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Book ID: 913
| Title | Descrittione del nobile Corteggio e maestosa pompa, Con la quale l'Eccellentissimo Signore D. Maffeo Barberino Prencipe di Palestrina &c Ambasciatore straordinario della Maestà Cattolica vscì à presentare la Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Sig. Alessandro VII. | |||||
| Authors | Nobili, Marco Antonio | |||||
| Year of event | 1663 | |||||
| Event description | Presentation of the 'chinea' by Maffeo II Barberini, Prince of Palestrina, the Spanish Ambassador (1631-1685), to Pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi - 1655-1667) on 28 June | |||||
| Event type | Local Festivities: Chinea, Rome; Festivities of Homage | |||||
| Event place | Rome | |||||
| Publication info | Rome: Filippo Maria Mancini; 1663; 4° | |||||
| Pages | 26pp | |||||
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| Festival type | Cavalcades | |||||
| Rulers | Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi), Pope; Barberini, Maffeo II, Prince of Palestrina | |||||
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| Shelfmark | V&A Piot F 891 | |||||
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| Notes | The 'chinea' is a ceremony of homage by the King of Naples to the Pope, which includes a cavalcade and the payment of tribute. It is medieval in origin and was held every year on the vigil of the feast of Sts Peter and Paul. The word 'chinea' comes from Old French haquenée, meaning a horse, the form the tribute originally took. | |||||