Breue raguaglio dell'inuentione e feste de gloriosi martirj Placido, e compagni mandato al seren.mo don Filippo d'Austria principe di Spagna / da Filippo Gotho cavaliere messinese.
- Creator:
- Goto, Filippo, d. 1599.
- Published/Created:
- Messina :
Stampato p[er] Fausto Bufalini,
lanno i59i [1591]. - Physical Description:
- [20], 183, [9] p. : ill., 24 cm. (4to)
- Notes:
- Shelf-mark on front paste-down: "5g G." Ms. note on p. [9] at end: "Primog. quad[er]ni de Brunasio."
Description of a festival held in Messina in August 1589 by order of the future King Philip III of Spain, in celebration of the discovery of relics believed to be of the martyr Placitus and his companions. Here, as commonly occurred from the 12th century on, Placitus is confused with the later St. Placidus (companion of St. Benedict, monk of Subiaco, fl. 6th century).
Engraved t. p., illustrated.
Errata on p. [7]-[8].
Illustrations: 27 full-page engravings (incl. t. p.; one repeated), chiefly depicting triumphal arches erected for the celebration and funeral biers with tableaux (incidents of St. Placitus' life and martyrdom) borne in the procession. Two plates depicting arches are signed: Rinaldvs Bonanvs inventor.
Includes index.
Signatures: [sec.]⁴ 2[dagger]⁴ 3[dagger]² A-2A⁴. - Abstract:
- Description of a festival held in Messina in August 1589 by order of the future King Philip III of Spain, in celebration of the discovery of relics believed to be of the martyr Placitus and his companions. Here, as commonly occurred from the 12th century.
- Variant Titles:
- Breve raguaglio dell'inventione e feste de gloriosi martiri Placido, e compagni mandato al seren.mo don Filippo d'Austria principe di Spagna
- Topics:
- Christian martyrs--Cult--Italy--Messina.
Christian Saints--Cult--Italy--Messina.
Festivals--Italy--Messina--Early works to 1800. - Topics:
- Italy
- Topics:
- Bonanno, Rinaldo, approximately 1545-1590.
Bufalini, Fausto, d. 1592, printer.
Philip--III,--King of Spain,--1578-1621. - Language:
- Italian
- Genre:
- Festival books--Italy--Messina--1591.
- Format:
- Text
- Content Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Digital:
- Celebrating Italian
- Call Number:
- Italian Festivals 78
- Orbis Record:
- 7223613
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- General Collection, BRBL, Yale University
- oid pointer:
- 1100058
- Citation:
- Adams G896
EDIT 16 (WWW) CNCE 21484
Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent., 217
Watanabe-O'Kelly & Simon. Festivals and ceremonies, 558 - Extent of digitization:
- Complete work digitized.
- OID:
- 2026742
- PID:
- digcoll:3430931
