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Book ID: 1183
| Title | Discorso sopra la Mascherata della Geneologia degl'Iddei de Gentili. Mandata fuori dall'Illustrißimo, & Eccellentiß. S. Duca di Firenze, & Siena Il giorno 21. di Febbraio MDLXV | |||||
| Authors | Baldini, Baccio | |||||
| Year of event | 1566 | |||||
| Event description | Celebrations for the carnival, part of the wedding festivities for Francesco de' Medici I, future Duke of Tuscany (1541-1587), and Johanna of Austria (1547-1578) | |||||
| Event type | Carnival celebrations; Weddings and betrothals | |||||
| Event place | Florence | |||||
| Publication info | Florence: i Giunti; 1565; 4° | |||||
| Pages | ii + 130pp + ii | |||||
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| Festival type | Masques | |||||
| Rulers | Francesco I de' Medici, Duke of Tuscany; Johanna of Austria, Duchess of Tuscany | |||||
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| Shelfmark | BL 4505.b.10; BL 144.b.13.(1.); BL 704.d.6.; BL 89.c.12.; BL G.1649.(3.); BL X.200/40345 ; BL X.425/5375(10) ; BNF 4- BL- 1423 ; BNF 4- K- 381; BNF 8- RA5- 120; BNF RESERVE 4- BL- 1422; V&A 176.87.B; V&A 87.C.24; V&A 87.C.24a; V&A Piot C 956 | |||||
| URL | http://special-1.bl.uk/treasures/festivalbooks/BookDetails.aspx?strFest=0195 | |||||
| Notes | The date in the title (and in the colophon - 1565) is given in so-called 'stile fiorentino', according to which the new year did not start until April. Copy at BL 704.d.6. is 132pp +ii; its colophon is dated 1566. Copy at BL G.1649.(3.) has a colophon dated 1566; the last page is numbered 130 instead of 132. Copies at BL X.200/40345 and BL X.425/5375(10) are modern facsimile copies of a copy held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford which is the same as that at BL 89.c.12. | |||||