x; nil amplius restat habere. Omnino sunt d. xxv, die vii novembris 1476.

Dedi magistro Andreæ aurario ducatos tres cum dimidio pro inauratura annuli portæ magnæ, pro clavo ad percutiendum, scuto et rosa, nil restat habere, die xiii novembris 1476^[1].

If these payments be analysed it will be seen that the bronze nails, ring, and knocker cost 18 ducats and a half; that

1. Müntz, pp. 125—127.