Crossword-Solution: VANTE 5 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 8

That on the 8th day of April 1503, I, Leonardo da Vinci, lent to Vante, miniature painter 4 gold ducats, in gold.

Vanterie est un vil dÈfaut, Qui se vante agit comme un sot; Car tel droit quand bien mÍme ils eussent, Raison de plus pour qu'ils se tussent.

Bacchus le vante et dit qu'elle est séante Et convenante à Noé le bonshom Pour en tailler la vigne en la saison._ _Bacchus alors chappeau de treille avoit, Et arrivoit pour bénistre la vigne; Avec flascons Silénus le suivoit, Lequel beuvoit aussi droict qu'une ligne; Puis il trépigne, et se faict une bigne; Comme une guigne estoit rouge son nez.

These last, on the death of the said King, together with some by the hand of Vante and of other masters who worked for that King in Florence, were purchased and taken over by the Magnificent Lorenzo de' Medici, who placed them among those so greatly celebrated which were being collected for the formation of the library afterwards built by Pope Clement VII, which is now being thrown open to the public by order of Duke Cosimo.

Some declare that Attavante, otherwise Vante, an illuminator of Florence, of whom we have spoken above in more than one place, was a disciple of Gherardo, as was Stefano, likewise a Florentine illuminator; but I hold it as certain, considering that both lived at the same time, that Attavante was rather the friend, companion, and contemporary of Gherardo than his disciple.