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Re: Antonio Beccadelli (Panormita) Triumph of King Alfonso 1443

The first documentary evidence is Giusto Giusti. He says “ naibi a trionfi .” He does not describe the deck. From “naibi” I infer that Florentines knew the game by this name already; naibi has only one meaning, “playing cards.” From his lack of description I infer that he felt he had no need to, be...

Re: Antonio Beccadelli (Panormita) Triumph of King Alfonso 1443

I don't think. that Polissena married at the same date [as Bianca]. I had searched also for the date of the wedding and didn't find the solution, I remember. English wiki has ... Polissena Sforza (1428 – June 1, 1449) ..... Between 1441 and April 1442, at the age of thirteen, she married Sigismondo...

Re: Antonio Beccadelli (Panormita) Triumph of King Alfonso 1443

Interesting on Piero de' Ricci, thanks. Are you sure that this is Piero di Giovanni (d'Andrea) de' Ricci, though? I don't see that in what I can view of McLean's text. There is another Piero de' Ricci, not the poet, who was later executed for conspiracy. I am finding it difficult to find out much d...

Re: Antonio Beccadelli (Panormita) Triumph of King Alfonso 1443

What I AM doing with Alfonso is giving a famous example of how the Florentines approached the triumphal idea in practice, in the apparatus of the procession, its logic, adapted to the occasion, and its symbolism as expressed in the words of the symbols themselves. The specific symbolism and order i...

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