In June 1498, the Florentine government publicly punished and exiled the Piagnona, the lone bell of the church of San Marco, for its role in defending Girolamo Savonarola during the April siege that led to the preacher's execution. Drawing on new evidence, this essay offers the most complete account of this still poorly understood chapter in Renaissance history, examining its complex and conflicting motives. At the same time, the punishment of the Piagnona, and struggle for its return, affords uncommon insight into the culture's deepest structures of thinking about what bells were, and who had the legal authority to adjudicate their fate.

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审判中的贝尔：萨沃纳罗拉之后的声音之争

1498 年 6 月，佛罗伦萨政府公开惩罚并流放了圣马可教堂唯一的大钟 Piagnona，因为它在四月围攻导致传教士被处决的 Girolamo Savonarola 中发挥了作用。这篇文章利用新的证据，对文艺复兴历史上这一仍知之甚少的篇章进行了最完整的描述，考察了其复杂且相互矛盾的动机。与此同时，对 Piagnona 的惩罚和为回归而进行的斗争，提供了对文化最深层次的思考结构的不同寻常的洞察，即关于钟是什么，以及谁有法律权力来决定他们的命运。