TY  - BOOK
UR  - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/1011/
KW  - Festbeschreibung ; Brief
TI  - Antonio Martellini: La solenne entrata del lo illustrissimo, et eccellentissimo Signore il Signor Duca di Fiorenza et Siena, fatta a XXVIII. d'ottobre, MDLX, in Siena (Firenze: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1560) (FONTES 49)
Y1  - 2010///
A1  - Martellini, Antonio
AV  - public
ID  - artdok1011
ED  - Davis, Charles
N2  - FONTES 49 makes widely available a full text version of a rare, little-known, and seldom consulted work, Antonio Martellini?s La Solenne entrata dello Illustrissimo, et Eccellentissimo Signore il Signor Duca di Fiorenza et Siena, fatta a XXVIII. d?Ottobre, MDLX, in Siena (Firenze, Lorenzo Torrentino, 1560), a description of the Triumphal Entry into Siena of Duke Cosimo I de? Medici on 28 October 1560. Antonio Martellini was a sixteenth-century letterato of Siena, about whom almost nothing is known, with the exception of the work published here. Martellini was a member of the equally mysterious Accademia dei Travagliati in Siena (founded 1550-1555). The description of the entry contained in Martellini?s book is, in some respects, more extensive and exact than that in Cirni?s (Fontes 48). Martellini?s festival description is dated the day of Cosimo?s entry into Siena. It is notable for its Sienese perspective, its accurate description, its developed architectural vocabulary, its clarity of structure, its vivid picture of Sienese society and the ducal court, and its detailed description of costume and dress. The large rôle that inscriptions played in the entry is also documented by Martellini, who includes a few inscriptions not found in Cirni, and he offers variant readings for some inscriptions. As is Anton Francesco Cirni?s description of the same entry, Martellini?s book is an important document of political iconography. The Siena Entry of 1560 has been treated in Fontes 46 and 48, and, with the publication of the full text version of Martellini, the primary sources for this entry are accessible online, providing a basis for a more penetrating study of this important occasion, a study which remains to be made. The text is indexed by inscriptions, places, persons, images, and attributes.
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