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Repertorio di una compagnia della commedia dell'arte.

Title
  1. Repertorio di una compagnia della commedia dell'arte.
Published by
  1. Tuscany, Italy, approximately 1570.

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Additional authors
  1. New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 180.
Description
  1. 138 leaves, bound : paper, ink, watercolor, manuscript, illuminations; 205 x 265 mm
Alternative title
  1. Commedia dell'arte
Subject
  1. Commedia dell'arte > Stories, plots, etc. > Early works to 1800
  2. Commedia dell'arte > Pictorial works
  3. Drawing, Italian > 16th century
  4. Commedia dell'arte
  5. Illumination of books and manuscripts
  6. Manuscripts, Italian > New York (State) > New York
  7. Manuscripts, Italian
Genre/Form
  1. Manuscripts – Italy – 16th century.
  2. Comedies – Tuscany – Italy – 1580-1604.
  3. Early works.
  4. illuminated manuscripts.
  5. Vellum bindings (Binding) – Italy – 16th century.
Call number
  1. Spencer Coll. MS. 180
Note
  1. No text in or on this manuscript, except for label on binding (using Italian). The paper is reinforced in many places, and has half-moon shaped cutouts along the outer margin.
  2. Layout: No text; 117 water-color drawings of theatre characters, games etc.
  3. Decoration: 117 water-color drawings of theatre characters, games, musicians and singers, etc.
  4. Paper: Watermarks date this manuscript to 1569-1591, while costumes worn by actors correspond to the fashions of the 1580s as depicted elsewhere (acc. to Clubb).
Access (note)
  1. Restricted use.
Indexed in (note)
  1. New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list
  2. L.G. Clubb, "Italian Renaissance Theatre," in J.R. Brown, ed., Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre(1995)
Cite as (note)
  1. NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 180
Language (note)
  1. In Italian.
Binding (note)
  1. Bound in contemporary vellum, with label reading "Libro dei Diavoli."
Title
  1. Repertorio di una compagnia della commedia dell'arte.
Imprint
  1. Tuscany, Italy, approximately 1570.
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Access
  1. Restricted use. Requires permission for access.
Indexed in:
  1. New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 907.
  2. L.G. Clubb, "Italian Renaissance Theatre," in J.R. Brown, ed., Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre(1995) 107-41 - "Un repertorio illustrato per compagnie...," Lettere Italiane2 (1995), pp. 240-2. - Clubb's chapter in the Oxford History reproduces 12 pages of this manuscript.
Cite as:
  1. NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 180
Language
  1. In Italian.
Binding
  1. Bound in contemporary vellum, with label reading "Libro dei Diavoli."
Source of description
  1. Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Place of publication
  1. Italy Tuscany.
Added author
  1. New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 180.
Research call number
  1. Spencer Coll. MS. 180
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