Description of Bolognas annual Porchetta festival (""Festa della porchetta""), held in 1730. Full-size sheet tipped in, with engraving depicting a horse race, signed ""Quadri f.""
Alternative Title:
Teatro della fiera di Bologna, e spettacolo dilettevole del palio generosamente fatto correre con le carrette, in occasione della festa popolare della porchette il giorno 24 agosto.
Description:
Description of Bologna's annual Porchetta festival ("Festa della porchetta"), held in 1730. Full-size sheet tipped in, with engraving depicting a horse race, signed "Quadri f." (probably Giovanni Ludovico Q.), with caption: Teatro della fiera di Bologna, e spettacolo dilettevole del palio generosamente fatto correre con le carrette, in occasione della festa popolare della porchette il giorno 24 agosto, dagl'illm̃i, ed ecc:si ss:ri m:se Sigismondo malvezzi gonfaloniere, avvoc:to giseppe ma: Vernizzi, co: Pirro Capacelli, Albergati, co: Niccolò Aldrovandi, co: Sicinio Pepoli, co: Luigi Muzzarelli, Valerio Sarripieri, co: Fran:co Malvasia, e m:se Luigi Tanari, anziani il 4:o bim:re dell'anno 1730., Imperfect: Beinecke copy has plate only, wanting text. Ms. notes in lower right corner, in different inks and hands: "L5.--" and "183"., and Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
Clemente Maria Sassi?,
Subject (Geographic):
Bologna (Italy)--Social life and customs--18th century.
Subject (Name):
Quadri, Giovanni Ludovico, d. 1748. and Sassi, Clemente Maria, printer.
Subject (Topic):
Festivals--Italy--Bologna--Early works to 1800. and Horse racing--Italy--Bologna--Early works to 1800.
Imperfect: leaves a4-5 wanting., Signature: a8., and Without title. On p. [l] is a woodcut of St. Cecilia, with legend "Cicilia", within a border composed of columns on each side and figures of Christ and angels in top and bottom panels. The text begins on p. [2]: "Langiolo annuntia la festa". On p. [16] is the fleur-de-lys device of Filippo Giunta (Kristeller 43).
anno D[omi]ni 1492 & die 15. kale[n]das Noue[m]vris [18 October 1492]
Call Number:
2006 1350
Image Count:
446
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
Breviary
Description:
[Preface] (leaves pi1-4) -- [Calendar] (leaves 2pi1-2pi8) -- [Psalter] (leaves 2a1-2g4) -- [Propers] (leaves a1-p6) -- [Common of the Saints] (leaves A1-E4)., Edited by the Carmelite Battista Panetti, the prayers and psalms were modified for the use of Ercole d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, with authorizations from the popes Innocent VIII and Alexander VI. According to the d'Este records and the surviving printing contract, the Duke originally commissioned 1000 (paper) copies, finally paying for 224. Three copies are reported, all printed on vellum., Imperfect: wanting four preliminary leaves found in other two known copies, constituting a preface by Panetti bearing a date two months later than the imprint., Imprint from colophon: Impressum Ferrarie p[er] magi[ste]m Laure[n]tium de Rubeis de Vale[n]tia. Anno. D[omi]ni. 1492 & die 15. kale[n]das Noue[m]vris., Incipit of leaf A1: Incipit commune sanctoru[m] in natali vnius apostoli ..., Incipit of leaf a1: Incipit noua editio breuiarij sup[er] qua Innoce[n]tius papa octau[us] indulte[n]tias concessit., Printed in red and black, Gothic font, in double columns, with capital spaces. Printer's device in red follows colophon., Printed on vellum. Rebound in 19th cent., but original gauffered edges remain. First leaf of calendar repaired, with no loss of text., Signatures: pi⁴ 2pi⁸ 2a-2f⁸2g⁴, a-o⁸p⁶, A-D⁸E⁴., Three full-page illuminated borders of floral spraywork and gold discs, medallions with rabbits, beards and deers; figurated acanthus initials on gold ground, with half lenght portraits of David, St. Paul and an unidentified Saint, 5 ll. (leaves aa1v, a1r, A1r); alternate red and blue penwork initials; text rubricated throughout in red and blue, with approximately 67 decorated gold initials on blue or red ground, and many smaller initials with contrasting scroll-work; f. a1r: laurel wreath housing an unidentified shield of arms., Title from Hain., and Unidentified coat of arms with initials "B G" incorporated into illuminated border on leaf a1 (possible identification with Bartolomeo Goggio, an Este courtier). From the library of Beriah Botfield.
Publisher:
P[er] magi[st]r[e]m Laure[n]tium de Rubeis de Vale[n]tia,
Subject (Name):
B. G.--Ownership., Botfield, Beriah,--1807-1863--Ownership., Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio, 1431-1505., Panetti, Battista., and Rossi, Lorenzo, active 1482-1521, printer.
Subject (Topic):
Breviaries--Italy--Ferrara--Texts. and Incunabula in Yale Library.
Description of Bolognas annual Porchetta festival (""Festa della porchetta""), held in 1736. Full-size folded sheet engraved illustration depicting fall of the city of Faenza (occupied by the Lamberazzi) to the Bolognese Guelfs in ca. 1280.
Alternative Title:
Nella festa popolare fatta in Bologna dagl'illustrissimi ed eccelsi signore anziani consoli, e confaloniere di gistizia del quarto bimestre dell'anno 1736.
Description:
Description of Bologna's annual Porchetta festival ("Festa della porchetta"), held in 1736. Full-size folded sheet engraved illustration depicting fall of the city of Faenza (occupied by the Lamberazzi) to the Bolognese Guelfs in ca. 1280; signed "Domenico Tagliatti invent., e pitore del teatro" and "[AAS] delineò & incise" (i.e. Antonio Alessandro Scarselli) , with caption: "Nella festa popolare fatta in Bologna dagl'illustrissimi ed eccelsi signore anziani consoli, e confaloniere di gistizia [sic] del quarto bimestre dell'anno 1736 ...", Imperfect: Beinecke copy has plate only, wanting text., and Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
Lelio dalla Volpe?,
Subject (Geographic):
Bologna (Italy)--Social life and customs--18th century.
Subject (Name):
Dalla Volpe, Lelio, 1685-1749, printer., Scarselli, Antonio Alessandro, 1684-1773., and Tagliatti, Domenico.