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Descrittione della mascherata della bvfola : fatta dalla magnanima natione spagnivola, nelle feste si fecero nell'alma città di Fiorenza per honorare la presenza della sereniss. altezza dell'eccellentiss. arciduca d'Austria, il quinto giorno di maggio 1569

by: Manucci, Jacopo

Publication date: 1569

Topics: Charles, Archduke of Austria, 1540-1590, Processions, Festivals, Visits of state

Publisher: In Fiorenza : Appresso Valente Panizzij mantouano

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: Italian

Dedication signed: Iacopo Manucci

The "Bufolata" took the form of a procession of twelve allegorical figures riding on buffaloes, each pursued by a group of allegorical horsemen. See A.M. Nagler, Theatre festivals of the Medici (1976), p. 46-48

T.p. vignette (Medici arms). Historiated initials

Signatures: A-D E² (E2 blank)

Binding: modern paper made from green and black fibers

Centered on front pastedown is bookplate of Pietro Ginori-Conti, engraved by Michelassi after P. Lessi. At lower right corner of front free endpaper is blind stamp of Giannalisa Feltrinnelli. The leaves are numbered 64-81 in brown ink on the rectos, implying that the piece was previously bound together with others