Dedication signed: Giacinto Lodi., Description of a tournament, held on 20 March 1628, dedicated to the Grand-Duke Ferdinand II., Engraved plates signed by G.B. Coriolano., Imprint from colophon: "In Bologna, per gli Heredi di Victorio Benacci. Con licenza de' superiori.", and Ms. note on front paste-down: "Bellissimo esemplare, 22 genn[aio] 1831. F. Guidicini." Possible ms. shelf-mark and initials.
Publisher:
Per gli heredi di Vittorio Benacci,
Subject (Name):
Coriolano, Giovanni Battista, d. 1649., Eredi del Benacci, printer., and Ferdinando--II,--Grand-Duke of Tuscany,--1610-1670.
Subject (Topic):
Festivals--Italy--Bologna--Early works to 1800. and Tournaments, Medieval--Italy--Bologna--Early works to 1800.
Doni, Gio. Battista (Giovanni Battista), 1593 or 1594-1647
Published / Created:
MDCXL [1640]
Call Number:
Monteverdi 5
Image Count:
9
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
Author's presentation inscription to Malatesta Albani. Unidentified armorial bookplate. Shelfmark in ms. on t.p. verso: M VIII 4. Accompanied by 3 leaves of ms. notes. From the Albi Rosenthal Collection of Monteverdi and the birth of opera. and Signatures: [dagger]⁸(-[dagger]1, blank?) A-3F⁴ 3G².
Publisher:
Nella stamperia d'Andrea Fei,
Subject (Name):
Doni, Gio. Battista (Giovanni Battista), 1593 or 1594-1647. Compendio del trattato de' generi e de' modi della musica. and Rosenthal, Albi, 1914-2004
Subject (Topic):
Music, Greek and Roman, Music--Acoustics and physics, and Musical instruments
Synopsis of the opera performed at the Palazzo della Cancelleria during the Carnival in Rome, 1634, honoring the visit of Prince Alexander Charles of Poland.
Description:
Final [3] p. blank., No. 1 of 3 titles bound together., Signatures: A⁸., and Synopsis of the opera performed at the Palazzo della Cancelleria during the Carnival in Rome, 1634, honoring the visit of Prince Alexander Charles of Poland.
Publisher:
Nella Stamperia della reuer. cam. apost.,
Subject (Name):
Alexius,--Saint., Barberini, Francesco, 1597-1679., Clement IX, Pope, 1600-1669., Landi, Stefano, 1586 or 1587-1639., Typographia Apostolica Vaticana, printer., and Waza, Aleksander Karol,--1614-1634.
Subject (Topic):
Operas--Italy--Rome. and Royal visitors--Italy--Rome--Early works to 1800.
Possibly the synopsis of the opera first performed at the Palazzo Barberini alle Quattro Fontane on 18 February 1632, honoring the visit of Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg, prince of the Holy Roman Empire; with 5 scenes in act I, 7 scenes in act II and 4 scenes
Description:
Caption title., Final p. blank., No. 2 of 3 titles bound together., Possibly the synopsis of the opera first performed at the Palazzo Barberini alle Quattro Fontane on 18 February 1632, honoring the visit of Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg, prince of the Holy Roman Empire; with 5 scenes in act I, 7 scenes in act II and 4 scenes in act III., and Signatures: A⁴.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Name):
Alexius,--Saint., Clement IX, Pope, 1600-1669., Eggenberg, Hans Ulrich,--Fürst von,--1568-1634, and Landi, Stefano, 1586 or 1587-1639.
Subject (Topic):
Operas--Italy--Rome. and Royal visitors--Italy--Rome--Early works to 1800.
Memorial for Pope Paul V in which his body was moved from St Peters to St. Mary Majors.
Alternative Title:
Breve racconto della trasportatione del corpo di Papa Paolo V. dalla basilica di S. Pietro à qvella di S. Maria Maggiore
Description:
Dedication to Cardinal Borghese dated at Rome, May 12, 1622 and signed: Lelio Guidiccioni., Engraving of the catafalque signed: Sergius Venturius inuentor, Io. Dominicus Garzolius delineauit, Theodorus Crueger sculpsit; engraving of capital detail signed: Sergius Venturius in. del., Teodor. Crueger sculp.; 16 plates of statues, mostly signed: Tedor. Cruger sculpsit, Io. Lanfranc. delin., Errata: p. 35, second count., Final p. blank., Illegible ms. note on front free endpaper., Memorial for Pope Paul V in which his body was moved from St Peter's to St. Mary Major's., Signatures: A-B⁶ C⁴ a-c⁶., and Statues depicted in plates are by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Cf. Fagiolo dell'Arco, M. Festa barocca, p. 235.
Publisher:
Appresso l'Erede di Bartolomeo Zannetti,
Subject (Name):
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680., Eredi di Bartolomeo Zannetti, printer., Garzolio, Giovanni Domenico., Krüger, Theodor, -1624., Lanfranchi, Giovanni., Paul--V,--Pope,--1552-1621--Death and burial., Paul--V,--Pope,--1552-1621--Poetry., and Venturi, Sergio, 1584?-1646.
Manuscript on paper of an Anonymous comedy in five acts in prose, based on various amorous plots, the scene being laid in Florence.
Description:
Binding: Nineteenth century. Quarter binding, marbled paper over cardboard and parchment spine. On the spine red leather title label with gold-tooled inscription: “COMMEDI / MANOSCRITT / XVI SECOL”., No decoration., and Script: One hand, writing Humanistica Cursiva. Corrections by a contemporary hand very close to the scribe's hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Florence (Italy)--Fiction
Subject (Topic):
Italian drama (Comedy), Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on paper of Michele Bettini (Sixteenth century), Commedia ovvero storia del Crocefisso. The unrecorded author was warden of the "Company of the Evangelist" in Rome, which used to stage edifying plays. The present play in verse (the Prologue only is in prose) was performed in1541 and in 1563. It deals with charity.
Description:
Binding: Contemporary paper cover, which is too small for the manuscript., Original foliation in Roman numerals. Corners and edges defective; the leaves waterstained., and Script: Copied by one hand in a careful Humanistica Libraria/Formata under Gothic influence.
Subject (Name):
Bettini, Michele
Subject (Topic):
Christian drama, Italian, Italian drama (Comedy), Italian poetry--16th century, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Corona della Corona, Corona delle nobili e virtuose dame. Libro 3., and Corona delle nobili, et virtvose donne
Description:
Bookplate of Robert Hoe., Collation: v. 1: 2 p.l., 26 pl.; v. 2: 2 p.l., 26 pl.; v. 3: 2 p.l., 26 pl.; v. 4: 2 p.l., 30 pl., Date in dedication: 20 Mar. 1591., Signatures (incl. plates): v. 1: A-G4; v. 2: AA-GG4; v. 3: Aaa4BBB-GGG4; v. 4: AAAA-HHHH4., and Vol. 4 has title: Gioiello della Corona per le nobili, et virtvose donne, libro qvarto ... In Venetia, Appresso gli heredi di Cesare Vecellio, in Merzaria. 1608 (Dedication, signed "Isabetta Alberri", dated 1616).
Publisher:
Appresso Cesare Vecellio, in Frezzaria nelle Case de i Preti,
Subject (Name):
Alberri, Isabetta, f. 1616. and Hoe, Robert--Bookplate.
Subject (Topic):
Lace and lace making--Italy. and Lace and lace making--Patterns--Early works to 1800.