John Bond, In the Pillory: The Tale of the Borgia Pope… (1929)
“ No modern reader will care to wade through the huge volumes of indifferent Latin, in which the observations of Burckard are so minutely recorded. As a monument of biographical literature the diary of the papal master of ceremonies will always occupy a place of high distinction. ”
John Bond, In the Pillory: The Tale of the Borgia Pope… (1929)
“ There are other gaps, but they are of no moment. There is evidence that the book has been tampered with. Thus the description of the banquet where fifty naked courtesans performed the notorious "Dance of the Chestnuts" for the pope and his daughter Lucrezia has been crossed out in heavy strokes of ink. ”
