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Maria-Luisa Minio-Paluello.
Jesters and Devils: Florence — San Giovanni 1514.

Publisher: [Lulu.com], 2008.
ISBN 9781409244141.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Lulu.com.
Size: 155x232x14mm.
Page count: xii,205pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this is an ex-display copy so shows some evidence of handling, but otherwise unused.


This item £3.00
plus P&P £2.50 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price £6.50]
Weight without packaging: 378g.

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Explores the background to a burlesque show staged in Florence on the Feast of John the Baptist, 1514.

Contents: The stage (& Mise en Scène); Prologue; Precursors & models in Florence; Battering & survival of the festa; The Fusta piena di Matti — San Giovanni 1514; Rome, Florence, Venice; Performance & watchers; Epilogue — symbols & validations.
Appendices: Texts: Trionfi della fama e della gloria; Sources: Cambi, Masi, Sanudo (all given in Italian with English translations).

Illustrations: 13, monochrome
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at end of each chapter
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: yes
Bibliography: 6pp
Index: yes

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See also | Florence | Drama & entertainment |

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