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Tvtti i trionfi, carri, mascheaate ò canti carnascialeschi andati per Firenze, dal te[m]po del Magnifico Lorenzo Vecchio de Medici qua[n]do egli hebbero prima cominciame[n]to, per infino à questo anno presente 1559 ..

Grazzini, Anton Francesco, 1503-1584, Grazzini, Anton Francesco, 1503-1584, Medici, Lorenzo de', 1449-1492. Trionfo di Bacco, e Darianna · 1559 · In Fiorenza : [Torrentino] · 3 pictures

A 1559 Florentine printed collection of Italian carnival songs (canti carnascialeschi) and processional pageant descriptions, gathered by Anton Francesco Grazzini from the time of Lorenzo de' Medici onward, intended for readers of Italian song and Florentine festival culture. The three pictures are a woodcut decorative initial letter with interlaced foliage and birds, a small woodcut initial O enclosing a figure among flame-like hatching, and a title page framed by架 classical columns, pedestals, and standing figures above the imprint 'In Fiorenza MDLVIIII'; a designer could draw on the dense, rhythmic foliage of the initials and the architectural title-page framing.

Songs, Italian · Carnival songs · Carnival

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