An investigation into the tomb of the Medici warrior known as Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (“of the Black Bands”), born Lodovico de Medici in ... Contemporary Italian accounts of Giovanni ...

A rigorous account of the final days in the life of Giovanni De ... Italian as Joanni) had his troops blacken their armor to advance unseen by night, earning them the name of the Black Band.

Even he knew that Lorenzo de'Medici was not to be messed with. Perhaps by coincidence, the Italian noun for a hot ... was born just a year after Giovanni de'Medici, in 1476. Cesare was made ...

(ANSA) - Florence, November 19 - Researchers pried open the tomb of Giovanni de ... for the black bands of mourning he wore for Pope Leo X - and Maria Salviati were opened in the Medici Chapels ...

Even he knew that Lorenzo de'Medici was not to be messed with. Perhaps by coincidence, the Italian noun for a hot ... was born just a year after Giovanni de'Medici, in 1476. Cesare was made ...