Title: Draghi rossi e querce azzurre :
Authors: Gérard-Marchant, Laurence,; Klapisch-Zuber, Christiane,; Sznura, Franek,; Biscione, Giuseppe,; Vaucher-de-la-Croix, Joël F.,
Date: 2013
Publisher: Sismel - Edizioni del Galluzzo,
Physical description: clv, 684 pages ; 24 cm.
Language: Italian
LC classification: G
Abstract: "In 1343 the City of Florence produced a document, the so-called Prammatica delle vesti delle donne fiorentine, which made the sumptuary laws more stringent. Consequently, wealthy women were required to send personal garments that fell within the prohibited types to four municipal commissions charged with making detailed descriptions of each garment for the purposes of inventory. Three of these registries have come down to us and make up the Prammatica, edited here after exhaustive work on a manuscript rendered almost illegible by its various misadventures through the centuries and of which all trace had been lost until recently. Through this document, we now have access to the wardrobes of approximately 2,400 Florentine women (married and single) with over 6,000 dresses carefully described by type, fabric, colour, and design: a fantastical and multi-coloured world opens up before the reader's eyes, a world enriched by hints of faraway places. Further, a long list of women's jewels has been inventoried, along with important examples of male extravagance, also included in the 1343 legislation. The volume includes a number of Introductory Essays (Saggi introduttivi), which place the 1343 regulations within the context of Florentine sumptuary legislation and examine both the inventory methods as well as the archival fortunes of the manuscript. An exhaustive Glossary, with detailed Indices of terms and persons (Indici dei termini e delle persone), makes this extraordinary medieval document available to a variety of research and enquiry."--T.p. verso.
Contents: Aspetti della moda femminile a Firenze nella Prammatica del 1343 / Laurence Gérard-Marchant -- I freni al lusso nella Firenxe del Trecento / Christiane Klapisch-Zuber -- La Prammatica fiorentina : note sulla redazione el il contenuto / Franek Sznura -- L'Ufficiale delle donne , degli ornamenti e delle vesti : Profilo istituzionale e vicende atchivistiche / Giuseppe Biscione -- Le parole nell'armadio : lessico della moda nella Prammatica delle vesti delle donne fiorentine / Jöel F. Vaucher-de-la-Croix -- Descrizione del manoscritto e criteri di edizione -- La "Prammatica sulle vesti delle donne fiorentine", Firenze, 1343-1345. Ser Bartolo di ser bene da vespignano ; Ser Giovanni di ser corso da rossoio ; Ser Manfredi di Grimaldo Guidotti ; Ser Lotto di Puccio -- Glossario e indice dei nomi di persona.
Notes: Transcription of original Latin 1343 manuscript, published for the first time. "Il manoscritto è conservato all'Archivio di Stato di Firenza ... sotto la segnatura Giudice degli appelli e nullità, 117"--Page ix, footnote.
Subject headings (LCSH): Clothing and dress--Italy--Florence--History--To 1500--Sources.; Florence (Italy)--Social life and customs--Sources.; Sumptuary laws--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800.; Women's clothing--Italy--Florence--History--To 1500--Sources.