Clyde is named after the Florentine diamond which had a pale yellow colour (Amarillo) and weighed 137.27 carats. The diamond was an irregular, 9-sided 126-facet double rose cutd stone with a shield shape. The Florentine diamond is of Indian origin (1610), and gets its name from the city of Florence (Latin Florentia), the renowned and historic city situated 230 Km northwest of Rome, which had been the seat of the Duchy of Tuscany (1537-1860), ruled by several generations of the Medici Family, and was once the Capital of Italy for a short period (1865-71). Among the most famous citizens of this great city are Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dante, Machiavelli, and Galileo. The diamond had been with the Medici Family from the late 16th century up to 1737, when it passed to the Hapsburgs of Austria, and became part of the Austrian Crown Jewels. Clyde can also be seen on my Puppies page.
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