tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047951599825887753.post8860308887782157830..comments2024-03-17T19:25:12.889+01:00Comments on TravelMarx: Giglio or Giaggliolo – Florence StemmaTravelMarxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03225272761579994072noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047951599825887753.post-29077241646957843072008-06-19T04:10:00.000+02:002008-06-19T04:10:00.000+02:00Thanks. A couple of Medici ended up as queens of F...Thanks. A couple of Medici ended up as queens of France as well.TravelMarxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225272761579994072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047951599825887753.post-14456799020431898542008-06-18T22:28:00.000+02:002008-06-18T22:28:00.000+02:00From: Chamers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionay of Uni...From: Chamers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionay of Universal Knowledge<BR/><BR/>"... Their [the Medici] well-known arms, representing six balls (from whence their war-cry of 'Palle'), were popularly but without reason believed to represent pills, as their name to show that they had been originally apothecaries.<BR/><BR/>In 1465 Louis XI. of France honoured the Medici by conferring on them the right to wear the French fleur-de-lis on one of the balls. ..."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10265755182289178474noreply@blogger.com