La virtú trionfante : opera scenica dedicata all'altezza di madama serenissima Margarita Medici Farnese, duchessa di Parma

Description
Collection of opera scenica, in several hands with contemporary corrections. Virtú trionfante has the appearance of a prompt book.
Form
manuscripts (documents)
codices (bound manuscripts)
drawings (visual works)
prompt books
Manuscripts, Italian
Manuscripts, European
Date
1700
Language
Italian
Subject
Italian drama -- 17th century
Opera -- Production and direction -- Early works to 1800
Opera -- Production and direction
Italian drama
Extent
255 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 271 x 201 mm bound to 293 x 202 mm
Notes
Ms. codex.
Table of contents: 1. f.1r-59r: La virtú trionfante. -- 2. f.62r-124v: Peripecie del merito / Giorgio Ippolito Giorgi. -- 3. f.131r-189v: [Opera scenica without title, among main figures are Alcante, King of Catalonia; Ferrante, Count of Sessa, and Amelinda]. -- 4. f.191r-252r: [Opera scenica without title, among the main figures are Ermangard, Queen of Italy; Berengar, Anscar, etc.]
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Foliation: Paper, 256; [1-256]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Partial contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Script: Written in various cursive scripts by four different hands.
Decoration: La virtú trionfante has pen-and-ink drawings of a tree (f. 17v) and a branch (f. 22v).
Binding: Contemporary boards, nearly detached from spine; several folios completely detached. Fourth play badly stained and worn, with some folios tearing.
Origin: Written in Italy, circa 1700 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Italian.
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 411
Provenance
Purchased, 1962.
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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