A German description of the Florentine intermedi of 1565

Katritzky, M. A. (1997). A German description of the Florentine intermedi of 1565. Italian Studies, 52(1) pp. 63–93.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/its.1997.52.1.63

Abstract

Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria (1550-1608) represented his parents at the 1565 wedding of his mother's sister Joanna of Austria to Duke Francesco de' Medici. His travel journal describes the intermedi performed between the acts of Francesco d'Ambra's comedy La Cofanaria on the occasion of this wedding. Unlike the three published Italian accounts of the intermedi in festival books recording this wedding, Ferdinand's account includes descriptions of the play itself, and its prologue, and of another performance of the play in Florence. It also provides details concerning intermedi in Mantua and other performances, as well as audience reception.

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• 22467
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 0075-1634
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  Not Set	Not Set	Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study
  Not Set	Not Set	Wimbledon School of Art
  Not Set	Not Set	Harold Hyam Wingat Foundation
  Not Set	Not Set	Southampton University (Hartley Institute)
  Not Set	Not Set	Oxford University (Arnold, Bryce & Read Fund; Christina Drake Fund for Italian Studies; John Lowell Osgood Music Travelling Fund)
  Not Set	Not Set	London University (Central Research Fund, Irwin Award)
  Not Set	Not Set	British Academy

• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > English & Creative Writing
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
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• © 1997 The Society for Italian Studies
• Depositing User
• M. A. Katritzky