Copia d'vna lettera scritta all'illvstriss. et reverendiss. cardinal di Ferrara
Subtitle: sopra la festa fatta in Roma nella piazza di Santo Apostolo per il nascimento del duca d'Orliens, alli xiiij. di marzo M.D.XLIX
Series: Italian books before 1601 -- reel 59, item 6
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1549
Place of publication: Italy
Language: ita
Subjects: Festivals; Early works to 1800; Social life and customs
Other titles: Copia d'una lettera scritta all'illustriss. et reverendiss. cardinal di Ferrara.
Notes: The letter is dated March 15, 1549, the day after the festival (p. [7]). It is signed on the last p.: A.B.

Louis, duc d'Orleans and 2nd son of Henry II of France, died in infancy. The celebration on the Piazza dei Santi Apostoli was organized by the French ambassador, Cardinal Jean du Bellay. It included chivalric ceremonies, dramatic presentations, comic performances and music. Orazio Farnese, grandson of pope Paul III, was a prominant participant. See B. Mitchell, Italian civic pageantry in the high Renaissance, p. 130-31 (where the date is given as March 4, 1549, rather than March 14)

Woodcut vignette on t.p. with arms of France. Initial.