Ceremonial Entries in Early Modern Europe

Download or read book Ceremonial Entries in Early Modern Europe written by Professor J R Mulryne and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-03-28 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume concentrate on festival iconography, the visual and written languages, including ephemeral and permanent structures, costume, drama, inscriptions and published festival books that ‘voiced’ the social, political and cultural messages incorporated in processional entries in early modern Europe. The volume includes a transcript of the newly-discovered Register of Lionardo di Zanobi Bartholini, a Florentine merchant, which details the expenses for each worker for the possesso (or entry) of Pope Leo X to Rome in April 1513.