Cicogna, Emmanuele Antonio: Delle Inscrizioni Veneziane Raccolte ed Illustrate, 6 voll., Venezia, Giuseppe Orlandelli Editore, 1824–1853.
A chronology of the main events in the life of Bianca Cappello, Venetian noblewoman, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and Daughter of the Republic.
In 1563, a young Venetian noblewoman eloped with her lover, never to come back to Venice again. She went on to have an eventful, and highly unusual life, in Florence.