Both refer to a small office which had been awarded to Michelangelo with the right to dispose of the patronage.

He offered it to his favourite brother, Buonarroto, who does not seem to have thought it worth accepting.
The documents for 1528 are almost as meagre.

We do not possess a single letter, and the most important _Ricordi_ relate to Buonarroto's death and the administration of his property.

He died of the plague upon the 2nd of July, to the very sincere sorrow of his brother.

It is said that Michelangelo held him in his arms while he was dying, without counting the risk to his own life.