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by Hatfield, recall that the Compagnia must have spent ���large sums for the magnificence of the representation���: And among other handsome and marvellous things, the Compagnia de��� Magi of San Marco did many rich and imposing presentations in [St. John���s] honour. And among other lovely, notable, and pleasing things there were decked out eight horses, covered with silk, with eight pages dressed in silk and with pearls and heraldic ornaments and with shields, their faces angelic, riding one after the other with their livery.42 The expense was so exorbitant that in order to keep up the festivities public subsidies were necessary; money the Medicean r��gime, seeking to expand their sphere of influence, seemed to have contributed generously.43 As a result, the Festa de��� Magi ���had [���] been turned into a vehicle for secular and heraldic aspirations, to which its original content was scarcely applicable���.44 Not surprising that at the same time the influence of reformist currents which sought to reconcile heavenly virtues and every day life had been growing significantly.45 So that immediately after the death of Lorenzo de��� Medici in 1492, their most prominent exponent, the Dominican preacher Girolamo Savonarola, took over official duties in Florence. Stimulated by the threat of the French invasion, rampant epidemics and papal resentment, his rhetoric and reforms had profound implications for every domain of civic life and sensibility.46 It is worth mentioning that Savonarola was by no means the only preacher active HYLAND 20