Caparra, Niccolo (Hist.)

Armourer; a famous worker in iron. "He was one of those figures for whom all the world instinctively makes way, as it would for a battering ram. He was not much above the middle height, but the impression of enormous force which was conveyed by his capacious chest, and brawny arms bared to the shoulder, was deepened by the keen sense and quiet resolution expressed in his glance and in every furrow of his cheek and brow. He had often been an unconscious model to Domenico Ghirlandajo, when that great painter was making the walls of the churces reflect the life of Florence." Tito Melema buys from him the coat of mail which he wears after the return of Baldassarre Calvo, and Baldassarre buys there the hunting knife with which he hopes to kill Tito. Niccolo Grosso, called Caparra from his habit of insisting on earnest money in any bargain.

<em>Romola</em>

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