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A characteristic of the daily Renaissance life was its great simplicity, even among the rich.

In the palace of the Medici, the

ordinary hospitality consisted in the offer of wine and chestnuts! At the table

of the great Lorenzo de Medici, we read that there was no recognition of

rank in the order of seating, but that each took his place according to

the time of arrival, whether he was a member of the city government or

the student of sculpture, Michelangelo.

Domenico Ghirlandaio - The Birth of Mary , 1486-1490 (actually a scene of Renaissance life) Santa Maria Novella, Florence

The Florentines could justly congratulate themselves on the comfort and even luxury of their houses

during the Renaissance. Life in these houses was not very comfortable

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