Artibus et Historiae no. 55 (XXVIII)
2007, ISSN 0391-9064Up
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LOUISE GEORGE CLUBB - A Magic Book of Renaissance Shows
A unique late 16-/early 17th-century Italian codex of 115 watercolor images belonging to the New York Public Library has been considered for some forty years to be a sample book of a commedia dell'arte company. Recent findings show that it belongs instead to the genre of "blow book" used by magicians, and that it depicts a range of Renaissance entertainments that includes comedy, music, dance, cavalcades, tournaments and scenes of hellfire.
